Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 15, 2026

B&R Industrial Automation GmbH

7 pending office actions • 5 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 9 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

7
Total Pending OAs
7
Non-Final OAs
0
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

0
Overdue
1
Due this week
1
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

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.

5
Hard (71%)
1
Medium (14%)
1
Easy (14%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (14%)
§103 only1 (14%)
§112 only1 (14%)
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
1
Information Tech
14% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
3
Semiconductors
43% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
14% of docket
2
Business / Other
29% 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
CAI, PHUONG HAU 1 78.3% +24.1%
LUKS, JEREMY AUSTIN 1 73.6% +21.8%
LAUGHLIN, CHARLES S 1 76.5% +10.7%
SINGH, KAVEL 1 83.7% +14.0%
BARNIE, REXFORD N 1 17.5% +24.6%
COLLINS, GARY 1 83.1% +15.7%
DHAKAL, BICKEY 1 84.3% +16.4%

Quick Wins (1)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18038872 CONTROLLING THE MOVEMENT OF AN OBJECT DHAKAL, BICKEY

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
18567986 METHOD FOR INDUCTIVE ENERGY TRANSMISSION BETWEEN A PRIMARY AND A SECONDARY PART OF AN ELECTROMAGNETIC TRANSPORT SYSTEM BARNIE, REXFORD N 7d
18680668 Method and System for Determining Vibration Amplitude for Vibration Conveying Systems SINGH, KAVEL 16d
18905622 AUTOMATION SYSTEM IN THE FORM OF A PLANAR MOTOR LUKS, JEREMY AUSTIN
18755171 STANDSTILL CONTROL WITH MANIPULATED VARIABLE FEEDFORWARD LAUGHLIN, CHARLES S
18503682 METHOD FOR STANDSTILL CONTROL OF A MULTI-BODY SYSTEM COLLINS, GARY

Interview Candidates (7)

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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18567986 METHOD FOR INDUCTIVE ENERGY TRANSMISSION BETWEEN A PRIMARY AND A SECONDARY PART OF AN ELECTROMAGNETIC TRANSPORT SYSTEM BARNIE, REXFORD N 7d
18680668 Method and System for Determining Vibration Amplitude for Vibration Conveying Systems SINGH, KAVEL 16d
18944810 DEVICE, ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD FOR CALIBRATING A DIGITAL CAMERA OF AN IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM CAI, PHUONG HAU
18905622 AUTOMATION SYSTEM IN THE FORM OF A PLANAR MOTOR LUKS, JEREMY AUSTIN
18755171 STANDSTILL CONTROL WITH MANIPULATED VARIABLE FEEDFORWARD LAUGHLIN, CHARLES S
18503682 METHOD FOR STANDSTILL CONTROL OF A MULTI-BODY SYSTEM COLLINS, GARY
18038872 CONTROLLING THE MOVEMENT OF AN OBJECT DHAKAL, BICKEY

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2846 1
3651 1
2836 1
2115 1
2896 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18944810 DEVICE, ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD FOR CALIBRATING A DIGITAL CAMERA OF AN IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM CAI, PHUONG HAU §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 12, 2024
18905622 AUTOMATION SYSTEM IN THE FORM OF A PLANAR MOTOR LUKS, JEREMY AUSTIN §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 03, 2024
18755171 STANDSTILL CONTROL WITH MANIPULATED VARIABLE FEEDFORWARD LAUGHLIN, CHARLES S 2846 §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 26, 2024
18680668 Method and System for Determining Vibration Amplitude for Vibration Conveying Systems SINGH, KAVEL 3651 §102§103 Non-Final OA 16d Pending May 31, 2024
18567986 METHOD FOR INDUCTIVE ENERGY TRANSMISSION BETWEEN A PRIMARY AND A SECONDARY PART OF AN ELECTROMAGNETIC TRANSPORT SYSTEM BARNIE, REXFORD N 2836 §103§112 Non-Final OA 7d Pending Dec 07, 2023
18503682 METHOD FOR STANDSTILL CONTROL OF A MULTI-BODY SYSTEM COLLINS, GARY 2115 §101§112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 07, 2023
18038872 CONTROLLING THE MOVEMENT OF AN OBJECT DHAKAL, BICKEY 2896 §112 Non-Final OA Pending May 25, 2023

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