Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Communications • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
5 pending office actions • 3 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Netzsch-Gerätebau GmbH is managing 5 pending office actions in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. These 5 actions are distributed among 5 distinct examiners, which indicates that each matter is being handled by a different individual. This spread across 5 distinct examiners suggests that the company will face a variety of examination styles. The portfolio spans 3 distinct art units, reflecting a moderate level of technical diversity within the semiconductor and optics fields.
HUANG, DAVID Z is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, currently holding 1 pending office action. This matches the workload of the other distinct examiners. With 5 pending office actions across 3 distinct art units, the company must manage its prosecution to ensure that technical arguments remain consistent across different art unit standards. The 5 distinct examiners provide 5 separate points of contact, requiring practitioners to tailor their responses to each individual's specific concerns.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 | 3 (60%) |
| §103 only | 1 (20%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (20%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HUANG, DAVID Z | 1 | 80.3% | +13.3% |
| NGUYEN, NAM V | 1 | 78.5% | +14.3% |
| MENSING, RODGER STEWART | 1 | — | — |
| TURNER, SHELBY AUBURN | 1 | 40.7% | +41.9% |
| LEVINE, ADAM L | 1 | 35.8% | +39.5% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18537999 | SHARED ELECTRONIC BASKET WITH A HIERARCHY | LEVINE, ADAM L | 45d overdue |
| 18609231 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A MEASURING DEVICE AND MEASURING DEVICE | HUANG, DAVID Z | 2d overdue |
| 18609187 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A MEASURING DEVICE AND MEASURING DEVICE | MENSING, RODGER STEWART | — |
| 18609251 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A MEASURING DEVICE AND MEASURING DEVICE | TURNER, SHELBY AUBURN | — |
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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18537999 | SHARED ELECTRONIC BASKET WITH A HIERARCHY | LEVINE, ADAM L | 45d overdue |
| 18609231 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A MEASURING DEVICE AND MEASURING DEVICE | HUANG, DAVID Z | 2d overdue |
| 18609265 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A MEASURING DEVICE, MEASURING DEVICE AND SYSTEM | NGUYEN, NAM V | — |
| 18609251 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A MEASURING DEVICE AND MEASURING DEVICE | TURNER, SHELBY AUBURN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2855 | 1 |
| 2685 | 1 |
| 3689 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18609231 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A MEASURING DEVICE AND MEASURING DEVICE | HUANG, DAVID Z | 2855 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 2d overdue | Pending | Mar 19, 2024 |
| 18609265 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A MEASURING DEVICE, MEASURING DEVICE AND SYSTEM | NGUYEN, NAM V | 2685 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 19, 2024 |
| 18609187 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A MEASURING DEVICE AND MEASURING DEVICE | MENSING, RODGER STEWART | — | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 19, 2024 |
| 18609251 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A MEASURING DEVICE AND MEASURING DEVICE | TURNER, SHELBY AUBURN | — | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 19, 2024 |
| 18537999 | SHARED ELECTRONIC BASKET WITH A HIERARCHY | LEVINE, ADAM L | 3689 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 45d overdue | Pending | Dec 13, 2023 |
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