Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
20 pending office actions • 16 art units • 19 examiners • 0 of 20 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 36 patents granted in the last 365 days
Phoenix Contact GmbH & Co. KG manages a portfolio with 17 pending office actions in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. These actions are distributed across 17 distinct examiners, indicating a broad range of individual examiner interactions. The prosecution spans 14 distinct art units, showing diversity in the technical classification of their pending matters.
The busiest examiner, LY, XUAN, is responsible for 1 pending action. This suggests a fragmented workload where no single examiner holds a disproportionate share of the pending cases. Practitioners should prepare for varied examiner styles across the 14 distinct art units involved, as the 17 pending office actions are handled by 17 different individuals.
The 17 pending office actions relative to the 17 distinct examiners highlights a 1 to 1 ratio for every matter. This distribution across 14 distinct art units suggests that the company's semiconductor and optics innovations are being evaluated by a wide array of specialized patent office personnel. With only 1 busiest examiner pending action, there is no central examiner to focus on for multiple cases.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 6 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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. 6 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 | 7 (35%) |
| §102 only | 1 (5%) |
| §112 only | 1 (5%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 11 (55%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADAMS, GREGORY W | 2 | 75.2% | +23.8% |
| LY, XUAN | 1 | 85.5% | +6.5% |
| KRIM, PETER | 1 | 83.2% | +3.5% |
| PAULINO, LENIN | 1 | 57.4% | +25.7% |
| ANDERSON, AMARA | 1 | 87.3% | +15.2% |
| LEON MUNOZ, EDWIN A | 1 | 88.5% | +8.0% |
| AVERICK, LAWRENCE | 1 | 75.8% | +23.8% |
| LE, THANH TAM T | 1 | 86.5% | +13.8% |
| SCIACCA, SCOTT M | 1 | 77.8% | +23.0% |
| GRABOWSKI, KYLE ROBERT | 1 | 48.4% | +16.5% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18570106 | VARIABLY POSITIONABLE LATCHING TAB AND PLUG CONNECTOR | LEON MUNOZ, EDWIN A | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18572217 | LABEL SUPPORT | GRABOWSKI, KYLE ROBERT | 3d overdue |
| 18010523 | TECHNOLOGY FOR PROCESSING AND EXCHANGING FIELD SIGNALS | TAN, ALVIN H | 27d |
| 19135428 | STACKING DEVICE FOR STACKING SUBSTRATES | ADAMS, GREGORY W | — |
| 19135411 | SEPARATING DEVICE FOR SEPARATING STACKED SUBSTRATES | ADAMS, GREGORY W | — |
| 19108401 | DC VOLTAGE SWITCHING DEVICE WITH INTEGRATED INTERRUPTION MECHANISM | LY, XUAN | — |
| 18857476 | ELECTRONIC HOUSING | KRIM, PETER | — |
| 18849967 | MANAGEMENT AND UPDATING SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATION DEVICES OF AN AUTOMATION SYSTEM CONNECTED TO AN OT NETWORK | PAULINO, LENIN | — |
| 18842404 | PLUG-IN CONNECTOR COMPRISING A MODULAR CONTACT DEVICE | ANDERSON, AMARA | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18572217 | LABEL SUPPORT | GRABOWSKI, KYLE ROBERT | 3d overdue |
| 18682014 | DEVICE AND MOBILE RADIO NETWORK-ASSISTED AUTOMATION SYSTEM | SCIACCA, SCOTT M | 2d overdue |
| 19135428 | STACKING DEVICE FOR STACKING SUBSTRATES | ADAMS, GREGORY W | — |
| 19135411 | SEPARATING DEVICE FOR SEPARATING STACKED SUBSTRATES | ADAMS, GREGORY W | — |
| 18849967 | MANAGEMENT AND UPDATING SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATION DEVICES OF AN AUTOMATION SYSTEM CONNECTED TO AN OT NETWORK | PAULINO, LENIN | — |
| 18842404 | PLUG-IN CONNECTOR COMPRISING A MODULAR CONTACT DEVICE | ANDERSON, AMARA | — |
| 18690783 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A HEAT SINK | AVERICK, LAWRENCE | — |
| 18685519 | CONTACT ELEMENT FOR A PLUG CONNECTOR PART | LE, THANH TAM T | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2831 | 3 |
| 3652 | 2 |
| 2834 | 2 |
| 2836 | 1 |
| 2841 | 1 |
| 2197 | 1 |
| 3799 | 1 |
| 2478 | 1 |
| 3637 | 1 |
| 3729 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19135428 | STACKING DEVICE FOR STACKING SUBSTRATES | ADAMS, GREGORY W | 3652 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 04, 2025 |
| 19135411 | SEPARATING DEVICE FOR SEPARATING STACKED SUBSTRATES | ADAMS, GREGORY W | 3652 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 04, 2025 |
| 19108401 | DC VOLTAGE SWITCHING DEVICE WITH INTEGRATED INTERRUPTION MECHANISM | LY, XUAN | 2836 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 03, 2025 |
| 18857476 | ELECTRONIC HOUSING | KRIM, PETER | 2841 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 19, 2024 |
| 18849967 | MANAGEMENT AND UPDATING SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATION DEVICES OF AN AUTOMATION SYSTEM CONNECTED TO AN OT NETWORK | PAULINO, LENIN | 2197 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 23, 2024 |
| 18842404 | PLUG-IN CONNECTOR COMPRISING A MODULAR CONTACT DEVICE | ANDERSON, AMARA | 2831 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 29, 2024 |
| 18570106 | VARIABLY POSITIONABLE LATCHING TAB AND PLUG CONNECTOR | LEON MUNOZ, EDWIN A | 2831 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 15, 2024 |
| 18690783 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A HEAT SINK | AVERICK, LAWRENCE | 3799 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 11, 2024 |
| 18685519 | CONTACT ELEMENT FOR A PLUG CONNECTOR PART | LE, THANH TAM T | 2831 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 22, 2024 |
| 18682014 | DEVICE AND MOBILE RADIO NETWORK-ASSISTED AUTOMATION SYSTEM | SCIACCA, SCOTT M | 2478 | §103 | Final Rejection | 2d overdue | Pending | Feb 07, 2024 |
| 18572217 | LABEL SUPPORT | GRABOWSKI, KYLE ROBERT | 3637 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 3d overdue | Pending | Dec 20, 2023 |
| 18567406 | PLUG CONNECTOR WITH LOCKING ELEMENT | LOPEZ PAGAN, CARLOS EMILIO | 2834 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 06, 2023 |
| 18552688 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A CONTACT UNIT, AND CONTACT UNIT | KIM, PAUL D | 3729 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 27, 2023 |
| 18281233 | TRANSMITTER WITH NON-CLOSED MAGNET CORE | NGUYEN, TUYEN T | 2837 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 08, 2023 |
| 18253040 | TERMINAL FOR ELECTRICAL CABLES | GUSHI, ROSS N | 2834 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 70d | Pending | Jul 17, 2023 |
| 18307822 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING THE IMPEDANCE OF A RECHARGEABLE ELECTRICAL ENERGY STORAGE | LEE, BYUNG RO | 2858 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 27, 2023 |
| 18010523 | TECHNOLOGY FOR PROCESSING AND EXCHANGING FIELD SIGNALS | TAN, ALVIN H | 2118 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 27d | Pending | Dec 15, 2022 |
| 18010505 | TECHNOLOGY FOR PROCESSING AND EXCHANGING SIGNALS BETWEEN A FIELD DEVICE AND A CONTROLLER | KHUU, HIEN DIEU THI | 2116 | §103 | Final Rejection | 82d | Pending | Dec 15, 2022 |
| 17765450 | TECHNIQUE FOR MARKING A PROLATE OBJECT | BEHA, CAROLINE | 1748 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 27, 2022 |
| 17768342 | MULTIFUNCTIONAL NETWORK SWITCH FOR USE IN A PROCESS-CONTROLLING AUTOMATION SYSTEM, AND SUCH A PROCESS-CONTROLLING AUTOMATION SYSTEM | PHAM, TITO Q | 2466 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 34d | Pending | Apr 12, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialPhoenix Contact GmbH & Co. KG has 20 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 16 art units and 19 examiners.
Gregory W Adams has the most, with 2 of Phoenix Contact GmbH & Co. KG's pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
