Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Schneider Electric

6 pending office actions • 4 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 26 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

6
Total Pending OAs
4
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

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.

4
Hard (67%)
2
Medium (33%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only1 (17%)
§102 only1 (17%)
Multi-statute (no §101)4 (67%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
1
Information Tech
17% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
2
Semiconductors
33% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
33% of docket
1
Business / Other
17% 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.

60 h
Manual time on pending OAs
12 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
21 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
FAUBERT, SAMANTHA LYNETTE 1 85.5% -1.7%
AL-TAWEEL, MUAAMAR QAHTAN 1 80.9% +19.4%
ANDERSON II, STEVEN S 1 65.9% +35.4%
LANE, DEVON 1 55.6% +14.3%
SIXTO, NANCY 1 75.0% +42.9%
THOMAS, LUCY M 1 62.4% +18.2%

Quick Wins (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
19003156 SOLID STATE CIRCUIT BREAKER AL-TAWEEL, MUAAMAR QAHTAN

Hard Cases (4)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18528343 HEAT DISSIPATING DEVICE FOR ELECTRICAL CABINET AND ELECTRICAL CABINET ANDERSON II, STEVEN S 3d overdue
19010657 SOLID-STATE CIRCUIT BREAKER FAUBERT, SAMANTHA LYNETTE
18528246 HEAT DISSIPATION EQUIPMENT CABINET LANE, DEVON
18517170 RESIDUAL CURRENT CIRCUIT BREAKER AND SYSTEM INCLUDING THE RESIDUAL CURRENT CIRCUIT BREAKER THOMAS, LUCY M

Interview Candidates (5)

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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18528343 HEAT DISSIPATING DEVICE FOR ELECTRICAL CABINET AND ELECTRICAL CABINET ANDERSON II, STEVEN S 3d overdue
19003156 SOLID STATE CIRCUIT BREAKER AL-TAWEEL, MUAAMAR QAHTAN
18528246 HEAT DISSIPATION EQUIPMENT CABINET LANE, DEVON
18521671 ADDRESS ASSIGNMENT APPARATUS, POWER DISTRIBUTION CABINET, ADDRESS ASSIGNMENT METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM SIXTO, NANCY
18517170 RESIDUAL CURRENT CIRCUIT BREAKER AND SYSTEM INCLUDING THE RESIDUAL CURRENT CIRCUIT BREAKER THOMAS, LUCY M

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2838 2
3762 1
3763 1
2465 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19010657 SOLID-STATE CIRCUIT BREAKER FAUBERT, SAMANTHA LYNETTE §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 06, 2025
19003156 SOLID STATE CIRCUIT BREAKER AL-TAWEEL, MUAAMAR QAHTAN 2838 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 27, 2024
18528343 HEAT DISSIPATING DEVICE FOR ELECTRICAL CABINET AND ELECTRICAL CABINET ANDERSON II, STEVEN S 3762 §102§103 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Dec 04, 2023
18528246 HEAT DISSIPATION EQUIPMENT CABINET LANE, DEVON 3763 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 04, 2023
18521671 ADDRESS ASSIGNMENT APPARATUS, POWER DISTRIBUTION CABINET, ADDRESS ASSIGNMENT METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM SIXTO, NANCY 2465 §103 Final Rejection Pending Nov 28, 2023
18517170 RESIDUAL CURRENT CIRCUIT BREAKER AND SYSTEM INCLUDING THE RESIDUAL CURRENT CIRCUIT BREAKER THOMAS, LUCY M 2838 §102§103§112 Final Rejection Pending Nov 22, 2023

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