Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
7 pending office actions • 4 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 7 patents granted in the last 365 days
Dr. Johannes Heidenhain GmbH has 6 pending office actions in Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics. The matters are assigned to 6 examiners across 4 art units, indicating examiner-level dispersion within a smaller set of technical groupings.
SCHINDLER, DAVID M is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. The absence of a larger examiner concentration makes separate review of each matter important for response timing and claim 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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 2 (29%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 5 (71%) |
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 | 40.6% | +23.8% |
| BRAUNLICH, MARTIN WALTER | 1 | 63.7% | +37.6% |
| STOUT, RILEY OWEN | 1 | 75.5% | -3.6% |
| QI, ZHENGQING J | 1 | 68.0% | +12.2% |
| MURSHED, OSAMAH | 1 | — | — |
| KETCHAM, HANNAH ELIZABETH | 1 | — | — |
| CLARKE, ADAM S | 1 | 79.1% | +11.3% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19193998 | POSITION MEASURING DEVICE | SCHINDLER, DAVID M | — |
| 18969848 | INDUCTIVE POSITION MEASURING DEVICE | BRAUNLICH, MARTIN WALTER | — |
| 18944239 | RESOLVER | STOUT, RILEY OWEN | — |
| 18830736 | POSITION MEASURING SYSTEM | QI, ZHENGQING J | — |
| 18813055 | CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENT WITH A DIAGNOSTIC FUNCTION FOR ASICS AND METHOD FOR DIAGNOSIS OF ASICS | MURSHED, OSAMAH | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19193998 | POSITION MEASURING DEVICE | SCHINDLER, DAVID M | — |
| 18969848 | INDUCTIVE POSITION MEASURING DEVICE | BRAUNLICH, MARTIN WALTER | — |
| 18830736 | POSITION MEASURING SYSTEM | QI, ZHENGQING J | — |
| 18457760 | SCANNING ELEMENT AND INDUCTIVE POSITION MEASURING DEVICE WITH THIS SCANNING ELEMENT | CLARKE, ADAM S | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2858 | 4 |
| 2834 | 1 |
| 3645 | 1 |
| 1742 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19193998 | POSITION MEASURING DEVICE | SCHINDLER, DAVID M | 2858 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 30, 2025 |
| 18969848 | INDUCTIVE POSITION MEASURING DEVICE | BRAUNLICH, MARTIN WALTER | 2858 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 05, 2024 |
| 18944239 | RESOLVER | STOUT, RILEY OWEN | 2834 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 12, 2024 |
| 18830736 | POSITION MEASURING SYSTEM | QI, ZHENGQING J | 3645 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 11, 2024 |
| 18813055 | CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENT WITH A DIAGNOSTIC FUNCTION FOR ASICS AND METHOD FOR DIAGNOSIS OF ASICS | MURSHED, OSAMAH | 2858 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 23, 2024 |
| 18693297 | PHOTOCATALYTIC LAYER ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SUCH A LAYER ARRANGEMENT | KETCHAM, HANNAH ELIZABETH | 1742 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 19, 2024 |
| 18457760 | SCANNING ELEMENT AND INDUCTIVE POSITION MEASURING DEVICE WITH THIS SCANNING ELEMENT | CLARKE, ADAM S | 2858 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 29, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialDr. Johannes Heidenhain GmbH has 7 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 4 art units and 7 examiners.
David M Schindler has the most, with 1 of Dr. Johannes Heidenhain GmbH's pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
