Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Knorr-Bremse Systeme für Nutzfahrzeuge GmbH

9 pending office actions • 7 art units • 9 examiners • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

9
Total Pending OAs
5
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 7 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

4
Overdue
0
Due this week
3
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. 7 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (4)Due ≤ 30 days (3)

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.

7
Hard (78%)
2
Medium (22%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (11%)
§101 + other1 (11%)
§103 only2 (22%)
Multi-statute (no §101)5 (56%)

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
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
7
Mechanical / Eng
78% of docket
2
Business / Other
22% 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.

90 h
Manual time on pending OAs
18 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
31 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.8 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
TRAORE, FATOUMATA 1 78.1% +35.2%
TRAN, LONG T 1 83.2% +13.8%
KING, BRADLEY T 1 70.7% +22.4%
BARKER, MATTHEW M 1 72.5% +14.7%
HARVEY II, KEVIN JEROME 1 56.3% +1.6%
BEAN, JARED C 1 63.4% +40.6%
ALHARBI, ADAM MOHAMED 1 87.6% +3.7%
WOOD, KIMBERLY T 1 54.4% +27.6%
LEE, MATTHEW D 1 89.4% +5.3%

Quick Wins (2)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18277602 Controller for a Vehicle Having a Steering Device, Steering Device, and Method for Cooling an Electric Motor for a Steering Device LEE, MATTHEW D 11d overdue
18244829 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMPUTER AIDED ESTIMATION OF A VALUE FOR TOTAL MASS OF A VEHICLE SYSTEM ALHARBI, ADAM MOHAMED 14d

Hard Cases (7)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18278859 Thread of a Screw Connection Between a First Module and a Second Module WOOD, KIMBERLY T 49d overdue
18697635 Reversing Assistance Device and Method for Assisting a Vehicle During Reversing Operation BARKER, MATTHEW M 19d overdue
18576779 Power Supply Management System for a Vehicle, Method for Operating the Power Management System and Computer Program Product for Carrying Out the Method BEAN, JARED C 9d overdue
18690316 Deceleration System HARVEY II, KEVIN JEROME 22d
18993906 METHOD FOR DETERMINING A BRAKE PRESSURE AND PRESSURE-MEDIUM-ACTUATED BRAKE DEVICE TRAN, LONG T 23d
19045844 SENSOR TRAORE, FATOUMATA
18786534 WHEEL-MOUNTED BRAKE DISC FOR RAIL VEHICLES KING, BRADLEY T

Interview Candidates (6)

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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18278859 Thread of a Screw Connection Between a First Module and a Second Module WOOD, KIMBERLY T 49d overdue
18697635 Reversing Assistance Device and Method for Assisting a Vehicle During Reversing Operation BARKER, MATTHEW M 19d overdue
18576779 Power Supply Management System for a Vehicle, Method for Operating the Power Management System and Computer Program Product for Carrying Out the Method BEAN, JARED C 9d overdue
18993906 METHOD FOR DETERMINING A BRAKE PRESSURE AND PRESSURE-MEDIUM-ACTUATED BRAKE DEVICE TRAN, LONG T 23d
19045844 SENSOR TRAORE, FATOUMATA
18786534 WHEEL-MOUNTED BRAKE DISC FOR RAIL VEHICLES KING, BRADLEY T

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3747 1
3646 1
3664 1
3669 1
3663 1
3631 1
3617 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19045844 SENSOR TRAORE, FATOUMATA §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 05, 2025
18993906 METHOD FOR DETERMINING A BRAKE PRESSURE AND PRESSURE-MEDIUM-ACTUATED BRAKE DEVICE TRAN, LONG T 3747 §101 Final Rejection 23d Pending Jan 13, 2025
18786534 WHEEL-MOUNTED BRAKE DISC FOR RAIL VEHICLES KING, BRADLEY T §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 28, 2024
18697635 Reversing Assistance Device and Method for Assisting a Vehicle During Reversing Operation BARKER, MATTHEW M 3646 §101§112 Non-Final OA 19d overdue Pending Apr 01, 2024
18690316 Deceleration System HARVEY II, KEVIN JEROME 3664 §102§103 Final Rejection 22d Pending Mar 08, 2024
18576779 Power Supply Management System for a Vehicle, Method for Operating the Power Management System and Computer Program Product for Carrying Out the Method BEAN, JARED C 3669 §103§112 Non-Final OA 9d overdue Pending Jan 05, 2024
18244829 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMPUTER AIDED ESTIMATION OF A VALUE FOR TOTAL MASS OF A VEHICLE SYSTEM ALHARBI, ADAM MOHAMED 3663 §103 Final Rejection 14d Pending Sep 11, 2023
18278859 Thread of a Screw Connection Between a First Module and a Second Module WOOD, KIMBERLY T 3631 §102§112 Final Rejection 49d overdue Pending Aug 25, 2023
18277602 Controller for a Vehicle Having a Steering Device, Steering Device, and Method for Cooling an Electric Motor for a Steering Device LEE, MATTHEW D 3617 §103 Non-Final OA 11d overdue Pending Aug 17, 2023

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