Prosecution Insights
Last updated: July 17, 2026

Melexis Technologies S.A.

12 pending office actions • 7 art units • 12 examiners • 0 of 12 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 27 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

12
Total Pending OAs
5
Non-Final OAs
6
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

3
Overdue
1
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
1
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (3)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due later (1)

Case Difficulty Mix

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.

1
Hard (8%)
9
Medium (75%)
2
Easy (17%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (8%)
§103 only9 (75%)
§112 only1 (8%)
Double-patenting only1 (8%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
10
Semiconductors
83% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
2
Business / Other
17% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

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.

120 h
Manual time on pending OAs
24 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
42 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
AURORA, REENA 1 87.0% -13.5%
FREDERIKSEN, DAVID B 1 86.1% +12.8%
ASTACIO-OQUENDO, GIOVANNI 1 88.4% +10.4%
HAMMOND III, THOMAS M 1 75.9% +28.8%
FORTICH, ALVARO E 1 85.8% +14.4%
SLUTSKER, JULIA 1 76.9% +12.3%
FERDOUS, ZANNATUL 1 84.8% +16.3%
THOMAS, LUCY M 1 62.6% +18.4%
KIRKLAND III, FREDDIE 1 84.6% +10.2%
HRNJIC, ADIN 1 65.5% +7.8%

Quick Wins (5)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18750165 LEAD FRAME FOR SENSOR ASTACIO-OQUENDO, GIOVANNI 5d
18980422 CURRENT SENSOR FOR MONITORING ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS AURORA, REENA
18941379 RELIABLE POSITION SENSOR FREDERIKSEN, DAVID B
18415296 CURRENT SENSOR DEVICE FORTICH, ALVARO E
18453481 MAGNETOELASTIC TORQUE SENSOR DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD KIRKLAND III, FREDDIE

Hard Cases (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18539586 METHOD OF DIAGNOSING, AND A SENSOR DEVICE WITH SELF-DIAGNOSTIC FUNCTION FERDOUS, ZANNATUL

Interview Candidates (8)

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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18240892 CONTACTOR, AN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT, A METHOD OF INTERRUPTING A CURRENT FLOW THOMAS, LUCY M 31d overdue
18392467 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE WITH INTEGRATED SOFT-MAGNETIC COMPONENT, AND METHOD OF PRODUCING SAME SLUTSKER, JULIA 2d overdue
18750165 LEAD FRAME FOR SENSOR ASTACIO-OQUENDO, GIOVANNI 5d
18941379 RELIABLE POSITION SENSOR FREDERIKSEN, DAVID B
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
18453481 MAGNETOELASTIC TORQUE SENSOR DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD KIRKLAND III, FREDDIE

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2858 3
2855 2
2891 1
2853 1
2838 1
2817 1
2844 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18980422 CURRENT SENSOR FOR MONITORING ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS AURORA, REENA §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 13, 2024
18941379 RELIABLE POSITION SENSOR FREDERIKSEN, DAVID B DP Non-Final OA Pending Nov 08, 2024
18750165 LEAD FRAME FOR SENSOR ASTACIO-OQUENDO, GIOVANNI 2858 §103 Final Rejection 5d Pending Jun 21, 2024
18689759 MAGNETIC SENSOR DEVICES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS, AND A FORCE SENSOR HAMMOND III, THOMAS M 2855 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 06, 2024
18415296 CURRENT SENSOR DEVICE FORTICH, ALVARO E 2858 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jan 17, 2024
18392467 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE WITH INTEGRATED SOFT-MAGNETIC COMPONENT, AND METHOD OF PRODUCING SAME SLUTSKER, JULIA 2891 §103 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Dec 21, 2023
18539586 METHOD OF DIAGNOSING, AND A SENSOR DEVICE WITH SELF-DIAGNOSTIC FUNCTION FERDOUS, ZANNATUL 2853 §101 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 14, 2023
18240892 CONTACTOR, AN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT, A METHOD OF INTERRUPTING A CURRENT FLOW THOMAS, LUCY M 2838 §103 Final Rejection 31d overdue Pending Aug 31, 2023
18453481 MAGNETOELASTIC TORQUE SENSOR DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD KIRKLAND III, FREDDIE 2855 §103 Final Rejection Pending Aug 22, 2023
18327331 CURRENT SENSOR HRNJIC, ADIN 2817 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jun 01, 2023
17949868 OFFSET CURRENT SENSOR STRUCTURE POTHEN, FEBA 2858 §103 Non-Final OA 253d overdue Pending Sep 21, 2022
18905861 METHOD FOR TEMPERATURE COMPENSATION FOR COMPACT LED LIGHTS FERNANDEZ, PEDRO C 2844 §103 Final Rejection 70d Pending Oct 03, 2024

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