Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

AMS-OSRAM AG

7 pending office actions • 2 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 10 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

7
Total Pending OAs
5
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

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.

4
Hard (57%)
3
Medium (43%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only3 (43%)
Multi-statute (no §101)4 (57%)

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
0
Communications
0% of docket
2
Semiconductors
29% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
5
Business / Other
71% 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.

70 h
Manual time on pending OAs
14 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
24 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
WIGGER, BENJAMIN DAVID 2 0.0% +0.0%
BAYNES, SAMUEL DAVID 1 83.3% +25.0%
TRAN, MAI THI NGOC 1 85.9% +4.3%
BAGHDASARYAN, HOVHANNES 1 77.6% +16.7%
NEGRON, ISMAEL 1 73.5% +15.2%
DEGRASSE, IAN ISAAC 1 79.2% +1.4%

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
18851699 CALIBRATION OF DEPTH MAP GENERATING SYSTEM BAYNES, SAMUEL DAVID
18290661 SENSOR PACKAGE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A SENSOR PACKAGE TRAN, MAI THI NGOC

Hard Cases (5)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18719267 A METHOD FOR GENERATING A DEPTH MAP WIGGER, BENJAMIN DAVID
18685508 ILLUMINATION APPARATUS WIGGER, BENJAMIN DAVID
18561780 OPTICAL DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE BAGHDASARYAN, HOVHANNES
18257599 ILLUMINATION MODULE NEGRON, ISMAEL
18256910 WAFER-LEVEL MANUFACTURE OF OPTICAL PACKAGES DEGRASSE, IAN ISAAC

Interview Candidates (3)

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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18851699 CALIBRATION OF DEPTH MAP GENERATING SYSTEM BAYNES, SAMUEL DAVID
18561780 OPTICAL DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE BAGHDASARYAN, HOVHANNES
18257599 ILLUMINATION MODULE NEGRON, ISMAEL

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2875 1
2818 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18851699 CALIBRATION OF DEPTH MAP GENERATING SYSTEM BAYNES, SAMUEL DAVID §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 27, 2024
18719267 A METHOD FOR GENERATING A DEPTH MAP WIGGER, BENJAMIN DAVID §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 13, 2024
18685508 ILLUMINATION APPARATUS WIGGER, BENJAMIN DAVID §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 22, 2024
18290661 SENSOR PACKAGE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A SENSOR PACKAGE TRAN, MAI THI NGOC §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 19, 2024
18561780 OPTICAL DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE BAGHDASARYAN, HOVHANNES §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Nov 17, 2023
18257599 ILLUMINATION MODULE NEGRON, ISMAEL 2875 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 15, 2023
18256910 WAFER-LEVEL MANUFACTURE OF OPTICAL PACKAGES DEGRASSE, IAN ISAAC 2818 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 09, 2023

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