Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 6 patents granted in the last 365 days
Balluff GmbH has 4 pending office actions in Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics. The matters are distributed among 4 examiners and 4 art units, indicating a broad spread across separate examination channels.
MCANDREW, CHRISTOPHER P is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. Counsel should use disciplined file-level tracking, supported by portfolio review for recurring sensor, circuit, semiconductor, or optics concepts that may affect claim drafting across the assignments.
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 | 1 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAU, TUNG S | 1 | 83.0% | +14.5% |
| GONZALEZ, MILTON | 1 | 77.7% | +12.7% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18753346 | METHOD FOR RECOGNIZING A TARGET MAGNET ORIENTATION IN A MAGNETIC POSITION SENSOR | LAU, TUNG S | — |
| 18373508 | Method and device for detecting axial and/or radial magnetic fields acting relative to an axis | GONZALEZ, MILTON | — |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18753346 | METHOD FOR RECOGNIZING A TARGET MAGNET ORIENTATION IN A MAGNETIC POSITION SENSOR | LAU, TUNG S | — |
| 18373508 | Method and device for detecting axial and/or radial magnetic fields acting relative to an axis | GONZALEZ, MILTON | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2857 | 1 |
| 2852 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18753346 | METHOD FOR RECOGNIZING A TARGET MAGNET ORIENTATION IN A MAGNETIC POSITION SENSOR | LAU, TUNG S | 2857 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 25, 2024 |
| 18373508 | Method and device for detecting axial and/or radial magnetic fields acting relative to an axis | GONZALEZ, MILTON | 2852 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 27, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialBalluff GmbH has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Tung S Lau has the most, with 1 of Balluff GmbH's pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
