Technology areas: Computing & Software • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
4 pending office actions • 4 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Klingelnberg GmbH has 5 pending office actions within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. This portfolio is notable for its level of dispersion, as the 5 actions are handled by 5 distinct examiners. Furthermore, these examiners are located across 4 distinct art units, indicating a broad technical scope within the semiconductor field. QUINN, DANIEL MICHAEL is identified as the busiest examiner, though he only manages 1 pending action. This means every pending matter in the portfolio is currently assigned to a different individual.
For a patent practitioner, this lack of examiner overlap suggests that prosecution strategies must be tailored individually for each application rather than relying on a consistent rapport with a single examiner. The distribution across 4 distinct art units may also imply that the underlying technologies are diverse enough to be classified into multiple specialized examination groups. Managing 5 pending office actions across such a variety of 5 distinct examiners requires significant coordination to ensure consistent claim language. QUINN, DANIEL MICHAEL handles the same volume of 1 pending action as the other four distinct examiners.
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.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 3 (75%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (25%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| QUINN, DANIEL MICHAEL | 1 | 73.3% | +30.6% |
| LONG, ROBERT FRANKLIN | 1 | 72.3% | +20.4% |
| SHAFAYET, MOHAMMED | 1 | 75.6% | +35.3% |
| BRYANT, REBECCA CAROLE | 1 | 64.8% | +32.4% |
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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17548886 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR OPTICAL GEAR MEASUREMENT | BRYANT, REBECCA CAROLE | 30d |
| 18087889 | MACHINE TOOL AND METHOD | LONG, ROBERT FRANKLIN | 61d |
| 18653541 | MEASURING ARM FOR A COORDINATE MEASURING MACHINE AND COORDINATE MEASURING MACHINE | QUINN, DANIEL MICHAEL | — |
| 17824272 | METHOD FOR MACHINING AND MEASURING WORKPIECES | SHAFAYET, MOHAMMED | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2855 | 1 |
| 3731 | 1 |
| 2116 | 1 |
| 2877 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18653541 | MEASURING ARM FOR A COORDINATE MEASURING MACHINE AND COORDINATE MEASURING MACHINE | QUINN, DANIEL MICHAEL | 2855 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 02, 2024 |
| 18087889 | MACHINE TOOL AND METHOD | LONG, ROBERT FRANKLIN | 3731 | DP | Final Rejection | 61d | Pending | Dec 23, 2022 |
| 17824272 | METHOD FOR MACHINING AND MEASURING WORKPIECES | SHAFAYET, MOHAMMED | 2116 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 25, 2022 |
| 17548886 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR OPTICAL GEAR MEASUREMENT | BRYANT, REBECCA CAROLE | 2877 | §103 | Final Rejection | 30d | Pending | Dec 13, 2021 |
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Start Free TrialKlingelnberg GmbH has 4 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 4 art units and 4 examiners.
Daniel Michael Quinn has the most, with 1 of Klingelnberg GmbH's pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
