Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Osram GmbH

17 pending office actions • 12 art units • 17 examiners • 0 of 17 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 47 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

17
Total Pending OAs
11
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
2
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 9 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

4
Overdue
0
Due this week
4
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. 9 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (4)Due ≤ 30 days (4)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.

8
Hard (47%)
9
Medium (53%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (6%)
§103 only9 (53%)
Multi-statute (no §101)7 (41%)

Industry Mix

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

3
Life Sciences
18% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
9
Semiconductors
53% of docket
5
Mechanical / Eng
29% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% 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.

170 h
Manual time on pending OAs
34 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
59 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
SMYTH, ANDREW P 1 71.9% +15.1%
BAGHDASARYAN, HOVHANNES 1 77.6% +16.7%
NIMOX, RAYMOND LONDALE 1 70.3% +10.2%
QI, ZHENGQING J 1 68.1% +12.2%
PEO, JONATHAN M 1 48.2% +48.1%
WOLDEMARYAM, ASSRES H 1 82.3% +12.9%
TALBERT, ERIC MICHAEL 1 16.7% +60.0%
BREVAL, ELMITO 1 76.6% +10.5%
CLOUSER, BENJAMIN WADE 1 45.8% +65.0%
YEUNG LOPEZ, FEIFEI 1 81.2% -2.7%

Quick Wins (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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18255953 LIGHT DETECTION SYSTEM AND METHODS THEREOF WOLDEMARYAM, ASSRES H 16d overdue
18447631 OPTOELECTRONIC SEMICONDUCTOR CHIP YEUNG LOPEZ, FEIFEI

Hard Cases (8)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17777873 OPTOELECTRONIC COMPONENT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME WIEGAND, TYLER J 9d overdue
17437150 SEMICONDUCTOR LASER DIODE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A SEMICONDUCTOR LASER DIODE CAMACHO ALANIS, FERNANDA ADRIANA 29d
18706689 OPTICAL DEVICE FOR DISINFECTING UPPER AIR LAYERS IN A ROOM SMYTH, ANDREW P
18554798 PREDICTIVE MAINTENANCE LIDAR NIMOX, RAYMOND LONDALE
18551405 DETECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PERFORMING A TIME MEASUREMENT QI, ZHENGQING J
18019216 TABLE-TOP APPARATUS FOR GENERATING A SUBSTANTIALLY MICROBE-INACTIVATED ROOM ZONE TALBERT, ERIC MICHAEL
17742426 COMPONENT AND SENSOR FOR A LIDAR SENSOR SYSTEM, LIDAR SENSOR SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A LIDAR SENSOR SYSTEM CLOUSER, BENJAMIN WADE
17624816 OPTOELECTRONIC COMPONENT WATSON, BRAELYN

Interview Candidates (9)

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
18255953 LIGHT DETECTION SYSTEM AND METHODS THEREOF WOLDEMARYAM, ASSRES H 16d overdue
17898586 METHOD FOR OPERATING A DISCHARGE LAMP AND DISCHARGE LAMP BREVAL, ELMITO 15d
18270625 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR STERILISING A FLUID FLOWING THERETHROUGH PEO, JONATHAN M 75d
18706689 OPTICAL DEVICE FOR DISINFECTING UPPER AIR LAYERS IN A ROOM SMYTH, ANDREW P
18556368 AMPLITUDE SHIFT KEYING LIDAR BAGHDASARYAN, HOVHANNES
18554798 PREDICTIVE MAINTENANCE LIDAR NIMOX, RAYMOND LONDALE
18551405 DETECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PERFORMING A TIME MEASUREMENT QI, ZHENGQING J
18019216 TABLE-TOP APPARATUS FOR GENERATING A SUBSTANTIALLY MICROBE-INACTIVATED ROOM ZONE TALBERT, ERIC MICHAEL

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3645 4
2812 2
2828 2
2878 1
2857 1
1779 1
3642 1
1758 1
2875 1
2899 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18706689 OPTICAL DEVICE FOR DISINFECTING UPPER AIR LAYERS IN A ROOM SMYTH, ANDREW P 2878 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending May 01, 2024
18556368 AMPLITUDE SHIFT KEYING LIDAR BAGHDASARYAN, HOVHANNES 3645 §103 Final Rejection Pending Oct 20, 2023
18554798 PREDICTIVE MAINTENANCE LIDAR NIMOX, RAYMOND LONDALE 2857 §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 11, 2023
18551405 DETECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PERFORMING A TIME MEASUREMENT QI, ZHENGQING J 3645 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 20, 2023
18270625 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR STERILISING A FLUID FLOWING THERETHROUGH PEO, JONATHAN M 1779 §103 Non-Final OA 75d Pending Jun 30, 2023
18255953 LIGHT DETECTION SYSTEM AND METHODS THEREOF WOLDEMARYAM, ASSRES H 3642 §103 Final Rejection 16d overdue Pending Jun 05, 2023
18019216 TABLE-TOP APPARATUS FOR GENERATING A SUBSTANTIALLY MICROBE-INACTIVATED ROOM ZONE TALBERT, ERIC MICHAEL 1758 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 01, 2023
17898586 METHOD FOR OPERATING A DISCHARGE LAMP AND DISCHARGE LAMP BREVAL, ELMITO 2875 §103 Non-Final OA 15d Pending Aug 30, 2022
17742426 COMPONENT AND SENSOR FOR A LIDAR SENSOR SYSTEM, LIDAR SENSOR SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A LIDAR SENSOR SYSTEM CLOUSER, BENJAMIN WADE 3645 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending May 12, 2022
18447631 OPTOELECTRONIC SEMICONDUCTOR CHIP YEUNG LOPEZ, FEIFEI 2899 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 10, 2023
18044391 OPTOELECTRONIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, OPTOELECTRONIC SEMICONDUCTOR APPARATUS, METHOD OF OPERATING THE OPTOELECTRONIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, AND BIOSENSOR CHEN, CHIA-LING 3645 §103 Final Rejection 16d Pending Mar 08, 2023
17777873 OPTOELECTRONIC COMPONENT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME WIEGAND, TYLER J 2812 §103§112 Non-Final OA 9d overdue Pending May 18, 2022
17734035 µ-LED, µ-LED DEVICE, DISPLAY AND METHOD FOR THE SAME MUSE, ISMAIL A 2812 §103 Non-Final OA 30d Pending Apr 30, 2022
17760965 OPTOELECTRONIC SEMICONDUCTOR CHIP COMPRISING A CONTACT ELEMENT AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING AN OPTOELECTRONIC SEMICONDUCTOR CHIP NIU, XINNING 2828 §103 Final Rejection 32d overdue Pending Mar 16, 2022
17624816 OPTOELECTRONIC COMPONENT WATSON, BRAELYN 1786 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 04, 2022
17442648 OPTOELECTRONIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE COMPRISING A DIELECTRIC LAYER AND A TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE LAYER AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE OPTOELECTRONIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE CHEN, DAVID Z 2815 §103 Non-Final OA 132d overdue Pending Sep 24, 2021
17437150 SEMICONDUCTOR LASER DIODE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A SEMICONDUCTOR LASER DIODE CAMACHO ALANIS, FERNANDA ADRIANA 2828 §103§112 Non-Final OA 29d Pending Sep 08, 2021

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