Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Ako Kunststoffe Alfred Kolb GmbH

Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems

1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

The portfolio has 1 pending office action in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems. The matter is assigned to 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit, indicating a concentrated examination path rather than distribution across multiple examination groups.

SAETHER, FLEMMING is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. Counsel can therefore focus prosecution review on a single examiner and art-unit context when preparing the response.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

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

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 (100%)
0
Medium (0%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (100%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
100% 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.

10 h
Manual time on pending OAs
2 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
4 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
SAETHER, FLEMMING 1 65.2% +27.8%

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
18589028 SCREW CONNECTION SAETHER, FLEMMING —

Interview Candidates (1)

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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18589028 SCREW CONNECTION SAETHER, FLEMMING —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3675 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18589028 SCREW CONNECTION SAETHER, FLEMMING 3675 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 27, 2024

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Ako Kunststoffe Alfred Kolb GmbH have?

Ako Kunststoffe Alfred Kolb GmbH has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Ako Kunststoffe Alfred Kolb GmbH applications?

Flemming Saether has the most, with 1 of Ako Kunststoffe Alfred Kolb GmbH's pending office actions.

What technology area are Ako Kunststoffe Alfred Kolb GmbH's patent applications in?

Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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