Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Vmi Holland B.V.

7 pending office actions • 4 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 10 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

7
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
Overdue
1
Due this week
0
Due this month
2
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. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 60 days (2)

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 (57%)
3
Medium (43%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (14%)
§103 only2 (29%)
§102 only1 (14%)
Multi-statute (no §101)3 (43%)

Industry Mix

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

4
Life Sciences
57% of docket
1
Information Tech
14% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
29% 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.

70 h
Manual time on pending OAs
14 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
24 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
PAQUETTE, SEDEF ESRA AYALP 3 63.2% +45.0%
BOOTH, ALEXANDER D 1 53.4% +37.2%
ACKUN, JACOB K 1 56.7% +2.9%
PAN, YUHUI R 1 83.4% +21.9%
MACFARLANE, EVAN H 1 50.6% +42.3%

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
18285350 Buffer system and method for buffering a length of a strip between an input side and an output side, and related computer program product PAN, YUHUI R 44d overdue
18871430 TRANSFER RING, TIRE BUILDING ASSEMBLY AND METHOD FOR TRANSFERRING ONE OR MORE TIRE COMPONENTS BOOTH, ALEXANDER D 17d overdue
18110227 Apparatus and method for converting a sheet into a continuous strip MACFARLANE, EVAN H 7d
19129196 Method, tire manufacturing line and computer program product for manufacturing a continuous strip PAQUETTE, SEDEF ESRA AYALP 47d

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
18285350 Buffer system and method for buffering a length of a strip between an input side and an output side, and related computer program product PAN, YUHUI R 44d overdue
18871430 TRANSFER RING, TIRE BUILDING ASSEMBLY AND METHOD FOR TRANSFERRING ONE OR MORE TIRE COMPONENTS BOOTH, ALEXANDER D 17d overdue
18110227 Apparatus and method for converting a sheet into a continuous strip MACFARLANE, EVAN H 7d
19129196 Method, tire manufacturing line and computer program product for manufacturing a continuous strip PAQUETTE, SEDEF ESRA AYALP 47d
18845069 CUTTING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CUTTING A TIRE COMPONENT PAQUETTE, SEDEF ESRA AYALP
18844252 SERVICER, ASSEMBLY AND METHOD FOR SUPPLYING A TIRE COMPONENT TO A TIRE BUILDING DRUM PAQUETTE, SEDEF ESRA AYALP

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1749 4
3736 1
2116 1
3724 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19129196 Method, tire manufacturing line and computer program product for manufacturing a continuous strip PAQUETTE, SEDEF ESRA AYALP 1749 §102§103 Final Rejection 47d Pending May 12, 2025
18871430 TRANSFER RING, TIRE BUILDING ASSEMBLY AND METHOD FOR TRANSFERRING ONE OR MORE TIRE COMPONENTS BOOTH, ALEXANDER D 1749 §102§103 Final Rejection 17d overdue Pending Dec 03, 2024
18912628 SHEET FOR USE IN PILL PACKAGES, AND POUCH FORMED FROM A SHEET ACKUN, JACOB K 3736 §103 Final Rejection 53d Pending Oct 11, 2024
18845069 CUTTING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CUTTING A TIRE COMPONENT PAQUETTE, SEDEF ESRA AYALP 1749 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 09, 2024
18844252 SERVICER, ASSEMBLY AND METHOD FOR SUPPLYING A TIRE COMPONENT TO A TIRE BUILDING DRUM PAQUETTE, SEDEF ESRA AYALP 1749 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 05, 2024
18285350 Buffer system and method for buffering a length of a strip between an input side and an output side, and related computer program product PAN, YUHUI R 2116 §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA 44d overdue Pending Oct 02, 2023
18110227 Apparatus and method for converting a sheet into a continuous strip MACFARLANE, EVAN H 3724 §103§112 Final Rejection 7d Pending Feb 15, 2023

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