Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Dräger Safety AG & Co. KGaA

10 pending office actions • 5 art units • 10 examiners • 0 of 10 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 25 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

10
Total Pending OAs
8
Non-Final OAs
2
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.

0
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
0
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.

6
Hard (60%)
4
Medium (40%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (10%)
§103 only4 (40%)
Multi-statute (no §101)5 (50%)

Industry Mix

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

2
Life Sciences
20% of docket
1
Information Tech
10% of docket
1
Communications
10% of docket
1
Semiconductors
10% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
5
Business / Other
50% 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.

100 h
Manual time on pending OAs
20 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
35 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.9 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
RUSHING, MARK S 1 76.7% +24.3%
PREVIL, DANIEL 1 85.8% +12.1%
MYERS, PAUL R 1 79.3% +13.4%
MCCORMACK, ERIN KATHLEEN 1 9.7% +50.0%
BOLDUC, DAVID J 1 84.3% +6.9%
SOTO, JANICE M 1 68.5% +13.8%
GAMBLE JR, RANDALL LEE 1 50.0% +25.8%
BOECKER, JOSEPH D 1 83.6% +22.8%
JEONG, YOUNGSUL 1 71.6% +21.2%
OLAMIT, JUSTIN N 1 62.0% +9.2%

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
19047996 BREATHING APPARATUS MONITORING PREVIL, DANIEL

Hard Cases (6)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18436131 ELECTROCHEMICAL GAS SENSOR GAMBLE JR, RANDALL LEE 26d
19089164 THERMAL ALARM HANDLING RUSHING, MARK S
18925362 MONITORING SYSTEM WITH AN OPTICAL GAS MEASURING DEVICE FOR PILOTS MCCORMACK, ERIN KATHLEEN
18895701 MEASURING SYSTEM FOR A MONITORING SYSTEM BOLDUC, DAVID J
18415772 REBREATHER AND PROCESS FOR CHECKING THE FUNCTIONAL READINESS OF A REBREATHER BOECKER, JOSEPH D
18501117 FILTER UNIT WITH A CONICAL PARTICLE FILTER AND PROCESS OF MANUFACTURING SUCH FILTER UNIT JEONG, YOUNGSUL

Interview Candidates (8)

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
18436131 ELECTROCHEMICAL GAS SENSOR GAMBLE JR, RANDALL LEE 26d
19089164 THERMAL ALARM HANDLING RUSHING, MARK S
19047996 BREATHING APPARATUS MONITORING PREVIL, DANIEL
19047078 COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD, SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR THE AUTOMATIC CONFIGURATION OF A SERVICE APPLICATION FOR GAS MEASURING DEVICES MYERS, PAUL R
18925362 MONITORING SYSTEM WITH AN OPTICAL GAS MEASURING DEVICE FOR PILOTS MCCORMACK, ERIN KATHLEEN
18798948 MONITORING SYSTEM WITH A GAS MEASURING DEVICE SOTO, JANICE M
18415772 REBREATHER AND PROCESS FOR CHECKING THE FUNCTIONAL READINESS OF A REBREATHER BOECKER, JOSEPH D
18501117 FILTER UNIT WITH A CONICAL PARTICLE FILTER AND PROCESS OF MANUFACTURING SUCH FILTER UNIT JEONG, YOUNGSUL

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2685 1
2176 1
1795 1
1772 1
2853 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19089164 THERMAL ALARM HANDLING RUSHING, MARK S §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 25, 2025
19047996 BREATHING APPARATUS MONITORING PREVIL, DANIEL 2685 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 07, 2025
19047078 COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD, SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR THE AUTOMATIC CONFIGURATION OF A SERVICE APPLICATION FOR GAS MEASURING DEVICES MYERS, PAUL R 2176 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 06, 2025
18925362 MONITORING SYSTEM WITH AN OPTICAL GAS MEASURING DEVICE FOR PILOTS MCCORMACK, ERIN KATHLEEN §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 24, 2024
18895701 MEASURING SYSTEM FOR A MONITORING SYSTEM BOLDUC, DAVID J §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 25, 2024
18798948 MONITORING SYSTEM WITH A GAS MEASURING DEVICE SOTO, JANICE M §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 09, 2024
18436131 ELECTROCHEMICAL GAS SENSOR GAMBLE JR, RANDALL LEE 1795 §103§112 Final Rejection 26d Pending Feb 08, 2024
18415772 REBREATHER AND PROCESS FOR CHECKING THE FUNCTIONAL READINESS OF A REBREATHER BOECKER, JOSEPH D §101§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 18, 2024
18501117 FILTER UNIT WITH A CONICAL PARTICLE FILTER AND PROCESS OF MANUFACTURING SUCH FILTER UNIT JEONG, YOUNGSUL 1772 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 03, 2023
17675374 GAS DETECTION DEVICE WITH A DETECTOR AND WITH A COMPENSATOR AND GAS DETECTION PROCESS WITH SUCH A GAS DETECTION DEVICE OLAMIT, JUSTIN N 2853 §103 Final Rejection 39d Pending Feb 18, 2022

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