Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Ipek International GmbH

7 pending office actions • 4 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

7
Total Pending OAs
6
Non-Final OAs
1
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.

0
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
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.

4
Hard (57%)
3
Medium (43%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only2 (29%)
§102 only1 (14%)
Multi-statute (no §101)4 (57%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
14% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
2
Communications
29% of docket
1
Semiconductors
14% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
3
Business / Other
43% 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.

70 h
Manual time on pending OAs
14 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
24 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
ROYSTON, JOHN M 2 78.0% +16.5%
LEE, DOUGLAS 1 45.0% +13.5%
CHANG, FANG-CHI 1 70.2% -30.2%
PATEL, HARSHAD C 1 82.8% +8.5%
DOBSON, DANIEL G 1 81.6% +7.0%
ZALALEE, SULTANA MARCIA 1 71.4% +15.1%

Hard Cases (4)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18883970 SEWER CLEANING SYSTEM LEE, DOUGLAS 29d
18883926 MOUNTING DEVICE FOR A CAMERA CHANG, FANG-CHI
18735707 PLUG SYSTEM FOR SEWER INSPECTION SYSTEMS AND/OR SEWER MAINTENANCE SYSTEMS PATEL, HARSHAD C
18735762 SYSTEM FOR DATA TRANSMISSION BETWEEN COMPONENTS OF A SEWER INSPECTION SYSTEM AND/OR SEWER MAINTENANCE SYSTEM DOBSON, DANIEL G

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
18883970 SEWER CLEANING SYSTEM LEE, DOUGLAS 29d
18658611 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING THE SPEED OF AN INSPECTION UNIT OF A SEWER INSPECTION AND/OR MAINTENANCE SYSTEM ZALALEE, SULTANA MARCIA 42d
18883997 SEWER INSPECTION AND/OR MAINTENANCE SYSTEM WITH A TOOL EXCHANGER SYSTEM ROYSTON, JOHN M
18658599 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A CAMERA OF A SEWER INSPECTION AND/OR MAINTENANCE SYSTEM ROYSTON, JOHN M

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1714 1
2852 1
2634 1
2614 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18883970 SEWER CLEANING SYSTEM LEE, DOUGLAS 1714 §103§112 Non-Final OA 29d Pending Sep 12, 2024
18883926 MOUNTING DEVICE FOR A CAMERA CHANG, FANG-CHI 2852 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 12, 2024
18883997 SEWER INSPECTION AND/OR MAINTENANCE SYSTEM WITH A TOOL EXCHANGER SYSTEM ROYSTON, JOHN M §102 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 12, 2024
18735707 PLUG SYSTEM FOR SEWER INSPECTION SYSTEMS AND/OR SEWER MAINTENANCE SYSTEMS PATEL, HARSHAD C §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 06, 2024
18735762 SYSTEM FOR DATA TRANSMISSION BETWEEN COMPONENTS OF A SEWER INSPECTION SYSTEM AND/OR SEWER MAINTENANCE SYSTEM DOBSON, DANIEL G 2634 §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 06, 2024
18658611 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING THE SPEED OF AN INSPECTION UNIT OF A SEWER INSPECTION AND/OR MAINTENANCE SYSTEM ZALALEE, SULTANA MARCIA 2614 §103 Final Rejection 42d Pending May 08, 2024
18658599 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A CAMERA OF A SEWER INSPECTION AND/OR MAINTENANCE SYSTEM ROYSTON, JOHN M §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 08, 2024

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