Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

ABB Schweiz AG

Technology areas: Computing & Software • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems

173 pending office actions • 64 art units • 166 examiners • 0 of 173 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 349 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

ABB Schweiz AG currently oversees 172 pending office actions within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. The portfolio is characterized by an extremely high degree of examiner diversity, with 167 distinct examiners assigned to these matters. These examiners are located across 62 distinct art units, reflecting a broad technical footprint in the semiconductor and optics sectors. This distribution suggests that the company's innovations are reviewed by a significant portion of the patent office's specialized personnel.

ZAKARIA, AKM is the busiest examiner for the company, yet only handles 2 pending office actions. With 167 distinct examiners for 172 pending actions, almost every matter is being reviewed by a different individual. This suggests that prosecution outcomes for ABB Schweiz AG are likely driven by the specific nuances of the 62 distinct art units rather than the habits of any single high-volume official. Practitioners should monitor the 2 pending office actions with ZAKARIA, AKM for any emerging trends that might affect the broader semiconductor and optics portfolio.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

173
Total Pending OAs
120
Non-Final OAs
47
Final Rejections
6
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 33 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

12
Overdue
3
Due this week
9
Due this month
4
Due in next 60 days
5
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. 33 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (12)Due ≤ 7 days (3)Due ≤ 30 days (9)Due ≤ 60 days (4)Due later (5)

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.

114
Hard (66%)
52
Medium (30%)
7
Easy (4%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only4 (2%)
§101 + other36 (21%)
§103 only42 (24%)
§102 only10 (6%)
§112 only7 (4%)
Multi-statute (no §101)74 (43%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

6
Life Sciences
3% of docket
32
Information Tech
18% of docket
2
Communications
1% of docket
30
Semiconductors
17% of docket
31
Mechanical / Eng
18% of docket
72
Business / Other
42% 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.

1,730 h
Manual time on pending OAs
346 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
606 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
15.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
ZAKARIA, AKM 2 82.6% +16.1%
CHOI, SEUNG HO 2 100.0% +0.0%
CASTELLON JR, MANUEL SALVADOR 2 89.7% +12.5%
CHOI, MICHAEL W 2 77.3% +29.9%
TUROCY, DAVID P 2 46.9% +35.5%
TANG, BRYANT 2 86.1% +0.2%
HICKS, AUSTIN JAMES 2 75.0% +25.8%
CRANDALL, RICHARD W. 1 30.2% +33.8%
GILBERTSON, SHAYNE M 1 76.6% +11.5%
TAN, OLIVER E 1 73.2% +10.1%

Quick Wins (3)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
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 —

Hard Cases (114)

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 #TitleExaminerDue 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
18947598 METHOD AND CONTROLLER FOR OPERATING A PROPULSION SYSTEM OF A RAILWAY OR HEAVY HAUL VEHICLE, AND PROPULSION SYSTEM HALL, HANA VICTORIA 28d overdue
18486536 Transferring Applications Between Execution Nodes XU, ZUJIA 11d overdue
18351729 Self-Enhancing Knowledge Model RIFKIN, BEN M 11d overdue
18948695 Reducing Kinematic Error O'MALLEY, JOHN MARTIN 8d overdue
17531495 ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING CONNECTOR AND HEAT PIPE HERNANDEZ, MANUEL J 5d
18477727 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MEASURING GAS USING LASER SPECTROSCOPY BRYANT, REBECCA CAROLE 19d

Interview Candidates (13)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
17966012 Method for an Intelligent Alarm Management in Industrial Processes HICKS, AUSTIN JAMES 9d overdue
18436609 Method of Monitoring Thermal Parameters of An Electrical Machine ZAKARIA, AKM 20d
19530604 Method to Make Power Origin Labels Trustworthy and Verifiable CRANDALL, RICHARD W. —
19348305 Wind and Ocean-Current Informed Ship Path Planning GILBERTSON, SHAYNE M —
19303564 Method for Optimizing a Geometric Path for a Robot Device Around an Obstacle TAN, OLIVER E —
19036261 Capacitor Health Diagnostics ZAKARIA, AKM —
18886219 Device for Detecting Thermal Conductivity of a Fluid CASTELLON JR, MANUEL SALVADOR —
18886291 Temperature Sensing Element for a Thermal Conductivity Detector CASTELLON JR, MANUEL SALVADOR —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2838 7
2834 6
3656 4
3658 4
2118 4
2119 3
2837 3
3665 2
3628 2
3618 2

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19530604 Method to Make Power Origin Labels Trustworthy and Verifiable CRANDALL, RICHARD W. 3619 §101§102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 05, 2026
19348305 Wind and Ocean-Current Informed Ship Path Planning GILBERTSON, SHAYNE M 3665 §101§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 02, 2025
19303564 Method for Optimizing a Geometric Path for a Robot Device Around an Obstacle TAN, OLIVER E — §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 — §101§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 01, 2025
19283588 State Aware Event Processing for an Alarm Providing System RECEK, JASON D — §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 29, 2025
19250649 METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING ROBOT MOVEMENT PATH KC, SAGAR 3656 §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 26, 2025
19230895 Method for Distributing Asset Data RIGOL, YAIMA — §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 — §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 03, 2025
19222667 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROGRAMMING AN INDUSTRIAL ROBOT HOLLOWAY, JASON R — §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending May 29, 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 — §101§102 Non-Final OA — Pending May 14, 2025
19196978 Virtual DCS Security Operator for Incident Detection and Response VO, ETHAN VIET — §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending May 02, 2025
19194339 Surface Inspection Apparatus and Method KIDWELL, KAITLYN ELIZABETH — §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 30, 2025
19089907 Fieldbus Connectivity Services SHIN, CHRISTOPHER B — §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 25, 2025
19089754 Dynamically Reconfigurable Fieldbus Communications Interface DALENCOURT, YVES — §101§102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 25, 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
19069691 Method of Synchronization of Sensors, Computer Program Product and Computer-Readable Storage Medium MURSHED, OSAMAH — §101§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 04, 2025
19069470 SUSTAINABLE MOVEMENT PLANNING FOR AN ELECTROMAGNETIC TRANSPORT SYSTEM SLOWIK, ELIZABETH J 3662 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 04, 2025
19062193 Method for Verifying a Correct Application of a Changeset HAILU, TESHOME — §101§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 25, 2025
19058983 TOOL SWITCHING APPARATUS WILENSKY, MOSHE K — §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 20, 2025
19057484 HOUSING FOR ACCOMMODATING SECTION OF ROBOT ARM AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME KRUG, RANDELL J 3657 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Feb 19, 2025
19056973 I/O Station Storing Diagnostics Data FRANKLIN, RICHARD B — §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 19, 2025
19052555 Resource Failure Mitigation SHELTON, GABRIELLA KANANI 2113 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Feb 13, 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 Non-Final OA 9d overdue Pending Feb 06, 2025
19100298 Industrial Robot PRATHER, GREGORY T 3618 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Jan 31, 2025
19100158 CYCLE TIME DETERMINATION IN A PROCESS CONTROL SYSTEM DU, ZONGHUA A — §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 31, 2025
19036261 Capacitor Health Diagnostics ZAKARIA, AKM — §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 24, 2025
19033758 Detecting Network Misconfiguration in Process Control Systems HUSSAIN, TAUQIR 2446 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Jan 22, 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 — §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 22, 2025
19023738 Computer-Implemented Method and System for Automatically Generating a Security Configuration for a Control System NGUYEN, CAROLINE HOANG-ANH 2495 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Jan 16, 2025
19019655 System and Method for ML-Based Engineering Library Translation and Integration, and for Schema & File Format Mapping SWAMY, ARJUN RAJ — §101§102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 14, 2025
19016001 Method for Determining a Design Parameter of a Plant HARTMAN JR, RONALD D — §101§102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 10, 2025
18993027 An Industrial Controller with Wake-On-Lan Functionality RODRIGUEZ, JOSUE LEONEL — §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 10, 2025
19014421 HEAT SINK ASSEMBLY LANE, DEVON — §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 — §101§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 07, 2025
18987137 Power Supply for Triggering a Solenoid in a Remote Breaker NGUYEN, DANNY 2838 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 19, 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 — §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 13, 2024
18978207 Method for Recommending an Operational Command for an Industrial Plant ORTIZ RODRIGUEZ, CARLOS R — §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 — §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 — §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 22, 2024
18950488 Medium Voltage Variable Speed Assembly AGARED, GABRIEL T — §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 18, 2024
18866389 Method of Controlling Movements of Industrial Robot, and Robot System MOYER, DALE S 3656 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Nov 15, 2024
18948695 Reducing Kinematic Error O'MALLEY, JOHN MARTIN 3658 §102§103Other Non-Final OA 8d overdue Pending Nov 15, 2024
18948884 Reducing Kinematic Error DINH, THAI T — §101§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 15, 2024
18947598 METHOD AND CONTROLLER FOR OPERATING A PROPULSION SYSTEM OF A RAILWAY OR HEAVY HAUL VEHICLE, AND PROPULSION SYSTEM HALL, HANA VICTORIA 3664 §101§103§112 Final Rejection 28d overdue Pending Nov 14, 2024
18863044 Systems and Methods for Using Auxiliary Windings of an Electric Motor for Powering Electronic Components SUBRAMANIAN, VISWANATHAN 2834 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 05, 2024
18925325 Atmospheric Corrosion Sensor MEGNA FUENTES, ANTHONY W — §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 24, 2024
18919906 CORROSION MONITORING FREDERIKSEN, DAVID B — §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 18, 2024
18918852 Conduit Systems with Internal Sensor Devices KHAN, OMER S 2686 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Oct 17, 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 — §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 10, 2024
18855358 METHOD OF PRODUCING A PAPER PRODUCT AND SYSTEM FOR PRODUCING A PAPER PRODUCT VERA, ELISA H 1748 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 09, 2024
18905236 I/O STATION INCLUDING APL I/O MODULE AJIBADE AKONAI, OLUMIDE — §101§102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 03, 2024
18894425 SATURABLE-CORE INDUCTOR LAXTON, GARY L 2838 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 24, 2024
18893382 Transmitting Identifier of Industrial Automation Device Via Voice Communication Session HARPER, KEVIN C — §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 23, 2024
18849768 CONTROL OF A VOLTAGE SOURCE CONVERTER CHOI, SEUNG HO 2838 §102 Final Rejection — Pending Sep 23, 2024
18892405 PAINTING DEVICE ONDREJCAK, ANDREW DOMENIC 3752 §102§103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Sep 22, 2024
18890037 PAINTING ROBOT AND PAINTING METHOD THOMAS, BINU 1717 §103 Non-Final OA 10d overdue Pending Sep 19, 2024
18886219 Device for Detecting Thermal Conductivity of a Fluid CASTELLON JR, MANUEL SALVADOR — §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 16, 2024
18886291 Temperature Sensing Element for a Thermal Conductivity Detector CASTELLON JR, MANUEL SALVADOR — §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 16, 2024
18886163 Device and a System for Detecting Thermal Conductivity of a Fluid SOTO, JANICE M — §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 16, 2024
18884435 ROTARY ATOMIZING HEAD TYPE COATING MACHINE SUTHERLAND, STEVEN M — §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 13, 2024
18830787 Device and Method for Formalizing an Uncontrolled Data Format Input LY, CHEYNE D 2152 §103 Final Rejection 12d Pending Sep 11, 2024
18829431 Aliasing-Based Broadband Noise Power Estimation for Arc-Fault Detection PATEL, DHARTI HARIDAS 2838 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 10, 2024
18827992 Sensitivity Analysis for a System and Method for Optimizing an Energy Management LAUGHLIN, NATHAN L — §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 09, 2024
18822933 ELECTRICAL POWER SUPPLY SYSTEMS AND RELATED METHODS TAN, RICHARD 2849 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 03, 2024
18820735 FIXING PLATFORM FOR USE WITH INDUSTRIAL ROBOT AND METHOD OF AUTOMATICALLY MEASURING BACKLASH OF GEAR HOPKINS, BRANDI N — §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 30, 2024
18820506 FIXING APPARATUS FOR USE WITH INDUSTRIAL ROBOT AND METHOD OF MEASURING BACKLASH OF GEAR KIRKLAND III, FREDDIE — §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 30, 2024
18812479 Input/Output Facility Arrangement in An Electric Logic Control Device and An Electric Logic Control Device NOSIN, NISAT TABASSUM — §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 22, 2024
18839188 ASSEMBLY FOR MOUNTING ONE OR MORE LINES, AND SYSTEM ROBINSON, KRYSTAL — §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 16, 2024
18836508 ELECTRICAL TRACTION SYSTEM FOR AN INDUSTRIAL ELECTRIC VEHICLE, INDUSTRIAL ELECTRIC VEHICLE, ELECTRICAL POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PROVIDING ELECTRICAL ENERGY TO AN INDUSTRIAL ELECTRIC VEHICLE WU, LORI SOUTHARD — §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 07, 2024
18791604 Device Detection in Process Control Systems SHECHTMAN, SEAN P — §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 01, 2024
18729926 Method and Device for Providing Structured Indications of Noise Emissions from an Industrial Robot AZHAR, ARSLAN 3656 §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 18, 2024
18768417 Method for Estimating a Consumed Lifetime of an Energy Storage Device RIVERA VARGAS, MANUEL A — §101§102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 10, 2024
18762839 Computer-Implemented Method for Determining an Energy Load Distribution in a System CHOI, MICHAEL W — §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 03, 2024
18760385 Rotating Electrical Machine Comprising Coil Supports SETZER, NICHOLAS LEE 2834 §112 Final Rejection — Pending Jul 01, 2024
18761189 HUMAN-MACHINE INTERFACE PARCHER, DANIEL W 2174 §101§103 Final Rejection — Pending Jul 01, 2024
18757921 Process Control System SANDERS, JOSHUA T — §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 28, 2024
18756100 Systems and Methods for Explaining Alarms Raised by Machine Learned Models of Industrial Automation Systems ADE, OGER GARCIA — §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 27, 2024
18723968 OPERATOR ASSISTANCE IN AN AUTOMATION SYSTEM LIN, JASON — §101§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 25, 2024
18751475 THREAD MACHINING APPARATUS, METHOD AND SYSTEM GATES, ERIC ANDREW 3725 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 24, 2024
18749792 Method for Calibrating a Surface Temperature Sensing System JAGAN, MIRELLYS — §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 21, 2024
18746201 DUAL POWER TRANSFER SWITCH DECKER, JAMIL ALEXANDER — §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 18, 2024
18745491 DUAL POWER TRANSFER SWITCH CAROC, LHEIREN MAE ANGLO — §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 17, 2024
18744944 Method and Apparatus for Evaluating Residual Sulphur in a Cement Preheater, Method for Evaluating Blockage of a Cement Preheater, and a Cement Preheater TOOMER, CEPHIA D — §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 17, 2024
18741184 Safety Guard for a Crimping Device SULLIVAN, DEBRA M 3725 §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 12, 2024
18718234 ELECTRIC MOTOR WITH A MOTOR TERMINAL BOX MULLINS, BURTON S 2834 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Jun 10, 2024
18717152 INDUSTRIAL ROBOT COMPRISING SEALED COVER BROWN, JOSEPH HENRY 3618 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 06, 2024
18669696 Methods for Determining the State of Health of an Industrial Process LE, JOHN H — §101§103 Non-Final OA — Pending May 21, 2024
18663248 Method to Detect a Size Change in an Energy Storage Device ANTONUCCI, ANNE MARIE — §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending May 14, 2024
18649125 COATING MACHINE TUROCY, DAVID P — §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 29, 2024
18644843 STOWABLE ELECTRICAL DEVICE CHAMBERS, TRAVIS SLOAN — §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 24, 2024
18643211 ROTATABLE ELECTRICAL DEVICE BURGOS-GUNTIN, NELSON R — §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 23, 2024
18642920 Computer-Implemented Method for Configuring a Sub-System of a Plant NORTON, JENNIFER L 2117 §101§103 Final Rejection — Pending Apr 23, 2024
18631324 Method for Automatically Configuring Multicast Forwarding Between Network Participants of an Industrial Network CHRISTENSEN, SCOTT B 2444 §103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Apr 10, 2024
18555580 Control of Papermaking Processes with Respect to Square Point Conditions TAN, ALVIN H 2118 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Apr 09, 2024
18630116 Method for Operating a Crane, Indicator Element and a System WHITTINGTON, JESS G 3666 §103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Apr 09, 2024
18627567 Method and System for Managing Access to Data of Digital Twin in Industrial System CELANI, NICHOLAS P 2449 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 05, 2024
18623659 ARCP CONVERTER AND CONTROL THEREOF AHMED, YUSEF A 2838 §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 01, 2024
18620082 Verifying the Design of a Function Module for a Modular Industrial Plant LOPEZ ALVAREZ, OLVIN 2117 §101§102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Mar 28, 2024
18618057 Method for Generating an Enriched Alarm Message TWEEL JR, JOHN ALEXANDER — §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 27, 2024
18695937 INTERLOCK DEVICE CRUM, JACOB R 2831 §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 27, 2024
18695858 Methods of Handling Safety of Industrial Robot, Control Systems, and Robot System EMMETT, MADISON B 3658 §103 Non-Final OA 15d overdue Pending Mar 27, 2024
18610791 Fruit Picking Robot and End Effector Therefore RAILEY, JENNIFER A 3676 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Mar 20, 2024
18598034 Method for an Efficient Performance Monitoring of a System in a Hierarchical Network of Distributed Devices SYED, FARHAN M — §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 07, 2024
18591608 Expandable Panelboard Bus Assemblies and Methods of Assembling Same NGO, STEVEN 2835 §103 Final Rejection 7d Pending Feb 29, 2024
18687644 An Automation Network With Actively Managed Redundant Connectivity PASIA, REDENTOR M 2413 §103 Final Rejection 84d Pending Feb 28, 2024
18585893 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING A PRECISE VALUE OF AT LEAST ONE POSE PARAMETER OF AN EGO VESSEL HAN, CHARLES J 3665 §103§112 Final Rejection 76d Pending Feb 23, 2024
18584368 Multipurpose Intelligent Gate Driver for Solid-State Switches BHATIA, AMIT R 2842 §102§103 Non-Final OA 40d Pending Feb 22, 2024
18442326 Method and System for Unsupervised Anomaly Detection SHOHATEE, IBRAHIM NAGI 2857 §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 15, 2024
18436609 Method of Monitoring Thermal Parameters of An Electrical Machine ZAKARIA, AKM 2858 §102§103 Final Rejection 20d Pending Feb 08, 2024
18425655 HYDRAULICALLY EXPANDED INSULATED CONDUITS FOR ELECTRICAL MACHINES ANDREWS, MICHAEL 2834 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 29, 2024
18422119 Robot Gripper and Method of Using It LOIKITH, CATHERINE A — §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 25, 2024
18417732 Validating Component Specifications for Industrial Automation Systems NGUYEN, MONGBAO 2192 §101§103 Final Rejection 26d Pending Jan 19, 2024
18577465 METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A PRINTHEAD DANDRIDGE, CHRISTOPHER R. 3752 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 62d Pending Jan 08, 2024
18395520 Fluid Channel Assembly for an EV Charging Gun Connector, Charging Gun and Charging Station FANTU, YALKEW — §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 23, 2023
18393085 SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF TRANSFERRING DATA FROM INSTRUMENTS TO APPLICATIONS DISCONNECTED FROM THE INSTRUMENTS XU, PETER 2119 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Dec 21, 2023
18570165 Robotic Systems and Methods Used to Update Training of a Neural Network Based upon Neural Network Outputs DUONG, HIEN LUONGVAN 3656 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 14, 2023
18537080 Electric Apparatus of and Electric Method for Electric Machine ZHOU, ZIXUAN — §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 12, 2023
18534041 SWITCHED REDUNDANT STATIC TRANSFER SWITCH RAPID TURN-OFF SYSTEM TRAN, THAI H 2836 §103§112 Non-Final OA 21d Pending Dec 08, 2023
18529923 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ENHANCING DATA PRIVACY OF AN INDUSTRIAL SYSTEM OR ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEM STRAUB, D'ARCY WINSTON 2491 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 05, 2023
18527613 Validation Logic for OPC UA Connected Devices CHOI, MICHAEL W 2119 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Dec 04, 2023
18522143 DEPLOY SERVICE FOR COORDINATED DEPLOY TO RUNTIME KARIM, ZIAUL 2119 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 29d overdue Pending Nov 28, 2023
18516794 MAGNETIC ALIGNMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PERMANENT MAGNET MOTORS KIM, PAUL D — §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 21, 2023
18561723 CORELESS PLANAR COIL AND POWER TRANSFORMER HINSON, RONALD — §102§103Other Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 16, 2023
18506605 Distributed Control System for Industrial Processes, A Method Therein, Computer Program and Computer Program Product ZARKA, DAVID PETER 2449 §102§112 Final Rejection 76d Pending Nov 10, 2023
18503338 Energy Storage System FUREMAN, JARED — §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 07, 2023
18497112 Method and System for Predictive Maintenance of Sample Handling System (SHS) of a Gas Analyzer ANWARI, MACEEH — §101 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 30, 2023
18557923 SAFETY NETWORK FOR DEVICES IN INTERMITTENT USE KASENGE, CHARLES R 2116 §101§102 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 27, 2023
18556947 MOUNTING ASSEMBLY FOR ELECTRICAL FAN, ASSOCIATED CABINET AND MOUNTING METHOD PEKARSKAYA, LILYA 3746 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 24, 2023
18486536 Transferring Applications Between Execution Nodes XU, ZUJIA 2195 §103§112 Final Rejection 11d overdue Pending Oct 13, 2023
18554700 INTRINSICALLY SAFE CIRCUIT FOR LOAD SREEVATSA, SREEYA 2838 §103§112 Non-Final OA 72d Pending Oct 10, 2023
18554267 Support Arrangement for Additive Manufacturing, Additive Manufacturing Device and Method of Producing Three-Dimensional Object BERNARD, ADRIEN J 1734 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 06, 2023
18479961 Computer Implemented Method for Providing Temperature Data, a Computer Product Element and a System NYAMOGO, JOSEPH A 2858 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 03, 2023
18477727 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MEASURING GAS USING LASER SPECTROSCOPY BRYANT, REBECCA CAROLE 2877 §103§112 Final Rejection 19d Pending Sep 29, 2023
18475559 Transformer Coil BARNES, MALCOLM — §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 27, 2023
18474383 Surface Treated Magnetic Material and Magnet SMITH, CATHERINE P 1735 §102§103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Sep 26, 2023
18471752 Virtual Deployment of Distributed Control Systems for Control Logic Testing KLICOS, NICHOLAS GEORGE 2118 §103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Sep 21, 2023
18551247 Industrial Robot with A Peer-To-Peer Communication Interface to Support Collaboration Among Robots TANG, BRYANT 3658 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 19, 2023
18549259 SENSING ASSEMBLY FOR USE IN PIEZOELECTRIC LIQUID LEVEL SENSOR GORDON, BRYAN P — §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 06, 2023
18363375 Energy Management State Machine for Microgrids ALAM, ROKEYA SHAWALI 2118 §103 Non-Final OA 39d Pending Aug 01, 2023
18263371 Method of Material Flow Optimization COLLINS, GARY 2115 §101 Non-Final OA 21d Pending Jul 28, 2023
18261747 ASSEMBLING APPARATUS, ASSEMBLING METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM TANG, BRYANT 3658 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 17, 2023
18351729 Self-Enhancing Knowledge Model RIFKIN, BEN M 2123 §101§103§112 Final Rejection 11d overdue Pending Jul 13, 2023
18260103 ASSEMBLY AND APPARATUS FOR MACHINING MECHANICAL PART SNYDER, ALAN W 3722 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 30, 2023
18312938 Synthesizing Energy Data ZEROUAL, OMAR 3628 §101§103 Non-Final OA — Pending May 05, 2023
18304152 INDUCTIVE DEVICES AND ASSOCIATED METHODS FOR IMPROVED OVERCURRENT PERFORMANCE CHAN, TSZFUNG JACKIE 2837 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 20, 2023
18301331 Method and a Control System for Dynamic Provisioning of Visual Contents Using Machine Learning AHMED, ISTIAQUE 2116 §103 Final Rejection 29d overdue Pending Apr 17, 2023
18297855 Internally Cooled Lamination and Lamination Assembly of an Electric Motor Stator, and Method of Making Same GONZALEZ QUINONES, JOSE A 2834 §103 Final Rejection 26d Pending Apr 10, 2023
18297292 SOFT SATURATING INDUCTOR AND ASSOCIATED METHODS NGUYEN, TUYEN T 2837 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 07, 2023
18185161 ROBOT FOR COATING VEHICLE BODY TUROCY, DAVID P 1718 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Mar 16, 2023
18245598 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INDICATING A PLANNED ROBOT MOVEMENT CHOI, JISUN 3666 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Mar 16, 2023
18184043 Explaining Machine Learning Output in Industrial Applications SANKS, SCHYLER S 2129 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 15, 2023
18181673 Primary Coil and a Method for Manufacturing a Primary Coil HOSSAIN, KAZI S 2837 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Mar 10, 2023
18001096 METHOD OF MONITORING AN ELECTRICAL MACHINE TIMILSINA, SHARAD 2863 §101 Final Rejection 22d Pending Dec 08, 2022
17998149 Electric Connection Assembly, Control Cabinet And Robot System PATEL, TULSIDAS C 2834 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 07, 2022
17966012 Method for an Intelligent Alarm Management in Industrial Processes HICKS, AUSTIN JAMES 2142 §102 Non-Final OA 9d overdue Pending Oct 14, 2022
17957592 Method of Transfer Learning for a Specific Production Process of an Industrial Plant HICKS, AUSTIN JAMES 2142 §101§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 30, 2022
17906162 Configuration Method And Internet Of Things Device YOON, ERIC 2118 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 12, 2022
17661028 DEVICES AND METHODS FOR INSTALLATION DEVICE CUSTOMIZATION DAVIS, ZACHARY M 1783 §103 Non-Final OA 6d Pending Apr 27, 2022
17714775 Charger for charging electric vehicles INSTONE, NATHANIEL JOSEPH 2859 §103 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Apr 06, 2022
17577891 Systems and Methods for Predicting Power Converter Health DASGUPTA, SHOURJO 2144 §103§112 Final Rejection 27d Pending Jan 18, 2022
17534481 RESOURCE MANAGEMENT FOR MODULAR PLANTS WHITAKER, ANDREW B 3629 §101§103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Nov 24, 2021
17531495 ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING CONNECTOR AND HEAT PIPE HERNANDEZ, MANUEL J 2859 §103§112 Final Rejection 5d Pending Nov 19, 2021
17129954 METHOD FOR PROVIDING AN EVALUATION AND CONTROL MODEL FOR CONTROLLING TARGET BUILDING AUTOMATION DEVICES OF A TARGET BUILDING AUTOMATION SYSTEM RUTTEN, JAMES D 2121 §103 Final Rejection 5d overdue Pending Dec 22, 2020
16941594 TECHNOLOGIES FOR PRODUCING TRAINING DATA FOR IDENTIFYING DEGRADATION OF PHYSICAL COMPONENTS WASEEM, HUMA 3686 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 29, 2020
16502579 TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE COLOR CHANGING ELECTRICAL DEVICE ALONZO MILLER, RHADAMES J 2847 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 03, 2019
16249943 PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC CONTROLLER WITH MANAGEMENT SYSTEM MILLS, PAUL V 2196 §103 Final Rejection 33d Pending Jan 17, 2019
18946350 METHOD FOR PREDICTING ELECTRIC ENERGY CONSUMPTION IN AN ELECTRIC GRID SIDDIQUEE, TAMEEM — §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 13, 2024
18790031 CLAMPING DEVICE FOR A WITHDRAWABLE LOW-VOLTAGE CIRCUIT BREAKER UNIT JIMENEZ, ANTHONY R — §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 31, 2024

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