Technology areas: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
3 pending office actions • 3 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Physik Instrumente (Pi) GmbH & Co. Kg has 3 pending office actions in Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics. The matters are assigned to 3 distinct examiners and 3 distinct art units, indicating separate examination channels for the pending matters.
JOYCE, WILLIAM C is the busiest examiner with 1 pending matter. The data show no repeated examiner or art-unit assignment. Counsel can therefore manage the matters independently while retaining a shared technical vocabulary.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (100%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| JOYCE, WILLIAM C | 1 | 69.6% | +16.0% |
| MATA, SARA M | 1 | 67.1% | +22.4% |
| GONZALEZ, JULIO CESAR | 1 | 74.7% | +14.5% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18835967 | POSITIONING MODULE, AND POSITIONING APPARATUS HAVING SUCH A POSITIONING MODULE | JOYCE, WILLIAM C | — |
| 18561928 | POSITIONING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING SUCH A POSITIONING DEVICE | MATA, SARA M | — |
| 18275974 | PRELOAD DEVICE AND DRIVE DEVICE COMPRISING A PRELOAD DEVICE | GONZALEZ, JULIO CESAR | — |
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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18835967 | POSITIONING MODULE, AND POSITIONING APPARATUS HAVING SUCH A POSITIONING MODULE | JOYCE, WILLIAM C | — |
| 18561928 | POSITIONING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING SUCH A POSITIONING DEVICE | MATA, SARA M | — |
| 18275974 | PRELOAD DEVICE AND DRIVE DEVICE COMPRISING A PRELOAD DEVICE | GONZALEZ, JULIO CESAR | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3618 | 1 |
| 2837 | 1 |
| 2831 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18835967 | POSITIONING MODULE, AND POSITIONING APPARATUS HAVING SUCH A POSITIONING MODULE | JOYCE, WILLIAM C | 3618 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 05, 2025 |
| 18561928 | POSITIONING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING SUCH A POSITIONING DEVICE | MATA, SARA M | 2837 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 17, 2023 |
| 18275974 | PRELOAD DEVICE AND DRIVE DEVICE COMPRISING A PRELOAD DEVICE | GONZALEZ, JULIO CESAR | 2831 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 04, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialPhysik Instrumente (Pi) GmbH & Co. Kg has 3 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 3 art units and 3 examiners.
William C Joyce has the most, with 1 of Physik Instrumente (Pi) GmbH & Co. Kg's pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
