Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
4 pending office actions • 1 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Heidelberg Engineering GmbH has 4 pending office actions in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. These actions are distributed across 3 distinct examiners, though all activity is contained within 1 distinct art unit. The busiest examiner, JONES, JAMES, is responsible for 2 of the pending actions, representing a concentration of the workload.
The 4 pending office actions relative to the 3 distinct examiners indicates that at least 1 examiner is handling multiple matters. Specifically, the 2 busiest examiner pending actions assigned to JONES, JAMES show that 1 individual manages half of the current office actions. This concentration within 1 distinct art unit suggests a consistent technical classification for the company's semiconductor and optics innovations.
Practitioners should note that while 3 distinct examiners are involved, the 1 distinct art unit provides a unified supervisory environment. The 4 pending office actions are being evaluated by a small group of examiners, with JONES, JAMES serving as a primary point of contact for 2 of those matters. This structure requires balancing the specific preferences of 3 distinct examiners while navigating the standards of a single art unit.
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 |
|---|---|
| §102 only | 4 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| JONES, JAMES | 2 | 88.4% | +4.5% |
| MEBRAHTU, EPHREM ZERU | 1 | 74.9% | +8.6% |
| HASAN, MOHAMMED A | 1 | 90.3% | +5.1% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18699335 | ASSEMBLY HAVING A DETECTOR | HASAN, MOHAMMED A | 33d |
| 19108207 | DEVICE FOR DETERMINING THE LENGTH OF AN OBJECT, IN PARTICULAR THE LENGTH OF AN EYE | JONES, JAMES | — |
| 19106286 | DEVICE FOR MEASURING THE LENGTH OF AN OBJECT | JONES, JAMES | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2872 | 4 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19108207 | DEVICE FOR DETERMINING THE LENGTH OF AN OBJECT, IN PARTICULAR THE LENGTH OF AN EYE | JONES, JAMES | 2872 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 03, 2025 |
| 19106286 | DEVICE FOR MEASURING THE LENGTH OF AN OBJECT | JONES, JAMES | 2872 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 25, 2025 |
| 18841438 | DEVICE FOR SCANNING AN EYE | MEBRAHTU, EPHREM ZERU | 2872 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 26, 2024 |
| 18699335 | ASSEMBLY HAVING A DETECTOR | HASAN, MOHAMMED A | 2872 | §102 | Non-Final OA | 33d | Pending | Apr 08, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialHeidelberg Engineering GmbH has 4 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 3 examiners.
James Jones has the most, with 2 of Heidelberg Engineering GmbH's pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
