Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Andreas Hettich GmbH & Co. KG

4 pending office actions • 3 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

4
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
0
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
0
Due in next 60 days
1
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.

2
Hard (50%)
1
Medium (25%)
1
Easy (25%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only1 (25%)
§112 only1 (25%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (50%)

Industry Mix

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

2
Life Sciences
50% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
25% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
1
Business / Other
25% 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.

40 h
Manual time on pending OAs
8 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
14 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
COOLEY, CHARLES E 1 79.1% +15.0%
NIA, FATEMEH ESFANDIARI 1 73.9% +20.2%
ISMAIL, REHANA 1 77.3% +32.8%
LIU, SHUYI S 1 73.3% +26.6%

Hard Cases (2)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18573433 DEVICE FOR MANAGING SAMPLES IN SAMPLE CONTAINERS UNDER VACUUM NIA, FATEMEH ESFANDIARI 52d overdue
17996370 PHOSPHOLIPIDS AND PHOSPHOLIPID METABOLITES FOR TREATING VIRAL AND BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA AND SEPSIS ISMAIL, REHANA

Interview Candidates (4)

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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18573433 DEVICE FOR MANAGING SAMPLES IN SAMPLE CONTAINERS UNDER VACUUM NIA, FATEMEH ESFANDIARI 52d overdue
17633982 CENTRIFUGE WITH TRANSCEIVER UNITS AND ANNULAR SUPPORTS LIU, SHUYI S 77d
18684177 CENTRIFUGE COOLEY, CHARLES E
17996370 PHOSPHOLIPIDS AND PHOSPHOLIPID METABOLITES FOR TREATING VIRAL AND BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA AND SEPSIS ISMAIL, REHANA

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2855 1
1625 1
1774 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18684177 CENTRIFUGE COOLEY, CHARLES E §112 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 15, 2024
18573433 DEVICE FOR MANAGING SAMPLES IN SAMPLE CONTAINERS UNDER VACUUM NIA, FATEMEH ESFANDIARI 2855 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 52d overdue Pending Dec 21, 2023
17996370 PHOSPHOLIPIDS AND PHOSPHOLIPID METABOLITES FOR TREATING VIRAL AND BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA AND SEPSIS ISMAIL, REHANA 1625 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 13, 2023
17633982 CENTRIFUGE WITH TRANSCEIVER UNITS AND ANNULAR SUPPORTS LIU, SHUYI S 1774 §103 Final Rejection 77d Pending Feb 09, 2022

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