Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
14 pending office actions • 2 clients • 14 examiners • 9 art units • 0 of 14 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 89 patents granted in the last 365 days
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 7 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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. 7 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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.
| Bucket | Cases |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 6 (43%) |
| §102 only | 2 (14%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 6 (43%) |
How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.
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.
| Examiner | Apps on this docket | Allow rate | Interview lift |
|---|---|---|---|
| TEKA, ABIY | 1 | 84.7% | +10.3% |
| SHRESTHA, SAGAR | 1 | 84.1% | +12.3% |
| ELNAKIB, AHMED | 1 | 78.8% | +8.6% |
| SETZER, NICHOLAS LEE | 1 | 70.0% | +40.0% |
| CHANG, MINKI | 1 | 71.8% | +10.4% |
| STOUT, RILEY OWEN | 1 | 77.0% | +1.3% |
| STEFANON, JUSTIN | 1 | 50.8% | +48.3% |
| LIANG, JACKIE | 1 | — | — |
| EGGERDING, ALIX ECHELMEYER | 1 | 57.6% | +17.8% |
| FEHR, JULIA MARIE | 1 | 53.6% | -4.5% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18728460 | DIRT-PROOF ELECTRIC CONNECTION BETWEEN TWO INSTALLATION AREAS | SHRESTHA, SAGAR | 45d overdue |
| 18985360 | MODULAR HYBRID TRANSMISSION SECONDARY STATOR COOLING | TEKA, ABIY | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18554512 | STATOR OF AN ELECTRIC AXIAL FLUX MACHINE, AND AXIAL FLUX MACHINE | STEFANON, JUSTIN | 44d overdue |
| 18037118 | COMPONENT FOR AN ELECTROCHEMICAL CELL AND REDOX-FLOW CELL, FUEL CELL AND ELECTROLYZER | ERWIN, JAMES M | 26d overdue |
| 17923035 | LAYER SYSTEM, FLOW FIELD PLATE HAVING A LAYER SYSTEM OF THIS TYPE, AND FUEL CELL, ELECTROLYZER OR REDOX FLOW CELL | DARBY, BRENDON CHARLES | 1d overdue |
| 18267294 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A BIPOLAR PLATE FOR AN ELECTROCHEMICAL CELL, AND BIPOLAR PLATE | YOON, KEVIN E | 22d |
| 18670115 | SILICONE FOAM FOR E-MOTORS | ELNAKIB, AHMED | — |
| 18279637 | CONTACTING ASSEMBLY OF A BIPOLAR PLATE AND METHOD FOR CONTACTING A BIPOLAR PLATE | LIANG, JACKIE | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18728460 | DIRT-PROOF ELECTRIC CONNECTION BETWEEN TWO INSTALLATION AREAS | SHRESTHA, SAGAR | 45d overdue |
| 18554512 | STATOR OF AN ELECTRIC AXIAL FLUX MACHINE, AND AXIAL FLUX MACHINE | STEFANON, JUSTIN | 44d overdue |
| 18688012 | AXIAL FLUX MACHINE | SETZER, NICHOLAS LEE | 7d |
| 18985360 | MODULAR HYBRID TRANSMISSION SECONDARY STATOR COOLING | TEKA, ABIY | — |
| 18439946 | METHOD OF FORMING A MULTI-COMPONENT ROTATING ASSEMBLY AND ROTATING ASSEMBLY | CHANG, MINKI | — |
| 18275176 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A FUEL CELL, AND FUEL CELL SYSTEM | EGGERDING, ALIX ECHELMEYER | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| Schaeffler | 13 |
| SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KG | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2834 | 5 |
| 1725 | 2 |
| 3745 | 1 |
| 2841 | 1 |
| 1726 | 1 |
| 1729 | 1 |
| 1735 | 1 |
| 3729 | 1 |
| 1749 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18985360 | MODULAR HYBRID TRANSMISSION SECONDARY STATOR COOLING | Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. Kg | TEKA, ABIY | 3745 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 18, 2024 |
| 18728460 | DIRT-PROOF ELECTRIC CONNECTION BETWEEN TWO INSTALLATION AREAS | Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. Kg | SHRESTHA, SAGAR | 2841 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 45d overdue | Pending | Jul 12, 2024 |
| 18670115 | SILICONE FOAM FOR E-MOTORS | Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. Kg | ELNAKIB, AHMED | 2834 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 21, 2024 |
| 18688012 | AXIAL FLUX MACHINE | Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. Kg | SETZER, NICHOLAS LEE | 2834 | §103 | Final Rejection | 7d | Pending | Feb 29, 2024 |
| 18439946 | METHOD OF FORMING A MULTI-COMPONENT ROTATING ASSEMBLY AND ROTATING ASSEMBLY | Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. Kg | CHANG, MINKI | 2834 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 13, 2024 |
| 18563522 | ELECTRIC AXIAL FLUX MACHINE, AND COLLABORATIVE ROBOT COMPRISING AN ELECTRIC AXIAL FLUX MACHINE | Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. Kg | STOUT, RILEY OWEN | 2834 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 22, 2023 |
| 18554512 | STATOR OF AN ELECTRIC AXIAL FLUX MACHINE, AND AXIAL FLUX MACHINE | Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. Kg | STEFANON, JUSTIN | 2834 | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | 44d overdue | Pending | Oct 09, 2023 |
| 18279637 | CONTACTING ASSEMBLY OF A BIPOLAR PLATE AND METHOD FOR CONTACTING A BIPOLAR PLATE | Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. Kg | LIANG, JACKIE | 1726 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 31, 2023 |
| 18275176 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A FUEL CELL, AND FUEL CELL SYSTEM | Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. Kg | EGGERDING, ALIX ECHELMEYER | 1729 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 31, 2023 |
| 18267535 | LAYER AND LAYER SYSTEM AND ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE PLATE AND ELECTROCHEMICAL CELL | Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. Kg | FEHR, JULIA MARIE | 1725 | §103 | Final Rejection | 27d | Pending | Jun 15, 2023 |
| 18267294 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A BIPOLAR PLATE FOR AN ELECTROCHEMICAL CELL, AND BIPOLAR PLATE | Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. Kg | YOON, KEVIN E | 1735 | §102§112 | Final Rejection | 22d | Pending | Jun 14, 2023 |
| 18037118 | COMPONENT FOR AN ELECTROCHEMICAL CELL AND REDOX-FLOW CELL, FUEL CELL AND ELECTROLYZER | Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. Kg | ERWIN, JAMES M | 1725 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 26d overdue | Pending | May 16, 2023 |
| 18030653 | ELECTRICAL MACHINE HAVING A BEARING OF A CONNECTION SHAFT CONNECTED TO A ROTOR | Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. Kg | CAZAN, LIVIUS RADU | 3729 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 06, 2023 |
| 17923035 | LAYER SYSTEM, FLOW FIELD PLATE HAVING A LAYER SYSTEM OF THIS TYPE, AND FUEL CELL, ELECTROLYZER OR REDOX FLOW CELL | Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. Kg | DARBY, BRENDON CHARLES | 1749 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 1d overdue | Pending | Feb 16, 2023 |
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