Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Diehl Defence GmbH & Co. Kg has 1 pending office action in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. This action is assigned to 1 distinct art unit, reflecting a focused technical classification for the company's current filing. The matter is under the review of a distinct examiner, SMYTH, ANDREW P, who is the busiest examiner for the company. This relationship between the pending action, the art unit, and the examiner simplifies the current prosecution landscape.
SMYTH, ANDREW P is responsible for the pending office action currently active for Diehl Defence GmbH & Co. Kg. With only a single examiner and 1 art unit involved, the company's prosecution strategy is entirely dependent on this relationship. Success for this portfolio relies on addressing the specific concerns raised by SMYTH, ANDREW P in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics field. The presence of a single examiner and art unit means that the company does not currently face the challenge of coordinating across different USPTO departments, allowing for a highly specific prosecution strategy.
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 |
|---|---|
| §102 only | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SMYTH, ANDREW P | 1 | 71.7% | +14.6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18984146 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR COUNTERING A TARGET WITH CUMULATIVE HIGH-POWER PULSES | SMYTH, ANDREW P | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2878 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18984146 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR COUNTERING A TARGET WITH CUMULATIVE HIGH-POWER PULSES | SMYTH, ANDREW P | 2878 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 17, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialDiehl Defence GmbH & Co. Kg has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Andrew P Smyth has the most, with 1 of Diehl Defence GmbH & Co. Kg's pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
