Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Innovative Sensor Technology Ist AG

4 pending office actions • 2 art units • 4 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
2
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
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.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
1
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.

1
Hard (25%)
2
Medium (50%)
1
Easy (25%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only2 (50%)
§112 only1 (25%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (25%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
25% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
2
Semiconductors
50% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
1
Business / Other
25% 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
NIA, FATEMEH ESFANDIARI 1 73.9% +20.2%
MORELLO, JEAN F 1 68.7% +8.9%
FITZGERALD, JOHN P 1 75.1% +2.2%
BERA, HENA RAKESHKUMAR 1

Hard Cases (1)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18557334 SYSTEM, METHOD AND CONSUMPTION PRODUCT FOR A CHEMICAL, BIOCHEMICAL OR IMMUNOCHEMICAL DETECTION PROCESS BERA, HENA RAKESHKUMAR

Interview Candidates (1)

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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18839208 SYSTEM AND MANIPULATION PATH FOR MONITORING THE FLOW PROFILE AT THE INLET OF A FLOW SENSOR NIA, FATEMEH ESFANDIARI

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2855 2
1798 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18839208 SYSTEM AND MANIPULATION PATH FOR MONITORING THE FLOW PROFILE AT THE INLET OF A FLOW SENSOR NIA, FATEMEH ESFANDIARI §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 16, 2024
18687357 METHOD FOR DETECTING BUBBLES OR DROPLETS OF A FIRST MEDIUM IN A FLUID SECOND MEDIUM FLOWING THROUGH A MEASURING PIPE MORELLO, JEAN F 2855 §103 Final Rejection 24d overdue Pending Feb 28, 2024
18390776 THERMAL FLOW METER WITH AUTOMATIC GAS DETECTION FITZGERALD, JOHN P 2855 §112 Final Rejection 41d Pending Dec 20, 2023
18557334 SYSTEM, METHOD AND CONSUMPTION PRODUCT FOR A CHEMICAL, BIOCHEMICAL OR IMMUNOCHEMICAL DETECTION PROCESS BERA, HENA RAKESHKUMAR 1798 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 26, 2023

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