Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Institut Dr Foerster GmbH & Co. Kg has 1 pending office action in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. This action is being reviewed by 1 distinct examiner, SCHINDLER, DAVID M, within 1 distinct art unit. This profile shows a concentrated effort, with only one active matter currently requiring attention from the patent office.
SCHINDLER, DAVID M is the busiest examiner for the company, responsible for the 1 pending office action. With only 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit involved, the prosecution process is streamlined but also highly dependent on a single individual's interpretation of the claims. The focus on the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics area suggests a specific technical application. For the practitioner, this means the 1 pending office action is the sole priority, and success depends on meeting the specific standards of the 1 art unit and the 1 examiner assigned to the case.
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 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SCHINDLER, DAVID M | 1 | 40.6% | +23.8% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18879583 | Method and Device for Stray Flux Testing of Ferromagnetic Test Material With Signal Normalization | SCHINDLER, DAVID M | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18879583 | Method and Device for Stray Flux Testing of Ferromagnetic Test Material With Signal Normalization | SCHINDLER, DAVID M | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2858 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18879583 | Method and Device for Stray Flux Testing of Ferromagnetic Test Material With Signal Normalization | SCHINDLER, DAVID M | 2858 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 27, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialInstitut Dr Foerster GmbH & Co. Kg has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
David M Schindler has the most, with 1 of Institut Dr Foerster GmbH & Co. Kg's pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
