Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

SKF Lubrication Systems Germany GmbH

5 pending office actions • 4 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

5
Total Pending OAs
4
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)Due ≤ 30 days (1)

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.

2
Hard (40%)
2
Medium (40%)
1
Easy (20%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only1 (20%)
§102 only1 (20%)
§112 only1 (20%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (40%)

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
1
Communications
20% of docket
1
Semiconductors
20% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
40% of docket
1
Business / Other
20% 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.

50 h
Manual time on pending OAs
10 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
18 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
TRUONG, MINH D 1 67.3% +24.0%
ROYSTON, JOHN M 1 78.0% +16.5%
ALLGOOD, ALESA M 1 82.4% +18.2%
PHAM, TOAN NGOC 1 86.5% +12.2%
TREMARCHE, CONNOR J. 1 65.1% +28.0%

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
18694628 FLUID VELOCITY SENSOR UNIT AND/OR FLUID VOLUME FLOW RATE SENSOR UNIT AND DETERMINATION METHOD PHAM, TOAN NGOC 1d overdue
18667089 SENSOR DEVICE ALLGOOD, ALESA M 15d

Hard Cases (2)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19081357 PUMP ELEMENT FOR LUBRICANT TRUONG, MINH D 4d overdue
18842624 FILLING LEVEL MEASUREMENT ARRANGEMENT ROYSTON, JOHN M

Interview Candidates (5)

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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19081357 PUMP ELEMENT FOR LUBRICANT TRUONG, MINH D 4d overdue
18694628 FLUID VELOCITY SENSOR UNIT AND/OR FLUID VOLUME FLOW RATE SENSOR UNIT AND DETERMINATION METHOD PHAM, TOAN NGOC 1d overdue
18667089 SENSOR DEVICE ALLGOOD, ALESA M 15d
18842624 FILLING LEVEL MEASUREMENT ARRANGEMENT ROYSTON, JOHN M
17557126 RECIPROCATING PISTON LUBRICATION PUMP TREMARCHE, CONNOR J.

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3654 1
2858 1
2685 1
3762 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19081357 PUMP ELEMENT FOR LUBRICANT TRUONG, MINH D 3654 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Mar 17, 2025
18842624 FILLING LEVEL MEASUREMENT ARRANGEMENT ROYSTON, JOHN M §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 29, 2024
18667089 SENSOR DEVICE ALLGOOD, ALESA M 2858 §103 Final Rejection 15d Pending May 17, 2024
18694628 FLUID VELOCITY SENSOR UNIT AND/OR FLUID VOLUME FLOW RATE SENSOR UNIT AND DETERMINATION METHOD PHAM, TOAN NGOC 2685 §102 Non-Final OA 1d overdue Pending Mar 22, 2024
17557126 RECIPROCATING PISTON LUBRICATION PUMP TREMARCHE, CONNOR J. 3762 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 21, 2021

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