Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 15, 2026

Flender GmbH

5 pending office actions • 2 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 24 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

5
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

1
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.

3
Hard (60%)
2
Medium (40%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (20%)
§103 only2 (40%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (40%)

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
1
Semiconductors
20% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
40% of docket
2
Business / Other
40% 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.

50 h
Manual time on pending OAs
10 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
18 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
PERVIN, FARHANA 2 81.9% +7.6%
BINDA, GREGORY JOHN 1 81.0% +11.8%
MATES, ROBERT E 1 56.8% +35.4%
BOES, TERENCE 1 68.2% +20.9%

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
19104966 INDUSTRIAL GEAR UNIT IN THE FORM OF A PLANETARY TRANSMISSION WITH AN INTERMEDIATE ELEMENT ASSEMBLY AND METHOD AND USE PERVIN, FARHANA

Hard Cases (3)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19151904 SHAFT-HUB CONNECTION FOR A TRANSMISSION PERVIN, FARHANA
18849896 TORSIONALLY ELASTIC COUPLING BINDA, GREGORY JOHN
18034544 ARRANGEMENT WITH A TRANSMISSION AND WITH A WORK MACHINE, AND SIMULATION METHOD BOES, TERENCE

Interview Candidates (3)

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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18270820 COOLING OF STATOR CORE WITH GAP MATES, ROBERT E 9d overdue
18849896 TORSIONALLY ELASTIC COUPLING BINDA, GREGORY JOHN
18034544 ARRANGEMENT WITH A TRANSMISSION AND WITH A WORK MACHINE, AND SIMULATION METHOD BOES, TERENCE

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3655 2
2834 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19151904 SHAFT-HUB CONNECTION FOR A TRANSMISSION PERVIN, FARHANA 3655 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 29, 2025
19104966 INDUSTRIAL GEAR UNIT IN THE FORM OF A PLANETARY TRANSMISSION WITH AN INTERMEDIATE ELEMENT ASSEMBLY AND METHOD AND USE PERVIN, FARHANA 3655 §103 Final Rejection Pending Feb 19, 2025
18849896 TORSIONALLY ELASTIC COUPLING BINDA, GREGORY JOHN §101§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 23, 2024
18270820 COOLING OF STATOR CORE WITH GAP MATES, ROBERT E 2834 §103 Final Rejection 9d overdue Pending Jul 03, 2023
18034544 ARRANGEMENT WITH A TRANSMISSION AND WITH A WORK MACHINE, AND SIMULATION METHOD BOES, TERENCE §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 28, 2023

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