Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 14, 2026

Windmöller & Hölscher Kg

8 pending office actions • 6 art units • 8 examiners • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 7 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

8
Total Pending OAs
1
Non-Final OAs
6
Final Rejections
1
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.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
1
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 (50%)
4
Medium (50%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only4 (50%)
Multi-statute (no §101)4 (50%)

Industry Mix

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

3
Life Sciences
38% of docket
2
Information Tech
25% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
3
Mechanical / Eng
38% 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.

80 h
Manual time on pending OAs
16 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
28 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
LEYSON, JOSEPH S 1 66.0% +36.1%
WANG, ALEXANDER A 1 66.0% +21.8%
DUNN, DARRIN D 1 75.2% +24.3%
TAN, ALVIN H 1 56.7% +19.1%
BATTISTI, DEREK J 1 51.2% +35.9%
ATTEL, NINA KAY 1 41.1% +27.9%
HELVEY, PETER N. 1 54.5% +19.1%
MELENDEZ, ARMAND 1 46.2% +42.8%

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
18756320 System for Producing a Blown Film LEYSON, JOSEPH S 33d
18580837 Avoidance of Scratches on the Film WANG, ALEXANDER A
18254273 BAG, METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PRODUCING A BAG ATTEL, NINA KAY
18254281 BAG, METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PRODUCING A BAG HELVEY, PETER N.

Interview Candidates (8)

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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18560537 Method for Producing Film from a Total Amount of Raw Materials Using a Film Extrusion Machine, and Computer Program Product for Carrying Out the Method DUNN, DARRIN D 16d overdue
18756320 System for Producing a Blown Film LEYSON, JOSEPH S 33d
18580837 Avoidance of Scratches on the Film WANG, ALEXANDER A
18560551 Method for Producing Film from a Total Quantity of Raw Materials Using a Film Extrusion Machine, and Computer Program Product for Carrying Out the Method TAN, ALVIN H
18550551 POUCH-TYPE BAG MADE OF PAPER AS WELL AS METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING A POUCH-TYPE BAG MADE OF PAPER BATTISTI, DEREK J
18254273 BAG, METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PRODUCING A BAG ATTEL, NINA KAY
18254281 BAG, METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PRODUCING A BAG HELVEY, PETER N.
17291641 SWITCHING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SWITCHING A FLAT FILM MACHINE FROM AN INPUT PRODUCT TO A SUBSEQUENT PRODUCT MELENDEZ, ARMAND

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3734 3
1744 1
1741 1
2117 1
2118 1
1759 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18756320 System for Producing a Blown Film LEYSON, JOSEPH S 1744 §103§112Other Non-Final OA 33d Pending Jun 27, 2024
18580837 Avoidance of Scratches on the Film WANG, ALEXANDER A 1741 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 22, 2024
18560537 Method for Producing Film from a Total Amount of Raw Materials Using a Film Extrusion Machine, and Computer Program Product for Carrying Out the Method DUNN, DARRIN D 2117 §103 Final Rejection 16d overdue Pending Nov 13, 2023
18560551 Method for Producing Film from a Total Quantity of Raw Materials Using a Film Extrusion Machine, and Computer Program Product for Carrying Out the Method TAN, ALVIN H 2118 §103 Final Rejection Pending Nov 13, 2023
18550551 POUCH-TYPE BAG MADE OF PAPER AS WELL AS METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING A POUCH-TYPE BAG MADE OF PAPER BATTISTI, DEREK J 3734 §103 Final Rejection Pending Sep 14, 2023
18254273 BAG, METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PRODUCING A BAG ATTEL, NINA KAY 3734 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending May 24, 2023
18254281 BAG, METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PRODUCING A BAG HELVEY, PETER N. 3734 §102§103§112 Final Rejection Pending May 24, 2023
17291641 SWITCHING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SWITCHING A FLAT FILM MACHINE FROM AN INPUT PRODUCT TO A SUBSEQUENT PRODUCT MELENDEZ, ARMAND 1759 §103 Final Rejection Pending May 06, 2021

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