Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Bsh Hausgeräte GmbH

33 pending office actions • 19 art units • 32 examiners • 0 of 33 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 130 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

33
Total Pending OAs
20
Non-Final OAs
9
Final Rejections
4
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 32 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

15
Overdue
0
Due this week
15
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
1
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. 32 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (15)Due ≤ 30 days (15)Due ≤ 60 days (1)Due later (1)

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.

0
Hard (0%)
29
Medium (88%)
2
Easy (6%)
2
Unknown (6%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only24 (73%)
§102 only5 (15%)
§112 only2 (6%)
No statute on record2 (6%)

Industry Mix

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

5
Life Sciences
15% of docket
3
Information Tech
9% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
3
Semiconductors
9% of docket
22
Mechanical / Eng
67% 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.

330 h
Manual time on pending OAs
66 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
115 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.9 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
ROERSMA, ANDREW MARK 2 63.5% +24.5%
ROHRHOFF, DANIEL J 1 78.0% +14.8%
CORMIER, DAVID G 1 64.0% +29.0%
IVEY, DANA DESHAWN 1 89.2% +6.9%
JOHNSON, RASHAD H 1 80.5% +12.3%
WORJLOH, JALATEE 1 63.3% +38.4%
BAUER, CASSEY D 1 74.5% +15.8%
GAYE, SAMBA NMN 1 63.7% +36.5%
BELL, SPENCER E 1 63.6% +12.0%
IMTIAZ, ZOHEB S 1 80.3% +14.4%

Quick Wins (3)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18395823 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ACTUATING AN ELECTRIC MOTOR, COFFEE MACHINE, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM IMTIAZ, ZOHEB S 13d
18729262 MOBILE, SELF-PROPELLED DEVICE IVEY, DANA DESHAWN 15d
18751879 STATOR FOR MOTOR, MOTOR, AND HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCE JOHNSON, RASHAD H 21d

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
18716595 REFRIGERATION APPLIANCE BAUER, CASSEY D 49d overdue
18701286 A COOLING DEVICE HAVING A CONDUIT ARRANGEMENT ROERSMA, ANDREW MARK 22d overdue
18690278 DISHWASHER HAVING AT LEAST ONE DRYING UNIT COMPRISING A SORBENT BELL, SPENCER E 15d overdue
18843070 A HOUSEHOLD REFRIGERATION APPLIANCE HAVING A DRAWER-TYPE DOOR WITH A LIGHT UNIT ROHRHOFF, DANIEL J 9d overdue
18395823 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ACTUATING AN ELECTRIC MOTOR, COFFEE MACHINE, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM IMTIAZ, ZOHEB S 13d
18751879 STATOR FOR MOTOR, MOTOR, AND HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCE JOHNSON, RASHAD H 21d
18836378 DOMESTIC DISHWASHER CORMIER, DAVID G 28d
18646841 ICE-MAKING SYSTEM, WHICH CONTROLS ICE HARDNESS GAYE, SAMBA NMN 28d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3761 11
3637 3
1711 2
3763 2
3662 1
2834 1
3697 1
2846 1
1714 1
3723 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18843070 A HOUSEHOLD REFRIGERATION APPLIANCE HAVING A DRAWER-TYPE DOOR WITH A LIGHT UNIT ROHRHOFF, DANIEL J 3637 §103 Non-Final OA 9d overdue Pending Aug 30, 2024
18836378 DOMESTIC DISHWASHER CORMIER, DAVID G 1711 §102 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Aug 07, 2024
18729262 MOBILE, SELF-PROPELLED DEVICE IVEY, DANA DESHAWN 3662 §103 Final Rejection 15d Pending Jul 16, 2024
18751879 STATOR FOR MOTOR, MOTOR, AND HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCE JOHNSON, RASHAD H 2834 §102 Non-Final OA 21d Pending Jun 24, 2024
18736844 CONTROL ENTITY AND METHOD FOR HANDLING AN ERROR OF A HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCE WORJLOH, JALATEE 3697 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 07, 2024
18716595 REFRIGERATION APPLIANCE BAUER, CASSEY D 3763 §103 Non-Final OA 49d overdue Pending Jun 05, 2024
18679550 ANTI-TIP DEVICE AND ANTI-TIP SYSTEM FOR A REFRIGERATION APPLIANCE ROERSMA, ANDREW MARK 3637 §103 Final Rejection 33d Pending May 31, 2024
18646841 ICE-MAKING SYSTEM, WHICH CONTROLS ICE HARDNESS GAYE, SAMBA NMN 3763 §103 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Apr 26, 2024
18701286 A COOLING DEVICE HAVING A CONDUIT ARRANGEMENT ROERSMA, ANDREW MARK 3637 §103 Non-Final OA 22d overdue Pending Apr 15, 2024
18690278 DISHWASHER HAVING AT LEAST ONE DRYING UNIT COMPRISING A SORBENT BELL, SPENCER E 1711 §103 Final Rejection 15d overdue Pending Mar 08, 2024
18395823 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ACTUATING AN ELECTRIC MOTOR, COFFEE MACHINE, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM IMTIAZ, ZOHEB S 2846 §103 Non-Final OA 13d Pending Dec 26, 2023
18574101 METHOD FOR IMPROVED CLEANING OF A SPATIALLY DELIMITED REGION LEE, DOUGLAS 1714 §103 Final Rejection 141d overdue Pending Dec 26, 2023
18570205 REGULAR HOUSEHOLD CLEANING SOTO, CHRISTOPHER ASHLEY 3723 §102 Final Rejection 1d overdue Pending Dec 14, 2023
18567036 COOKTOP WITH OVERFLOW DETECTION CARTER, AMY ELIZABETH 3762 §103 Non-Final OA 29d Pending Dec 05, 2023
18456762 METHOD FOR OPERATING A MOBILE, SELF-MOVING DEVICE AND MOBILE, SELF-MOVING DEVICE OVALLE JR., DAVID MESQUITI 3669 §103 Non-Final OA 16d Pending Aug 28, 2023
18276266 METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN ENAMELED STEEL COMPONENT, ENAMELED STEEL COMPONENT, AND USE THEREOF ROLLAND, ALEX A 1759 §103 Non-Final OA 43d overdue Pending Aug 08, 2023
18265707 COOKING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INSTALLING A COOKING SYSTEM TRAN-LE, THAO UYEN 3761 §103 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Jun 07, 2023
18038235 OPERATING A HOUSEHOLD MICROWAVE APPLIANCE DANG, KET D 3761 §112 Non-Final OA 70d Pending May 23, 2023
18035962 COOKING APPLIANCE COMPRISING A COOKING CHAMBER INSERT FOR ASYMMETRICALLY DIVIDING A COOKING CHAMBER AS WELL AS SPECIFIC VERTICAL DISTANCES FROM A COOKING FOOD SUPPORT KERR, ELIZABETH M 3761 Other Non-Final OA 29d Pending May 09, 2023
18249574 HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE SAME PARK, SUNGHYOUN 2484 §103 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Apr 19, 2023
18135796 AUTOMATIC RACK MOVEMENT FOR A DOMESTIC KITCHEN APPLIANCE EVANGELISTA, THEODORE JUSTINE 3761 §103 Non-Final OA 19d overdue Pending Apr 18, 2023
18007169 HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCE AND CONTROL PANEL ASSEMBLY AND TOUCH MODULE THEREOF THAKER, NIDHI VIVEK 2841 §103 Final Rejection 146d overdue Pending Jan 27, 2023
18005217 CONTROL OF A CLEANING ROBOT PEDERSEN, DAVID RUBEN 3658 §103 Non-Final OA 8d Pending Jan 12, 2023
18008689 DOMESTIC APPLIANCE DEVICE ABRAHAM, IBRAHIME A 3761 §102 Final Rejection 19d overdue Pending Dec 07, 2022
18075481 COOKING PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT SYSTEM WORKU, KIDEST 2119 §103 Non-Final OA 8d Pending Dec 06, 2022
18007591 DEVICES AND METHODS FOR INCORPORATING A DEVICE INTO A LOCAL AREA NETWORK MAYE, AYUB A 2436 §103 Non-Final OA 30d overdue Pending Dec 01, 2022
17924124 DOMESTIC APPLIANCE DEVICE SAMUELS, LAWRENCE H 3761 Other Final Rejection 28d Pending Nov 09, 2022
17912877 INSULATION DEVICE, DOMESTIC APPLIANCE, AND METHOD RIOJA, MELISSA A 1764 §112 Non-Final OA 5d overdue Pending Sep 20, 2022
17911451 UNDERLAY ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD FOR USING AN UNDERLAY ARRANGEMENT CHOU, JIMMY 3761 §102 Non-Final OA 20d Pending Sep 14, 2022
17790967 HOB DEVICE NGUYEN, PHUONG T 3761 §103 Non-Final OA 26d Pending Jul 06, 2022
17781745 INDUCTION COOKING DEVICE WEN, KEVIN GUANHUA 3761 §103 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Jun 02, 2022
17771027 DOMESTIC MICROWAVE APPLIANCE WITH MICROWAVE TRAP AND METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION THEREOF AMIN, HAMZEH HICHAM 3761 §103 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Apr 22, 2022
17641110 INDUCTION ENERGY TRANSMISSION SYSTEM HELFERTY, ALLISON ERIN 3761 §103 Final Rejection 30d overdue Pending Mar 08, 2022

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