Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Cassel Messtechnik GmbH currently has 1 pending office action in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. This activity involves 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit. DAVID M SCHINDLER is the busiest examiner, currently handling the 1 pending office action. The portfolio's active prosecution is concentrated in a single matter, which allows for a highly targeted and efficient legal strategy. This focused approach reduces the administrative burden and allows the applicant to focus on the specific technical challenges of the case.
Because there is only 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit, the applicant's strategy should be specifically tailored to the requirements of DAVID M SCHINDLER. This focused approach in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics area simplifies the prosecution process, as there are no other pending actions or examiners to consider at this time. Practitioners should analyze the examiner's past history within the 1 distinct art unit to anticipate potential issues. With only 1 pending office action, the company can dedicate its full attention to securing this specific patent, as the immediate growth of the portfolio depends on this single outcome.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (100%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SCHINDLER, DAVID M | 1 | 40.5% | +23.4% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18210128 | Apparatus for Detecting Metal Objects in and on Articles Moving Relative to the Apparatus | SCHINDLER, DAVID M | 34d |
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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18210128 | Apparatus for Detecting Metal Objects in and on Articles Moving Relative to the Apparatus | SCHINDLER, DAVID M | 34d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2858 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18210128 | Apparatus for Detecting Metal Objects in and on Articles Moving Relative to the Apparatus | SCHINDLER, DAVID M | 2858 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 34d | Pending | Jun 15, 2023 |
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