Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 17, 2026

Hübner GmbH & Co. Kg

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

Portfolio Summary

3
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
0
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.

0
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
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 (100%)
0
Medium (0%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
Multi-statute (no §101)3 (100%)

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
33% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
33% of docket
1
Business / Other
33% 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.

30 h
Manual time on pending OAs
6 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
10 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
DUNAY, CHRISTOPHER E 1 76.2% +13.8%
ABRAHAM, JOSE K 1 83.0% +34.1%
SMITH, JASON CHRISTOPHER 1 83.5% +13.0%

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
18461872 DEVICE FOR REDUCING THE AIR RESISTANCE OF RAIL VEHICLES SMITH, JASON CHRISTOPHER 20d
19334323 SECURITY PROFILE STRIP FOR A DOOR OR WINDOW OF A TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM DUNAY, CHRISTOPHER E
18381890 FINGER PROTECTION SECTION WITH INTEGRATED SWITCHING SYSTEM ABRAHAM, JOSE K

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
18461872 DEVICE FOR REDUCING THE AIR RESISTANCE OF RAIL VEHICLES SMITH, JASON CHRISTOPHER 20d
19334323 SECURITY PROFILE STRIP FOR A DOOR OR WINDOW OF A TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM DUNAY, CHRISTOPHER E
18381890 FINGER PROTECTION SECTION WITH INTEGRATED SWITCHING SYSTEM ABRAHAM, JOSE K

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2875 1
3615 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19334323 SECURITY PROFILE STRIP FOR A DOOR OR WINDOW OF A TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM DUNAY, CHRISTOPHER E 2875 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 19, 2025
18381890 FINGER PROTECTION SECTION WITH INTEGRATED SWITCHING SYSTEM ABRAHAM, JOSE K §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 19, 2023
18461872 DEVICE FOR REDUCING THE AIR RESISTANCE OF RAIL VEHICLES SMITH, JASON CHRISTOPHER 3615 §103§112 Non-Final OA 20d Pending Sep 06, 2023

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