Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
19 pending office actions • 12 art units • 19 examiners • 0 of 19 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 30 patents granted in the last 365 days
Carl Freudenberg KG maintains a broad and active patent portfolio within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. The company currently faces 20 pending office actions, which are diverse in their assignment. These actions are distributed among 20 distinct examiners, such that each action is being reviewed by a different individual. This level of examiner diversity is further reflected in the 13 distinct art units involved in the prosecution process.
The busiest examiner for the portfolio is CHARLES H REID JR, who is responsible for 1 busiest examiner pending action. Given that the total number of 20 pending office actions matches the 20 distinct examiners, the workload is distributed with no examiner handling more than 1 action. This distribution across 13 distinct art units suggests that Carl Freudenberg KG is pursuing a variety of chemical and material innovations that fall under many different USPTO classifications. Managing such a portfolio requires navigating many different examiner perspectives simultaneously.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 7 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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. 7 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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.
| Bucket | Cases |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 9 (47%) |
| §112 only | 1 (5%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 9 (47%) |
How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.
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.
| Examiner | Apps on this docket | Allow rate | Interview lift |
|---|---|---|---|
| REID JR, CHARLES H | 1 | 69.0% | +24.3% |
| GOOD, KENNETH W | 1 | 73.5% | +19.0% |
| MAYY, MOHAMMAD | 1 | 48.5% | +23.2% |
| BROWN, SETH RICHARD | 1 | 48.9% | +44.3% |
| RIVERA, WILLIAM ARAUZ | 1 | 74.5% | +7.3% |
| HINDMAN, FREDERICK ARTHUR | 1 | — | — |
| HOPKINS, ROBERT A | 1 | 84.5% | +7.5% |
| CAHILL, JESSICA MARIE | 1 | 78.5% | +22.8% |
| DIETERLE, JENNIFER M | 1 | 66.1% | +27.2% |
| HOBSON, STEPHEN | 1 | 65.4% | +20.3% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18906226 | PRESSURE EQUALIZATION APPARATUS | CAHILL, JESSICA MARIE | 8d overdue |
| 19102433 | SHAFT GROUNDING ASSEMBLY | REID JR, CHARLES H | — |
| 18997848 | RADAR SYSTEM | GOOD, KENNETH W | — |
| 18912631 | FILTER AND FILTER ARRANGEMENT | HOPKINS, ROBERT A | — |
| 18806752 | FILTER HAVING A CIRCUMFERENTIAL SEALING ELEMENT | DIETERLE, JENNIFER M | — |
| 18796482 | FILTER FOR A SPRAY-COATING SYSTEM AND FILTER ASSEMBLY | HOBSON, STEPHEN | — |
| 18179401 | SUSTAINABLE NONWOVEN LAMINATE FOR STRUCTURAL PART APPLICATIONS | CHOI, PETER Y | — |
| 18009339 | ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM | HARRIS, MARY GRACE | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18906226 | PRESSURE EQUALIZATION APPARATUS | CAHILL, JESSICA MARIE | 8d overdue |
| 18873746 | GAS DIFFUSION LAYER MADE OF WATER JET ENTANGLED NONWOVENS | MAYY, MOHAMMAD | 20d |
| 19102433 | SHAFT GROUNDING ASSEMBLY | REID JR, CHARLES H | — |
| 18997848 | RADAR SYSTEM | GOOD, KENNETH W | — |
| 18866607 | WOUND DRESSING | BROWN, SETH RICHARD | — |
| 18806752 | FILTER HAVING A CIRCUMFERENTIAL SEALING ELEMENT | DIETERLE, JENNIFER M | — |
| 18796482 | FILTER FOR A SPRAY-COATING SYSTEM AND FILTER ASSEMBLY | HOBSON, STEPHEN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3723 | 2 |
| 1776 | 2 |
| 1718 | 1 |
| 3786 | 1 |
| 3654 | 1 |
| 3753 | 1 |
| 1783 | 1 |
| 3722 | 1 |
| 1786 | 1 |
| 1729 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19102433 | SHAFT GROUNDING ASSEMBLY | REID JR, CHARLES H | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 10, 2025 |
| 18997848 | RADAR SYSTEM | GOOD, KENNETH W | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 23, 2025 |
| 18873746 | GAS DIFFUSION LAYER MADE OF WATER JET ENTANGLED NONWOVENS | MAYY, MOHAMMAD | 1718 | §103 | Final Rejection | 20d | Pending | Dec 11, 2024 |
| 18866607 | WOUND DRESSING | BROWN, SETH RICHARD | 3786 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 18, 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 |
| 18912631 | FILTER AND FILTER ARRANGEMENT | HOPKINS, ROBERT A | — | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 11, 2024 |
| 18906226 | PRESSURE EQUALIZATION APPARATUS | CAHILL, JESSICA MARIE | 3753 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 8d overdue | Pending | Oct 04, 2024 |
| 18806752 | FILTER HAVING A CIRCUMFERENTIAL SEALING ELEMENT | DIETERLE, JENNIFER M | — | §102§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 | Non-Final OA | 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 |
| 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 |
| 18250363 | MACHINE TOOL FOR THE SHAPING PRODUCTION OF AN ARTICLE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN ARTICLE | VITALE, MICHAEL J | 3722 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 25, 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 |
| 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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