Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
6 pending office actions • 1 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 6 patents granted in the last 365 days
Balluff GmbH currently has 6 pending office actions in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. These 6 pending office actions are assigned to 6 distinct examiners. This distribution means that each pending matter is reviewed by a different person, showing that the current workload is not concentrated under any single examiner.
The prosecution activity is entirely contained within 1 distinct art unit. This count of 1 distinct art unit is lower than the 6 distinct examiners, indicating that all examiners are situated within the same specialized group at the patent office. MCANDREW, CHRISTOPHER P is the busiest examiner, with a busiest examiner pending count of 1. This busiest examiner pending count of 1 matches the workload of the other five examiners.
For practitioners, the 6 pending office actions represent a focused portfolio within a single technical domain. The use of 6 distinct examiners within only 1 distinct art unit means the company must navigate six different individual styles within the same departmental environment. The busiest examiner pending count of 1 confirms that the 6 actions are evenly distributed across the examination staff.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 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 only | 1 (17%) |
| §103 only | 1 (17%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (67%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCANDREW, CHRISTOPHER P | 1 | 85.9% | +13.9% |
| LI, YONGHONG | 1 | 76.5% | +22.0% |
| RAJAPUTRA, SURESH KS | 1 | 83.6% | +13.3% |
| JENKINS, JERMAINE L | 1 | 88.1% | +8.1% |
| LAU, TUNG S | 1 | 83.0% | +14.5% |
| NAVARRO, HUGO IVAN | 1 | 62.5% | +16.7% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19099572 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETECTING SHOCK AND VIBRATION STATES IN A MAGNETOSTRICTIVE TRANSDUCER | MCANDREW, CHRISTOPHER P | — |
| 18964958 | Antenna arrangement for a radar sensor | LI, YONGHONG | — |
| 18965229 | Circuit arrangement for evaluating an output signal, and sensor device | RAJAPUTRA, SURESH KS | — |
| 18906716 | CLAMPING MOUNT FOR A SENSOR | JENKINS, JERMAINE L | — |
| 18753346 | METHOD FOR RECOGNIZING A TARGET MAGNET ORIENTATION IN A MAGNETIC POSITION SENSOR | LAU, TUNG S | — |
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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18741054 | Assembly for a sensor | NAVARRO, HUGO IVAN | 18d overdue |
| 19099572 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETECTING SHOCK AND VIBRATION STATES IN A MAGNETOSTRICTIVE TRANSDUCER | MCANDREW, CHRISTOPHER P | — |
| 18964958 | Antenna arrangement for a radar sensor | LI, YONGHONG | — |
| 18965229 | Circuit arrangement for evaluating an output signal, and sensor device | RAJAPUTRA, SURESH KS | — |
| 18753346 | METHOD FOR RECOGNIZING A TARGET MAGNET ORIENTATION IN A MAGNETIC POSITION SENSOR | LAU, TUNG S | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2858 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19099572 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETECTING SHOCK AND VIBRATION STATES IN A MAGNETOSTRICTIVE TRANSDUCER | MCANDREW, CHRISTOPHER P | 2858 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 29, 2025 |
| 18964958 | Antenna arrangement for a radar sensor | LI, YONGHONG | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 02, 2024 |
| 18965229 | Circuit arrangement for evaluating an output signal, and sensor device | RAJAPUTRA, SURESH KS | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 02, 2024 |
| 18906716 | CLAMPING MOUNT FOR A SENSOR | JENKINS, JERMAINE L | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 04, 2024 |
| 18753346 | METHOD FOR RECOGNIZING A TARGET MAGNET ORIENTATION IN A MAGNETIC POSITION SENSOR | LAU, TUNG S | — | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 25, 2024 |
| 18741054 | Assembly for a sensor | NAVARRO, HUGO IVAN | 2858 | §103 | Final Rejection | 18d overdue | Pending | Jun 12, 2024 |
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