Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
10 pending office actions • 7 art units • 10 examiners • 0 of 10 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 28 patents granted in the last 365 days
Melexis Technologies S.A. has 11 pending office actions in Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics. The matters are distributed among 10 distinct examiners and 7 distinct art units, indicating broad examiner coverage with repeated assignments at both the examiner and art-unit levels.
KIRKLAND III, FREDDIE is the busiest examiner, with 2 pending office actions. That recurring assignment makes the examiner’s treatment of claim construction and technical distinctions relevant to prosecution planning, while the wider distribution calls for matter-specific review.
The portfolio supports a coordinated approach to semiconductor terminology and prior-art analysis, but responses should account for differences among the 7 art units. A centralized issue matrix can identify recurring objections without assuming that one argument will transfer unchanged across applications.
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 (10%) |
| §103 only | 2 (20%) |
| §102 only | 2 (20%) |
| §112 only | 1 (10%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (40%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SANGHERA, JAS A | 1 | 94.6% | +4.9% |
| FREJD, RUSSELL WARREN | 1 | 91.4% | +7.3% |
| KIRKLAND III, FREDDIE | 1 | 84.4% | +10.4% |
| MONSUR, NASIMA | 1 | 78.5% | +26.0% |
| HAMMOND III, THOMAS M | 1 | 76.1% | +29.0% |
| FORTICH, ALVARO E | 1 | 86.0% | +14.4% |
| FERDOUS, ZANNATUL | 1 | 84.4% | +16.7% |
| HRNJIC, ADIN | 1 | 66.1% | +9.7% |
| TOOHEY, RICHARD ORLANDO | 1 | 81.9% | +11.8% |
| GIBSON, RANDY W | 1 | 75.8% | +22.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19011171 | MOTION MEASUREMENT APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MEASURING MOTION OF A WHEEL | FREJD, RUSSELL WARREN | — |
| 18415296 | CURRENT SENSOR DEVICE | FORTICH, ALVARO E | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19016234 | CURRENT SENSOR DEVICE | SANGHERA, JAS A | — |
| 18941361 | MAGNETOELASTIC TORQUE SENSOR DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD | KIRKLAND III, FREDDIE | — |
| 18895705 | DIAGNOSIS OF BATTERY CELLS BY CURRENT FLOW MEASUREMENTS DURING MANUFACTURING | MONSUR, NASIMA | — |
| 18539586 | METHOD OF DIAGNOSING, AND A SENSOR DEVICE WITH SELF-DIAGNOSTIC FUNCTION | FERDOUS, ZANNATUL | — |
| 18924302 | THERMAL SENSOR ARRAY DEVICE, METHOD OF MEASURING A TEMPERATURE GRADIENT AND METHOD OF MEASURING A TEMPERATURE | TOOHEY, RICHARD ORLANDO | — |
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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18941361 | MAGNETOELASTIC TORQUE SENSOR DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD | KIRKLAND III, FREDDIE | — |
| 18895705 | DIAGNOSIS OF BATTERY CELLS BY CURRENT FLOW MEASUREMENTS DURING MANUFACTURING | MONSUR, NASIMA | — |
| 18689759 | MAGNETIC SENSOR DEVICES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS, AND A FORCE SENSOR | HAMMOND III, THOMAS M | — |
| 18415296 | CURRENT SENSOR DEVICE | FORTICH, ALVARO E | — |
| 18539586 | METHOD OF DIAGNOSING, AND A SENSOR DEVICE WITH SELF-DIAGNOSTIC FUNCTION | FERDOUS, ZANNATUL | — |
| 18924302 | THERMAL SENSOR ARRAY DEVICE, METHOD OF MEASURING A TEMPERATURE GRADIENT AND METHOD OF MEASURING A TEMPERATURE | TOOHEY, RICHARD ORLANDO | — |
| 18905840 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE TEMPERATURE OF A LIGHTING DEVICE | GIBSON, RANDY W | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2855 | 3 |
| 2858 | 2 |
| 2852 | 1 |
| 3661 | 1 |
| 2853 | 1 |
| 2817 | 1 |
| 2884 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19016234 | CURRENT SENSOR DEVICE | SANGHERA, JAS A | 2852 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 10, 2025 |
| 19011171 | MOTION MEASUREMENT APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MEASURING MOTION OF A WHEEL | FREJD, RUSSELL WARREN | 3661 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 06, 2025 |
| 18941361 | MAGNETOELASTIC TORQUE SENSOR DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD | KIRKLAND III, FREDDIE | 2855 | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 08, 2024 |
| 18895705 | DIAGNOSIS OF BATTERY CELLS BY CURRENT FLOW MEASUREMENTS DURING MANUFACTURING | MONSUR, NASIMA | 2858 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 25, 2024 |
| 18689759 | MAGNETIC SENSOR DEVICES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS, AND A FORCE SENSOR | HAMMOND III, THOMAS M | 2855 | §112Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 06, 2024 |
| 18415296 | CURRENT SENSOR DEVICE | FORTICH, ALVARO E | 2858 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2024 |
| 18539586 | METHOD OF DIAGNOSING, AND A SENSOR DEVICE WITH SELF-DIAGNOSTIC FUNCTION | FERDOUS, ZANNATUL | 2853 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 14, 2023 |
| 18327331 | CURRENT SENSOR | HRNJIC, ADIN | 2817 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 01, 2023 |
| 18924302 | THERMAL SENSOR ARRAY DEVICE, METHOD OF MEASURING A TEMPERATURE GRADIENT AND METHOD OF MEASURING A TEMPERATURE | TOOHEY, RICHARD ORLANDO | 2884 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 23, 2024 |
| 18905840 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE TEMPERATURE OF A LIGHTING DEVICE | GIBSON, RANDY W | 2855 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 03, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialMelexis Technologies S.A. has 10 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 7 art units and 10 examiners.
Jas A Sanghera has the most, with 1 of Melexis Technologies S.A.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
