Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Vat Holding AG

6 pending office actions • 2 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

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

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

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

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.

4
Hard (67%)
1
Medium (17%)
1
Easy (17%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§102 only1 (17%)
§112 only1 (17%)
Multi-statute (no §101)4 (67%)

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
LE, MINH Q 1 80.5% +16.4%
CARY, KELSEY E 1 75.0% +24.6%
CHAUDRY, ATIF H 1 70.6% +16.8%
BASTIANELLI, JOHN 1 73.6% +28.6%
HICKS, ANGELISA 1 63.6% +22.3%
MCCONNELL, AARON R 1 45.0% +54.4%

Hard Cases (4)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18715534 PENDULUM VALVE WITH CALIBRATION DEVICE HICKS, ANGELISA 38d overdue
18835509 VACUUM VALVE SYSTEM FOR A VACUUM TRANSPORT SYSTEM BASTIANELLI, JOHN 22d overdue
19139229 GAS INLET VALVE HAVING A BELLOWS DRIVE LE, MINH Q
17415863 PIN-LIFTING DEVICE HAVING STATE MONITORING MCCONNELL, AARON R

Interview Candidates (6)

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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18715534 PENDULUM VALVE WITH CALIBRATION DEVICE HICKS, ANGELISA 38d overdue
18835509 VACUUM VALVE SYSTEM FOR A VACUUM TRANSPORT SYSTEM BASTIANELLI, JOHN 22d overdue
19139229 GAS INLET VALVE HAVING A BELLOWS DRIVE LE, MINH Q
19114353 CLOSURE ASSEMBLY FOR A VACUUM VALVE CARY, KELSEY E
18873825 VALVE CHAUDRY, ATIF H
17415863 PIN-LIFTING DEVICE HAVING STATE MONITORING MCCONNELL, AARON R

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3753 5
3723 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19139229 GAS INLET VALVE HAVING A BELLOWS DRIVE LE, MINH Q 3753 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 13, 2025
19114353 CLOSURE ASSEMBLY FOR A VACUUM VALVE CARY, KELSEY E 3753 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 21, 2025
18873825 VALVE CHAUDRY, ATIF H 3753 §102Other Non-Final OA Pending Dec 11, 2024
18835509 VACUUM VALVE SYSTEM FOR A VACUUM TRANSPORT SYSTEM BASTIANELLI, JOHN 3753 §103§112 Non-Final OA 22d overdue Pending Aug 02, 2024
18715534 PENDULUM VALVE WITH CALIBRATION DEVICE HICKS, ANGELISA 3753 §102§103 Final Rejection 38d overdue Pending May 31, 2024
17415863 PIN-LIFTING DEVICE HAVING STATE MONITORING MCCONNELL, AARON R 3723 §102§103§112 Final Rejection Pending Jun 18, 2021

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