Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
8 pending office actions • 4 art units • 8 examiners • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 6 patents granted in the last 365 days
Körber Technologies GmbH maintains 7 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These 7 pending office actions are assigned to 7 distinct examiners. This distribution means that every pending matter is being handled by a different person, indicating a broad distribution of the workload.
The company's prosecution is active across 3 distinct art units. This count of 3 distinct art units is lower than the 7 distinct examiners, suggesting that the examiners are concentrated within a few specialized technical groups. GHORISHI, SEYED BEHROOZ is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, with a busiest examiner pending count of 1. This busiest examiner pending count of 1 is consistent with the overall distribution of 7 actions among 7 examiners.
For practitioners, the 7 pending office actions represent a moderate level of activity. The presence of 3 distinct art units indicates a focused technical scope, even though 7 distinct examiners are involved. The busiest examiner pending count of 1 confirms that no single examiner has a disproportionate impact on the current pending portfolio, as each examiner manages only one action.
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.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 2 (25%) |
| §102 only | 2 (25%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GHORISHI, SEYED BEHROOZ | 1 | 68.8% | +44.0% |
| ALIE, GHASSEM | 1 | 69.3% | +32.6% |
| DONG, LIANG | 1 | 53.2% | +32.9% |
| RIOS RUSSO, RAUL J | 1 | 87.2% | +8.6% |
| DIYAN, OLUWATOSIN OLUWATUMININ | 1 | 27.3% | +54.2% |
| GRANNUM, VERITA EUDORA EBUN | 1 | 62.1% | +49.0% |
| DIXON, ANNETTE FREDRICKA | 1 | 74.4% | +26.0% |
| PHAM, VU PHI | 1 | 46.2% | +17.1% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19100002 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONNECTING FINITE MATERIAL WEBS | GHORISHI, SEYED BEHROOZ | — |
| 18997736 | CUTTING APPARATUS FOR CUTTING SEGMENTS FOR ENERGY CELLS FROM A FED CONTINUOUS WEB | ALIE, GHASSEM | — |
| 18833777 | MEASUREMENT SYSTEM AND MEASUREMENT METHOD FOR MEASURING ENERGY CELLS | RIOS RUSSO, RAUL J | — |
| 18706235 | VAPORISER DEVICE, CARTRIDGE, INHALER, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A VAPORISER DEVICE | DIYAN, OLUWATOSIN OLUWATUMININ | — |
| 18286482 | INTERCHANGEABLE MOUTHPIECE FOR AN INHALER, CARTRIDGE SYSTEM, INHALER SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING A SYSTEM STATE OF AN INHALER | DIXON, ANNETTE FREDRICKA | — |
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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17918789 | INHALER | PHAM, VU PHI | 36d overdue |
| 19100002 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONNECTING FINITE MATERIAL WEBS | GHORISHI, SEYED BEHROOZ | — |
| 18997736 | CUTTING APPARATUS FOR CUTTING SEGMENTS FOR ENERGY CELLS FROM A FED CONTINUOUS WEB | ALIE, GHASSEM | — |
| 18842933 | SUPPLY DEVICE FOR SUPPLYING SEGMENTS OF ENERGY CELLS TO A CELL STACKING DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR SUPPLYING SEGMENTS OF ENERGY CELLS TO A CELL STACKING DEVICE | DONG, LIANG | — |
| 18706235 | VAPORISER DEVICE, CARTRIDGE, INHALER, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A VAPORISER DEVICE | DIYAN, OLUWATOSIN OLUWATUMININ | — |
| 18571960 | DEVICE FOR REMOVING OR SETTING ASIDE PRODUCT SEGMENTS FROM A PRODUCT FLOW IN THE ENERGY-CELL MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY | GRANNUM, VERITA EUDORA EBUN | — |
| 18286482 | INTERCHANGEABLE MOUTHPIECE FOR AN INHALER, CARTRIDGE SYSTEM, INHALER SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING A SYSTEM STATE OF AN INHALER | DIXON, ANNETTE FREDRICKA | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3724 | 1 |
| 2858 | 1 |
| 1747 | 1 |
| 1755 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19100002 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONNECTING FINITE MATERIAL WEBS | GHORISHI, SEYED BEHROOZ | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 30, 2025 |
| 18997736 | CUTTING APPARATUS FOR CUTTING SEGMENTS FOR ENERGY CELLS FROM A FED CONTINUOUS WEB | ALIE, GHASSEM | — | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 22, 2025 |
| 18842933 | SUPPLY DEVICE FOR SUPPLYING SEGMENTS OF ENERGY CELLS TO A CELL STACKING DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR SUPPLYING SEGMENTS OF ENERGY CELLS TO A CELL STACKING DEVICE | DONG, LIANG | 3724 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 30, 2024 |
| 18833777 | MEASUREMENT SYSTEM AND MEASUREMENT METHOD FOR MEASURING ENERGY CELLS | RIOS RUSSO, RAUL J | 2858 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 26, 2024 |
| 18706235 | VAPORISER DEVICE, CARTRIDGE, INHALER, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A VAPORISER DEVICE | DIYAN, OLUWATOSIN OLUWATUMININ | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 30, 2024 |
| 18571960 | DEVICE FOR REMOVING OR SETTING ASIDE PRODUCT SEGMENTS FROM A PRODUCT FLOW IN THE ENERGY-CELL MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY | GRANNUM, VERITA EUDORA EBUN | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 19, 2023 |
| 18286482 | INTERCHANGEABLE MOUTHPIECE FOR AN INHALER, CARTRIDGE SYSTEM, INHALER SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING A SYSTEM STATE OF AN INHALER | DIXON, ANNETTE FREDRICKA | 1747 | §102§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 11, 2023 |
| 17918789 | INHALER | PHAM, VU PHI | 1755 | §103 | Final Rejection | 36d overdue | Pending | Oct 13, 2022 |
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