Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 16, 2026

Reinz-Dichtungs-Gmbh

8 pending office actions • 4 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 9 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

8
Total Pending OAs
5
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
0
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.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
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.

4
Hard (50%)
4
Medium (50%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only4 (50%)
Multi-statute (no §101)4 (50%)

Industry Mix

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

5
Life Sciences
62% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
3
Business / Other
38% 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.

80 h
Manual time on pending OAs
16 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
28 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
APPLEGATE, SARAH ARIMINTIA 2 50.0% +55.6%
FORRY, COLTON BUSA 1 100.0% +0.0%
KEELING, ALEXANDER W 1 56.4% +37.7%
JEBUTU, MOFOLUWASO SIMILOLUWA 1 35.8% +42.3%
WEINER, LAURA S 1 85.2% +14.3%
TAN, ESTHER JIESI 1
GUPTA, SARIKA 1 75.0% +21.3%

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
18535914 Single-Layer Bipolar Plate for an Electrolyser FORRY, COLTON BUSA
18447192 SEPARATOR PLATE COMPRISING INDIVIDUAL PLATES WHICH ARE NESTED IN EACH OTHER WEINER, LAURA S

Hard Cases (4)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18359714 SEPARATOR PLATE FOR AN ELECTROCHEMICAL SYSTEM TAN, ESTHER JIESI 12d
18520300 SEPARATOR PLATE HAVING A HOLDING STRUCTURE FOR A CONNECTOR PIN KEELING, ALEXANDER W
18328573 BIPOLAR PLATE FOR AN ELECTROCHEMICAL SYSTEM, AND ASSEMBLY OF SUCH BIPOLAR PLATES APPLEGATE, SARAH ARIMINTIA
17930939 PLATE FOR AN ELECTROCHEMICAL, MEDIA-GUIDING SYSTEM, CONTACT ELEMENT, AND TRANSMISSION DEVICE AS WELL AS METHOD FOR THEIR PRODUCTION GUPTA, SARIKA

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
18328602 SEPARATOR PLATE COMPRISING AN ALTERNATING EDGE IN THE PORT REGION APPLEGATE, SARAH ARIMINTIA 36d overdue
18520300 SEPARATOR PLATE HAVING A HOLDING STRUCTURE FOR A CONNECTOR PIN KEELING, ALEXANDER W
18517564 SEPARATOR PLATE FOR AN ELECTROCHEMICAL SYSTEM, COMPRISING TWO DIFFERENT INDIVIDUAL PLATES JEBUTU, MOFOLUWASO SIMILOLUWA
18447192 SEPARATOR PLATE COMPRISING INDIVIDUAL PLATES WHICH ARE NESTED IN EACH OTHER WEINER, LAURA S
18328573 BIPOLAR PLATE FOR AN ELECTROCHEMICAL SYSTEM, AND ASSEMBLY OF SUCH BIPOLAR PLATES APPLEGATE, SARAH ARIMINTIA
17930939 PLATE FOR AN ELECTROCHEMICAL, MEDIA-GUIDING SYSTEM, CONTACT ELEMENT, AND TRANSMISSION DEVICE AS WELL AS METHOD FOR THEIR PRODUCTION GUPTA, SARIKA

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1725 2
1723 1
1751 1
1729 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18535914 Single-Layer Bipolar Plate for an Electrolyser FORRY, COLTON BUSA §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 11, 2023
18520300 SEPARATOR PLATE HAVING A HOLDING STRUCTURE FOR A CONNECTOR PIN KEELING, ALEXANDER W §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 27, 2023
18517564 SEPARATOR PLATE FOR AN ELECTROCHEMICAL SYSTEM, COMPRISING TWO DIFFERENT INDIVIDUAL PLATES JEBUTU, MOFOLUWASO SIMILOLUWA §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 22, 2023
18447192 SEPARATOR PLATE COMPRISING INDIVIDUAL PLATES WHICH ARE NESTED IN EACH OTHER WEINER, LAURA S 1723 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 09, 2023
18359714 SEPARATOR PLATE FOR AN ELECTROCHEMICAL SYSTEM TAN, ESTHER JIESI 1751 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 12d Pending Jul 26, 2023
18328573 BIPOLAR PLATE FOR AN ELECTROCHEMICAL SYSTEM, AND ASSEMBLY OF SUCH BIPOLAR PLATES APPLEGATE, SARAH ARIMINTIA 1725 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Jun 02, 2023
18328602 SEPARATOR PLATE COMPRISING AN ALTERNATING EDGE IN THE PORT REGION APPLEGATE, SARAH ARIMINTIA 1725 §103 Non-Final OA 36d overdue Pending Jun 02, 2023
17930939 PLATE FOR AN ELECTROCHEMICAL, MEDIA-GUIDING SYSTEM, CONTACT ELEMENT, AND TRANSMISSION DEVICE AS WELL AS METHOD FOR THEIR PRODUCTION GUPTA, SARIKA 1729 §102§103§112 Final Rejection Pending Sep 09, 2022

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