Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Ecpe Engineering Center For Power Electronics GmbH currently manages 1 pending office action within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. This single matter is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, THOMAS, ERIC W. The prosecution is further localized within 1 distinct art unit. THOMAS, ERIC W is identified as the busiest examiner, holding 1 pending office action.
Because the entire pending portfolio consists of 1 pending office action, the company's legal strategy is highly focused. The involvement of only 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit means there is no variability in examination style across the current workload. Practitioners should tailor their approach specifically to the preferences of THOMAS, ERIC W. The data shows that this 1 distinct examiner has total oversight of the company's active matters in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics sector. This concentration simplifies the prosecution landscape but increases the impact of a single examiner's perspective.
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 |
|---|---|
| §112 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| THOMAS, ERIC W | 1 | 82.7% | -1.9% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19099368 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A POLYMER ELECTROLYTIC CAPACITOR | THOMAS, ERIC W | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2847 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19099368 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A POLYMER ELECTROLYTIC CAPACITOR | THOMAS, ERIC W | 2847 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 28, 2025 |
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Start Free TrialEcpe Engineering Center For Power Electronics GmbH has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Eric W Thomas has the most, with 1 of Ecpe Engineering Center For Power Electronics GmbH's pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
