Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
44 pending office actions • 24 art units • 44 examiners • 0 of 44 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 115 patents granted in the last 365 days
Rohde & Schwarz GmbH & Co. KG has 42 pending office actions in Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics. The docket spans 42 examiners and 25 art units, showing broad distribution across examination assignments and repeated activity within some units.
NGUYEN, TRUNG Q handles 1 pending matter. The stated examiner concentration is therefore limited relative to the docket, and portfolio management should rely on systematic tracking rather than a single examiner relationship.
The combination of high action volume and art-unit dispersion makes structured prosecution oversight important. Counsel can organize matters by unit, compare recurring claim or prior-art issues, and tailor responses to the individual examiner records.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 7 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. 7 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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 6 (14%) |
| §103 only | 18 (41%) |
| §102 only | 1 (2%) |
| §112 only | 4 (9%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 15 (34%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NGUYEN, TRUNG Q | 1 | 91.0% | +6.2% |
| TCHATCHOUANG, CARL F.R. | 1 | 82.6% | +15.1% |
| MONSUR, NASIMA | 1 | 78.5% | +26.0% |
| VO, DON NGUYEN | 1 | 90.5% | +0.6% |
| FORTICH, ALVARO E | 1 | 86.0% | +14.4% |
| HUANG, WEN WU | 1 | 73.1% | +15.5% |
| BILODEAU, DAVID | 1 | 77.1% | +14.5% |
| LI, YONGHONG | 1 | 75.7% | +23.2% |
| MAKHDOOM, SAMARINA | 1 | 72.3% | +27.2% |
| SINGH, HIRDEPAL | 1 | 86.4% | +12.4% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19078630 | TEST AND/OR MEASUREMENT SYSTEM | NGUYEN, TRUNG Q | — |
| 18980449 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INFORMING A SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAM | VO, DON NGUYEN | — |
| 18895839 | METHOD AND TEST SYSTEM FOR TESTING A DEVICE UNDER TEST | SINGH, HIRDEPAL | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17233229 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTING ANOMALIES IN A SPECTROGRAM, SPECTRUM OR SIGNAL | SALOMON, PHENUEL S | 132d overdue |
| 18450880 | MEASUREMENT APPLICATION DEVICE, MEASUREMENT APPLICATION SETUP AND METHOD | EVANS, GEOFFREY T | 22d |
| 19046128 | MEASUREMENT SYSTEM WITH EXTERNAL OPTICAL FRONTEND | TCHATCHOUANG, CARL F.R. | — |
| 18990760 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TESTING A DEVICE-UNDER-TEST | MONSUR, NASIMA | — |
| 18967067 | MEASUREMENT INSTRUMENT | FORTICH, ALVARO E | — |
| 18947635 | RECEIVER, SYSTEM COMPRISING SUCH A RECEIVER, AND RECEIVING METHOD | BILODEAU, DAVID | — |
| 18924645 | SIGNAL DELAY CIRCUIT AND RADAR SIMULATOR COMPRISING SUCH DELAY CIRCUIT | LI, YONGHONG | — |
| 18790638 | PORTABLE MEASUREMENT APPLICATION DEVICE, MEASUREMENT APPLICATION SERVER, MEASUREMENT APPLICATION, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT | ZAAB, SHARAH | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19046128 | MEASUREMENT SYSTEM WITH EXTERNAL OPTICAL FRONTEND | TCHATCHOUANG, CARL F.R. | — |
| 18990760 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TESTING A DEVICE-UNDER-TEST | MONSUR, NASIMA | — |
| 18967067 | MEASUREMENT INSTRUMENT | FORTICH, ALVARO E | — |
| 18950982 | MEASUREMENT SYSTEM FOR OVER-THE-AIR TESTING OF A DEVICE FOR NON-TERRESTRIAL NETWORKS, USER EQUIPMENT, AND METHOD FOR EMULATING AND DETERMINING A POLARIZATION MISMATCH IN NON-TERRESTRIAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS | HUANG, WEN WU | — |
| 18947635 | RECEIVER, SYSTEM COMPRISING SUCH A RECEIVER, AND RECEIVING METHOD | BILODEAU, DAVID | — |
| 18924645 | SIGNAL DELAY CIRCUIT AND RADAR SIMULATOR COMPRISING SUCH DELAY CIRCUIT | LI, YONGHONG | — |
| 18924627 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONDUCTING A POWER MEASUREMENT OF A PULSED EM SIGNAL | MAKHDOOM, SAMARINA | — |
| 18895839 | METHOD AND TEST SYSTEM FOR TESTING A DEVICE UNDER TEST | SINGH, HIRDEPAL | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2858 | 8 |
| 2857 | 4 |
| 3645 | 4 |
| 3648 | 3 |
| 2648 | 2 |
| 2843 | 2 |
| 2643 | 2 |
| 3729 | 2 |
| 2634 | 1 |
| 2631 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19078630 | TEST AND/OR MEASUREMENT SYSTEM | NGUYEN, TRUNG Q | 2858 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 13, 2025 |
| 19046128 | MEASUREMENT SYSTEM WITH EXTERNAL OPTICAL FRONTEND | TCHATCHOUANG, CARL F.R. | 2858 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 05, 2025 |
| 18990760 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TESTING A DEVICE-UNDER-TEST | MONSUR, NASIMA | 2858 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2024 |
| 18980449 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INFORMING A SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAM | VO, DON NGUYEN | 2634 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 13, 2024 |
| 18967067 | MEASUREMENT INSTRUMENT | FORTICH, ALVARO E | 2858 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 03, 2024 |
| 18950982 | MEASUREMENT SYSTEM FOR OVER-THE-AIR TESTING OF A DEVICE FOR NON-TERRESTRIAL NETWORKS, USER EQUIPMENT, AND METHOD FOR EMULATING AND DETERMINING A POLARIZATION MISMATCH IN NON-TERRESTRIAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS | HUANG, WEN WU | 2648 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 18, 2024 |
| 18947635 | RECEIVER, SYSTEM COMPRISING SUCH A RECEIVER, AND RECEIVING METHOD | BILODEAU, DAVID | 2648 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 14, 2024 |
| 18924645 | SIGNAL DELAY CIRCUIT AND RADAR SIMULATOR COMPRISING SUCH DELAY CIRCUIT | LI, YONGHONG | 3648 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 23, 2024 |
| 18924627 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONDUCTING A POWER MEASUREMENT OF A PULSED EM SIGNAL | MAKHDOOM, SAMARINA | 3648 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 23, 2024 |
| 18895839 | METHOD AND TEST SYSTEM FOR TESTING A DEVICE UNDER TEST | SINGH, HIRDEPAL | 2631 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 25, 2024 |
| 18819705 | SYSTEM FOR SCREENING A GROUP OF PEOPLE | RAYNAL, ASHLEY BROWN | 3648 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 29, 2024 |
| 18790638 | PORTABLE MEASUREMENT APPLICATION DEVICE, MEASUREMENT APPLICATION SERVER, MEASUREMENT APPLICATION, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT | ZAAB, SHARAH | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 31, 2024 |
| 18767028 | CALIBRATION METHOD FOR CALIBRATING A MEASUREMENT SYSTEM | NAVARRO, HUGO IVAN | 2858 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 09, 2024 |
| 18661861 | LOCALIZATION DEVICE, SYSTEM, AND METHOD | SHEDRICK, CHARLES TERRELL | 2646 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 13, 2024 |
| 18662356 | ELECTRICAL INTERCONNECTION ELEMENT, HIGH-FREQUENCY WAVEGUIDE MODULE, ELECTRICAL APPARATUS | TRA, ANH QUAN | 2843 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 13, 2024 |
| 18650768 | MEASUREMENT APPLICATION DEVICE, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT | KNOX, KALERIA | 2857 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 30, 2024 |
| 18647213 | TEST AND/OR MEASUREMENT INSTRUMENT AND TEST SYSTEM FOR TESTING AN OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICE UNDER TEST | NATHAN, KEVIN CHRISTOPHER | 3645 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 26, 2024 |
| 18638999 | SIGNAL GENERATOR FOR GENERATING A RADIO FREQUENCY SIGNAL | LEE, SANGKYUNG | 2858 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 18, 2024 |
| 18634312 | DIFFERENTIAL SIGNAL AMPLIFICATION SYSTEM, MEASUREMENT APPLICATION DEVICE, AND METHOD | NGUYEN, KHIEM D | 2843 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 12, 2024 |
| 18628895 | DIFFUSER FOR A LIDAR TEST SYSTEM | BOUTSIKARIS, LEONIDAS | 2872 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 4d overdue | Pending | Apr 08, 2024 |
| 18628390 | SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD OF PROCESSING A DIGITAL INPUT SIGNAL, AND MEASUREMENT INSTRUMENT | PARK, HYUN D | 2695 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 05, 2024 |
| 18620474 | MEASUREMENT APPLICATION DEVICE, SIGNAL FILTER DEVICE, AND METHOD | DINH, LYNDA | 2857 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 28, 2024 |
| 18620363 | LASER BEAM TESTER FOR LASER BEAM TIMING AND LOCATION DETERMINATION, CORRESPONDING SYSTEM AND METHOD | RATCLIFFE, LUKE D | 3645 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 28, 2024 |
| 18613625 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TESTING A JOINT COMMUNICATION AND SENSING CAPABLE DEVICE | BARKER, MATTHEW M | 3646 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 22, 2024 |
| 18610688 | SIGNAL GENERATOR SYSTEM | HU, RUI MENG | 2643 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 20, 2024 |
| 18590482 | METHOD AND MEASUREMENT SYSTEM OF DETERMINING A QUALITY METRIC FOR A DEVICE UNDER TEST HAVING MULTIPLE TRANSMISSION ANTENNAS | BARRON, JEREMIAH JOHN | 2858 | §112 | Final Rejection | 36d | Pending | Feb 28, 2024 |
| 18426678 | COMPLIANCE TESTING SYSTEM AND COMPLIANCE TESTING METHOD | TRUONG, LOAN | 2114 | §103 | Final Rejection | 34d | Pending | Jan 30, 2024 |
| 18423453 | TESTER, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR TESTING AN OPTICAL SENSOR | RICHTER, KARA | 3645 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 26, 2024 |
| 18419045 | MEASUREMENT DEVICE BEING ACTIVATABLE VIA WAKE-ON NETWORK CAPABILITIES | PRIFTI, AUREL | 2175 | §103 | Final Rejection | 43d overdue | Pending | Jan 22, 2024 |
| 18414912 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR RADIO COMMUNICATION SCHEDULING | RANDHAWA, MANDISH K | 2477 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2024 |
| 18400820 | TEST INSTRUMENT WITH INTEGRATED MODEL DATA BASE | BRAUNLICH, MARTIN WALTER | 2858 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 29, 2023 |
| 18382347 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING CODE FOR A MOBILE COMMUNICATION TESTER | MITCHELL, JASON D | 2199 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 20, 2023 |
| 18489085 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LINEARIZING A TRANSMISSION AMPLIFIER OF A TRANSMITTER WITHIN A WIRELESS NETWORK | TRAN, PABLO N | 2643 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 18, 2023 |
| 18477740 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SHOE AND/OR FOOT SCANNING WITH COMBINED ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE AND INDUCTIVE SCANNING CAPABILITIES | HARRISON, MICHAEL A | 3645 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 29, 2023 |
| 18469974 | SIGNAL PROCESSING CIRCUIT, MEASUREMENT INSTRUMENT, AND METHOD OF DETERMINING A SYMBOL ERROR RATE | SHOHATEE, IBRAHIM NAGI | 2857 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 19, 2023 |
| 18370226 | ANTENNA ARRAY | TRAN, HAI V | 2845 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 19, 2023 |
| 18240898 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SECURITY INSPECTION OF IP TRAFFIC IN A CORE NETWORK | HABTEGEORGIS, MATTHIAS | 2491 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 31, 2023 |
| 18450880 | MEASUREMENT APPLICATION DEVICE, MEASUREMENT APPLICATION SETUP AND METHOD | EVANS, GEOFFREY T | 2852 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 22d | Pending | Aug 16, 2023 |
| 18446015 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TRANSMITTING DATA BY RADIO SIGNALS | PHUNG, LUAT | 2468 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 84d | Pending | Aug 08, 2023 |
| 18355513 | METHOD AND ELECTRICAL CONTACT ELEMENT | ABRAHAM, JOSE K | 3729 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 20, 2023 |
| 18355506 | METHOD AND ELECTRICAL CONTACT ELEMENT | LEGASPI, EUGENE REY DEVERA | 3729 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 20, 2023 |
| 18348803 | METHOD AND MEASUREMENT APPLICATION SYSTEM CONFIGURATION SYSTEM | NGHIEM, MICHAEL P | 2857 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 07, 2023 |
| 18166679 | METHOD OF OBTAINING A REPEATING SCHEDULING PATTERN AND METHOD OF CONDUCTING A TEST ON A DEVICE UNDER TEST | NGUYEN, VAN TA | 2465 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 09, 2023 |
| 17233229 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTING ANOMALIES IN A SPECTROGRAM, SPECTRUM OR SIGNAL | SALOMON, PHENUEL S | 2146 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 132d overdue | Pending | Apr 16, 2021 |
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Start Free TrialRohde & Schwarz GmbH & Co. KG has 44 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 24 art units and 44 examiners.
Trung Q Nguyen has the most, with 1 of Rohde & Schwarz GmbH & Co. KG's pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
