Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 13, 2026

Kohler (China) Investment Co. Ltd.

10 pending office actions • 2 art units • 8 examiners • 0 of 10 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 13 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

10
Total Pending OAs
6
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
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. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

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

6
Hard (60%)
4
Medium (40%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§102 only3 (30%)
Double-patenting + other1 (10%)
Multi-statute (no §101)6 (60%)

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
9
Mechanical / Eng
90% of docket
1
Business / Other
10% 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.

100 h
Manual time on pending OAs
20 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
35 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.9 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
LOEPPKE, JANIE MEREDITH 3 55.1% +29.3%
COLON MORALES, DAVID 1 79.0% +17.5%
WILLIAMS, PATRICK C 1 80.4% +25.5%
HANES JR., JOHN 1 47.4% +39.5%
ROS, NICHOLAS A 1 52.9% +34.4%
MURPHY, KEVIN F 1 67.8% +28.0%
SANCHEZ-MEDINA, REINALDO 1 78.3% +21.4%
KLOTZ, WILLIAM R 1 39.1% +55.3%

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
18993832 WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND METHODS OF USE WILLIAMS, PATRICK C

Hard Cases (6)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18735875 INTERCHANGABLE FAUCET DESIGN ASSEMBLY LOEPPKE, JANIE MEREDITH 17d overdue
18674364 DRAIN STRUCTURE AND URINAL SANCHEZ-MEDINA, REINALDO 12d
19070215 HEIGHT ADJUSTABLE FAUCET AND ROTATABLY FLEXIBLE SPRAY HEAD COLON MORALES, DAVID
18951494 PANEL ASSEMBLY HANES JR., JOHN
18828424 HIDDEN WATER TANK DEVICE LOEPPKE, JANIE MEREDITH
18113586 HIDDEN WATER TANK FOR MATCHING DIFFERENT DRIVING PANELS KLOTZ, WILLIAM R

Interview Candidates (10)

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
18735875 INTERCHANGABLE FAUCET DESIGN ASSEMBLY LOEPPKE, JANIE MEREDITH 17d overdue
18812475 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RECOVERING AND REUSING GRAYWATER MURPHY, KEVIN F 1d overdue
18674364 DRAIN STRUCTURE AND URINAL SANCHEZ-MEDINA, REINALDO 12d
19070215 HEIGHT ADJUSTABLE FAUCET AND ROTATABLY FLEXIBLE SPRAY HEAD COLON MORALES, DAVID
18993832 WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND METHODS OF USE WILLIAMS, PATRICK C
18951494 PANEL ASSEMBLY HANES JR., JOHN
18940274 BIDET, TOILET COVER PLATE, AND INTELLIGENT TOILET ROS, NICHOLAS A
18828424 HIDDEN WATER TANK DEVICE LOEPPKE, JANIE MEREDITH

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3754 5
3753 4

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19070215 HEIGHT ADJUSTABLE FAUCET AND ROTATABLY FLEXIBLE SPRAY HEAD COLON MORALES, DAVID 3753 §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 04, 2025
18993832 WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND METHODS OF USE WILLIAMS, PATRICK C 3753 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 13, 2025
18951494 PANEL ASSEMBLY HANES JR., JOHN §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 18, 2024
18940274 BIDET, TOILET COVER PLATE, AND INTELLIGENT TOILET ROS, NICHOLAS A 3754 §103§112DP Non-Final OA Pending Nov 07, 2024
18828424 HIDDEN WATER TANK DEVICE LOEPPKE, JANIE MEREDITH 3754 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 09, 2024
18812475 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RECOVERING AND REUSING GRAYWATER MURPHY, KEVIN F 3753 §102 Final Rejection 1d overdue Pending Aug 22, 2024
18735685 URINAL LOEPPKE, JANIE MEREDITH 3754 §102 Final Rejection Pending Jun 06, 2024
18735875 INTERCHANGABLE FAUCET DESIGN ASSEMBLY LOEPPKE, JANIE MEREDITH 3754 §103§112 Final Rejection 17d overdue Pending Jun 06, 2024
18674364 DRAIN STRUCTURE AND URINAL SANCHEZ-MEDINA, REINALDO 3753 §102§103 Final Rejection 12d Pending May 24, 2024
18113586 HIDDEN WATER TANK FOR MATCHING DIFFERENT DRIVING PANELS KLOTZ, WILLIAM R 3754 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 23, 2023

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