Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Pierburg GmbH

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

Portfolio Summary

2
Total Pending OAs
1
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

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.

0
Hard (0%)
2
Medium (100%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only1 (50%)
Double-patenting + other1 (50%)

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
1
Semiconductors
50% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
50% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% 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.

20 h
Manual time on pending OAs
4 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
7 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.2 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
HOMZA, LISA NHUNG 1 86.7% +1.3%
HANSEN, KENNETH J 1 81.2% +7.2%

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
18951684 HIGH-VOLTAGE CONTACTOR WITH ULTRASONIC WAVE INSERTION SURFACE HOMZA, LISA NHUNG
18704464 DEVICE FOR RECIRCULATING ANODE GAS IN A FUEL CELL SYSTEM HANSEN, KENNETH J

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2837 1
3746 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18951684 HIGH-VOLTAGE CONTACTOR WITH ULTRASONIC WAVE INSERTION SURFACE HOMZA, LISA NHUNG 2837 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 19, 2024
18704464 DEVICE FOR RECIRCULATING ANODE GAS IN A FUEL CELL SYSTEM HANSEN, KENNETH J 3746 §102DP Final Rejection Pending Apr 25, 2024

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