Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Bühler AG

11 pending office actions • 7 art units • 10 examiners • 0 of 11 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

11
Total Pending OAs
6
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
4
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 11 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

9
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
1
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. 11 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (9)Due ≤ 30 days (1)Due ≤ 60 days (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%)
10
Medium (91%)
1
Easy (9%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only7 (64%)
§102 only3 (27%)
§112 only1 (9%)

Industry Mix

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

8
Life Sciences
73% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
9% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
18% 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.

110 h
Manual time on pending OAs
22 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
38 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.0 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
BEISNER, WILLIAM H 2 61.6% +29.4%
KIM, BOBBY YEONJIN 1 76.3% +22.4%
KHARE, ATUL P 1 54.5% +72.7%
KOHLER, STEPHANIE A 1 31.2% +31.1%
GU, QINHUA 1 75.0% +30.4%
ALMEIDA BONNIN, ANGELICA ALEJANDRA 1 24.1% +25.6%
MERCHLINSKY, JOSEPH CULLEN 1 8.3% -9.1%
LOPEZLIRA, ASHLEY NICOLE 1 63.9% +48.1%
HO, ALLEN C 1 86.8% +17.7%
ESPERON, NATHAN GREGORY 1 41.2% +25.4%

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
18004838 DOSE MEASURING DEVICE FOR THE MEASUREMENT OF A RADIATION DOSE AND MEASUREMENT METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE RADIATION DOSE APPLIED DURING PASTEURIZATION AND/OR STERILIZATION OF PARTICULATE MATERIAL HO, ALLEN C 198d overdue

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
18270010 Systems for Rearing Insects and Method for Operating an Insect Rearing System ALMEIDA BONNIN, ANGELICA ALEJANDRA 53d overdue
18259257 FOAMED, RESILIENT, PROTEIN-BASED PRODUCT MERCHLINSKY, JOSEPH CULLEN 31d overdue

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
18004838 DOSE MEASURING DEVICE FOR THE MEASUREMENT OF A RADIATION DOSE AND MEASUREMENT METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE RADIATION DOSE APPLIED DURING PASTEURIZATION AND/OR STERILIZATION OF PARTICULATE MATERIAL HO, ALLEN C 198d overdue
17797857 NON-CONTACT DEVICE FOR TREATING CELLS ESPERON, NATHAN GREGORY 194d overdue
17797853 DEVICE FOR TREATING CELLS BEISNER, WILLIAM H 100d overdue
17797865 CONDUCTIVITY-ADJUSTED DEVICE FOR TREATING CELLS BEISNER, WILLIAM H 91d overdue
18270010 Systems for Rearing Insects and Method for Operating an Insect Rearing System ALMEIDA BONNIN, ANGELICA ALEJANDRA 53d overdue
18548164 PROCESS FOR PREPARING PLANT PROTEIN COMPOSITIONS, AND PLANT PROTEIN COMPOSITION OBTAINABLE BY SAID PROCESS KOHLER, STEPHANIE A 5d overdue
18549798 DISTRIBUTION DEVICE FOR AN EXTRUDER KHARE, ATUL P 3d overdue
18577101 FEED LEVEL CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD KIM, BOBBY YEONJIN 1d overdue

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1799 4
1791 2
3725 1
1742 1
1633 1
3643 1
2884 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18577101 FEED LEVEL CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD KIM, BOBBY YEONJIN 3725 §102 Non-Final OA 1d overdue Pending Jan 05, 2024
18549798 DISTRIBUTION DEVICE FOR AN EXTRUDER KHARE, ATUL P 1742 §103 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Sep 08, 2023
18548164 PROCESS FOR PREPARING PLANT PROTEIN COMPOSITIONS, AND PLANT PROTEIN COMPOSITION OBTAINABLE BY SAID PROCESS KOHLER, STEPHANIE A 1791 §103 Non-Final OA 5d overdue Pending Aug 28, 2023
18276886 NUTRIENT MEDIA FOR CELL CULTURE CONTAINING PLANT PROTEIN HYDROLYSATES GU, QINHUA 1633 §103 Non-Final OA 35d Pending Aug 11, 2023
18270010 Systems for Rearing Insects and Method for Operating an Insect Rearing System ALMEIDA BONNIN, ANGELICA ALEJANDRA 3643 §103 Non-Final OA 53d overdue Pending Jun 28, 2023
18259257 FOAMED, RESILIENT, PROTEIN-BASED PRODUCT MERCHLINSKY, JOSEPH CULLEN 1791 §103 Non-Final OA 31d overdue Pending Jun 23, 2023
18252834 DEVICE FOR TREATING CELLS IN A BYPASS LOPEZLIRA, ASHLEY NICOLE 1799 §103 Final Rejection 30d Pending May 12, 2023
18004838 DOSE MEASURING DEVICE FOR THE MEASUREMENT OF A RADIATION DOSE AND MEASUREMENT METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE RADIATION DOSE APPLIED DURING PASTEURIZATION AND/OR STERILIZATION OF PARTICULATE MATERIAL HO, ALLEN C 2884 §102 Non-Final OA 198d overdue Pending Jan 09, 2023
17797853 DEVICE FOR TREATING CELLS BEISNER, WILLIAM H 1799 §102 Non-Final OA 100d overdue Pending Aug 05, 2022
17797857 NON-CONTACT DEVICE FOR TREATING CELLS ESPERON, NATHAN GREGORY 1799 §112 Non-Final OA 194d overdue Pending Aug 05, 2022
17797865 CONDUCTIVITY-ADJUSTED DEVICE FOR TREATING CELLS BEISNER, WILLIAM H 1799 §103 Non-Final OA 91d overdue Pending Aug 05, 2022

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