Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 16, 2026

K&N Engineering Inc.

13 pending office actions • 4 art units • 10 examiners • 0 of 13 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 9 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

13
Total Pending OAs
5
Non-Final OAs
7
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

3
Overdue
0
Due this week
2
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (3)Due ≤ 30 days (2)

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.

5
Hard (38%)
8
Medium (62%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only6 (46%)
§102 only1 (8%)
Double-patenting + other1 (8%)
Multi-statute (no §101)5 (38%)

Industry Mix

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

5
Life Sciences
38% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
8% of docket
5
Mechanical / Eng
38% of docket
2
Business / Other
15% 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.

130 h
Manual time on pending OAs
26 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
46 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
CLEMENTE, ROBERT ARTHUR 3 80.9% +7.2%
BUI, DUNG H 2 78.0% +25.1%
LAGUARDA, GONZALO 1 72.9% +6.7%
WEILAND, HANS R. 1 55.6% +13.0%
STAUBACH, CARL C 1 73.3% +20.6%
MO, XIAO EN 1 80.8% +5.9%
NGUYEN, HAI L 1 87.1% +9.4%
HASAN, SYED O 1 78.5% +19.0%
CAMPBELL, JOSHUA A 1 55.0% +22.8%
MATTA, ALEXANDER GEORGE 1 72.1% +19.2%

Quick Wins (3)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18217306 MAGNETIC COVER FOR AIR FILTER BOX CLEMENTE, ROBERT ARTHUR 27d
18922154 Turbo-Boost Control System MO, XIAO EN
18102322 COLORED AIR FILTER MEDIUM CLEMENTE, ROBERT ARTHUR

Hard Cases (5)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17831820 HVAC Home Air Filter CLEMENTE, ROBERT ARTHUR 42d overdue
18920761 Pleat Counter NGUYEN, HAI L 19d
19197790 Throttle Control System LAGUARDA, GONZALO
18669165 CATCH CAN OIL FILTER HASAN, SYED O
18385304 PRO STOCK FUEL INJECTION AIR INTAKE ASSEMBLY CAMPBELL, JOSHUA A

Interview Candidates (7)

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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18514315 CONE AIR FILTER BUI, DUNG H 36d overdue
18990604 ELECTRONIC CARBURETOR INJECTION STAUBACH, CARL C 11d overdue
19038442 Modular Intercooler Block WEILAND, HANS R.
18669165 CATCH CAN OIL FILTER HASAN, SYED O
18385304 PRO STOCK FUEL INJECTION AIR INTAKE ASSEMBLY CAMPBELL, JOSHUA A
17713865 MULTI-PANEL AIR FILTER BUI, DUNG H
16455422 Vehicle Performance Wireless Interface MATTA, ALEXANDER GEORGE

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1773 5
3747 4
2842 1
3668 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19197790 Throttle Control System LAGUARDA, GONZALO §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending May 02, 2025
19038442 Modular Intercooler Block WEILAND, HANS R. §102 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 27, 2025
18990604 ELECTRONIC CARBURETOR INJECTION STAUBACH, CARL C 3747 §103 Final Rejection 11d overdue Pending Dec 20, 2024
18922154 Turbo-Boost Control System MO, XIAO EN 3747 §103 Final Rejection Pending Oct 21, 2024
18920761 Pleat Counter NGUYEN, HAI L 2842 §102§112Other Non-Final OA 19d Pending Oct 18, 2024
18669165 CATCH CAN OIL FILTER HASAN, SYED O 3747 §102§103§112Other Final Rejection Pending May 20, 2024
18514315 CONE AIR FILTER BUI, DUNG H 1773 §102§103§112DP Final Rejection 36d overdue Pending Nov 20, 2023
18385304 PRO STOCK FUEL INJECTION AIR INTAKE ASSEMBLY CAMPBELL, JOSHUA A 3747 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Oct 30, 2023
18217306 MAGNETIC COVER FOR AIR FILTER BOX CLEMENTE, ROBERT ARTHUR 1773 §103 Non-Final OA 27d Pending Jun 30, 2023
18102322 COLORED AIR FILTER MEDIUM CLEMENTE, ROBERT ARTHUR 1773 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jan 27, 2023
17831820 HVAC Home Air Filter CLEMENTE, ROBERT ARTHUR 1773 §103§112 Non-Final OA 42d overdue Pending Jun 03, 2022
17713865 MULTI-PANEL AIR FILTER BUI, DUNG H 1773 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 05, 2022
16455422 Vehicle Performance Wireless Interface MATTA, ALEXANDER GEORGE 3668 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jun 27, 2019

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