Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Maschinenfabrik Reinhausen GmbH

6 pending office actions • 3 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 14 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

6
Total Pending OAs
5
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
0
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.

1
Hard (17%)
5
Medium (83%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (17%)
§103 only4 (67%)
§102 only1 (17%)

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
3
Semiconductors
50% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
3
Business / Other
50% 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.

60 h
Manual time on pending OAs
12 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
21 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
CHAPA MILLS, NICOLAS ALDEN 1 100.0% +0.0%
LEE, JYE-JUNE 1 84.8% +3.4%
LEE, BYUNG RO 1 76.3% +13.4%
CAROC, LHEIREN MAE ANGLO 1 77.9% +13.6%
ZHANG, HAIDONG 1 81.1% +13.2%
LY, XUAN 1 85.2% +6.5%

Quick Wins (4)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18866621 MULTI-LEVEL CONVERTER WITH MECHANICALLY SWITCHED DISCHARGE RESISTOR AND EARTHING SWITCH CHAPA MILLS, NICOLAS ALDEN
18862174 METHOD FOR ADAPTING A TARGET VOLTAGE VALUE FOR CONTROLLING A TAP-CHANGING TRANSFORMER, AND DEVICE FOR ADAPTING A TARGET VOLTAGE VALUE FOR CONTROLLING A TAP-CHANGING TRANSFORMER LEE, JYE-JUNE
18554202 MEASURING DEVICE FOR A CURRENT CONVERTER ZHANG, HAIDONG
17609411 METHOD FOR CARRYING OUT A SWITCHOVER OF AT LEAST ONE SWITCHING MEANS FOR EQUIPMENT, AND DRIVE SYSTEM FOR AT LEAST ONE SWITCHING MEANS FOR EQUIPMENT LY, XUAN

Hard Cases (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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18688420 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MONITORING AN ON-LOAD TAP CHANGER LEE, BYUNG RO

Interview Candidates (3)

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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18681083 LOAD CHANGEOVER SWITCH FOR AN ON-LOAD TAP CHANGER AND A METHOD FOR PRODUCING A LOAD CHANGEOVER SWITCH CAROC, LHEIREN MAE ANGLO 45d overdue
18688420 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MONITORING AN ON-LOAD TAP CHANGER LEE, BYUNG RO
18554202 MEASURING DEVICE FOR A CURRENT CONVERTER ZHANG, HAIDONG

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2831 1
2858 1
2836 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18866621 MULTI-LEVEL CONVERTER WITH MECHANICALLY SWITCHED DISCHARGE RESISTOR AND EARTHING SWITCH CHAPA MILLS, NICOLAS ALDEN §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 18, 2024
18862174 METHOD FOR ADAPTING A TARGET VOLTAGE VALUE FOR CONTROLLING A TAP-CHANGING TRANSFORMER, AND DEVICE FOR ADAPTING A TARGET VOLTAGE VALUE FOR CONTROLLING A TAP-CHANGING TRANSFORMER LEE, JYE-JUNE §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 01, 2024
18688420 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MONITORING AN ON-LOAD TAP CHANGER LEE, BYUNG RO §101§112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 01, 2024
18681083 LOAD CHANGEOVER SWITCH FOR AN ON-LOAD TAP CHANGER AND A METHOD FOR PRODUCING A LOAD CHANGEOVER SWITCH CAROC, LHEIREN MAE ANGLO 2831 §102 Final Rejection 45d overdue Pending Feb 05, 2024
18554202 MEASURING DEVICE FOR A CURRENT CONVERTER ZHANG, HAIDONG 2858 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 06, 2023
17609411 METHOD FOR CARRYING OUT A SWITCHOVER OF AT LEAST ONE SWITCHING MEANS FOR EQUIPMENT, AND DRIVE SYSTEM FOR AT LEAST ONE SWITCHING MEANS FOR EQUIPMENT LY, XUAN 2836 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 08, 2021

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