Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 13, 2026

Aco Ahlmann SE & Co. Kg

3 pending office actions • 1 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

3
Total Pending OAs
1
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

0
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
0
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.

1
Hard (33%)
2
Medium (67%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only2 (67%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (33%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
2
Information Tech
67% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
1
Business / Other
33% 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.

30 h
Manual time on pending OAs
6 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
10 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
KWIECINSKI, RYAN D 1 68.3% +19.7%
MERCADO VARGAS, ARIEL 1 71.7% +29.3%
YOON, ERIC 1 58.6% +65.6%

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
19103956 MANHOLE COVER, MANHOLE COVERING AND MONITORING SYTEM KWIECINSKI, RYAN D

Interview Candidates (3)

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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18043112 SENSOR BOX, SYSTEM, AND METHOD YOON, ERIC 14d
19103956 MANHOLE COVER, MANHOLE COVERING AND MONITORING SYTEM KWIECINSKI, RYAN D
18044814 IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE DEVICE AND/OR WATER STORAGE DEVICE, PREFERABLY FOR MANAGING WATER, IN PARTICULAR IRRIGATION OF (GREEN) SPACES AND/OR PLANTS MERCADO VARGAS, ARIEL

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2118 2

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19103956 MANHOLE COVER, MANHOLE COVERING AND MONITORING SYTEM KWIECINSKI, RYAN D §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 14, 2025
18044814 IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE DEVICE AND/OR WATER STORAGE DEVICE, PREFERABLY FOR MANAGING WATER, IN PARTICULAR IRRIGATION OF (GREEN) SPACES AND/OR PLANTS MERCADO VARGAS, ARIEL 2118 §103 Final Rejection Pending Mar 10, 2023
18043112 SENSOR BOX, SYSTEM, AND METHOD YOON, ERIC 2118 §103 Final Rejection 14d Pending Feb 27, 2023

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