Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 14, 2026

Kob GmbH

4 pending office actions • 4 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
4
Non-Final OAs
0
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 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
0
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%)
0
Medium (0%)
2
Easy (50%)
1
Unknown (25%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§112 only2 (50%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (25%)
No statute on record1 (25%)

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
4
Mechanical / Eng
100% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% 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
LEWIS, KIM M 1 73.9% +12.8%
SU, SUSAN SHAN 1 71.9% +23.6%
PATEL, TAJASH D 1 80.7% +7.4%
PAPE, ALYSSA MORGAN 1 29.2% +50.0%

Quick Wins (1)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18278341 FLAT TEXTILE MATERIAL HAVING INTEGRATED POCKETS FOR RECEIVING ELECTRICAL AND/OR ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS FOR MEDICAL MEASUREMENT AND/OR CONTROL PURPOSES PATEL, TAJASH D

Hard Cases (2)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17784177 APPLIANCE FOR MONITORING THE COMPRESSION THERAPY PROVIDED BY A COMPRESSION MEANS PAPE, ALYSSA MORGAN 28d
18553519 WOUND CARE PRODUCT WITH INTEGRATED SENSOR TECHNOLOGY FOR DETERMINING WOUND DATA SU, SUSAN SHAN

Interview Candidates (3)

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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17784177 APPLIANCE FOR MONITORING THE COMPRESSION THERAPY PROVIDED BY A COMPRESSION MEANS PAPE, ALYSSA MORGAN 28d
18569393 BANDAGE FOR ENCLOSING A LEG REGION OR ARM REGION OF A LIVING BEING LEWIS, KIM M
18553519 WOUND CARE PRODUCT WITH INTEGRATED SENSOR TECHNOLOGY FOR DETERMINING WOUND DATA SU, SUSAN SHAN

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3786 1
3781 1
3732 1
3794 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18569393 BANDAGE FOR ENCLOSING A LEG REGION OR ARM REGION OF A LIVING BEING LEWIS, KIM M 3786 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 12, 2023
18553519 WOUND CARE PRODUCT WITH INTEGRATED SENSOR TECHNOLOGY FOR DETERMINING WOUND DATA SU, SUSAN SHAN 3781 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 29, 2023
18278341 FLAT TEXTILE MATERIAL HAVING INTEGRATED POCKETS FOR RECEIVING ELECTRICAL AND/OR ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS FOR MEDICAL MEASUREMENT AND/OR CONTROL PURPOSES PATEL, TAJASH D 3732 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 22, 2023
17784177 APPLIANCE FOR MONITORING THE COMPRESSION THERAPY PROVIDED BY A COMPRESSION MEANS PAPE, ALYSSA MORGAN 3794 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Jun 10, 2022

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