Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 16, 2026

Inficon GmbH

6 pending office actions • 3 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 10 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

6
Total Pending OAs
4
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
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.

5
Hard (83%)
0
Medium (0%)
1
Easy (17%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§112 only1 (17%)
Multi-statute (no §101)5 (83%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
17% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
3
Semiconductors
50% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
2
Business / Other
33% 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.

60 h
Manual time on pending OAs
12 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
21 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
PLUMB, NIGEL H 1 90.7% +1.1%
DO, ANDREW V 1 84.8% +11.3%
RAEVIS, ROBERT R 1 83.3% +15.3%
PHAN, ANNETTE HOANG-ANH 1 74.4% +28.6%
SCHMITT, BENJAMIN R 1 84.5% +15.8%
THOMAS, BINU 1 72.6% +26.7%

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
18394187 SNIFFING LEAK DETECTOR WITH SWITCHING VALVE AND BUFFER CHAMBER RAEVIS, ROBERT R 18d overdue

Hard Cases (5)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18580234 QUARTZ CRYSTAL MICROBALANCE (QCM) SENSOR HAVING RAPID REGISTRATION RESPONSE SCHMITT, BENJAMIN R 9d
18842970 LEAK DETECTION DEVICE AND LEAK DETECTION METHOD FOR SNIFFER LEAK DETECTION PLUMB, NIGEL H
18715899 Vacuum leak detector with multistage vacuum pump and integrated gas-specific gas sensor and method for producing a vacuum leak detector DO, ANDREW V
18285306 HALOGENATED GAS SENSOR PHAN, ANNETTE HOANG-ANH
18577147 UPSTREAM PROCESS MONITORING FOR DEPOSITION AND ETCH CHAMBERS THOMAS, BINU

Interview Candidates (5)

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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18394187 SNIFFING LEAK DETECTOR WITH SWITCHING VALVE AND BUFFER CHAMBER RAEVIS, ROBERT R 18d overdue
18580234 QUARTZ CRYSTAL MICROBALANCE (QCM) SENSOR HAVING RAPID REGISTRATION RESPONSE SCHMITT, BENJAMIN R 9d
18715899 Vacuum leak detector with multistage vacuum pump and integrated gas-specific gas sensor and method for producing a vacuum leak detector DO, ANDREW V
18285306 HALOGENATED GAS SENSOR PHAN, ANNETTE HOANG-ANH
18577147 UPSTREAM PROCESS MONITORING FOR DEPOSITION AND ETCH CHAMBERS THOMAS, BINU

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2852 2
2855 1
1736 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18842970 LEAK DETECTION DEVICE AND LEAK DETECTION METHOD FOR SNIFFER LEAK DETECTION PLUMB, NIGEL H §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 30, 2024
18715899 Vacuum leak detector with multistage vacuum pump and integrated gas-specific gas sensor and method for producing a vacuum leak detector DO, ANDREW V 2852 §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 03, 2024
18394187 SNIFFING LEAK DETECTOR WITH SWITCHING VALVE AND BUFFER CHAMBER RAEVIS, ROBERT R 2855 §112Other Final Rejection 18d overdue Pending Dec 22, 2023
18285306 HALOGENATED GAS SENSOR PHAN, ANNETTE HOANG-ANH 1736 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 02, 2023
18580234 QUARTZ CRYSTAL MICROBALANCE (QCM) SENSOR HAVING RAPID REGISTRATION RESPONSE SCHMITT, BENJAMIN R 2852 §102§103 Final Rejection 9d Pending Jan 18, 2024
18577147 UPSTREAM PROCESS MONITORING FOR DEPOSITION AND ETCH CHAMBERS THOMAS, BINU §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 05, 2024

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