Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 14, 2026

Flex Ltd.

4 pending office actions • 2 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

4
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
1
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.

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

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (25%)
§103 only2 (50%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (25%)

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
25% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
3
Business / Other
75% 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
LU, QIANG 2
TURKOWSKI, KAYLA MARIE 1 65.3% +49.2%
MACCHIAROLO, PETER J 1 70.3% +10.4%

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
18182028 SENSOR CLUSTER MODULE MACCHIAROLO, PETER J 72d overdue
18175018 DIGITAL DESIGN FOR AUTOMATION (DDFAUT) AUTOMATED ANALYSIS SYSTEM LU, QIANG

Interview Candidates (2)

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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18182028 SENSOR CLUSTER MODULE MACCHIAROLO, PETER J 72d overdue
18621862 BIO-ELECTRICAL SENSING IN AN AUTOINJECTOR TURKOWSKI, KAYLA MARIE

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
4100 2
2855 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18621862 BIO-ELECTRICAL SENSING IN AN AUTOINJECTOR TURKOWSKI, KAYLA MARIE §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 29, 2024
18182028 SENSOR CLUSTER MODULE MACCHIAROLO, PETER J 2855 §102§103 Final Rejection 72d overdue Pending Mar 10, 2023
18175289 DIGITAL DESIGN FOR AUTOMATION LINE (DDFAUT-LINE) AUTOMATED ANALYSIS SYSTEM LU, QIANG 4100 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 27, 2023
18175018 DIGITAL DESIGN FOR AUTOMATION (DDFAUT) AUTOMATED ANALYSIS SYSTEM LU, QIANG 4100 §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 27, 2023

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