Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

ElringKlinger AG

9 pending office actions • 7 art units • 9 examiners • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 9 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

9
Total Pending OAs
8
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

3
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
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. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (3)Due ≤ 30 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.

5
Hard (56%)
3
Medium (33%)
1
Easy (11%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only3 (33%)
§112 only1 (11%)
Multi-statute (no §101)5 (56%)

Industry Mix

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

5
Life Sciences
56% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
22% of docket
2
Business / Other
22% 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.

90 h
Manual time on pending OAs
18 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
31 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.8 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
MURATA, AUSTIN 1 60.5% +20.7%
ORDUNA, TAMARA 1
DOVE, TRACY MAE 1 69.0% +10.0%
BLANKENSHIP, GREGORY A 1 85.1% +3.4%
BRAWNER, CHARLES RILEY 1 76.5% +9.8%
SONG, KEVIN 1 71.1% +17.6%
CLARY, KAYLA ELAINE 1 67.4% +22.4%
ZENG, LINGWEN R 1 76.4% +20.6%
ILLING, CAITLIN NORINE 1 51.2% +45.4%

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
18162993 BODY UNIT, BODY AND VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCTION THEREOF BLANKENSHIP, GREGORY A 85d overdue

Hard Cases (5)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18156922 HOUSING ELEMENT, COMBINATION OF A PRESSURE COMPENSATION ELEMENT AND A HOUSING ELEMENT, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SUCH A COMBINATION BRAWNER, CHARLES RILEY 3d overdue
17934722 BATTERY MODULE, BATTERY DEVICES AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING A BATTERY MODULE CLARY, KAYLA ELAINE 13d
18688219 CONTROL DEVICE FOR A BATTERY SYSTEM MURATA, AUSTIN
18483022 ELECTROCHEMICAL CELL AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN ELECTROCHEMICAL CELL DOVE, TRACY MAE
17832497 FLAT MATERIAL, SANDWICH MATERIAL, ELECTROCHEMICAL STORAGE UNIT, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A FLAT MATERIAL ILLING, CAITLIN NORINE

Interview Candidates (6)

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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17856137 ELECTROCHEMICAL CELL, ELECTROCHEMICAL SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN ELECTROCHEMICAL CELL ZENG, LINGWEN R 23d overdue
17934722 BATTERY MODULE, BATTERY DEVICES AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING A BATTERY MODULE CLARY, KAYLA ELAINE 13d
18688219 CONTROL DEVICE FOR A BATTERY SYSTEM MURATA, AUSTIN
18483022 ELECTROCHEMICAL CELL AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN ELECTROCHEMICAL CELL DOVE, TRACY MAE
18071175 ELECTROCHEMICAL CELL, METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN ELECTROCHEMICAL CELL, ELECTROCHEMICAL SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN ELECTROCHEMICAL SYSTEM SONG, KEVIN
17832497 FLAT MATERIAL, SANDWICH MATERIAL, ELECTROCHEMICAL STORAGE UNIT, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A FLAT MATERIAL ILLING, CAITLIN NORINE

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1725 1
3612 1
3762 1
1728 1
1721 1
1723 1
1767 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18688219 CONTROL DEVICE FOR A BATTERY SYSTEM MURATA, AUSTIN §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 29, 2024
18409396 Cover for a battery module or for a battery store ORDUNA, TAMARA §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 10, 2024
18483022 ELECTROCHEMICAL CELL AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN ELECTROCHEMICAL CELL DOVE, TRACY MAE 1725 §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 09, 2023
18162993 BODY UNIT, BODY AND VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCTION THEREOF BLANKENSHIP, GREGORY A 3612 §112 Final Rejection 85d overdue Pending Feb 01, 2023
18156922 HOUSING ELEMENT, COMBINATION OF A PRESSURE COMPENSATION ELEMENT AND A HOUSING ELEMENT, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SUCH A COMBINATION BRAWNER, CHARLES RILEY 3762 §103§112 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Jan 19, 2023
18071175 ELECTROCHEMICAL CELL, METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN ELECTROCHEMICAL CELL, ELECTROCHEMICAL SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN ELECTROCHEMICAL SYSTEM SONG, KEVIN 1728 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 29, 2022
17934722 BATTERY MODULE, BATTERY DEVICES AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING A BATTERY MODULE CLARY, KAYLA ELAINE 1721 §102§103 Non-Final OA 13d Pending Sep 23, 2022
17856137 ELECTROCHEMICAL CELL, ELECTROCHEMICAL SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN ELECTROCHEMICAL CELL ZENG, LINGWEN R 1723 §103 Non-Final OA 23d overdue Pending Jul 01, 2022
17832497 FLAT MATERIAL, SANDWICH MATERIAL, ELECTROCHEMICAL STORAGE UNIT, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A FLAT MATERIAL ILLING, CAITLIN NORINE 1767 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 03, 2022

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