Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
2 pending office actions • 0 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
VDM METALS INTERNATIONAL GMBH currently has 2 pending office actions in its patent portfolio. These actions are assigned to 2 distinct examiners. The data shows 0 distinct art units, which indicates that while multiple examiners are involved, the matters are not spread across different administrative units. This distribution suggests that the company's current filings are concentrated in a specific technical field.
The busiest examiner for the company is SMITH, CATHERINE P, who handles 1 pending office action. Given that there are 2 pending office actions and 2 distinct examiners, each examiner is responsible for one matter. This one-to-one ratio means that practitioners will interact with two different individuals for the company's current prosecution. The presence of 2 pending office actions suggests a small but active level of engagement with the patent office. Practitioners should prepare for independent interactions with each examiner as there is no overlap in their current workloads for this company.
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.
| Bucket | Cases |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (100%) |
How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.
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.
| Examiner | Apps on this docket | Allow rate | Interview lift |
|---|---|---|---|
| SMITH, CATHERINE P | 1 | 15.8% | +16.1% |
| ALDAZ CERVANTES, MAYELA RENATA | 1 | 70.0% | +39.4% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18850104 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A SUPPORT FILM FOR CATALYTIC CONVERTERS | SMITH, CATHERINE P | — |
| 18724678 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A COMPONENT MADE OF A NICKEL-CHROMIUM-ALUMINUM ALLOY AND PROVIDED WITH WELD SEAMS | ALDAZ CERVANTES, MAYELA RENATA | — |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18850104 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A SUPPORT FILM FOR CATALYTIC CONVERTERS | SMITH, CATHERINE P | — |
| 18724678 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A COMPONENT MADE OF A NICKEL-CHROMIUM-ALUMINUM ALLOY AND PROVIDED WITH WELD SEAMS | ALDAZ CERVANTES, MAYELA RENATA | — |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18850104 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A SUPPORT FILM FOR CATALYTIC CONVERTERS | SMITH, CATHERINE P | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 24, 2024 |
| 18724678 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A COMPONENT MADE OF A NICKEL-CHROMIUM-ALUMINUM ALLOY AND PROVIDED WITH WELD SEAMS | ALDAZ CERVANTES, MAYELA RENATA | — | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 27, 2024 |
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