Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Wolter Vandyke Davis, Pllc Mail Stop AG

17 pending office actions • 1 client • 17 examiners • 13 art units • 0 of 17 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 47 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

17
Total Pending OAs
9
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
5
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 17 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

11
Overdue
0
Due this week
2
Due this month
4
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. 17 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (11)Due ≤ 30 days (2)Due ≤ 60 days (4)

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.

1
Hard (6%)
16
Medium (94%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (6%)
§103 only16 (94%)

Industry Mix

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

8
Life Sciences
47% of docket
3
Information Tech
18% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
6% of docket
5
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.

170 h
Manual time on pending OAs
34 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
59 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
WILENSKY, MOSHE K 1 75.3% +15.6%
SHEIKH, ASFAND M 1 46.2% +48.2%
AFZALI, SARANG 1 73.1% +45.4%
OGG, DAVID EARL 1 83.2% +11.9%
FIGG, TRAVIS M 1 61.7% +16.7%
JANSSEN, REBECCA 1 60.5% +30.0%
KNOX, KALERIA 1 68.0% +25.0%
KEELING, ALEXANDER W 1 56.3% +38.1%
NORTON, JOHN J 1 67.2% +29.3%
CARPENTER, JOSHUA S 1 50.4% +39.2%

Quick Wins (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18568811 POWER DEMAND PREDICTION METHOD AND SYSTEM OGG, DAVID EARL 33d

Hard Cases (1)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18014785 IRRADIATION STRATEGY FOR A COOLABLE, ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURED STRUCTURE NORTON, JOHN J 19d

Interview Candidates (10)

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
19050611 WELDING METHOD USING COATED ABRASIVE PARTICLES WILENSKY, MOSHE K 93d overdue
18274998 CONTINUOUS FLOW ENGINE SKID COMPONENT SYSTEM FIGG, TRAVIS M 26d overdue
18266595 ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURED POROUS COMPONENT STRUCTURE AND MEANS FOR MANUFACTURING SAME JANSSEN, REBECCA 26d overdue
17923589 METHOD FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING BY MEANS OF DUAL SELECTIVE IRRADIATION OF A POWDER BED AND PREHEATING CARPENTER, JOSHUA S 24d overdue
18025899 METHOD FOR OPERATING AN ELECTROLYSIS SYSTEM, AND ELECTROLYSIS SYSTEM KEELING, ALEXANDER W 16d overdue
18030864 COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR DETERMINING AN OPERATING PROPERTY OF A PUMPJACK, ANALYSIS DEVICE AND PUMP SYSTEM THEREFOR KNOX, KALERIA 15d overdue
18793761 METHOD FOR CARRYING OUT METHOD FOR IMPLEMENTING ENERGY CONVERSION INSTALLATION SERVICE MEASURES, AND ENERGY CONVERSION INSTALLATION AFZALI, SARANG 11d overdue
18854525 CONTINUOUS FLOW ENGINE MAINTENANCE SCHEDULING AND PROGNOSIS SYSTEM SHEIKH, ASFAND M 2d overdue

Client Portfolio (1 client)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
Siemens Energy 17

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
37262
17332
17952
37612
36261
21191
17831
28571
17761
17351

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19050611 WELDING METHOD USING COATED ABRASIVE PARTICLES Siemens Energy Global GmbH & Co. Kg WILENSKY, MOSHE K 3726 §103 Final Rejection 93d overdue Pending Feb 11, 2025
18854525 CONTINUOUS FLOW ENGINE MAINTENANCE SCHEDULING AND PROGNOSIS SYSTEM Siemens Energy Global GmbH & Co. Kg SHEIKH, ASFAND M 3626 §103 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Oct 05, 2024
18793761 METHOD FOR CARRYING OUT METHOD FOR IMPLEMENTING ENERGY CONVERSION INSTALLATION SERVICE MEASURES, AND ENERGY CONVERSION INSTALLATION Siemens Energy Global GmbH & Co. Kg AFZALI, SARANG 3726 §103 Non-Final OA 11d overdue Pending Aug 03, 2024
18568811 POWER DEMAND PREDICTION METHOD AND SYSTEM Siemens Energy Global GmbH & Co. Kg OGG, DAVID EARL 2119 §103 Non-Final OA 33d Pending Dec 09, 2023
18274998 CONTINUOUS FLOW ENGINE SKID COMPONENT SYSTEM Siemens Energy Global GmbH & Co. Kg FIGG, TRAVIS M 1783 §103 Final Rejection 26d overdue Pending Jul 29, 2023
18266595 ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURED POROUS COMPONENT STRUCTURE AND MEANS FOR MANUFACTURING SAME Siemens Energy Global GmbH & Co. Kg JANSSEN, REBECCA 1733 §103 Non-Final OA 26d overdue Pending Jun 12, 2023
18030864 COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR DETERMINING AN OPERATING PROPERTY OF A PUMPJACK, ANALYSIS DEVICE AND PUMP SYSTEM THEREFOR Siemens Energy Global GmbH & Co. Kg KNOX, KALERIA 2857 §103 Non-Final OA 15d overdue Pending Apr 07, 2023
18025899 METHOD FOR OPERATING AN ELECTROLYSIS SYSTEM, AND ELECTROLYSIS SYSTEM Siemens Energy Global GmbH & Co. Kg KEELING, ALEXANDER W 1795 §103 Non-Final OA 16d overdue Pending Mar 12, 2023
18014785 IRRADIATION STRATEGY FOR A COOLABLE, ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURED STRUCTURE Siemens Energy Global GmbH & Co. Kg NORTON, JOHN J 3761 §101 Non-Final OA 19d Pending Jan 06, 2023
17923589 METHOD FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING BY MEANS OF DUAL SELECTIVE IRRADIATION OF A POWDER BED AND PREHEATING Siemens Energy Global GmbH & Co. Kg CARPENTER, JOSHUA S 1733 §103 Non-Final OA 24d overdue Pending Nov 06, 2022
17922181 FILTER UNIT AND FILTERING METHOD Siemens Energy Global GmbH & Co. Kg HE, QIANPING 1776 §103 Non-Final OA 25d overdue Pending Oct 28, 2022
17919256 CORROSION PROTECTION IN A CO2 ELECTROLYSIS STACK Siemens Energy Global GmbH & Co. Kg WITTENBERG, STEFANIE S 1795 §103 Non-Final OA 42d overdue Pending Oct 15, 2022
17640683 NICKEL-BASED ALLOY FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING, METHOD AND PRODUCT Siemens Energy Global GmbH & Co. Kg SMITH, CATHERINE P 1735 §103 Non-Final OA 42d overdue Pending Jul 17, 2022
17787127 SCANNING STRATEGY FOR VOLUME SUPPORT IN ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING Siemens Energy Global GmbH & Co. Kg MILLS JR., JOE E 3761 §103 Non-Final OA 54d Pending Jun 17, 2022
17437542 METHOD OF DETECTING MALFUNCTION IN ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING Siemens Energy Global GmbH & Co. Kg POLLOCK, AUSTIN M 1738 §103 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Sep 09, 2021
17429760 INVERSE AND FORWARD MODELING MACHINE LEARNING-BASED GENERATIVE DESIGN Siemens Energy, Inc. KNIGHT, PAUL M 2148 §103 Final Rejection 54d Pending Aug 10, 2021
17275303 DATA STRUCTURE PRODUCT AND PRODUCT KIT Siemens Energy Global GmbH & Co. Kg LIN, JASON 2117 §103 Non-Final OA 27d Pending Mar 11, 2021

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