Technology areas: Communications • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
8 pending office actions • 6 art units • 8 examiners • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Life Safety Distribution GmbH has 7 pending office actions in Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics. The matters are assigned to 7 examiners across 6 art units, indicating broad examiner distribution with limited art-unit overlap.
SCHINDLER, DAVID M is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. The record supports a matter-by-matter response plan, paired with consistent treatment of recurring semiconductor, circuit, or optical terminology across the portfolio.
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 | 2 (25%) |
| §103 only | 1 (12%) |
| §102 only | 1 (12%) |
| §112 only | 1 (12%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (38%) |
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% |
| KIM, KIHO | 1 | 85.4% | +4.4% |
| SOFRONIOU, MICHAEL MARIO | 1 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| HANSEN, CONNOR LEVI | 1 | 72.7% | +38.4% |
| AURORA, REENA | 1 | 87.1% | -13.3% |
| WALSH, RYAN D | 1 | 86.9% | +5.7% |
| HARRISON, MICHAEL A | 1 | 89.0% | +2.5% |
| RICHTER, KARA | 1 | — | — |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18969031 | SENSING DEVICE | AURORA, REENA | — |
| 18794576 | SYSTEM FOR MONITORING A FLOATING ROOF OF A STORAGE TANK | WALSH, RYAN D | — |
| 18598663 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR DETECTING THE ONSET OF THERMAL RUNAWAY USING AN ULTRASONIC SENSOR | HARRISON, MICHAEL A | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19071278 | PHOTOIONIZATION DETECTOR (PID) FOR DETECTING GAS | SCHINDLER, DAVID M | — |
| 19068618 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO DETERMINE BETWEEN FIRE OR A REFLECTION OF A FRIENDLY FLAME | KIM, KIHO | — |
| 19029134 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUSES FOR DIFFERENTIATING REAL VS. REFLECTED FIRE | SOFRONIOU, MICHAEL MARIO | — |
| 18970002 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MISALIGNMENT AND OBSTACLE INFORMATION DIAGNOSTICS FOR FLAME DETECTION | HANSEN, CONNOR LEVI | — |
| 18529600 | SENSOR WITH AN OMNIDIRECTIONAL FIELD OF VIEW | RICHTER, KARA | — |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19071278 | PHOTOIONIZATION DETECTOR (PID) FOR DETECTING GAS | SCHINDLER, DAVID M | — |
| 18970002 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MISALIGNMENT AND OBSTACLE INFORMATION DIAGNOSTICS FOR FLAME DETECTION | HANSEN, CONNOR LEVI | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2858 | 2 |
| 2852 | 2 |
| 2884 | 1 |
| 2661 | 1 |
| 2672 | 1 |
| 3645 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19071278 | PHOTOIONIZATION DETECTOR (PID) FOR DETECTING GAS | SCHINDLER, DAVID M | 2858 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 05, 2025 |
| 19068618 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO DETERMINE BETWEEN FIRE OR A REFLECTION OF A FRIENDLY FLAME | KIM, KIHO | 2884 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 03, 2025 |
| 19029134 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUSES FOR DIFFERENTIATING REAL VS. REFLECTED FIRE | SOFRONIOU, MICHAEL MARIO | 2661 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 18970002 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MISALIGNMENT AND OBSTACLE INFORMATION DIAGNOSTICS FOR FLAME DETECTION | HANSEN, CONNOR LEVI | 2672 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 05, 2024 |
| 18969031 | SENSING DEVICE | AURORA, REENA | 2858 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 04, 2024 |
| 18794576 | SYSTEM FOR MONITORING A FLOATING ROOF OF A STORAGE TANK | WALSH, RYAN D | 2852 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 05, 2024 |
| 18598663 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR DETECTING THE ONSET OF THERMAL RUNAWAY USING AN ULTRASONIC SENSOR | HARRISON, MICHAEL A | 2852 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 07, 2024 |
| 18529600 | SENSOR WITH AN OMNIDIRECTIONAL FIELD OF VIEW | RICHTER, KARA | 3645 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 05, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialLife Safety Distribution GmbH has 8 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 6 art units and 8 examiners.
David M Schindler has the most, with 1 of Life Safety Distribution GmbH's pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
