Prosecution Insights
Last updated: September 17, 2026

Schunk Carbon Technology GmbH

4 pending office actions • 2 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

4
Total Pending OAs
4
Non-Final OAs
0
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.

1
Hard (25%)
1
Medium (25%)
2
Easy (50%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§112 only2 (50%)
Double-patenting + other1 (25%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (25%)

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
2
Semiconductors
50% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
2
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.

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
PHAM, LEDA T 1 74.8% +11.5%
JOHNSON, ERIC 1 62.3% +22.7%
SCHLAK, DANIEL KEITH 1 73.8% +36.4%
PEREZ-GUZMAN, CARLOS GABRIEL 1 82.4% +23.5%

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
18871764 MEASURING SYSTEM FOR MEASURING A STATE OF WEAR OF A CONTACT ELEMENT PEREZ-GUZMAN, CARLOS GABRIEL —

Interview Candidates (4)

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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18877036 DRIVE UNIT FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE, IN PARTICULAR FOR A CAR, AND MOTOR VEHICLE PHAM, LEDA T —
18876790 DISCHARGE DEVICE FOR DISCHARGING ELECTRIC CURRENTS, AND MACHINE COMPRISING A DISCHARGE DEVICE OF THIS KIND JOHNSON, ERIC —
18876808 DIVERTING DEVICE FOR DIVERTING ELECTRICAL CURRENTS, AND MACHINE COMPRISING A DIVERTING DEVICE OF THIS TYPE SCHLAK, DANIEL KEITH —
18871764 MEASURING SYSTEM FOR MEASURING A STATE OF WEAR OF A CONTACT ELEMENT PEREZ-GUZMAN, CARLOS GABRIEL —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2834 1
2877 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18877036 DRIVE UNIT FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE, IN PARTICULAR FOR A CAR, AND MOTOR VEHICLE PHAM, LEDA T 2834 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 19, 2024
18876790 DISCHARGE DEVICE FOR DISCHARGING ELECTRIC CURRENTS, AND MACHINE COMPRISING A DISCHARGE DEVICE OF THIS KIND JOHNSON, ERIC — §102§103§112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 19, 2024
18876808 DIVERTING DEVICE FOR DIVERTING ELECTRICAL CURRENTS, AND MACHINE COMPRISING A DIVERTING DEVICE OF THIS TYPE SCHLAK, DANIEL KEITH — §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 19, 2024
18871764 MEASURING SYSTEM FOR MEASURING A STATE OF WEAR OF A CONTACT ELEMENT PEREZ-GUZMAN, CARLOS GABRIEL 2877 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 04, 2024

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