Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 27, 2026

Endress+Hauser SE+Co. KG

Technology areas: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems

10 pending office actions • 8 art units • 10 examiners • 0 of 10 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 46 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Endress+Hauser SE+Co. KG has 11 pending office actions in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems. The matters are assigned to 11 examiners and 8 art units, showing broad examiner distribution across a smaller set of technical examination units.

GUYAH, REMASH RAJA is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. The busiest-examiner figure is modest relative to the portfolio total, and the matching examiner and matter counts indicate that the pending actions are spread across the identified examiners. Counsel should use matter-specific tracking while also looking for recurring art-unit practices across the 8 units.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

10
Total Pending OAs
6
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

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.

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

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.

7
Hard (70%)
3
Medium (30%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (10%)
§101 + other2 (20%)
§103 only2 (20%)
§102 only1 (10%)
Multi-statute (no §101)4 (40%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
10% of docket
1
Information Tech
10% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
4
Semiconductors
40% of docket
4
Mechanical / Eng
40% 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.

100 h
Manual time on pending OAs
20 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
35 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.9 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
GUYAH, REMASH RAJA 1 76.9% +38.6%
VUONG, QUOCHIEN B 1 89.7% -1.2%
MONSUR, NASIMA 1 78.5% +26.0%
MORRIS, TAYLOR L 1 59.8% +34.8%
SUN, XIUQIN 1 72.5% +4.2%
DINH, LYNDA 1 73.9% +28.5%
YOUNG, MONICA S 1 74.9% +32.5%
ABRAHAM, JOHN BISHOY SAM 1 54.5% +55.6%
MCGUIRK, JOHN SCHUYLER 1 77.8% +49.3%
CHAMBERS, JOHN MICHAEL 1 0.0% +0.0%

Hard Cases (7)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18252205 PURGING ATTACHMENT AND METHOD FOR WORKING, IN PARTICULAR STRUCTURING, A SURFACE OF A WORKPIECE BY MEANS OF A LASER CHAMBERS, JOHN MICHAEL 3d overdue
18859725 FILL LEVEL METER GUYAH, REMASH RAJA —
18847508 INTRINSICALLY SAFE AUTOMATION FIELD DEVICE VUONG, QUOCHIEN B —
18779655 HOUSING AND CABLE CLAMP AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING AND/OR MONITORING A PROCESS VARIABLE OF A MEDIUM MORRIS, TAYLOR L —
18710436 COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR COMPENSATING A SENSOR SUN, XIUQIN —
18704234 STATE MONITORING FOR A VIBRONIC SENSOR DINH, LYNDA —
18546542 MONITORING AND CONTROLLING YEAST PROPAGATION MCGUIRK, JOHN SCHUYLER —

Interview Candidates (7)

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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18859725 FILL LEVEL METER GUYAH, REMASH RAJA —
18840241 COMPENSATED CONDUCTIVITY DETERMINATION MONSUR, NASIMA —
18779655 HOUSING AND CABLE CLAMP AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING AND/OR MONITORING A PROCESS VARIABLE OF A MEDIUM MORRIS, TAYLOR L —
18704234 STATE MONITORING FOR A VIBRONIC SENSOR DINH, LYNDA —
18698995 DECOUPLING UNIT FOR A VIBRONIC SENSOR YOUNG, MONICA S —
18579437 FILL LEVEL MEASURING DEVICE ABRAHAM, JOHN BISHOY SAM —
18546542 MONITORING AND CONTROLLING YEAST PROPAGATION MCGUIRK, JOHN SCHUYLER —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3646 2
2857 2
2117 1
2858 1
3631 1
2855 1
1678 1
3761 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18859725 FILL LEVEL METER GUYAH, REMASH RAJA 3646 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 24, 2024
18847508 INTRINSICALLY SAFE AUTOMATION FIELD DEVICE VUONG, QUOCHIEN B 2117 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 16, 2024
18840241 COMPENSATED CONDUCTIVITY DETERMINATION MONSUR, NASIMA 2858 §102 Final Rejection — Pending Aug 21, 2024
18779655 HOUSING AND CABLE CLAMP AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING AND/OR MONITORING A PROCESS VARIABLE OF A MEDIUM MORRIS, TAYLOR L 3631 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 22, 2024
18710436 COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR COMPENSATING A SENSOR SUN, XIUQIN 2857 §101§102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending May 15, 2024
18704234 STATE MONITORING FOR A VIBRONIC SENSOR DINH, LYNDA 2857 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 24, 2024
18698995 DECOUPLING UNIT FOR A VIBRONIC SENSOR YOUNG, MONICA S 2855 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Apr 05, 2024
18579437 FILL LEVEL MEASURING DEVICE ABRAHAM, JOHN BISHOY SAM 3646 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Jan 15, 2024
18546542 MONITORING AND CONTROLLING YEAST PROPAGATION MCGUIRK, JOHN SCHUYLER 1678 §101 Final Rejection — Pending Aug 15, 2023
18252205 PURGING ATTACHMENT AND METHOD FOR WORKING, IN PARTICULAR STRUCTURING, A SURFACE OF A WORKPIECE BY MEANS OF A LASER CHAMBERS, JOHN MICHAEL 3761 §102§103 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending May 09, 2023

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Endress+Hauser SE+Co. KG have?

Endress+Hauser SE+Co. KG has 10 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 8 art units and 10 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Endress+Hauser SE+Co. KG applications?

Remash Raja Guyah has the most, with 1 of Endress+Hauser SE+Co. KG's pending office actions.

What technology area are Endress+Hauser SE+Co. KG's patent applications in?

Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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