Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 14, 2026

VALMET TISSUE CONVERTING S.P.A.

6 pending office actions • 3 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

6
Total Pending OAs
2
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)Due ≤ 30 days (1)

Case Difficulty Mix

Difficulty is derived from the rejection statutes on the most recent pending office action. §101-driven and multi-statute cases are graded Hard; §112-only and obviousness-type double-patenting cases are graded Easy; everything else is Medium. "Unknown" means we have not yet parsed a statute for that office action.

5
Hard (83%)
1
Medium (17%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only1 (17%)
Multi-statute (no §101)5 (83%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
6
Mechanical / Eng
100% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

Manual office-action response work runs about 10 hours per case. The time-saved bands below show what IP Author's prosecution pipeline typically delivers — a conservative 20% on the low end, 35% in the middle, 50% on the high end.

60 h
Manual time on pending OAs
12 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
21 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
KOTIS, JOSHUA G 1 74.2% +56.6%
DIAS, RAVEEN J 1 80.7% +17.3%
MATTHEWS, JENNIFER S 1 53.8% +21.2%
CORNETT, ROBERT D 1 39.2% +44.4%
SEIF, DARIUSH 1 69.9% +6.4%
DO, NHAT CHIEU Q 1 63.7% +49.2%

Quick Wins (1)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18869407 LINE FOR PRODUCING TUBES MADE OF WEB-LIKE MATERIAL DIAS, RAVEEN J

Hard Cases (5)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18536706 DEVICE WITH ROTATING BLADES, MACHINE COMPRISING SAID DEVICE, AND RELATED METHOD DO, NHAT CHIEU Q 78d overdue
19114156 PACKAGING MACHINE WITH SEALANT DISPENSING DEVICE KOTIS, JOSHUA G 9d overdue
18577364 SYSTEM FOR PACKING TISSUE PAPER PRODUCTS IN WRAPPING SHEETS SEIF, DARIUSH 28d
18689158 A DEVICE FOR CLAMPING LOGS DURING CUTTING, LOG SAW COMPRISING THE DEVICE AND METHOD MATTHEWS, JENNIFER S
18687425 A ROTATING BLADE DEVICE, A MACHINE COMPRISING SAID DEVICE, AND METHOD CORNETT, ROBERT D

Interview Candidates (5)

Cases in front of an examiner whose interview lift is 10 percentage points or more — i.e. interviewed cases historically resolve more favorably than non-interviewed ones. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18536706 DEVICE WITH ROTATING BLADES, MACHINE COMPRISING SAID DEVICE, AND RELATED METHOD DO, NHAT CHIEU Q 78d overdue
19114156 PACKAGING MACHINE WITH SEALANT DISPENSING DEVICE KOTIS, JOSHUA G 9d overdue
18869407 LINE FOR PRODUCING TUBES MADE OF WEB-LIKE MATERIAL DIAS, RAVEEN J
18689158 A DEVICE FOR CLAMPING LOGS DURING CUTTING, LOG SAW COMPRISING THE DEVICE AND METHOD MATTHEWS, JENNIFER S
18687425 A ROTATING BLADE DEVICE, A MACHINE COMPRISING SAID DEVICE, AND METHOD CORNETT, ROBERT D

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3724 3
3731 2
3654 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19114156 PACKAGING MACHINE WITH SEALANT DISPENSING DEVICE KOTIS, JOSHUA G 3731 §103§112 Final Rejection 9d overdue Pending Mar 21, 2025
18869407 LINE FOR PRODUCING TUBES MADE OF WEB-LIKE MATERIAL DIAS, RAVEEN J 3654 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 26, 2024
18689158 A DEVICE FOR CLAMPING LOGS DURING CUTTING, LOG SAW COMPRISING THE DEVICE AND METHOD MATTHEWS, JENNIFER S 3724 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Mar 05, 2024
18687425 A ROTATING BLADE DEVICE, A MACHINE COMPRISING SAID DEVICE, AND METHOD CORNETT, ROBERT D 3724 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 28, 2024
18577364 SYSTEM FOR PACKING TISSUE PAPER PRODUCTS IN WRAPPING SHEETS SEIF, DARIUSH 3731 §103§112 Final Rejection 28d Pending Jan 08, 2024
18536706 DEVICE WITH ROTATING BLADES, MACHINE COMPRISING SAID DEVICE, AND RELATED METHOD DO, NHAT CHIEU Q 3724 §103§112 Final Rejection 78d overdue Pending Dec 12, 2023

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