Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Computing & Software • Networking & Security
3 pending office actions • 3 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 14 patents granted in the last 365 days
Beckhoff Automation GmbH has 2 pending office actions in Computing & Software. The matters are assigned to 2 examiners and 2 art units, so prosecution is divided across separate examination paths.
PAN, YUHUI R is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. Counsel should preserve consistent software and system positions while tailoring responses to each assignment.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 1 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LESNIEWSKI, VICTOR D | 1 | 58.6% | +54.8% |
| PAN, YUHUI R | 1 | 83.1% | +22.4% |
| GROSS, CARSON | 1 | 73.0% | +21.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18476946 | OBJECT PROCESSING USING A PLANAR DRIVE SYSTEM | GROSS, CARSON | 15d overdue |
| 18526738 | METHOD FOR GENERATING A CONTROL PROGRAM FOR AN AUTOMATION SYSTEM AND PROGRAMMING TOOL | PAN, YUHUI R | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18476946 | OBJECT PROCESSING USING A PLANAR DRIVE SYSTEM | GROSS, CARSON | 15d overdue |
| 19175752 | METHOD FOR ENCRYPTING A SOURCE CODE, METHOD FOR DECRYPTING A SOURCE CODE AND DEVELOPMENT SYSTEM | LESNIEWSKI, VICTOR D | — |
| 18526738 | METHOD FOR GENERATING A CONTROL PROGRAM FOR AN AUTOMATION SYSTEM AND PROGRAMMING TOOL | PAN, YUHUI R | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2493 | 1 |
| 2116 | 1 |
| 1746 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19175752 | METHOD FOR ENCRYPTING A SOURCE CODE, METHOD FOR DECRYPTING A SOURCE CODE AND DEVELOPMENT SYSTEM | LESNIEWSKI, VICTOR D | 2493 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 10, 2025 |
| 18526738 | METHOD FOR GENERATING A CONTROL PROGRAM FOR AN AUTOMATION SYSTEM AND PROGRAMMING TOOL | PAN, YUHUI R | 2116 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 01, 2023 |
| 18476946 | OBJECT PROCESSING USING A PLANAR DRIVE SYSTEM | GROSS, CARSON | 1746 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 15d overdue | Pending | Sep 28, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialBeckhoff Automation GmbH has 3 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 3 art units and 3 examiners.
Victor D Lesniewski has the most, with 1 of Beckhoff Automation GmbH's pending office actions.
Mostly Networking & Security (USPTO Tech Center 2400), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
