Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Beckhoff Automation GmbH

5 pending office actions • 5 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 14 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

5
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
0
Final Rejections
2
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
1
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)Due ≤ 60 days (1)Due later (1)

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.

0
Hard (0%)
4
Medium (80%)
1
Easy (20%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only4 (80%)
§112 only1 (20%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

1
Life Sciences
20% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
20% of docket
3
Mechanical / Eng
60% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% 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.

50 h
Manual time on pending OAs
10 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
18 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
KATZ, DYLAN MICHAEL 1 86.7% +21.1%
JORGENSEN, ABBY A 1 73.6% +16.7%
DESAI, NAISHADH N 1 81.8% +8.9%
GROSS, CARSON 1 73.2% +21.3%
SMITH, JASON CHRISTOPHER 1 83.8% +12.7%

Quick Wins (3)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18432851 PLANAR DRIVE SYSTEM DESAI, NAISHADH N 32d overdue
18984313 METHOD FOR OPERATING A MODULAR ROBOT, CONTROLLER AND MODULAR ROBOT KATZ, DYLAN MICHAEL 39d
18304098 LINEAR TRANSPORT SYSTEM AND MOVABLE UNIT OF A LINEAR TRANSPORT SYSTEM SMITH, JASON CHRISTOPHER 75d

Interview Candidates (4)

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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18476946 OBJECT PROCESSING USING A PLANAR DRIVE SYSTEM GROSS, CARSON 15d overdue
18984313 METHOD FOR OPERATING A MODULAR ROBOT, CONTROLLER AND MODULAR ROBOT KATZ, DYLAN MICHAEL 39d
18304098 LINEAR TRANSPORT SYSTEM AND MOVABLE UNIT OF A LINEAR TRANSPORT SYSTEM SMITH, JASON CHRISTOPHER 75d
18603832 ENERGY TRANSMISSION IN A LINEAR TRANSPORT SYSTEM JORGENSEN, ABBY A

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3657 1
3651 1
2834 1
1746 1
3615 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18984313 METHOD FOR OPERATING A MODULAR ROBOT, CONTROLLER AND MODULAR ROBOT KATZ, DYLAN MICHAEL 3657 §103 Non-Final OA 39d Pending Dec 17, 2024
18603832 ENERGY TRANSMISSION IN A LINEAR TRANSPORT SYSTEM JORGENSEN, ABBY A 3651 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 13, 2024
18432851 PLANAR DRIVE SYSTEM DESAI, NAISHADH N 2834 §103 Non-Final OA 32d overdue Pending Feb 05, 2024
18476946 OBJECT PROCESSING USING A PLANAR DRIVE SYSTEM GROSS, CARSON 1746 §103 Non-Final OA 15d overdue Pending Sep 28, 2023
18304098 LINEAR TRANSPORT SYSTEM AND MOVABLE UNIT OF A LINEAR TRANSPORT SYSTEM SMITH, JASON CHRISTOPHER 3615 §103 Non-Final OA 75d Pending Apr 20, 2023

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