Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Rehau Industries SE & Co. Kg

Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics

4 pending office actions • 4 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

Rehau Industries SE & Co. Kg currently manages 4 pending office actions within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These actions are distributed among 4 distinct examiners, ensuring that each of the 4 pending office actions is reviewed by a different individual at the USPTO. This broad distribution across examiners helps the company gain multiple perspectives on its patent applications.

The company's prosecution activity is spread across 4 distinct art units. This suggests that the technical subject matter is diverse, covering four different areas of chemistry and materials science. NORDMEYER, PATRICIA L is identified as the busiest examiner, currently overseeing 1 pending office action for the company.

With 4 distinct examiners each handling 1 pending office action, the company's workload is perfectly balanced across its personnel. NORDMEYER, PATRICIA L manages 1 pending office action, which is consistent with the distribution across the other three examiners. This strategy of engaging 4 distinct examiners across 4 distinct art units indicates a highly diversified approach to the company's chemical innovations.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

4
Total Pending OAs
4
Non-Final OAs
0
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.

3
Hard (75%)
1
Medium (25%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only1 (25%)
Multi-statute (no §101)3 (75%)

Industry Mix

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

3
Life Sciences
75% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
25% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% 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.

40 h
Manual time on pending OAs
8 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
14 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
UTT, ETHAN A 1 48.1% +40.6%
NORDMEYER, PATRICIA L 1 56.5% +37.1%
KHAN, TAHSEEN 1 61.7% +20.2%
PLUMB, NIGEL H 1 90.7% +1.1%

Hard Cases (3)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18560748 Adaptation Device for Coupling at least One Sensor to a Tube Shell Wall of a Tube for Fluid Measurement, and Sensor Device Having an Adaptation Device of this Type PLUMB, NIGEL H 118d overdue
18991185 WINDOW OR DOOR HOLLOW CHAMBER PROFILE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME UTT, ETHAN A —
18991158 WINDOW OR DOOR HOLLOW CHAMBER PROFILE AND WINDOW OR DOOR FRAME FORMED THEREFROM NORDMEYER, PATRICIA L —

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
18991185 WINDOW OR DOOR HOLLOW CHAMBER PROFILE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME UTT, ETHAN A —
18991158 WINDOW OR DOOR HOLLOW CHAMBER PROFILE AND WINDOW OR DOOR FRAME FORMED THEREFROM NORDMEYER, PATRICIA L —
18991210 WINDOW OR DOOR HOLLOW CHAMBER PROFILE AND CORNER CONNECTION COMPRISING THE SAME KHAN, TAHSEEN —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1783 1
1788 1
1781 1
2855 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18991185 WINDOW OR DOOR HOLLOW CHAMBER PROFILE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME UTT, ETHAN A 1783 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 20, 2024
18991158 WINDOW OR DOOR HOLLOW CHAMBER PROFILE AND WINDOW OR DOOR FRAME FORMED THEREFROM NORDMEYER, PATRICIA L 1788 §102§103Other Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 20, 2024
18991210 WINDOW OR DOOR HOLLOW CHAMBER PROFILE AND CORNER CONNECTION COMPRISING THE SAME KHAN, TAHSEEN 1781 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 20, 2024
18560748 Adaptation Device for Coupling at least One Sensor to a Tube Shell Wall of a Tube for Fluid Measurement, and Sensor Device Having an Adaptation Device of this Type PLUMB, NIGEL H 2855 §102§103 Non-Final OA 118d overdue Pending Nov 14, 2023

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Rehau Industries SE & Co. Kg have?

Rehau Industries SE & Co. Kg has 4 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 4 art units and 4 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Rehau Industries SE & Co. Kg applications?

Ethan A Utt has the most, with 1 of Rehau Industries SE & Co. Kg's pending office actions.

What technology area are Rehau Industries SE & Co. Kg's patent applications in?

Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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