Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Carl Freudenberg KG

20 pending office actions • 12 art units • 19 examiners • 0 of 20 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 34 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

20
Total Pending OAs
12
Non-Final OAs
7
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 8 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

5
Overdue
1
Due this week
2
Due this month
0
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. 8 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (5)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (2)

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.

6
Hard (30%)
14
Medium (70%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only13 (65%)
§102 only1 (5%)
Multi-statute (no §101)6 (30%)

Industry Mix

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

11
Life Sciences
55% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
6
Mechanical / Eng
30% of docket
3
Business / Other
15% 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.

200 h
Manual time on pending OAs
40 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
70 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.8 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
CHOI, PETER Y 2 20.7% +33.3%
MAYY, MOHAMMAD 1 48.2% +23.2%
RIVERA, WILLIAM ARAUZ 1 74.7% +8.8%
HINDMAN, FREDERICK ARTHUR 1
CAHILL, JESSICA MARIE 1 78.4% +22.7%
BUTT, AMMAD WASEEM 1
HOBSON, STEPHEN 1 65.4% +20.3%
SOTO, CHRISTOPHER ASHLEY 1 52.9% +30.0%
DILLON, DANIEL P 1 25.9% +30.4%
EZELUOMBA, MIRIAM NCHEKWUBECHU 1 100.0% +0.0%

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
18438531 FILTER ELEMENT WITH AN ANTI-MICROBIAL FINISH AND A FINE FILTER LAYER EZELUOMBA, MIRIAM NCHEKWUBECHU 19d overdue

Hard Cases (8)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18906226 PRESSURE EQUALIZATION APPARATUS CAHILL, JESSICA MARIE 8d overdue
18645428 NONWOVEN LAMINATE DILLON, DANIEL P 8d overdue
18796482 FILTER FOR A SPRAY-COATING SYSTEM AND FILTER ASSEMBLY HOBSON, STEPHEN
18419585 MATERIAL COMPRISING A NONWOVEN LAYER OF FIBERS GILLETT, JENNIFER ANN
18336102 SPUNBOND NONWOVEN FABRIC CHOI, PETER Y
18179401 SUSTAINABLE NONWOVEN LAMINATE FOR STRUCTURAL PART APPLICATIONS CHOI, PETER Y
18009339 ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM HARRIS, MARY GRACE
17886503 FLAME-RETARDANT MOLDED ARTICLES FOR ELECTRICAL DEVICES AMATO, ELIZABETH KATHRYN

Interview Candidates (7)

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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18906226 PRESSURE EQUALIZATION APPARATUS CAHILL, JESSICA MARIE 8d overdue
18645428 NONWOVEN LAMINATE DILLON, DANIEL P 8d overdue
18727450 MOPPING DEVICE SOTO, CHRISTOPHER ASHLEY 5d
18873746 GAS DIFFUSION LAYER MADE OF WATER JET ENTANGLED NONWOVENS MAYY, MOHAMMAD 20d
18796482 FILTER FOR A SPRAY-COATING SYSTEM AND FILTER ASSEMBLY HOBSON, STEPHEN
18336102 SPUNBOND NONWOVEN FABRIC CHOI, PETER Y
18179401 SUSTAINABLE NONWOVEN LAMINATE FOR STRUCTURAL PART APPLICATIONS CHOI, PETER Y

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3723 3
1776 3
1786 2
1718 1
3654 1
3753 1
1783 1
1789 1
3761 1
1729 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18873746 GAS DIFFUSION LAYER MADE OF WATER JET ENTANGLED NONWOVENS MAYY, MOHAMMAD 1718 §103 Final Rejection 20d Pending Dec 11, 2024
18924708 CLEANING AND DISINFECTING MOP ROLL REFILL RIVERA, WILLIAM ARAUZ 3654 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 23, 2024
18919115 CLEANING DEVICE FOR CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENTS HINDMAN, FREDERICK ARTHUR 3723 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 17, 2024
18906226 PRESSURE EQUALIZATION APPARATUS CAHILL, JESSICA MARIE 3753 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 8d overdue Pending Oct 04, 2024
18806752 FILTER HAVING A CIRCUMFERENTIAL SEALING ELEMENT BUTT, AMMAD WASEEM §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 16, 2024
18796482 FILTER FOR A SPRAY-COATING SYSTEM AND FILTER ASSEMBLY HOBSON, STEPHEN §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 07, 2024
18727450 MOPPING DEVICE SOTO, CHRISTOPHER ASHLEY 3723 §103 Non-Final OA 5d Pending Jul 09, 2024
18645428 NONWOVEN LAMINATE DILLON, DANIEL P 1783 §103 Final Rejection 8d overdue Pending Apr 25, 2024
18438531 FILTER ELEMENT WITH AN ANTI-MICROBIAL FINISH AND A FINE FILTER LAYER EZELUOMBA, MIRIAM NCHEKWUBECHU 1776 §103 Final Rejection 19d overdue Pending Feb 12, 2024
18294563 ENERGY STORAGE CELL CREPEAU, JONATHAN §102 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 02, 2024
18419585 MATERIAL COMPRISING A NONWOVEN LAYER OF FIBERS GILLETT, JENNIFER ANN 1789 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Jan 23, 2024
18414490 FILTER HAVING A COIL ARRANGEMENT AND FILTER ASSEMBLY HAVING SUCH A FILTER TURNER, SONJI 1776 §103 Non-Final OA 23d overdue Pending Jan 17, 2024
18349994 FILTER WITH FILTER MEDIA PACKS ARRANGED IN A V-SHAPE AND FLOW-OPTIMIZED SHAPING SLAUGOVSKY, RACHEL MARIE 1776 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 11, 2023
18336102 SPUNBOND NONWOVEN FABRIC CHOI, PETER Y 1786 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 16, 2023
18257300 CLEANING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A CLEANING DEVICE NGUYEN, VY T 3761 §103 Non-Final OA 15d Pending Jun 14, 2023
18179401 SUSTAINABLE NONWOVEN LAMINATE FOR STRUCTURAL PART APPLICATIONS CHOI, PETER Y 1786 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 07, 2023
18009339 ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM HARRIS, MARY GRACE 1729 §102§103§112 Final Rejection Pending Dec 09, 2022
18062974 CLEANING ARTICLE CHANG, SUKWOO JAMES 3723 §103Other Non-Final OA Pending Dec 07, 2022
17886503 FLAME-RETARDANT MOLDED ARTICLES FOR ELECTRICAL DEVICES AMATO, ELIZABETH KATHRYN 1762 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 12, 2022
17634566 ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM YOON, KEVIN E 1735 §103 Final Rejection 17d overdue Pending Feb 11, 2022

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