Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
3 pending office actions • 3 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 11 patents granted in the last 365 days
Maschinenfabrik Reinhausen GmbH has 3 pending office actions within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. The portfolio is distributed across 3 distinct art units, with each action being handled by one of 3 distinct examiners. NGUYEN, VINH P is the busiest examiner, currently overseeing 1 pending office action. This structure indicates that every pending matter for the company is being reviewed by a different examiner in a different art unit.
The involvement of 3 distinct examiners and 3 distinct art units suggests a highly fragmented prosecution landscape for the 3 pending office actions. Practitioners should note that NGUYEN, VINH P only manages a small portion of the total activity, meaning that no single examiner's style will dominate the portfolio's outcomes. The Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics applications are subject to the independent standards of three separate departments. This requires a prosecution strategy that is adaptable to the diverse requirements and interpretations of each distinct examiner and art unit involved.
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 (33%) |
| §103 only | 2 (67%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NGUYEN, VINH P | 1 | 86.5% | +15.9% |
| CHAPA MILLS, NICOLAS ALDEN | 1 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| HARRISON, MICHAEL A | 1 | 89.0% | +2.5% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18880571 | SENSOR SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING THE ARC BURNING DURATION, AND LOAD STAGE SWITCHING APPARATUS | NGUYEN, VINH P | — |
| 18866621 | MULTI-LEVEL CONVERTER WITH MECHANICALLY SWITCHED DISCHARGE RESISTOR AND EARTHING SWITCH | CHAPA MILLS, NICOLAS ALDEN | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18848133 | STATE ANALYSIS OF AN ON-LOAD TAP CHANGER | HARRISON, MICHAEL A | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18880571 | SENSOR SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING THE ARC BURNING DURATION, AND LOAD STAGE SWITCHING APPARATUS | NGUYEN, VINH P | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2858 | 1 |
| 2838 | 1 |
| 2852 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18880571 | SENSOR SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING THE ARC BURNING DURATION, AND LOAD STAGE SWITCHING APPARATUS | NGUYEN, VINH P | 2858 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 02, 2025 |
| 18866621 | MULTI-LEVEL CONVERTER WITH MECHANICALLY SWITCHED DISCHARGE RESISTOR AND EARTHING SWITCH | CHAPA MILLS, NICOLAS ALDEN | 2838 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 18, 2024 |
| 18848133 | STATE ANALYSIS OF AN ON-LOAD TAP CHANGER | HARRISON, MICHAEL A | 2852 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 18, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialMaschinenfabrik Reinhausen GmbH has 3 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 3 art units and 3 examiners.
Vinh P Nguyen has the most, with 1 of Maschinenfabrik Reinhausen GmbH's pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
