Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 6 patents granted in the last 365 days
Helmut Fischer GmbH Institut Fuer Elektronik Und Messtechnik has 2 pending office actions in Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics. The matters involve 2 examiners but remain within 1 art unit, combining examiner diversity with a common technical assignment.
GUTIERREZ, GISSELLE M is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. Counsel should coordinate prosecution across the shared art unit while tailoring each response to its assigned examiner.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 1 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GUTIERREZ, GISSELLE M | 1 | 80.6% | +12.9% |
| KAO, CHIH CHENG G | 1 | 82.7% | +9.5% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18846314 | ADJUSTING UNIT FOR AN X-RAY OPTICAL ELEMENT IN AN X-RAY FLUORESCENCE SYSTEM, AND X-RAY FLUORESCENCE SYSTEM | GUTIERREZ, GISSELLE M | — |
| 18268934 | X-RAY SOURCE AND OPERATING METHOD THEREFOR | KAO, CHIH CHENG G | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18846314 | ADJUSTING UNIT FOR AN X-RAY OPTICAL ELEMENT IN AN X-RAY FLUORESCENCE SYSTEM, AND X-RAY FLUORESCENCE SYSTEM | GUTIERREZ, GISSELLE M | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2884 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18846314 | ADJUSTING UNIT FOR AN X-RAY OPTICAL ELEMENT IN AN X-RAY FLUORESCENCE SYSTEM, AND X-RAY FLUORESCENCE SYSTEM | GUTIERREZ, GISSELLE M | 2884 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 12, 2024 |
| 18268934 | X-RAY SOURCE AND OPERATING METHOD THEREFOR | KAO, CHIH CHENG G | 2884 | §101§102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 21, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialHelmut Fischer GmbH Institut Fuer Elektronik Und Messtechnik has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 2 examiners.
Gisselle M Gutierrez has the most, with 1 of Helmut Fischer GmbH Institut Fuer Elektronik Und Messtechnik's pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
