Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days
The patent portfolio for Krohne AG currently shows 1 pending office action. This activity is distributed across 1 distinct examiner. The data indicates 0 distinct art units associated with this portfolio, which may reflect a specific administrative status or a very narrow technical focus within the USPTO's classification system.
BAHLS, JENNIFER E. S. is the busiest examiner for the company. This examiner is currently handling 1 busiest examiner pending action. Because the total number of pending office actions is also 1, this single examiner manages the entirety of the company's current workload.
Practitioners should note the high level of centralization. With only 1 distinct examiner involved, the outcome of current prosecution efforts rests on a single relationship. The presence of 0 distinct art units suggests that the filing may be in a transitional phase or categorized in a way that does not trigger a standard art unit count.
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.
| Bucket | Cases |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (100%) |
How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.
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.
| Examiner | Apps on this docket | Allow rate | Interview lift |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAHLS, JENNIFER E. S. | 1 | 59.1% | +10.1% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18893110 | ULTRASONIC FLOWMETER AND MEASURING ARRANGEMENT | BAHLS, JENNIFER E. S. | — |
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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18893110 | ULTRASONIC FLOWMETER AND MEASURING ARRANGEMENT | BAHLS, JENNIFER E. S. | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2853 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18893110 | ULTRASONIC FLOWMETER AND MEASURING ARRANGEMENT | BAHLS, JENNIFER E. S. | 2853 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 23, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialKrohne AG has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Jennifer E. S. Bahls has the most, with 1 of Krohne AG's pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
