Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Hexagon AB

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

16 pending office actions • 14 art units • 15 examiners • 0 of 16 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 24 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Hexagon AB has 16 pending office actions in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems. The docket spans 15 examiners and 14 art units, showing broad dispersion across both personnel and technical assignments. Because the examiner count is close to the action count, most matters appear to require individualized prosecution management rather than repeated engagement with the same examiner.

NOEL, JEMPSON is the busiest examiner, with 2 pending matters. The limited concentration around that examiner reinforces the need for a portfolio system that captures separate response positions, interview history, and art-unit considerations for each application.

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

Portfolio Summary

16
Total Pending OAs
6
Non-Final OAs
10
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 6 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
3
Due this month
2
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 6 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (1)Due ≤ 30 days (3)Due ≤ 60 days (2)

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.

8
Hard (50%)
7
Medium (44%)
1
Easy (6%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (6%)
§101 + other2 (12%)
§103 only7 (44%)
§112 only1 (6%)
Multi-statute (no §101)5 (31%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
4
Information Tech
25% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
4
Semiconductors
25% of docket
6
Mechanical / Eng
38% of docket
2
Business / Other
12% 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.

160 h
Manual time on pending OAs
32 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
56 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
NOEL, JEMPSON 2 66.9% +30.4%
ARNTZEN, MARY ANNE ELIZABETH 1 100.0% +0.0%
DOUMBIA, MOHAMED 1 73.6% +28.6%
ZHANG, HAIDONG 1 81.3% +12.3%
LAHAM BAUZO, ALVARO SALIM 1 50.0% +100.0%
GUYAH, REMASH RAJA 1 76.9% +38.6%
NGHIEM, MICHAEL P 1 67.5% +24.3%
SINGH, AVIRAJ DONGSOOK 1 0.0% +0.0%
QUINN, DANIEL MICHAEL 1 73.3% +30.6%
ITSKOVICH, MIKHAIL 1 35.0% +22.7%

Quick Wins (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
35528313 Measuring machine ARNTZEN, MARY ANNE ELIZABETH 39d

Hard Cases (8)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18130840 OPTOELECTRONIC MEASURING DEVICE HAVING SCANNING FUNCTIONALITY WILLIAMS, JEFFERY A 24d overdue
17483941 AI AUTO-SCHEDULER PUJOLS-CRUZ, MARJORIE 22d
18235497 MEASURING DEVICE WITH TOF SENSOR ITSKOVICH, MIKHAIL 28d
18955870 POLARISATION SELECTIVE IMAGING DOUMBIA, MOHAMED —
18907589 EDDY CURRENT SENSOR INSPECTION WITH AI ZHANG, HAIDONG —
18810290 Style-Guide Compliant Artificial Intelligence LAHAM BAUZO, ALVARO SALIM —
18524450 SCANNING PROJECT PLANNING NGHIEM, MICHAEL P —
18525480 WIDE-ANGLE RANGE IMAGING MODULE AND REALITY CAPTURE DEVICE COMPRISING A WIDE-ANGLE RANGE IMAGING MODULE SINGH, AVIRAJ DONGSOOK —

Interview Candidates (9)

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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18235497 MEASURING DEVICE WITH TOF SENSOR ITSKOVICH, MIKHAIL 28d
18955870 POLARISATION SELECTIVE IMAGING DOUMBIA, MOHAMED —
18907589 EDDY CURRENT SENSOR INSPECTION WITH AI ZHANG, HAIDONG —
18810290 Style-Guide Compliant Artificial Intelligence LAHAM BAUZO, ALVARO SALIM —
18674696 SATELLITE-BASED POSITIONING GUYAH, REMASH RAJA —
18524450 SCANNING PROJECT PLANNING NGHIEM, MICHAEL P —
18525552 COORDINATE MEASURING MACHINE QUINN, DANIEL MICHAEL —
18370364 MONITORING ARRANGEMENT FOR AN OPTICAL SYSTEM NOEL, JEMPSON —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3645 3
2914 1
2877 1
2858 1
2146 1
3648 1
4100 1
2855 1
2483 1
2145 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
35528313 Measuring machine ARNTZEN, MARY ANNE ELIZABETH 2914 §112 Non-Final OA 39d Pending Jan 31, 2025
18955870 POLARISATION SELECTIVE IMAGING DOUMBIA, MOHAMED 2877 §102§103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Nov 21, 2024
18907589 EDDY CURRENT SENSOR INSPECTION WITH AI ZHANG, HAIDONG 2858 §101 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 06, 2024
18810290 Style-Guide Compliant Artificial Intelligence LAHAM BAUZO, ALVARO SALIM 2146 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 20, 2024
18674696 SATELLITE-BASED POSITIONING GUYAH, REMASH RAJA 3648 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending May 24, 2024
18524450 SCANNING PROJECT PLANNING NGHIEM, MICHAEL P 4100 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 30, 2023
18525480 WIDE-ANGLE RANGE IMAGING MODULE AND REALITY CAPTURE DEVICE COMPRISING A WIDE-ANGLE RANGE IMAGING MODULE SINGH, AVIRAJ DONGSOOK 3645 §103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Nov 30, 2023
18525552 COORDINATE MEASURING MACHINE QUINN, DANIEL MICHAEL 2855 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 30, 2023
18370364 MONITORING ARRANGEMENT FOR AN OPTICAL SYSTEM NOEL, JEMPSON 3645 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Sep 19, 2023
18370135 SENSOR WITH CURVED REFLECTOR NOEL, JEMPSON 3645 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Sep 19, 2023
18235497 MEASURING DEVICE WITH TOF SENSOR ITSKOVICH, MIKHAIL 2483 §103§112 Final Rejection 28d Pending Aug 18, 2023
18214322 Systems and Methods for Visualization for Editing Hierarchical Markup Documents HEFFINGTON, JOHN M 2145 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Jun 26, 2023
18130840 OPTOELECTRONIC MEASURING DEVICE HAVING SCANNING FUNCTIONALITY WILLIAMS, JEFFERY A 2488 §103§112 Final Rejection 24d overdue Pending Apr 04, 2023
18078612 MOBILE REALITY CAPTURE DEVICE USING MOTION STATE DETECTION FOR PROVIDING FEEDBACK ON GENERATION OF 3D MEASUREMENT DATA CASS, JEAN PAUL 3666 §103 Final Rejection 29d Pending Dec 09, 2022
17483941 AI AUTO-SCHEDULER PUJOLS-CRUZ, MARJORIE 3624 §101§103 Final Rejection 22d Pending Sep 24, 2021
17078850 ONLINE LEVELING CALIBRATION OF A GEODETIC INSTRUMENT PARK, HYUN D 2857 §103 Final Rejection 54d Pending Oct 23, 2020

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Hexagon AB have?

Hexagon AB has 16 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 14 art units and 15 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Hexagon AB applications?

Jempson Noel has the most, with 2 of Hexagon AB's pending office actions.

What technology area are Hexagon AB's patent applications in?

Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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