Technology areas: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Micro-Epsilon-Messtechnik GmbH & Co. K G has 2 pending office actions in Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics. The matters are assigned to 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units, reflecting separate technical examination paths.
SCHINDLER, DAVID M is the listed busiest examiner, with 1 pending action. Counsel should manage the applications independently, with attention to whether differences between the two art units affect claim construction or prior-art arguments.
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 | 1 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (50%) |
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% |
| FOSTER, NICHOLAS L | 1 | 75.5% | +24.6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18877075 | INTEGRATED CIRCUIT FOR SIGNAL PROCESSING OF A SENSOR AND METHOD FOR THE OPEN OR CLOSED LOOP CONTROLLING OF A TEMPERATURE OR OF A TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION IN THE CIRCUIT | SCHINDLER, DAVID M | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18877075 | INTEGRATED CIRCUIT FOR SIGNAL PROCESSING OF A SENSOR AND METHOD FOR THE OPEN OR CLOSED LOOP CONTROLLING OF A TEMPERATURE OR OF A TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION IN THE CIRCUIT | SCHINDLER, DAVID M | — |
| 18245284 | DEVICE FOR GUIDING A LINE THROUGH A WALL IN A PRESSURE-TIGHT MANNER, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE DEVICE | FOSTER, NICHOLAS L | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2858 | 1 |
| 3675 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18877075 | INTEGRATED CIRCUIT FOR SIGNAL PROCESSING OF A SENSOR AND METHOD FOR THE OPEN OR CLOSED LOOP CONTROLLING OF A TEMPERATURE OR OF A TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION IN THE CIRCUIT | SCHINDLER, DAVID M | 2858 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 19, 2024 |
| 18245284 | DEVICE FOR GUIDING A LINE THROUGH A WALL IN A PRESSURE-TIGHT MANNER, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE DEVICE | FOSTER, NICHOLAS L | 3675 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 14, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialMicro-Epsilon-Messtechnik GmbH & Co. K G has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
David M Schindler has the most, with 1 of Micro-Epsilon-Messtechnik GmbH & Co. K G's pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
