Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
13 pending office actions • 7 art units • 13 examiners • 0 of 13 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 19 patents granted in the last 365 days
Festo SE & Co. KG is managing 13 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are distributed across 7 distinct art units. The company is working with 13 distinct examiners. WIBLIN, MATTHEW is the busiest examiner for the company, with 1 pending office action.
The examiners are assigned to cases across the 7 distinct art units. WIBLIN, MATTHEW is the busiest examiner with 1 pending office action. The total volume of pending office actions is 13. Each of the 7 distinct art units may have different examination standards. The examiners represent a range of individual perspectives within the USPTO. These pending office actions reflect the current active volume for the applicant. The 13 distinct examiners handle the 13 pending office actions.
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.
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.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 1 (8%) |
| §103 only | 2 (15%) |
| §102 only | 4 (31%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 6 (46%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WIBLIN, MATTHEW | 1 | 74.7% | +23.4% |
| TIETJEN, MARINA ANNETTE | 1 | 75.0% | +20.8% |
| DE LEON DOMENECH, RAFAEL O | 1 | 87.9% | +10.9% |
| LONG, DONNELL ALAN | 1 | 75.8% | +15.1% |
| ARUNDALE, ROBERT K | 1 | 75.7% | +24.0% |
| SALONE, BAYAN | 1 | 76.2% | +17.4% |
| BALLMAN, CHRISTOPHER D | 1 | 77.0% | +20.7% |
| NGUYEN, AIMEE TRAN | 1 | 78.8% | +16.8% |
| BOES, TERENCE | 1 | 68.3% | +20.8% |
| MENSING, RODGER STEWART | 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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18966884 | FIELD DEVICE FOR PROCESS AUTOMATION, SYSTEM AND METHOD | DE LEON DOMENECH, RAFAEL O | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18811115 | TOOTHED BELT AXIS FOR PROVIDING LINEAR MOVEMENT OF A CARRIAGE | BOES, TERENCE | 4d overdue |
| 18990230 | ELECTROMECHANICAL CONNECTION DEVICE AND DIRECTIONAL CONTROL VALVE EQUIPPED THEREWITH | TIETJEN, MARINA ANNETTE | 34d |
| 19242010 | METHOD FOR THE OPERATION OF A PNEUMATIC SYSTEM AND PNEUMATIC SYSTEM | WIBLIN, MATTHEW | — |
| 18909339 | METHOD FOR CARRYING OUT A DISPLACEMENT MOVEMENT AND A PNEUMATIC SYSTEM | SALONE, BAYAN | — |
| 18812513 | LINEAR GUIDE UNIT WITH A MOVEMENT UNIT | NGUYEN, AIMEE TRAN | — |
| 18670235 | INDUSTRIAL SENSOR MODULE, MAINTENANCE ASSEMBLY, FLUIDIC SYSTEM AND PROCESS | MENSING, RODGER STEWART | — |
| 18623578 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING AN OPENING POINT POSITION VALUE AND VALVE DEVICE | HICKS, ANGELISA | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18917534 | THROTTLE DEVICE, FLUID DEVICE AND FLUID SYSTEM | ARUNDALE, ROBERT K | 44d overdue |
| 18811115 | TOOTHED BELT AXIS FOR PROVIDING LINEAR MOVEMENT OF A CARRIAGE | BOES, TERENCE | 4d overdue |
| 18990230 | ELECTROMECHANICAL CONNECTION DEVICE AND DIRECTIONAL CONTROL VALVE EQUIPPED THEREWITH | TIETJEN, MARINA ANNETTE | 34d |
| 19242010 | METHOD FOR THE OPERATION OF A PNEUMATIC SYSTEM AND PNEUMATIC SYSTEM | WIBLIN, MATTHEW | — |
| 18966884 | FIELD DEVICE FOR PROCESS AUTOMATION, SYSTEM AND METHOD | DE LEON DOMENECH, RAFAEL O | — |
| 18941705 | DOSING METHOD AND SOLENOID VALVE FOR CARRYING OUT A DOSING METHOD | LONG, DONNELL ALAN | — |
| 18909339 | METHOD FOR CARRYING OUT A DISPLACEMENT MOVEMENT AND A PNEUMATIC SYSTEM | SALONE, BAYAN | — |
| 18830271 | FLOW RESTRICTOR FOR A MASS FLOW CONTROLLER | BALLMAN, CHRISTOPHER D | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3753 | 4 |
| 3745 | 1 |
| 3799 | 1 |
| 3754 | 1 |
| 3617 | 1 |
| 3618 | 1 |
| 2119 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19242010 | METHOD FOR THE OPERATION OF A PNEUMATIC SYSTEM AND PNEUMATIC SYSTEM | WIBLIN, MATTHEW | 3745 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 18, 2025 |
| 18990230 | ELECTROMECHANICAL CONNECTION DEVICE AND DIRECTIONAL CONTROL VALVE EQUIPPED THEREWITH | TIETJEN, MARINA ANNETTE | 3799 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 34d | Pending | Dec 20, 2024 |
| 18966884 | FIELD DEVICE FOR PROCESS AUTOMATION, SYSTEM AND METHOD | DE LEON DOMENECH, RAFAEL O | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 03, 2024 |
| 18941705 | DOSING METHOD AND SOLENOID VALVE FOR CARRYING OUT A DOSING METHOD | LONG, DONNELL ALAN | 3754 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 08, 2024 |
| 18917534 | THROTTLE DEVICE, FLUID DEVICE AND FLUID SYSTEM | ARUNDALE, ROBERT K | 3753 | §103 | Final Rejection | 44d overdue | Pending | Oct 16, 2024 |
| 18909339 | METHOD FOR CARRYING OUT A DISPLACEMENT MOVEMENT AND A PNEUMATIC SYSTEM | SALONE, BAYAN | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 08, 2024 |
| 18830271 | FLOW RESTRICTOR FOR A MASS FLOW CONTROLLER | BALLMAN, CHRISTOPHER D | 3753 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 10, 2024 |
| 18812513 | LINEAR GUIDE UNIT WITH A MOVEMENT UNIT | NGUYEN, AIMEE TRAN | 3617 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 22, 2024 |
| 18811115 | TOOTHED BELT AXIS FOR PROVIDING LINEAR MOVEMENT OF A CARRIAGE | BOES, TERENCE | 3618 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 4d overdue | Pending | Aug 21, 2024 |
| 18670235 | INDUSTRIAL SENSOR MODULE, MAINTENANCE ASSEMBLY, FLUIDIC SYSTEM AND PROCESS | MENSING, RODGER STEWART | — | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 21, 2024 |
| 18653333 | SOLENOID VALVE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A SOLENOID VALVE | JELLETT, MATTHEW WILLIAM | 3753 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 02, 2024 |
| 18623578 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING AN OPENING POINT POSITION VALUE AND VALVE DEVICE | HICKS, ANGELISA | 3753 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 01, 2024 |
| 18447921 | VACUUM MASS FLOW CONTROL APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF | XU, PETER | 2119 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 88d overdue | Pending | Aug 10, 2023 |
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