Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Life Safety Distribution GmbH

9 pending office actions • 5 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

9
Total Pending OAs
7
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
1
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.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
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.

7
Hard (78%)
1
Medium (11%)
1
Easy (11%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other3 (33%)
§103 only1 (11%)
§112 only1 (11%)
Multi-statute (no §101)4 (44%)

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
1
Communications
11% of docket
4
Semiconductors
44% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
4
Business / Other
44% 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
WALSH, RYAN D 2 87.0% +5.4%
RICHTER, KARA MARIE 2 57.9% +50.0%
AURORA, REENA 1 87.1% -13.4%
KAUR, JASPREET 1 78.3% +41.7%
MCNALLY, KERRI L 1 80.6% +11.3%
MENDOZA, ALEXANDRIA ARELLANO 1 66.7% +23.3%
MA, KAM WAN 1 62.9% +21.1%

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
18969031 SENSING DEVICE AURORA, REENA
18794576 SYSTEM FOR MONITORING A FLOATING ROOF OF A STORAGE TANK WALSH, RYAN D

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
18440211 MULTI CELL DETECTION USING OPTICAL BEAM MENDOZA, ALEXANDRIA ARELLANO 8d overdue
18960670 IMAGING-BASED FLAME DETECTION SYSTEM AND A METHOD THEREOF KAUR, JASPREET
18957071 FLAME DETECTION SYSTEM AND A METHOD THEREOF MCNALLY, KERRI L
18777140 THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY SENSOR FOR DETECTING A GAS WALSH, RYAN D
18437780 SYSTEMS, APPARATUSES, METHODS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR OUTPUTTING AN ADJUSTED MULTIPOINT LOCATION GAS INDICATION AGGREGATION INTERFACE COMPONENT AND A POINT LOCATION ALERT GAS INTERFACE COMPONENT TO A MULTIPOINT LOCATION GAS INDICATION STATUS INTERFACE MA, KAM WAN
18529600 SENSOR WITH AN OMNIDIRECTIONAL FIELD OF VIEW RICHTER, KARA MARIE
18529692 SENSOR WITH AN OMNIDIRECTIONAL FIELD OF VIEW RICHTER, KARA MARIE

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
18440211 MULTI CELL DETECTION USING OPTICAL BEAM MENDOZA, ALEXANDRIA ARELLANO 8d overdue
18960670 IMAGING-BASED FLAME DETECTION SYSTEM AND A METHOD THEREOF KAUR, JASPREET
18957071 FLAME DETECTION SYSTEM AND A METHOD THEREOF MCNALLY, KERRI L
18437780 SYSTEMS, APPARATUSES, METHODS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR OUTPUTTING AN ADJUSTED MULTIPOINT LOCATION GAS INDICATION AGGREGATION INTERFACE COMPONENT AND A POINT LOCATION ALERT GAS INTERFACE COMPONENT TO A MULTIPOINT LOCATION GAS INDICATION STATUS INTERFACE MA, KAM WAN
18529600 SENSOR WITH AN OMNIDIRECTIONAL FIELD OF VIEW RICHTER, KARA MARIE
18529692 SENSOR WITH AN OMNIDIRECTIONAL FIELD OF VIEW RICHTER, KARA MARIE

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2852 2
4100 2
2858 1
2877 1
2688 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18969031 SENSING DEVICE AURORA, REENA 2858 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 04, 2024
18960670 IMAGING-BASED FLAME DETECTION SYSTEM AND A METHOD THEREOF KAUR, JASPREET §101§103Other Non-Final OA Pending Nov 26, 2024
18957071 FLAME DETECTION SYSTEM AND A METHOD THEREOF MCNALLY, KERRI L §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 22, 2024
18794576 SYSTEM FOR MONITORING A FLOATING ROOF OF A STORAGE TANK WALSH, RYAN D 2852 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 05, 2024
18777140 THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY SENSOR FOR DETECTING A GAS WALSH, RYAN D 2852 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 18, 2024
18440211 MULTI CELL DETECTION USING OPTICAL BEAM MENDOZA, ALEXANDRIA ARELLANO 2877 §102§103 Final Rejection 8d overdue Pending Feb 13, 2024
18437780 SYSTEMS, APPARATUSES, METHODS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR OUTPUTTING AN ADJUSTED MULTIPOINT LOCATION GAS INDICATION AGGREGATION INTERFACE COMPONENT AND A POINT LOCATION ALERT GAS INTERFACE COMPONENT TO A MULTIPOINT LOCATION GAS INDICATION STATUS INTERFACE MA, KAM WAN 2688 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 09, 2024
18529600 SENSOR WITH AN OMNIDIRECTIONAL FIELD OF VIEW RICHTER, KARA MARIE 4100 §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 05, 2023
18529692 SENSOR WITH AN OMNIDIRECTIONAL FIELD OF VIEW RICHTER, KARA MARIE 4100 §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 05, 2023

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