Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
6 pending office actions • 4 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 23 patents granted in the last 365 days
ABB E-Mobility B V has 7 pending office actions in Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics. The matters involve 6 distinct examiners and 5 distinct art units, showing a distributed docket with some assignment overlap. The art-unit structure is narrower than the examiner structure, so multiple examiners work within at least some shared technical groupings.
GRANT, ROBERT J is the busiest examiner, with 2 pending matters. Those matters warrant coordinated review for consistent terminology and amendment positions, while the other actions require attention to their individual examiner records. The figures support portfolio-level oversight, but they do not establish a common substantive objection.
Counsel should combine centralized docket monitoring with application-specific prosecution planning. Shared art-unit placement may make technical comparison useful, particularly when evaluating claim scope and prior-art distinctions. Examiner diversity means interview preparation and response framing may still need to vary by matter. The data supports coordination around the two matters assigned to GRANT, ROBERT J, but not a single strategy for the entire portfolio.
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.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 1 (17%) |
| §103 only | 2 (33%) |
| §102 only | 1 (17%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (33%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GRANT, ROBERT J | 2 | 76.3% | +17.5% |
| TRAIL, ALLYSON NEEL | 1 | 88.4% | +7.1% |
| VELEZ, ROBERTO | 1 | 67.5% | +21.6% |
| BEHM, HARRY RAYMOND | 1 | 79.6% | +7.3% |
| PACHECO, ALEXIS BOATENG | 1 | 77.7% | +12.7% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18645874 | CABLE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATION AND ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATION | TRAIL, ALLYSON NEEL | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18556851 | DC DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, AND A POWER CONVERTOR FOR USE IN SUCH DC DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM | BEHM, HARRY RAYMOND | 28d |
| 18355762 | MEGAWATT CHARGING SYSTEM ADAPTER | GRANT, ROBERT J | — |
| 18351175 | VIRTUAL POWER PLANTS FOR ELECTRIC GRID SUPPORT UTILIZING SMART CHARGING | PACHECO, ALEXIS BOATENG | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18531848 | Method for Detecting a Stuck AC Switch in a Converter | VELEZ, ROBERTO | 30d |
| 18355762 | MEGAWATT CHARGING SYSTEM ADAPTER | GRANT, ROBERT J | — |
| 18355026 | Electric Vehicle Smart Charging For Demand Response Participation For An Electric Grid | GRANT, ROBERT J | — |
| 18351175 | VIRTUAL POWER PLANTS FOR ELECTRIC GRID SUPPORT UTILIZING SMART CHARGING | PACHECO, ALEXIS BOATENG | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2859 | 3 |
| 2876 | 1 |
| 2858 | 1 |
| 2838 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18645874 | CABLE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATION AND ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATION | TRAIL, ALLYSON NEEL | 2876 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 25, 2024 |
| 18531848 | Method for Detecting a Stuck AC Switch in a Converter | VELEZ, ROBERTO | 2858 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 30d | Pending | Dec 07, 2023 |
| 18556851 | DC DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, AND A POWER CONVERTOR FOR USE IN SUCH DC DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM | BEHM, HARRY RAYMOND | 2838 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 28d | Pending | Oct 23, 2023 |
| 18355762 | MEGAWATT CHARGING SYSTEM ADAPTER | GRANT, ROBERT J | 2859 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 20, 2023 |
| 18355026 | Electric Vehicle Smart Charging For Demand Response Participation For An Electric Grid | GRANT, ROBERT J | 2859 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 19, 2023 |
| 18351175 | VIRTUAL POWER PLANTS FOR ELECTRIC GRID SUPPORT UTILIZING SMART CHARGING | PACHECO, ALEXIS BOATENG | 2859 | §101§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 12, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialABB E-Mobility B V has 6 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 4 art units and 5 examiners.
Robert J Grant has the most, with 2 of ABB E-Mobility B V's pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
