Technology areas: Computing & Software • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
149 pending office actions • 89 art units • 139 examiners • 0 of 149 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 350 patents granted in the last 365 days
ABB Schweiz AG has 159 pending office actions in Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics. The matters span 149 examiners and 91 art units, indicating extensive dispersion across the technical examination landscape.
ZAKARIA, AKM is the busiest examiner, with 2 pending matters. The small identified concentration makes broad portfolio coordination more important than reliance on any single examiner relationship.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 25 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. 25 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 |
|---|---|
| §101 only | 5 (3%) |
| §101 + other | 29 (19%) |
| §103 only | 36 (24%) |
| §102 only | 12 (8%) |
| §112 only | 5 (3%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 62 (42%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DO, ROWLAND | 2 | 70.0% | -5.3% |
| COLLINS, GARY | 2 | 83.3% | +15.4% |
| CHOI, SEUNG HO | 2 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| GAMINO, CARLOS J | 2 | 35.3% | +45.7% |
| CASTELLON JR, MANUEL SALVADOR | 2 | 90.3% | +12.0% |
| TUROCY, DAVID P | 2 | 46.9% | +35.8% |
| AHMED, ISTIAQUE | 2 | 69.5% | +20.5% |
| TANG, BRYANT | 2 | 86.1% | +0.2% |
| SNYDER, ALAN W | 2 | 82.2% | +12.3% |
| HICKS, AUSTIN JAMES | 2 | 75.0% | +25.8% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18997139 | SAFETY CONTROL FOR A PROCESS CONTROL SYSTEM | COLLINS, GARY | — |
| 18849768 | CONTROL OF A VOLTAGE SOURCE CONVERTER | CHOI, SEUNG HO | — |
| 18551247 | Industrial Robot with A Peer-To-Peer Communication Interface to Support Collaboration Among Robots | TANG, BRYANT | — |
| 18261747 | ASSEMBLING APPARATUS, ASSEMBLING METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | TANG, BRYANT | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18911351 | Power Supply System and Operating Method | SHIAO, DAVID A | 168d overdue |
| 18522143 | DEPLOY SERVICE FOR COORDINATED DEPLOY TO RUNTIME | KARIM, ZIAUL | 29d overdue |
| 18554707 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF DETERMINING POINT FOR PROCESSING WORKPIECE | KOSSEK, MAGDALENA IZABELLA | 11d overdue |
| 18695952 | Method and Apparatus for Robot Trajectory Planning | JEN, MINGJEN | 7d |
| 18477727 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MEASURING GAS USING LASER SPECTROSCOPY | BRYANT, REBECCA CAROLE | 19d |
| 18436609 | Method of Monitoring Thermal Parameters of An Electrical Machine | ZAKARIA, AKM | 20d |
| 18263371 | Method of Material Flow Optimization | COLLINS, GARY | 21d |
| 18001096 | METHOD OF MONITORING AN ELECTRICAL MACHINE | TIMILSINA, SHARAD | 22d |
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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18301331 | Method and a Control System for Dynamic Provisioning of Visual Contents Using Machine Learning | AHMED, ISTIAQUE | 29d overdue |
| 17966012 | Method for an Intelligent Alarm Management in Industrial Processes | HICKS, AUSTIN JAMES | 9d overdue |
| 18263371 | Method of Material Flow Optimization | COLLINS, GARY | 21d |
| 18262460 | ASSEMBLY, APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MACHINING MECHANICAL PART | SNYDER, ALAN W | 26d |
| 18997139 | SAFETY CONTROL FOR A PROCESS CONTROL SYSTEM | COLLINS, GARY | — |
| 18985340 | Process for Joining Silver-Graphite to Copper Carriers | GAMINO, CARLOS J | — |
| 18899793 | Brazing Method, Brazed Joint, and Braze | GAMINO, CARLOS J | — |
| 18886291 | Temperature Sensing Element for a Thermal Conductivity Detector | CASTELLON JR, MANUEL SALVADOR | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2838 | 7 |
| 2119 | 6 |
| 2858 | 5 |
| 2855 | 5 |
| 3666 | 4 |
| 2834 | 4 |
| 2831 | 4 |
| 3618 | 3 |
| 2115 | 3 |
| 1735 | 3 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19530604 | Method to Make Power Origin Labels Trustworthy and Verifiable | CRANDALL, RICHARD W. | 3629 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 05, 2026 |
| 19372624 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BLADE PITCH CONTROL OF CYCLOIDAL MARINE PROPULSION SYSTEM | ZAMORA ALVAREZ, ERIC J | 3745 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 29, 2025 |
| 19344758 | System and Method Providing Specific Insights into Data-Confidentiality-Preserving Applications in Case of Deviations | ROTARU, OCTAVIAN | 3623 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 30, 2025 |
| 19303564 | Method for Optimizing a Geometric Path for a Robot Device Around an Obstacle | TAN, OLIVER E | 3669 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 19, 2025 |
| 19288093 | Method for an Optimized Motion Planning of a Robot Device | BEDEWI, RAMI NABIH | 3666 | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 01, 2025 |
| 19283588 | State Aware Event Processing for an Alarm Providing System | RECEK, JASON D | 2447 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 29, 2025 |
| 19230895 | Method for Distributing Asset Data | RIGOL, YAIMA | 2135 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 06, 2025 |
| 19135524 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING A MINING VEHICLE AND SCHEDULING SYSTEM FOR GENERATING A DRIVING SCHEDULE FOR A MINING VEHICLE | SARWAR, BABAR | 3667 | §101§103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 04, 2025 |
| 19226407 | Computer-Implemented Method and System for Configurating an Electrical Information of at Least One Module Using an Engineering Tool | PATEL, HETUL B | 3992 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 03, 2025 |
| 19207601 | Method for Training a Reinforcement Learning Agent for an Industrial Process System and System for Training a Reinforcement Learning Agent for an Industrial Process System | ANDERSON, FOLASHADE | 3623 | §101§102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 14, 2025 |
| 19196978 | Virtual DCS Security Operator for Incident Detection and Response | VO, ETHAN VIET | 2431 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 02, 2025 |
| 19194339 | Surface Inspection Apparatus and Method | KIDWELL, KAITLYN ELIZABETH | 2877 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 30, 2025 |
| 19089754 | Dynamically Reconfigurable Fieldbus Communications Interface | DALENCOURT, YVES | 2457 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 25, 2025 |
| 19089907 | Fieldbus Connectivity Services | SHIN, CHRISTOPHER B | 2181 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 25, 2025 |
| 19085293 | Substation Automation Engineering System | ROBINSON, GRETA LEE | 2163 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 20, 2025 |
| 19113882 | ACTIVE FILTER PRE-CHARGING FOR A CONVERTER WITH ACTIVE FILTER CELLS | TIKU, SISAY G | 2838 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 20, 2025 |
| 19080204 | PRE-CHARGE CIRCUITS FOR DIRECT CURRENT BUS TRANSIENT VOLTAGE PROTECTION | AL-TAWEEL, MUAAMAR QAHTAN | 2838 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 14, 2025 |
| 19069470 | SUSTAINABLE MOVEMENT PLANNING FOR AN ELECTROMAGNETIC TRANSPORT SYSTEM | SLOWIK, ELIZABETH J | 3662 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 04, 2025 |
| 19069691 | Method of Synchronization of Sensors, Computer Program Product and Computer-Readable Storage Medium | MURSHED, OSAMAH | 2858 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 04, 2025 |
| 19062193 | Method for Verifying a Correct Application of a Changeset | HAILU, TESHOME | 2434 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 25, 2025 |
| 19058983 | TOOL SWITCHING APPARATUS | WILENSKY, MOSHE K | 3726 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 20, 2025 |
| 19104385 | Method of Determining Relationship Between Robot Coordinate System and External Surface | KONG, SZE-HON | 3657 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 18, 2025 |
| 19048158 | Computer-Implemented Method for Configurating at Least One Device of a System | NELSON, FREDA ANN | 3628 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 07, 2025 |
| 19047188 | Information Device for Controlling a Display of Information | ALMEIDA, CORY A | 2628 | §103 | Final Rejection | 9d overdue | Pending | Feb 06, 2025 |
| 19042362 | FIXTURE AND METHOD FOR TRANSFERRING BUNDLED CARDBOARD | SUN, GEORGE | 3673 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 31, 2025 |
| 19100298 | Industrial Robot | PRATHER, GREGORY T | 3618 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 31, 2025 |
| 19034366 | STRAP FASTENING APPARATUS | DO, ROWLAND | 3677 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 22, 2025 |
| 19034020 | Diagnostics for Process Control Systems | HOSSAIN, KAMAL M | 2444 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 22, 2025 |
| 19033758 | Detecting Network Misconfiguration in Process Control Systems | HUSSAIN, TAUQIR | 2446 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 22, 2025 |
| 18997139 | SAFETY CONTROL FOR A PROCESS CONTROL SYSTEM | COLLINS, GARY | 2115 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 20, 2025 |
| 19027711 | Switchgear Event Detection System | NGUYEN, TRUNG Q | 2858 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 19019655 | System and Method for ML-Based Engineering Library Translation and Integration, and for Schema & File Format Mapping | SWAMY, ARJUN RAJ | 2654 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 14, 2025 |
| 19016001 | Method for Determining a Design Parameter of a Plant | HARTMAN JR, RONALD D | 2119 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 10, 2025 |
| 19014421 | HEAT SINK ASSEMBLY | LANE, DEVON | 3763 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 09, 2025 |
| 18881934 | MODEL PREDICTIVE CONTROL FOR CONVERTER WITH FILTER CELLS BASED ON OFFLINE-COMPUTED PULSE PATTERNS AND ONLINE CELL BALANCING | CHOI, SEUNG HO | 2838 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 07, 2025 |
| 18985340 | Process for Joining Silver-Graphite to Copper Carriers | GAMINO, CARLOS J | 1735 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 18, 2024 |
| 18980787 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING A VESSEL WATER INTERFACE, AND METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING A POSITIONAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN AN EGO VESSEL AND A TARGET VESSEL | LI, RUIPING | 2676 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 13, 2024 |
| 18978207 | Method for Recommending an Operational Command for an Industrial Plant | ORTIZ RODRIGUEZ, CARLOS R | 2119 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 12, 2024 |
| 18976553 | METHOD FOR LABELLING A WATER SURFACE WITHIN AN IMAGE, METHOD FOR PROVIDING A TRAINING DATASET FOR TRAINING, VALIDATING, AND/OR TESTING A MACHINE LEARNING ALGORITHM, MACHINE LEARNING ALGORITHM FOR DETECTING A WATER SURFACE IN AN IMAGE, AND WATER SURFACE DETECTION SYSTEM | BOYAR, NOAH WILLIAM | 2669 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 11, 2024 |
| 18870916 | Automation System and Method for Investigating, In the Automation System, The Performance of a Wireless Communication Network | NAOREEN, NAZIA | 2458 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 02, 2024 |
| 18956147 | Monitoring Machine Learning Models | AGRAWAL, SHISHIR | 2123 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 22, 2024 |
| 18952070 | Orchestration in Industrial Production Plants | WANG, LIANG CHE A | — | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 19, 2024 |
| 18695952 | Method and Apparatus for Robot Trajectory Planning | JEN, MINGJEN | 3657 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 7d | Pending | Nov 05, 2024 |
| 18925325 | Atmospheric Corrosion Sensor | MEGNA FUENTES, ANTHONY W | 2855 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 24, 2024 |
| 18924236 | Cable Organizer | WOOD, KIMBERLY T | 3631 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 23, 2024 |
| 18919906 | CORROSION MONITORING | FREDERIKSEN, DAVID B | 2858 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 18, 2024 |
| 18918852 | Conduit Systems with Internal Sensor Devices | KHAN, OMER S | 2686 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 17, 2024 |
| 18913182 | Thermochromic Cable Wrap | BAIR, EMMA CATHERINE | 2855 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 11, 2024 |
| 18911351 | Power Supply System and Operating Method | SHIAO, DAVID A | 2836 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 168d overdue | Pending | Oct 10, 2024 |
| 18911391 | Switchgear | CHAI, RAYMOND REI-YANG | 2845 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 10, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialABB Schweiz AG has 149 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 89 art units and 139 examiners.
Rowland Do has the most, with 2 of ABB Schweiz AG's pending office actions.
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