Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 17, 2026

Rohde & Schwarz GmbH & Co. KG

39 pending office actions • 27 art units • 39 examiners • 0 of 39 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 111 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

39
Total Pending OAs
18
Non-Final OAs
15
Final Rejections
6
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 12 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

6
Overdue
0
Due this week
5
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. 12 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (6)Due ≤ 30 days (5)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.

16
Hard (41%)
23
Medium (59%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (3%)
§101 + other5 (13%)
§103 only19 (49%)
§102 only3 (8%)
Double-patenting + other1 (3%)
Multi-statute (no §101)10 (26%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
13
Information Tech
33% of docket
8
Communications
21% of docket
9
Semiconductors
23% of docket
4
Mechanical / Eng
10% of docket
5
Business / Other
13% 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.

390 h
Manual time on pending OAs
78 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
136 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
3.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
AL-TAWEEL, MUAAMAR QAHTAN 1 80.9% +19.4%
HUANG, WEN WU 1 72.9% +15.7%
LITTLEJOHN JR, MANCIL H 1 72.7% +23.4%
LI, YONGHONG 1 76.4% +20.8%
STOYNOV, STEFAN 1 89.5% +12.9%
WANG, HARRY Z 1 82.7% +8.0%
SINGH, HIRDEPAL 1 86.4% +12.4%
MCANDREW, CHRISTOPHER P 1 85.9% +13.9%
XIAO, DI 1 77.8% +21.2%
SHEDRICK, CHARLES TERRELL 1 77.7% +9.4%

Quick Wins (4)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18980528 VOLTAGE LIMITER CIRCUIT, DIRECTIVE CIRCUIT, AND MEASUREMENT INSTRUMENT AL-TAWEEL, MUAAMAR QAHTAN
18917824 ENHANCING PROCESSING SPEED OF A REMOTE CONTROLLED RADIO FREQUENCY TEST OR MEASUREMENT DEVICE STOYNOV, STEFAN
18898592 CONTROL DEVICE, CONTROL SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A QUBIT OF A QUANTUM COMPUTER CONTROL CHANNEL WANG, HARRY Z
18895839 METHOD AND TEST SYSTEM FOR TESTING A DEVICE UNDER TEST SINGH, HIRDEPAL

Hard Cases (16)

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
17233229 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTING ANOMALIES IN A SPECTROGRAM, SPECTRUM OR SIGNAL SALOMON, PHENUEL S 132d overdue
18477688 INDUCTIVE SCANNER AND METHOD FOR INDUCTIVE SCANNING SCHINDLER, DAVID M 15d overdue
18628895 DIFFUSER FOR A LIDAR TEST SYSTEM BOUTSIKARIS, LEONIDAS 4d overdue
18471198 NODE FOR A RADIO COMMUNICATION NETWORK WITH DYNAMIC RESERVATION OF TRANSMISSION CAPACITY, CORRESPONDING NETWORK, AND METHOD RICHMOND, GARTH DANIEL 22d
18450880 MEASUREMENT APPLICATION DEVICE, MEASUREMENT APPLICATION SETUP AND METHOD EVANS, GEOFFREY T 22d
18410483 RADAR TARGET SIMULATOR, CORRESPONDING ANTENNA ARRAY AND RADAR TARGET SIMULATION METHOD MOORE, WHITNEY 26d
18940352 TEST AND/OR MEASUREMENT SYSTEM, COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD OF GATHERING DATA OF A SIGNAL AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT LITTLEJOHN JR, MANCIL H
18805360 LOOP GAIN MEASUREMENT PROBE AND MEASUREMENT SYSTEM MCANDREW, CHRISTOPHER P

Interview Candidates (8)

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
18980528 VOLTAGE LIMITER CIRCUIT, DIRECTIVE CIRCUIT, AND MEASUREMENT INSTRUMENT AL-TAWEEL, MUAAMAR QAHTAN
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
18940352 TEST AND/OR MEASUREMENT SYSTEM, COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD OF GATHERING DATA OF A SIGNAL AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT LITTLEJOHN JR, MANCIL H
18924645 SIGNAL DELAY CIRCUIT AND RADAR SIMULATOR COMPRISING SUCH DELAY CIRCUIT LI, YONGHONG
18917824 ENHANCING PROCESSING SPEED OF A REMOTE CONTROLLED RADIO FREQUENCY TEST OR MEASUREMENT DEVICE STOYNOV, STEFAN
18895839 METHOD AND TEST SYSTEM FOR TESTING A DEVICE UNDER TEST SINGH, HIRDEPAL
18805360 LOOP GAIN MEASUREMENT PROBE AND MEASUREMENT SYSTEM MCANDREW, CHRISTOPHER P
18797837 MEASUREMENT APPLICATION DEVICE, AND METHOD XIAO, DI

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2858 4
2175 2
2852 2
2857 2
3648 2
2648 1
2685 1
2184 1
2631 1
2646 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18980528 VOLTAGE LIMITER CIRCUIT, DIRECTIVE CIRCUIT, AND MEASUREMENT INSTRUMENT AL-TAWEEL, MUAAMAR QAHTAN §102 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 13, 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
18940352 TEST AND/OR MEASUREMENT SYSTEM, COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD OF GATHERING DATA OF A SIGNAL AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT LITTLEJOHN JR, MANCIL H 2685 §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 07, 2024
18924645 SIGNAL DELAY CIRCUIT AND RADAR SIMULATOR COMPRISING SUCH DELAY CIRCUIT LI, YONGHONG §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 23, 2024
18917824 ENHANCING PROCESSING SPEED OF A REMOTE CONTROLLED RADIO FREQUENCY TEST OR MEASUREMENT DEVICE STOYNOV, STEFAN 2175 §102DP Final Rejection Pending Oct 16, 2024
18898592 CONTROL DEVICE, CONTROL SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A QUBIT OF A QUANTUM COMPUTER CONTROL CHANNEL WANG, HARRY Z 2184 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 26, 2024
18895839 METHOD AND TEST SYSTEM FOR TESTING A DEVICE UNDER TEST SINGH, HIRDEPAL 2631 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 25, 2024
18805360 LOOP GAIN MEASUREMENT PROBE AND MEASUREMENT SYSTEM MCANDREW, CHRISTOPHER P 2858 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 14, 2024
18797837 MEASUREMENT APPLICATION DEVICE, AND METHOD XIAO, DI §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 08, 2024
18661861 LOCALIZATION DEVICE, SYSTEM, AND METHOD SHEDRICK, CHARLES TERRELL 2646 §103 Final Rejection Pending May 13, 2024
18650666 METHOD OF SETTING AN EQUALIZER AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING A SETTING OF AN EQUALIZER HUANG, DAVID S 2852 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 30, 2024
18650847 METHOD AND MEASUREMENT APPLICATION DEVICE ISLAM, MOHAMMAD K §101 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 30, 2024
18638999 SIGNAL GENERATOR FOR GENERATING A RADIO FREQUENCY SIGNAL LEE, SANGKYUNG 2858 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 18, 2024
18628895 DIFFUSER FOR A LIDAR TEST SYSTEM BOUTSIKARIS, LEONIDAS 2872 §103§112 Final Rejection 4d overdue Pending Apr 08, 2024
18620474 MEASUREMENT APPLICATION DEVICE, SIGNAL FILTER DEVICE, AND METHOD DINH, LYNDA §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 28, 2024
18610688 SIGNAL GENERATOR SYSTEM HU, RUI MENG 2643 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 20, 2024
18592855 OPTICAL TRANSMITTER SYSTEM AND SIGNAL TRANSMISSION METHOD VANDERPUYE, KENNETH N 2634 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 01, 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
18410483 RADAR TARGET SIMULATOR, CORRESPONDING ANTENNA ARRAY AND RADAR TARGET SIMULATION METHOD MOORE, WHITNEY 3646 §103§112 Non-Final OA 26d Pending Jan 11, 2024
18400820 TEST INSTRUMENT WITH INTEGRATED MODEL DATA BASE BRAUNLICH, MARTIN WALTER 2858 §103 Final Rejection Pending Dec 29, 2023
18524344 COMMUNICATION METHOD FOR A WIRELESS AD HOC NETWORK, AND WIRELESS AD HOC NETWORK OLUBODUN, AYODELE LAWRENCE 2472 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 30, 2023
18558891 NETWORK MANAGER AND METHOD MILLER, GARY ADDISON ELDO 2417 §103 Final Rejection 43d overdue Pending Nov 03, 2023
18483868 METHOD AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM FOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SETTING CHOUDHURY, FAISAL 2478 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 10, 2023
18477688 INDUCTIVE SCANNER AND METHOD FOR INDUCTIVE SCANNING SCHINDLER, DAVID M 2858 §103§112 Final Rejection 15d overdue Pending Sep 29, 2023
18471198 NODE FOR A RADIO COMMUNICATION NETWORK WITH DYNAMIC RESERVATION OF TRANSMISSION CAPACITY, CORRESPONDING NETWORK, AND METHOD RICHMOND, GARTH DANIEL 2644 §103§112 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Sep 20, 2023
18469974 SIGNAL PROCESSING CIRCUIT, MEASUREMENT INSTRUMENT, AND METHOD OF DETERMINING A SYMBOL ERROR RATE SHOHATEE, IBRAHIM NAGI 2857 §101§102§103 Final Rejection Pending Sep 19, 2023
18459642 MEASUREMENT APPLICATION DEVICE SCRIPT ANALYZER, MEASUREMENT APPLICATION DEVICE, AND COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD AGUILERA, TODD 2192 §103 Final Rejection 15d Pending Sep 01, 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 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jul 20, 2023
18348803 METHOD AND MEASUREMENT APPLICATION SYSTEM CONFIGURATION SYSTEM NGHIEM, MICHAEL P 2857 §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 07, 2023
18317739 RADAR EMULATOR AND METHOD OF EVALUATING A TESTING ENVIRONMENT MAKHDOOM, SAMARINA 3648 §103 Final Rejection 10d overdue Pending May 15, 2023
18306551 METHOD OF SELECTING A SENSING NODE AND METHOD OF SELECTING A SENSING MODE RAYNAL, ASHLEY BROWN 3648 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 25, 2023
18192372 METHOD OF TRAINING AN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE CIRCUIT, MONITORING METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MONITORING A RADIO FREQUENCY ENVIRONMENT TSAI, JAMES T 2147 §103 Final Rejection 12d Pending Mar 29, 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
17865786 LIDAR TARGET SIMULATION SYSTEM AND METHOD OF TESTING A LIDAR DEVICE LE, JOHNNY TRAN 2614 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 15, 2022
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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