Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Mann+hummel GmbH

25 pending office actions • 8 art units • 21 examiners • 0 of 25 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 32 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

25
Total Pending OAs
20
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
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.

13
Hard (52%)
12
Medium (48%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (4%)
§101 + other1 (4%)
§103 only8 (32%)
§102 only3 (12%)
Double-patenting + other1 (4%)
Multi-statute (no §101)11 (44%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

12
Life Sciences
48% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
8% of docket
11
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.

250 h
Manual time on pending OAs
50 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
88 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.2 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
HE, QIANPING 2 66.8% +15.0%
CLEMENTE, ROBERT ARTHUR 2 80.9% +7.2%
BUSHEY, CHARLES S 2 75.6% +21.9%
BUI, DUNG H 2 78.1% +25.0%
SAN MARTIN, EDGARDO 1 75.8% +6.2%
SEMBER, THOMAS M 1 84.4% +11.5%
MALLON, BRETT PETERSON 1 64.5% +26.3%
SHAO, PHILLIP Y 1 75.1% +23.8%
EZELUOMBA, MIRIAM NCHEKWUBECHU 1 100.0% +0.0%
GEISBERT, WILLIAM ADDISON 1 34.8% +36.7%

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
18634455 FILTER ELEMENT AND FILTER SYSTEM EZELUOMBA, MIRIAM NCHEKWUBECHU

Hard Cases (13)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18181290 FILTER ELEMENT, INTERIOR AIR FILTER AND PRODUCTION METHOD SLAUGOVSKY, RACHEL MARIE 73d overdue
18784901 AMBIENT AIR PURIFIER COMPRISING AT LEAST ONE FILTER ELEMENT HE, QIANPING
18777525 METHOD FOR OPERATING CABIN AIR FILTRATION SYSTEM OF VEHICLE, COMPUTER PROGRAM, AND ELECTRONIC CONTROL UNIT SEMBER, THOMAS M
18775080 FILTER ELEMENT COMPRISING A FILTER MEDIUM FOLDED IN A ZIGZAG SHAPE, AND FILTER SYSTEM CLEMENTE, ROBERT ARTHUR
18648705 ROUND FILTER ELEMENT AND FILTER DEVICE BUI, DUNG H
18648696 ROUND FILTER ELEMENT AND FILTER DEVICE SHAO, PHILLIP Y
18634486 FILTER ELEMENT AND FILTER SYSTEM GEISBERT, WILLIAM ADDISON
18628948 FILTER DEVICE, VEHICLE, USE AND METHOD HE, QIANPING

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
18784901 AMBIENT AIR PURIFIER COMPRISING AT LEAST ONE FILTER ELEMENT HE, QIANPING
18777525 METHOD FOR OPERATING CABIN AIR FILTRATION SYSTEM OF VEHICLE, COMPUTER PROGRAM, AND ELECTRONIC CONTROL UNIT SEMBER, THOMAS M
18763272 COALESCING FILTER INSERT, PRESSURE VESSEL, AND SEALING ELEMENT BUSHEY, CHARLES S
18732673 CABIN AIR CONTROL SYSTEM WITH SINGLE ADSORPTION UNIT MALLON, BRETT PETERSON
18648705 ROUND FILTER ELEMENT AND FILTER DEVICE BUI, DUNG H
18648696 ROUND FILTER ELEMENT AND FILTER DEVICE SHAO, PHILLIP Y
18634486 FILTER ELEMENT AND FILTER SYSTEM GEISBERT, WILLIAM ADDISON
18628948 FILTER DEVICE, VEHICLE, USE AND METHOD HE, QIANPING

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1773 4
1776 4
1779 1
3763 1
1723 1
3616 1
1772 1
1754 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18905299 ACOUSTIC COMPONENT AND AIR ROUTING LINE HAVING AN ACOUSTIC COMPONENT SAN MARTIN, EDGARDO §102§103DP Non-Final OA Pending Oct 03, 2024
18784901 AMBIENT AIR PURIFIER COMPRISING AT LEAST ONE FILTER ELEMENT HE, QIANPING §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 25, 2024
18777525 METHOD FOR OPERATING CABIN AIR FILTRATION SYSTEM OF VEHICLE, COMPUTER PROGRAM, AND ELECTRONIC CONTROL UNIT SEMBER, THOMAS M §101 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 18, 2024
18775080 FILTER ELEMENT COMPRISING A FILTER MEDIUM FOLDED IN A ZIGZAG SHAPE, AND FILTER SYSTEM CLEMENTE, ROBERT ARTHUR §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 17, 2024
18763272 COALESCING FILTER INSERT, PRESSURE VESSEL, AND SEALING ELEMENT BUSHEY, CHARLES S §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 03, 2024
18732673 CABIN AIR CONTROL SYSTEM WITH SINGLE ADSORPTION UNIT MALLON, BRETT PETERSON §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 04, 2024
18648705 ROUND FILTER ELEMENT AND FILTER DEVICE BUI, DUNG H 1773 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 29, 2024
18648696 ROUND FILTER ELEMENT AND FILTER DEVICE SHAO, PHILLIP Y 1776 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 29, 2024
18634455 FILTER ELEMENT AND FILTER SYSTEM EZELUOMBA, MIRIAM NCHEKWUBECHU 1776 §103 Final Rejection Pending Apr 12, 2024
18634486 FILTER ELEMENT AND FILTER SYSTEM GEISBERT, WILLIAM ADDISON §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 12, 2024
18628948 FILTER DEVICE, VEHICLE, USE AND METHOD HE, QIANPING §101§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 08, 2024
18626588 FILTER ELEMENT FOR FILTERING AIR AND AIR FILTER PREGLER, SHARON §102 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 04, 2024
18430633 VENTING UNIT FOR VENTING MACHINERY SPACE MOK, ALEX W 1779 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 01, 2024
18411013 FLOW PLATE AND HUMIDIFIER FOR FUEL CELL SYSTEM BUSHEY, CHARLES S 1776 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 11, 2024
18522604 Separation Device for Separating Impurities from Fluid to be Cleaned, Load Determination Apparatus for a Separation Device, and Method for Determining an Impurity Load State COOLEY, CHARLES E §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 29, 2023
18519899 AIR DEFLECTOR FOR CABIN AIR RECIRCULATION SYSTEM SCHULT, ALLEN 3763 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 27, 2023
18509304 DEGASSING UNIT AND BATTERY HOUSING SAVAGE, WILLIAM FADDOUL §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 15, 2023
18506601 FILTER SYSTEM COMPRISING A RESONATOR BUI, DUNG H 1773 §102§103§112 Final Rejection Pending Nov 10, 2023
18464037 WATER SEPARATOR WITH THROTTLE ELEMENT AND FUEL CELL SYSTEM WITH WATER SEPARATOR D'ANIELLO, NICHOLAS P 1723 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Sep 08, 2023
18461094 FILTER ELEMENT, FILTER ELEMENT ARRANGEMENT, AND FILTER SYSTEM WITH A FILTER ELEMENT ARRANGEMENT MILLER-CRUZ, EKANDRA S. 1773 §103 Final Rejection Pending Sep 05, 2023
18366954 Sound attenuator for a separator device for gas and separator device CLEMENTE, ROBERT ARTHUR 1773 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 08, 2023
18353540 FILTER HOUSING FOR BRAKE DUST PARTICLE FILTER FOR BRAKE DISC ARRANGEMENT TORRES WILLIAMS, MELANIE 3616 §102 Non-Final OA 10d overdue Pending Jul 17, 2023
18181290 FILTER ELEMENT, INTERIOR AIR FILTER AND PRODUCTION METHOD SLAUGOVSKY, RACHEL MARIE 1776 §103§112 Non-Final OA 73d overdue Pending Mar 09, 2023
18180203 Filter System and Filter Element JEONG, YOUNGSUL 1772 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 08, 2023
18058913 Climate module, battery housing and high voltage battery box HEMINGWAY, TIMOTHY G 1754 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 28, 2022

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