Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Firedos GmbH

4 pending office actions • 3 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

4
Total Pending OAs
2
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
1
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.

2
Hard (50%)
2
Medium (50%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only2 (50%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (50%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
4
Mechanical / Eng
100% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% 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.

40 h
Manual time on pending OAs
8 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
14 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
PLAKKOOTTAM, DOMINICK L 2 74.2% +14.9%
ARUNDALE, ROBERT K 1 75.5% +24.2%
LIEUWEN, CODY J 1 59.5% +45.9%

Hard Cases (2)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18941982 ADDING SYSTEM FOR FIRE-EXTINGUISHING UNITS PLAKKOOTTAM, DOMINICK L 5d overdue
18730884 CLOSING ELEMENT FOR A VALVE ARUNDALE, ROBERT K

Interview Candidates (4)

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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18942004 ADDING SYSTEM FOR FIRE-EXTINGUISHING UNITS PLAKKOOTTAM, DOMINICK L 5d overdue
18941982 ADDING SYSTEM FOR FIRE-EXTINGUISHING UNITS PLAKKOOTTAM, DOMINICK L 5d overdue
18730884 CLOSING ELEMENT FOR A VALVE ARUNDALE, ROBERT K
18554962 ADMIXING SYSTEM FOR FIRE-EXTINGUISHING UNITS AND METHOD FOR THE MAINTENANCE THEREOF LIEUWEN, CODY J

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3746 2
3753 1
3752 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18942004 ADDING SYSTEM FOR FIRE-EXTINGUISHING UNITS PLAKKOOTTAM, DOMINICK L 3746 §103 Non-Final OA 5d overdue Pending Nov 08, 2024
18941982 ADDING SYSTEM FOR FIRE-EXTINGUISHING UNITS PLAKKOOTTAM, DOMINICK L 3746 §103§112 Non-Final OA 5d overdue Pending Nov 08, 2024
18730884 CLOSING ELEMENT FOR A VALVE ARUNDALE, ROBERT K 3753 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Jul 22, 2024
18554962 ADMIXING SYSTEM FOR FIRE-EXTINGUISHING UNITS AND METHOD FOR THE MAINTENANCE THEREOF LIEUWEN, CODY J 3752 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 11, 2023

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