Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
14 pending office actions • 2 clients • 14 examiners • 11 art units • 0 of 14 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 7 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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. 7 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 5 (36%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 9 (64%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MALEKZADEH, SEYED MASOUD | 1 | 67.2% | +31.8% |
| WORKU, KIDEST | 1 | 84.9% | +2.7% |
| NELSON, JAMEL M | 1 | 74.5% | +16.1% |
| RUSSELL, STEPHEN MATTHEW | 1 | 62.1% | +37.3% |
| PAGE, HANA C | 1 | 60.1% | +32.5% |
| KENNEDY, TIMOTHY J | 1 | 71.2% | +17.4% |
| FLETCHER III, WILLIAM P | 1 | 76.1% | +16.4% |
| CARLSON, JOSHUA MICHAEL | 1 | 59.5% | +40.1% |
| SIMONE, CATHERINE A | 1 | 73.3% | +23.0% |
| KERNS, KEVIN P | 1 | 79.0% | +21.0% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18779547 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VECTORIZED ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING | WORKU, KIDEST | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17980937 | ELECTRICALLY HEATED AND COOLED ROLLERS | NGUYEN, HUNG D | 14d |
| 18627892 | Method for Manufacturing a Multilayer PVC Semifinished Product and a Corresponding Apparatus | FLETCHER III, WILLIAM P | 33d |
| 17983778 | ROLLER SURFACE HARDENING | KYLE, MADISON LEIGH | 53d |
| 18809697 | Heating Device for Heating a Roller, Roller, and a Calender or Embossing Cassette | MALEKZADEH, SEYED MASOUD | — |
| 18753417 | Systems and Methods for the Compressing of Graphite | NELSON, JAMEL M | — |
| 18707623 | Sleeve-Change Calender for Rotary Embossing of a Multi-Ply Tissue Web | RUSSELL, STEPHEN MATTHEW | — |
| 18694678 | Assembly for Measuring the Thickness of a Continuous Material Web | CARLSON, JOSHUA MICHAEL | — |
| 18508694 | GRAPHITE MATERIALS AND DEVICES WITH SURFACE MICRO-TEXTURING | SIMONE, CATHERINE A | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18706039 | Electrically Heated and Cooled Rollers | PAGE, HANA C | 50d overdue |
| 18705726 | Powder Hopper for the Gravity-Driven Feeding of Powdered Electrode Precursor Material Into a Nip of a Dry Electrode Caldender, Corresponding Assembly, and Corresponding Method | KENNEDY, TIMOTHY J | 18d overdue |
| 18241647 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HYBRID SAND CASTING | KERNS, KEVIN P | 16d |
| 18627892 | Method for Manufacturing a Multilayer PVC Semifinished Product and a Corresponding Apparatus | FLETCHER III, WILLIAM P | 33d |
| 18809697 | Heating Device for Heating a Roller, Roller, and a Calender or Embossing Cassette | MALEKZADEH, SEYED MASOUD | — |
| 18753417 | Systems and Methods for the Compressing of Graphite | NELSON, JAMEL M | — |
| 18707623 | Sleeve-Change Calender for Rotary Embossing of a Multi-Ply Tissue Web | RUSSELL, STEPHEN MATTHEW | — |
| 18694678 | Assembly for Measuring the Thickness of a Continuous Material Web | CARLSON, JOSHUA MICHAEL | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| MATTHEWS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION | 13 |
| OLBRICH GmbH | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1743 | 2 |
| 2853 | 2 |
| 1754 | 1 |
| 1748 | 1 |
| 1745 | 1 |
| 1759 | 1 |
| 2877 | 1 |
| 1781 | 1 |
| 1735 | 1 |
| 1722 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18809697 | Heating Device for Heating a Roller, Roller, and a Calender or Embossing Cassette | Matthews International Corporation | MALEKZADEH, SEYED MASOUD | 1754 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 20, 2024 |
| 18779547 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VECTORIZED ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING | Matthews International Corporation | WORKU, KIDEST | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 22, 2024 | |
| 18753417 | Systems and Methods for the Compressing of Graphite | Matthews International GmbH | NELSON, JAMEL M | 1743 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 25, 2024 |
| 18707623 | Sleeve-Change Calender for Rotary Embossing of a Multi-Ply Tissue Web | Matthews International GmbH | RUSSELL, STEPHEN MATTHEW | 1748 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 06, 2024 |
| 18706039 | Electrically Heated and Cooled Rollers | Matthews International Corporation | PAGE, HANA C | 1745 | §103 | Final Rejection | 50d overdue | Pending | Apr 30, 2024 |
| 18705726 | Powder Hopper for the Gravity-Driven Feeding of Powdered Electrode Precursor Material Into a Nip of a Dry Electrode Caldender, Corresponding Assembly, and Corresponding Method | Matthews International Corporation | KENNEDY, TIMOTHY J | 1743 | §103 | Final Rejection | 18d overdue | Pending | Apr 29, 2024 |
| 18627892 | Method for Manufacturing a Multilayer PVC Semifinished Product and a Corresponding Apparatus | Olbrich GmbH | FLETCHER III, WILLIAM P | 1759 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 33d | Pending | Apr 05, 2024 |
| 18694678 | Assembly for Measuring the Thickness of a Continuous Material Web | Matthews International Corporation | CARLSON, JOSHUA MICHAEL | 2877 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 22, 2024 |
| 18508694 | GRAPHITE MATERIALS AND DEVICES WITH SURFACE MICRO-TEXTURING | Matthews International Corporation | SIMONE, CATHERINE A | 1781 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 14, 2023 |
| 18241647 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HYBRID SAND CASTING | Matthews International Corporation | KERNS, KEVIN P | 1735 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 16d | Pending | Sep 01, 2023 |
| 17983778 | ROLLER SURFACE HARDENING | Matthews International Corporation | KYLE, MADISON LEIGH | 1722 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 53d | Pending | Nov 09, 2022 |
| 17980937 | ELECTRICALLY HEATED AND COOLED ROLLERS | Matthews International Corporation | NGUYEN, HUNG D | 3761 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 14d | Pending | Nov 04, 2022 |
| 17919558 | LIGHTWEIGHT ROTOGRAVURE PRINTING CYLINDER | Matthews International Corporation | HINZE, LEO T | 2853 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 35d | Pending | Oct 18, 2022 |
| 14272622 | Cantilevered Micro-Valve and Inkjet Printer Using Said Valve | Matthews International Corporation | VALENCIA, ALEJANDRO | 2853 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 08, 2014 |
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