Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 08, 2026

Endress+Hauser SE+Co. KG

11 pending office actions • 6 art units • 11 examiners • 0 of 11 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 36 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

11
Total Pending OAs
9
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.

2
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
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.

8
Hard (73%)
3
Medium (27%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other2 (18%)
§103 only3 (27%)
Multi-statute (no §101)6 (55%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
9% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
2
Semiconductors
18% of docket
4
Mechanical / Eng
36% of docket
4
Business / Other
36% 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
GUYAH, REMASH RAJA 1 76.5% +38.1%
PERVIN, NUZHAT 1 81.0% +13.4%
KOLB, NATHANIEL J 1 62.5% +35.4%
MORRIS, TAYLOR L 1 59.3% +35.7%
HUNTLEY, MICHAEL J 1 68.0% +22.6%
TIMILSINA, SHARAD 1 76.3% +14.9%
WINDRICH, MARCUS E 1 79.3% +6.8%
DINH, LYNDA 1 73.9% +29.3%
YOUNG, MONICA S 1 74.7% +32.8%
MCGUIRK, JOHN SCHUYLER 1 78.1% +50.7%

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
18252205 PURGING ATTACHMENT AND METHOD FOR WORKING, IN PARTICULAR STRUCTURING, A SURFACE OF A WORKPIECE BY MEANS OF A LASER CHAMBERS, JOHN MICHAEL 3d overdue
18859725 FILL LEVEL METER GUYAH, REMASH RAJA
18843529 FILL-LEVEL METER PERVIN, NUZHAT
18840167 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MONITORING THE FILLING LEVEL OF A MEDIUM IN A CONTAINER KOLB, NATHANIEL J
18779655 HOUSING AND CABLE CLAMP AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING AND/OR MONITORING A PROCESS VARIABLE OF A MEDIUM MORRIS, TAYLOR L
18721252 METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE ENERGY CONSUMPTION OF AN AUTOMATION FIELD DEVICE HUNTLEY, MICHAEL J
18715378 SPRAY MIST DETECTION IN PROCESS PLANTS WINDRICH, MARCUS E
18546542 MONITORING AND CONTROLLING YEAST PROPAGATION MCGUIRK, JOHN SCHUYLER

Interview Candidates (9)

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
18691946 FIELD DEVICE YOUNG, MONICA S 15d overdue
18859725 FILL LEVEL METER GUYAH, REMASH RAJA
18843529 FILL-LEVEL METER PERVIN, NUZHAT
18840167 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MONITORING THE FILLING LEVEL OF A MEDIUM IN A CONTAINER KOLB, NATHANIEL J
18779655 HOUSING AND CABLE CLAMP AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING AND/OR MONITORING A PROCESS VARIABLE OF A MEDIUM MORRIS, TAYLOR L
18721252 METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE ENERGY CONSUMPTION OF AN AUTOMATION FIELD DEVICE HUNTLEY, MICHAEL J
18732992 VIBRONIC MULTISENSOR TIMILSINA, SHARAD
18704234 STATE MONITORING FOR A VIBRONIC SENSOR DINH, LYNDA

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3646 2
3631 1
2857 1
2855 1
1678 1
3761 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18859725 FILL LEVEL METER GUYAH, REMASH RAJA 3646 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 24, 2024
18843529 FILL-LEVEL METER PERVIN, NUZHAT §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 03, 2024
18840167 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MONITORING THE FILLING LEVEL OF A MEDIUM IN A CONTAINER KOLB, NATHANIEL J §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 21, 2024
18779655 HOUSING AND CABLE CLAMP AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING AND/OR MONITORING A PROCESS VARIABLE OF A MEDIUM MORRIS, TAYLOR L 3631 §102§103§112 Final Rejection Pending Jul 22, 2024
18721252 METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE ENERGY CONSUMPTION OF AN AUTOMATION FIELD DEVICE HUNTLEY, MICHAEL J §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 18, 2024
18732992 VIBRONIC MULTISENSOR TIMILSINA, SHARAD 2857 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 04, 2024
18715378 SPRAY MIST DETECTION IN PROCESS PLANTS WINDRICH, MARCUS E 3646 §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending May 31, 2024
18704234 STATE MONITORING FOR A VIBRONIC SENSOR DINH, LYNDA §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 24, 2024
18691946 FIELD DEVICE YOUNG, MONICA S 2855 §103 Final Rejection 15d overdue Pending Mar 14, 2024
18546542 MONITORING AND CONTROLLING YEAST PROPAGATION MCGUIRK, JOHN SCHUYLER 1678 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 15, 2023
18252205 PURGING ATTACHMENT AND METHOD FOR WORKING, IN PARTICULAR STRUCTURING, A SURFACE OF A WORKPIECE BY MEANS OF A LASER CHAMBERS, JOHN MICHAEL 3761 §102§103 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending May 09, 2023

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