Prosecution Insights
Last updated: July 17, 2026

Knorr-Bremse AG

21 pending office actions • 11 art units • 19 examiners • 0 of 21 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 55 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

21
Total Pending OAs
12
Non-Final OAs
8
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 8 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

4
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
2
Due in next 60 days
1
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. 8 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (4)Due ≤ 30 days (1)Due ≤ 60 days (2)Due later (1)

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.

0
Hard (0%)
18
Medium (86%)
2
Easy (10%)
1
Unknown (5%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only16 (76%)
§102 only2 (10%)
§112 only2 (10%)
No statute on record1 (5%)

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
1
Communications
5% of docket
3
Semiconductors
14% of docket
13
Mechanical / Eng
62% of docket
4
Business / Other
19% 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.

210 h
Manual time on pending OAs
42 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
74 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.8 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
LEWIS, TISHA D 2 87.7% +9.5%
KING, BRADLEY T 2 70.8% +23.5%
MO, XIAO EN 1 80.7% +6.0%
PHILLIPS, FORREST M 1 83.2% +14.5%
MOURAD, RASEM 1 74.2% +25.8%
GIRMA, FEKADESELASS 1 77.0% +17.7%
WILLIAMS, THOMAS J 1 78.6% +14.1%
STRICKLER, SCOTT LAWRENCE 1 77.0% +17.4%
GOODBODY, JOAN T 1 50.5% +38.2%
GUSHI, ROSS N 1 84.0% +2.5%

Quick Wins (5)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18529257 Combined Plug-Socket Connector System GUSHI, ROSS N 56d
19126285 Electro-Pneumatic Structural Unit and Electro-Pneumatic Brake Device With Double Redundancy and Brake Slip Control MO, XIAO EN
18864979 NOISE DAMPER WITH AT LEAST ONE FIBRE MESH ROLL UNIT HAVING AT LEAST TWO MESH DENSITY REGIONS PHILLIPS, FORREST M
18654358 BRAKE MODULE LEWIS, TISHA D
18696500 Disc Brake for a Utility Vehicle LEWIS, TISHA D

Interview Candidates (8)

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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18681243 Determination of a Retardation Quantity, In Particular a Feasible Retardation Quantity GOODBODY, JOAN T 45d overdue
18705649 Support Device for a Suspension Assembly STRICKLER, SCOTT LAWRENCE 17d overdue
18826432 Communication System GIRMA, FEKADESELASS 56d
18864979 NOISE DAMPER WITH AT LEAST ONE FIBRE MESH ROLL UNIT HAVING AT LEAST TWO MESH DENSITY REGIONS PHILLIPS, FORREST M
18862190 Power Distribution System for a Vehicle, Switching Unit for Such Power Distribution System and Method for Controlling the Same MOURAD, RASEM
18711179 Device for Generating a Fluidic Brake Control Signal WILLIAMS, THOMAS J
18700769 Brake Application Device of a Disc Brake for a Commercial Vehicle KING, BRADLEY T
18281602 Brake Actuator KING, BRADLEY T

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3616 5
3612 2
3667 2
3747 1
2837 1
2836 1
2689 1
2834 1
3611 1
3746 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19126285 Electro-Pneumatic Structural Unit and Electro-Pneumatic Brake Device With Double Redundancy and Brake Slip Control MO, XIAO EN 3747 §112 Non-Final OA Pending May 01, 2025
18864979 NOISE DAMPER WITH AT LEAST ONE FIBRE MESH ROLL UNIT HAVING AT LEAST TWO MESH DENSITY REGIONS PHILLIPS, FORREST M 2837 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 12, 2024
18862190 Power Distribution System for a Vehicle, Switching Unit for Such Power Distribution System and Method for Controlling the Same MOURAD, RASEM 2836 §103 Final Rejection Pending Nov 01, 2024
18826432 Communication System GIRMA, FEKADESELASS 2689 §103 Final Rejection 56d Pending Sep 06, 2024
18711179 Device for Generating a Fluidic Brake Control Signal WILLIAMS, THOMAS J §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 17, 2024
18654358 BRAKE MODULE LEWIS, TISHA D §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 03, 2024
18705649 Support Device for a Suspension Assembly STRICKLER, SCOTT LAWRENCE 3612 §103 Final Rejection 17d overdue Pending Apr 29, 2024
18700769 Brake Application Device of a Disc Brake for a Commercial Vehicle KING, BRADLEY T §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 12, 2024
18696500 Disc Brake for a Utility Vehicle LEWIS, TISHA D §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 28, 2024
18681243 Determination of a Retardation Quantity, In Particular a Feasible Retardation Quantity GOODBODY, JOAN T 3667 §103 Final Rejection 45d overdue Pending Feb 05, 2024
18529257 Combined Plug-Socket Connector System GUSHI, ROSS N 2834 §102 Non-Final OA 56d Pending Dec 05, 2023
18367532 Relay Valve Arrangement for a Trailer Brake System HSIAO, JAMES K 3616 Other Final Rejection 50d overdue Pending Sep 13, 2023
18281602 Brake Actuator KING, BRADLEY T 3616 §102 Final Rejection Pending Sep 12, 2023
18277605 Valve Device for a Steering Device of a Vehicle, Steering Device and Method and Control Device for Controlling a Valve Device KNUTSON, JACOB D 3611 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 17, 2023
18277435 Pump Device for a Steering Device of a Vehicle, Steering Device, and Method and Device for Producing a Pump Device HERRMANN, JOSEPH S 3746 §103 Non-Final OA 132d overdue Pending Aug 16, 2023
18275645 Steering System for a Vehicle, in Particular a Utility Vehicle SHARMA, NABIN KUMAR 3612 §103 Final Rejection Pending Aug 03, 2023
18035136 Effective Control of Wheel Slip in an Electrically Powered Utility Vehicle CROMER, ANDREW J 3667 §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 03, 2023
18028615 Steering System for a Vehicle, in Particular a Utility Vehicle JOYCE, WILLIAM C 3618 §103 Final Rejection 75d Pending Mar 27, 2023
18027498 Brake Application Mechanism of a Disc Brake LANE, NICHOLAS J 3616 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 21, 2023
17926476 Electromechanical Brake System and Method of Operation AUNG, SAN M 3616 §103 Non-Final OA 9d Pending Nov 18, 2022
17782493 SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE OF AN ELECTRONIC BRAKING SYSTEM BURCH, MELODY M 3616 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 03, 2022

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