Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 01, 2026

Schneider Electric SE

Technology areas: Computing & Software • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics

78 pending office actions • 37 art units • 74 examiners • 0 of 78 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 169 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Schneider Electric SE manages a portfolio in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area, with 78 pending office actions currently active. These 78 actions are distributed among 74 distinct examiners and 37 distinct art units. This shows a broad prosecution footprint, with the company's applications being reviewed by many different experts.

SAEED, AHMED M is the busiest examiner for the company, currently managing 2 pending office actions. Despite the total of 78 pending office actions, the use of 74 distinct examiners means that almost every case is being handled by a different individual. The 37 distinct art units involved indicate that the company's semiconductor and optical technologies are diverse, touching on many different specialized fields of examination. Practitioners must manage 78 pending office actions across these 37 art units while addressing the specific requirements of 74 distinct examiners.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

78
Total Pending OAs
54
Non-Final OAs
22
Final Rejections
2
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 13 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

5
Overdue
1
Due this week
5
Due this month
1
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. 13 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (5)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (5)Due ≤ 60 days (1)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.

40
Hard (51%)
38
Medium (49%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only4 (5%)
§101 + other9 (12%)
§103 only26 (33%)
§102 only11 (14%)
Double-patenting + other1 (1%)
Multi-statute (no §101)27 (35%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
1% of docket
20
Information Tech
26% of docket
6
Communications
8% of docket
18
Semiconductors
23% of docket
8
Mechanical / Eng
10% of docket
25
Business / Other
32% 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.

780 h
Manual time on pending OAs
156 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
273 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
6.8 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
SAEED, AHMED M 2 80.8% +13.1%
ALONZO MILLER, RHADAMES J 2 67.1% +4.7%
NAH, JONGBONG 2 75.2% +17.5%
COMBER, KEVIN J 2 82.6% +11.8%
PRATHER, GREGORY T 1 68.5% +21.8%
BAUER, SCOTT ALLEN 1 82.7% +13.1%
AVERY, JEREMIAH L 1 82.9% +15.6%
CLARK, CHRISTOPHER JAY 1 75.8% +22.8%
GBLENDE, JEFFREY A 1 85.7% +8.7%
SYED, NABIL H 1 60.4% +30.2%

Quick Wins (3)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
19173272 ELECTRICAL PROTECTION DEVICE, ELECTRICAL INSTALLATION AND ASSOCIATED CONTROL METHOD BAUER, SCOTT ALLEN —
18841886 APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING EVENT INDICATION COMBER, KEVIN J —
18636959 GROUND FAULT INTERRUPT FOR HVAC EQUIPMENT OUTLET DISCONNECT COMBER, KEVIN J —

Hard Cases (40)

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
18760087 NOVEL HIGH EFFICIENCY LINE INTERACTIVE UPS ROSARIO BENITEZ, GUSTAVO A 16d
18539141 APPARATUSES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR SCREENING ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS PRETLOW, DEMETRIUS R 28d
17918070 RELATIONSHIP-BASED ACCESS CONTROL FOR IOT NETWORKS DAVIS, ZACHARY A 28d
18527481 AUXILIARY SIDE RACK GARFT, CHRISTOPHER 28d
19214637 ROTATION SHAFT STRUCTURE, TRANSMISSION SYSTEM, OPERATION MECHANISM AND SWITCHING DEVICE ASSEMBLY PRATHER, GREGORY T —
19086443 METHOD FOR ESTABLISHING A SECURE CONNECTION TO AN INDUSTRIAL DEVICE AVERY, JEREMIAH L —
19006377 CONTACTOR GBLENDE, JEFFREY A —
18976670 FIELD BUS SYSTEM SYED, NABIL H —

Interview Candidates (11)

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
19214637 ROTATION SHAFT STRUCTURE, TRANSMISSION SYSTEM, OPERATION MECHANISM AND SWITCHING DEVICE ASSEMBLY PRATHER, GREGORY T —
19173272 ELECTRICAL PROTECTION DEVICE, ELECTRICAL INSTALLATION AND ASSOCIATED CONTROL METHOD BAUER, SCOTT ALLEN —
19086443 METHOD FOR ESTABLISHING A SECURE CONNECTION TO AN INDUSTRIAL DEVICE AVERY, JEREMIAH L —
19078569 SHORT-CIRCUIT PROTECTION CIRCUIT FOR SIC MOS TRANSISTOR CLARK, CHRISTOPHER JAY —
18976670 FIELD BUS SYSTEM SYED, NABIL H —
18897252 ACTUATING DEVICE SAEED, AHMED M —
18988813 MACHINE LEARNING SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ONLINE DETECTION OF OBJECTS IN IMAGES NAH, JONGBONG —
18988796 MACHINE LEARNING SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SEGMENTING OBJECTS IN IMAGES FROM THEIR BACKGROUNDS NAH, JONGBONG —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2838 5
2858 5
2116 3
2449 2
2847 2
2674 2
3632 2
2118 2
2443 2
3618 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19214637 ROTATION SHAFT STRUCTURE, TRANSMISSION SYSTEM, OPERATION MECHANISM AND SWITCHING DEVICE ASSEMBLY PRATHER, GREGORY T 3618 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending May 21, 2025
19173272 ELECTRICAL PROTECTION DEVICE, ELECTRICAL INSTALLATION AND ASSOCIATED CONTROL METHOD BAUER, SCOTT ALLEN — §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 08, 2025
19086443 METHOD FOR ESTABLISHING A SECURE CONNECTION TO AN INDUSTRIAL DEVICE AVERY, JEREMIAH L — §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 21, 2025
19078569 SHORT-CIRCUIT PROTECTION CIRCUIT FOR SIC MOS TRANSISTOR CLARK, CHRISTOPHER JAY — §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 13, 2025
19006377 CONTACTOR GBLENDE, JEFFREY A — §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 31, 2024
18976670 FIELD BUS SYSTEM SYED, NABIL H — §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 11, 2024
18969388 DATA PROCESSING METHODS IN AN ETHERNET NETWORK, AND DATA PROCESSING APPARATUSES IN AN ETHERNET NETWORK CELANI, NICHOLAS P 2449 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 05, 2024
18955180 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CALIBRATING THE DEMODULATION OF DATA MODULATED BY MODULATING THE AMPLITUDE OF A LIGHT SIGNAL EMITTED BY A LIGHT SOURCE LEE, JAI M — §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 21, 2024
18951770 DISTRIBUTED INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION SYSTEMS ALI, MOHAMMAD — §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 19, 2024
18921062 METHOD TO OPERATE HOISTING APPLIANCE FOR ACCURATE PREDICTIVE MAINTENANCE HOLMES, JUSTIN 3664 §101 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 21, 2024
18897252 ACTUATING DEVICE SAEED, AHMED M — §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 26, 2024
18884474 CONNECTION SLEEVE AND SWITCH CABINET MISHLER, ROBIN J 2841 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Sep 13, 2024
18761914 LATCHING MODULE FOR ELECTRICAL DEVICE AND CONTACTOR COMPRISING THE LATCHING MODULE ROJAS, BERNARD 2837 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 02, 2024
18652859 METHOD FOR DETERMINING A QUANTITY OF GAS CONTAINED IN AN INSULATED SWITCHGEAR RIVERA VARGAS, MANUEL A — §101 Non-Final OA — Pending May 02, 2024
18635706 METHOD FOR TRAINING A MODEL ABLE TO PREDICT A POWER CONSUMPTION OR PRODUCTION OF AT LEAST ONE ELECTRIC EQUIPMENT ANDERSON, SCOTT C — §101§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 15, 2024
18626421 ABSOLUTE TIME IN INDUSTRIAL SYSTEM ASHLEY, HUGH MARK 2463 §102 Non-Final OA 70d Pending Apr 04, 2024
18625647 OPTICAL ETHERNET BUS VANDERPUYE, KENNETH N 2634 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 03, 2024
18581521 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROTECTING AN ELECTRICAL DISTRIBUTION NETWORK COMPRISING AT LEAST TWO SOURCES OF ELECTRICAL ENERGY THOMAS, LUCY M 2838 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Feb 20, 2024
18423701 PRESSURE VESSEL ALONZO MILLER, RHADAMES J 2847 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 26, 2024
18411770 COMMUNICATION IN MULTI-CARRIER SYSTEMS, LINEAR MOTORS, TRANSPORT DEVICES AGARED, GABRIEL T 2846 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 12, 2024
18374029 CHARGING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PREVENTING DEW CONDENSATION OF CHARGING DEVICE FRANKLIN, JAMARA ALZAIDA — §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 28, 2023
18035445 PLANT INFRASTRUCTURE MODELLING LI, LIANG Y — §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending May 04, 2023
18104824 SECURED CONTAINER DEPLOYMENT PAULINO, LENIN 2197 §103 Final Rejection 29d Pending Feb 02, 2023
17792672 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING MEASUREMENT PARAMETERS NYAMOGO, JOSEPH A 2858 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 13, 2022
17511712 IOT GATEWAY FOR INDUSTRIAL CONTROL SYSTEMS, ASSOCIATED DEVICES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS RAZA, MUHAMMAD A 2449 §103 Final Rejection 51d overdue Pending Oct 27, 2021
17347647 METHOD FOR CORRELATING POSITION AND PROFILE MEASUREMENTS FOR A HOISTING APPLIANCE CLOUSER, BENJAMIN WADE 3645 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Jun 15, 2021
19050677 TEMPERATURE COMPENSATION FOR CURRENT TRANSFORMER METERING MILLER, DANIEL R 2858 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 11, 2025
19019055 Systems and Methods for Identifying and Managing Stress Conditions, Risk State or Aging State Associated with Capacitors LE, THANG XUAN — §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 13, 2025
18988813 MACHINE LEARNING SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ONLINE DETECTION OF OBJECTS IN IMAGES NAH, JONGBONG 2674 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 19, 2024
18988796 MACHINE LEARNING SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SEGMENTING OBJECTS IN IMAGES FROM THEIR BACKGROUNDS NAH, JONGBONG 2674 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 19, 2024
18975462 HIGH FREQUENCY DIRECT ELECTRICAL HEATING SEIFU, LESSANEWORK T 1774 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 10, 2024
18947917 SHORT CIRCUIT CABLE SUPPORT MILLNER, MONICA E 3632 §102 Final Rejection — Pending Nov 14, 2024
18928977 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REDUCING ALARM NUISANCE BEHAVIORS IN AN ELECTRICAL SYSTEM ADNAN, MUHAMMAD 2688 §103DP Final Rejection 2d overdue Pending Oct 28, 2024
18841886 APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING EVENT INDICATION COMBER, KEVIN J 2838 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Aug 27, 2024
18800669 DIGITAL CONTROL FOR CIRCUIT BREAKERS AL-TAWEEL, MUAAMAR QAHTAN 2838 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 12, 2024
18786809 LOCKING CURRENT TRANSFORMER HAWKINS, DOMINIC E 2858 §103 Final Rejection 33d Pending Jul 29, 2024
18787921 COMPUTER SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CLASSIFYING ASSETS IN AUTOMATED AND INDUSTRIAL CONTROL SYSTEMS LU, HUA 2118 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 29, 2024
18784628 CONTROLLING LOAD CENTERS BASED ON THERMAL CHARACTERISTICS JARRETT, RYAN A 2116 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 25, 2024
18760820 COMPUTER SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LABELLING NUISANCE ALARMS IN AUTOMATION AND INDUSTRIAL CONTROL SYSTEMS BLACK-CHILDRESS, RAJSHEED O 2685 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 01, 2024
18656823 MECHANICAL WIRE LUG CLAMPING PAUMEN, GARY F — §102 Final Rejection — Pending May 07, 2024
18653108 ESCUTCHEON MODULES FOR CIRCUIT BREAKERS SAEED, AHMED M 2831 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending May 02, 2024
18636959 GROUND FAULT INTERRUPT FOR HVAC EQUIPMENT OUTLET DISCONNECT COMBER, KEVIN J 2838 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 16, 2024
18635716 COMPUTER SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SECURE PASSWORD RESET OF PASSWORD PROTECTED DEVICES HO, DAO Q 2432 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 15, 2024
18632683 MACHINE LEARNING OPTIMIZATION OF A PROCESS IN VIEW OF PREDICTED SUSTAINABILITY NGUYEN, PHUOC H — §101§102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 11, 2024
18632948 MACHINE LEARNING OPTIMIZATION OF MULTIPLE PROCESSES IN VIEW OF PREDICTED SUSTAINABILITY COLE, BRANDON S — §101§102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 11, 2024
18697043 MAINTENANCE DATA SANITIZATION WON, MICHAEL YOUNG 2443 §103 Non-Final OA 28d overdue Pending Mar 29, 2024
18603523 MOTOR DIAGNOSTICS SYSTEMS AND METHODS LE, JOHN H — §101§102 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 13, 2024
18539141 APPARATUSES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR SCREENING ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS PRETLOW, DEMETRIUS R 2858 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Dec 13, 2023
18367233 INDUCTIVE COUPLING PROXIMITY CURRENT SENSOR FOR ENERGY MEASUREMENT HOSSAIN, KAZI S — §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 12, 2023
18183576 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VISUALIZATION OF FLOW DIRECTION IN A DISTRIBUTION NETWORK JARRETT, SCOTT L 3625 §101 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 14, 2023
18078516 ELECTRICAL EVENT RECOVERY SYSTEM AND METHOD NGUYEN, PHIL K 2176 §103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Dec 09, 2022
17985506 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATICALLY IDENTIFYING, ANALYZING AND REDUCING EXTRANEOUS WAVEFORM CAPTURES SULTANA, DILARA 2858 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Nov 11, 2022
18054181 METERING DEVICE WITH PROXIMITY DETECTION ADDY, ANTHONY S 2645 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 10, 2022
17918070 RELATIONSHIP-BASED ACCESS CONTROL FOR IOT NETWORKS DAVIS, ZACHARY A 2492 §103§112 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Oct 10, 2022
19034072 AIR-CONTAINMENT SYSTEM BEAM WILKENS, JANET MARIE — §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 22, 2025
18990379 DC/DC CONVERTER FOR HIGH-EFFICIENCY CONVERSION TIKU, SISAY G — §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 20, 2024
18980150 WARRANTY AND SERVICE CONTRACT MANAGEMENT VAN BRAMER, JOHN W 3622 §101 Final Rejection — Pending Dec 13, 2024
18962494 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR UNIFIED POWER FLOW CONTROLLER IMPLEMENTATION GANNON, LEVI — §103 Final Rejection — Pending Nov 27, 2024
18911737 EQUIPMENT RACK ARRANGEMENT VORTMAN, ANATOLY — §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 10, 2024
18760087 NOVEL HIGH EFFICIENCY LINE INTERACTIVE UPS ROSARIO BENITEZ, GUSTAVO A 2838 §102§103 Non-Final OA 16d Pending Jul 01, 2024
18594306 MANIFOLD AND METHODS TO IMPLEMENT LIQUID COOLING IN AN UNINTERRUPTIBLE POWER SUPPLY ALONZO MILLER, RHADAMES J 2847 §103 Final Rejection 6d Pending Mar 04, 2024
18407049 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTERFACING WITH BATTERIES HAVING DIFFERENT CHARGING CHARACTERISTICS HESS, DANIEL A — §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 08, 2024
18527481 AUXILIARY SIDE RACK GARFT, CHRISTOPHER 3632 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 28d Pending Dec 04, 2023
18526184 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LOAD HARMONIC SUPPRESSION PHAM, DUC M 2849 §103 Final Rejection 72d overdue Pending Dec 01, 2023
18380743 UNINTERRUPTIBLE POWER SYSTEM BYPASS SWITCH CONTROL GUSTAFSON, MATHEW DONALD 2113 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 17, 2023
18224114 CLOUD BASED LI-ION BATTERY LIFE OPTIMIZATION THROUGH STATE OF CHARGE LIMIT CONTROL GRANT, ROBERT J 2859 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 20, 2023
18946452 COMPUTER SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING NETWORKED ASSETS POUDEL, SANTOSH RAJ 2115 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 13, 2024
18735582 PROBABILISTIC DETERMINATION OF ALARM PRIORITIES FOR SHELVING DAVIS, CYNTHIA L — §101§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 06, 2024
18678665 TELEMETRY COMMUNICATION SYSTEM RECEK, JASON D 2458 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending May 30, 2024
18667536 GRAPHICAL USER AUTHENTICATION FOR EDGE DEVICES KIM, HEE SOO 2443 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending May 17, 2024
18658549 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTONOMOUS ANOMALY MANAGEMENT OF AN INDUSTRIAL SITE CHAU, JESSICA DORA 2116 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending May 08, 2024
18646332 INDUSTRIAL PROCESS DEVICE FINGERPRINTING BINCZAK, BRANDON MICHAEL 2116 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 25, 2024
18511453 VIRTUAL PLANT OPERATOR PHANTANA ANGKOOL, DAVID 2172 §103 Final Rejection 15d overdue Pending Nov 16, 2023
18484027 VIRTUAL CONTROLLER DEPLOYED ON INTRINSICALLY SAFE FIELD DEVICE KABIR, SAAD M 2119 §102 Final Rejection — Pending Oct 10, 2023
18378564 MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR INFRASTRUCTURE OF AN INDUSTRIAL SYSTEM ALAM, ROKEYA SHAWALI 2118 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 10, 2023
18217311 OPTIMIZED PLANT OPERATING REGION AND ALARM LIMIT ADVISORY JOHANSEN, JOHN E — §101§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 30, 2023
17566136 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING OPERATOR VARIATION ANALYSIS FOR STEADY STATE OPERATION OF CONTINUOUS OR BATCH WISE CONTINUOUS PROCESSES ROTARU, OCTAVIAN 3624 §101§103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Dec 30, 2021
17442403 AUTOMATIC EXTRACTION OF ASSETS DATA FROM ENGINEERING DATA SOURCES WELCH, JENNIFER N 2100 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Sep 23, 2021

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