Prosecution Insights
Last updated: July 17, 2026

Schneider Electric SE

60 pending office actions • 33 art units • 56 examiners • 0 of 60 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 175 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

60
Total Pending OAs
46
Non-Final OAs
13
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 14 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

5
Overdue
0
Due this week
3
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
5
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. 14 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (5)Due ≤ 30 days (3)Due ≤ 60 days (1)Due later (5)

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.

2
Hard (3%)
51
Medium (85%)
6
Easy (10%)
1
Unknown (2%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only2 (3%)
§103 only41 (68%)
§102 only10 (17%)
§112 only3 (5%)
Double-patenting only3 (5%)
No statute on record1 (2%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
17
Information Tech
28% of docket
1
Communications
2% of docket
20
Semiconductors
33% of docket
7
Mechanical / Eng
12% of docket
15
Business / Other
25% 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.

600 h
Manual time on pending OAs
120 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
210 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
5.2 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
BELLIDO, NICOLAS G 2 89.1% +12.9%
THOMAS, LUCY M 2 62.6% +18.4%
AURORA, REENA 2 87.0% -13.5%
CAVALLARI, DANIEL 2 78.4% +14.2%
CASILLASHERNANDEZ, OMAR 1 77.1% +17.5%
AVERY, JEREMIAH L 1 82.9% +15.5%
SINGH, KAVEL 1 83.6% +13.9%
BIDWELL, JAMES R 1 89.7% +8.3%
AGARED, GABRIEL T 1 83.0% +19.2%
ROJAS, BERNARD 1 83.1% +7.7%

Quick Wins (8)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18672423 CURRENT SENSING USING PANEL PLANE AURORA, REENA 43d overdue
19086443 METHOD FOR ESTABLISHING A SECURE CONNECTION TO AN INDUSTRIAL DEVICE AVERY, JEREMIAH L
19059710 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DETERMINING MOTION PROFILE DATA FOR A TRANSPORT SYSTEM SINGH, KAVEL
18899078 METHOD FOR TRACK CALIBRATION AND SYSTEM FOR TRACK CALIBRATION AGARED, GABRIEL T
18797606 CURRENT BREAKING DEVICE FOR INTERRUPTING A HIGH VOLTAGE DIRECT CURRENT PATH BELLIDO, NICOLAS G
18785128 ELECTRICAL PROTECTION DEVICE CONFIGURED TO AUTOMATICALLY DETERMINE A CAUSE OF AN ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT OPENING AND ASSOCIATED METHOD ROJAS, BERNARD
18411588 COMMUNICATION IN MULTI-CARRIER SYSTEMS, LINEAR MOTORS, TRANSPORT DEVICES AURORA, REENA
18519382 POWER DISTRIBUTION EQUIPMENT AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF BELLIDO, NICOLAS G

Hard Cases (2)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18652859 METHOD FOR DETERMINING A QUANTITY OF GAS CONTAINED IN AN INSULATED SWITCHGEAR RIVERA VARGAS, MANUEL A
18183576 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VISUALIZATION OF FLOW DIRECTION IN A DISTRIBUTION NETWORK JARRETT, SCOTT L

Interview Candidates (10)

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
19089181 CONTROL UNIT FOR AN ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT BREAKER AND ASSOCIATED ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT BREAKER CASILLASHERNANDEZ, OMAR
19086443 METHOD FOR ESTABLISHING A SECURE CONNECTION TO AN INDUSTRIAL DEVICE AVERY, JEREMIAH L
19059710 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DETERMINING MOTION PROFILE DATA FOR A TRANSPORT SYSTEM SINGH, KAVEL
18899078 METHOD FOR TRACK CALIBRATION AND SYSTEM FOR TRACK CALIBRATION AGARED, GABRIEL T
18797606 CURRENT BREAKING DEVICE FOR INTERRUPTING A HIGH VOLTAGE DIRECT CURRENT PATH BELLIDO, NICOLAS G
18795294 CONTACTOR AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF THOMAS, LUCY M
18581521 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROTECTING AN ELECTRICAL DISTRIBUTION NETWORK COMPRISING AT LEAST TWO SOURCES OF ELECTRICAL ENERGY THOMAS, LUCY M
18519382 POWER DISTRIBUTION EQUIPMENT AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF BELLIDO, NICOLAS G

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2838 5
2858 3
2837 2
2836 2
2198 2
3624 2
3632 2
2849 2
3651 1
2463 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19089181 CONTROL UNIT FOR AN ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT BREAKER AND ASSOCIATED ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT BREAKER CASILLASHERNANDEZ, OMAR DP Non-Final OA Pending Mar 25, 2025
19086443 METHOD FOR ESTABLISHING A SECURE CONNECTION TO AN INDUSTRIAL DEVICE AVERY, JEREMIAH L §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 21, 2025
19059710 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DETERMINING MOTION PROFILE DATA FOR A TRANSPORT SYSTEM SINGH, KAVEL §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 21, 2025
18953192 SYSTEM MONITORING METHOD AND APPARATUS IN A MULTICARRIER SYSTEM, MULTICARRIER SYSTEM BIDWELL, JAMES R 3651 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 20, 2024
18899078 METHOD FOR TRACK CALIBRATION AND SYSTEM FOR TRACK CALIBRATION AGARED, GABRIEL T §112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 27, 2024
18797606 CURRENT BREAKING DEVICE FOR INTERRUPTING A HIGH VOLTAGE DIRECT CURRENT PATH BELLIDO, NICOLAS G 2838 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 08, 2024
18795294 CONTACTOR AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF THOMAS, LUCY M 2838 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 06, 2024
18785128 ELECTRICAL PROTECTION DEVICE CONFIGURED TO AUTOMATICALLY DETERMINE A CAUSE OF AN ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT OPENING AND ASSOCIATED METHOD ROJAS, BERNARD 2837 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 26, 2024
18749978 ARC EXTINGUISHING SYSTEM FOR CONTACTOR AND CONTACTOR BOLTON, WILLIAM A §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 21, 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 §103 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
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
18411588 COMMUNICATION IN MULTI-CARRIER SYSTEMS, LINEAR MOTORS, TRANSPORT DEVICES AURORA, REENA 2858 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 12, 2024
18575576 MOVABLE CONTACT DRIVING DEVICE AND SWITCHING APPARATUS HOMZA, LISA NHUNG 2837 §103 Non-Final OA 83d Pending Dec 29, 2023
18538113 NETWORKING APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING ELECTRICAL POWER OVER WIRED DATA TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS CLEARY, THOMAS J 2175 §103 Final Rejection 89d overdue Pending Dec 13, 2023
18564469 SOLID STATE MOTOR STARTER LAUGHLIN, CHARLES S 2846 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 27, 2023
18519382 POWER DISTRIBUTION EQUIPMENT AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF BELLIDO, NICOLAS G 2838 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 27, 2023
18563149 HYBRID FAST TRANSFER SWITCH AND METHOD FOR FAST SWITCHING BETWEEN POWER SOURCES BY USING THE SAME CAVALLARI, DANIEL 2836 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 21, 2023
18239815 PROCESS IMAGE SHARING ACROSS MULTIPLE PROGRAMMABLE AUTOMATION CONTROLLERS LI, HARRISON 2195 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 30, 2023
18076558 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DETERMINING AN ELECTRICAL QUANTITY IN AN ELECTRICAL INSTALLATION KORANG-BEHESHTI, YOSSEF 2857 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 07, 2022
17900903 SYNCHRONIZATION FOR BACKPLANE COMMUNICATION GUADALUPE CRUZ, AIXA AMYR 2466 §103 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Sep 01, 2022
17792672 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING MEASUREMENT PARAMETERS NYAMOGO, JOSEPH A 2858 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jul 13, 2022
19064247 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CRYPTOGRAPHIC IDENTITY MANAGEMENT IN CONTROL SYSTEMS GOODCHILD, WILLIAM J §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 26, 2025
18910656 RUNTIME COMPONENT FOR HOT-STANDBY AND HIGH AVAILABILITY VITAL, PIERRE M 2198 §103 Final Rejection Pending Oct 09, 2024
18621736 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VIBRATION ANALYSIS HUYNH, PHUONG §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 29, 2024
18511560 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE MODEL FOR OPERATING A PLANT BROWN, MICHAEL J 2115 §102 Non-Final OA 75d Pending Nov 16, 2023
18484002 DIGITAL BRIDGING OVER ADVANCED PHYSICAL LAYER BURD, KEVIN MICHAEL 2632 DP Final Rejection Pending Oct 10, 2023
18378564 MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR INFRASTRUCTURE OF AN INDUSTRIAL SYSTEM ALAM, ROKEYA SHAWALI 2118 §102 Final Rejection Pending Oct 10, 2023
18374101 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPLEMENTING MACHINE LEARNING IN A LOCAL APL EDGE DEVICE WITH POWER CONSTRAINTS KOSSEK, MAGDALENA IZABELLA 2117 §103 Final Rejection Pending Sep 28, 2023
17731659 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR BUILDING A KNOWLEDGE BASE FOR INDUSTRIAL CONTROL AND DESIGN APPLICATIONS PHUNG, QUOC LY PHU 2143 §103 Final Rejection Pending Apr 28, 2022
17679744 SYNCH MANAGER FOR HIGH AVAILABILITY CONTROLLER SEYE, ABDOU K 2198 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 24, 2022
17566136 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING OPERATOR VARIATION ANALYSIS FOR STEADY STATE OPERATION OF CONTINUOUS OR BATCH WISE CONTINUOUS PROCESSES ROTARU, OCTAVIAN 3624 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 30, 2021
18990379 DC/DC CONVERTER FOR HIGH-EFFICIENCY CONVERSION TIKU, SISAY G §102 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 20, 2024
18962494 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR UNIFIED POWER FLOW CONTROLLER IMPLEMENTATION GANNON, LEVI §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 27, 2024
18527481 AUXILIARY SIDE RACK GARFT, CHRISTOPHER 3632 §103 Final Rejection 28d Pending Dec 04, 2023
18528103 MODULAR CONTAINERIZED UPS CAVALLARI, DANIEL 2836 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 04, 2023
18526184 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LOAD HARMONIC SUPPRESSION PHAM, DUC M 2849 §103 Non-Final OA 72d overdue Pending Dec 01, 2023
18380743 UNINTERRUPTIBLE POWER SYSTEM BYPASS SWITCH CONTROL GUSTAFSON, MATHEW DONALD 2113 §103 Final Rejection 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
18221136 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EXECUTING FIRMWARE UPGRADES KENDALL, CHUCK O 2192 §102 Non-Final OA 87d overdue Pending Jul 12, 2023
18214833 BYPASS LINE INCLUDING A HYBRID CIRCUIT BREAKER SHIN, JEFFREY M 2849 §103 Non-Final OA 15d Pending Jun 27, 2023
18958275 LEAKAGE CURRENT MITIGATOR SREEVATSA, SREEYA 2838 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 25, 2024
18868447 ENERGY MANAGEMENT FOR EVSE JACKSON, STEPHEN W DP Non-Final OA Pending Nov 22, 2024
18947917 SHORT CIRCUIT CABLE SUPPORT MILLNER, MONICA E 3632 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 14, 2024
18672423 CURRENT SENSING USING PANEL PLANE AURORA, REENA 2858 §103 Non-Final OA 43d overdue Pending May 23, 2024
18659541 COMPUTER SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING CRYPTOGRAPHIC CONFIGURATION FILES TO COMPUTER APPLICATIONS MYERS, PAUL R 2176 §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 09, 2024
18658507 COMPUTER SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ASSET LOCATION AND MONITORING WALKER, MICHAEL JARED 3627 §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 08, 2024
18656823 MECHANICAL WIRE LUG CLAMPING PAUMEN, GARY F §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 07, 2024
18641772 AI ALGORITHM BALLOTING SYSTEM FOR COMPLEX ELECTRICAL EVENTS AND ISSUES BRYANT, CHRISTIAN THOMAS §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 22, 2024
18631182 Enclosure and Optimizations HOFFBERG, ROBERT JOSEPH 2835 §112 Non-Final OA 9d overdue Pending Apr 10, 2024
18613663 SECURITY PROTOCOL PROXY FOR AN OPERATIONAL TECHNOLOGY SYSTEM DESROSIERS, EVANS 2491 §103 Final Rejection Pending Mar 22, 2024
18597333 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ENERGY ANALYTICS BOLEN, NICHOLAS D 3624 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 06, 2024
18538215 BUS SECTION SPLICE CONNECTION ASSEMBLIES LE, THANH TAM T 2831 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 13, 2023
18378536 PROVISION OF CUSTOMIZED LOGIC FOR ORCHESTRATION CAIN, ZACHARY ANDREW 2116 §103 Final Rejection 75d Pending Oct 10, 2023
18368474 GROUP ELECTRIC VEHICLE SUPPLY EQUIPMENT (EVSE) SYSTEM MCDANIEL, TYNESE V §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 14, 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
18058460 MULTI-PORT MULTI-FUNCTION ENERGY METER KIM, CHONG G 2443 §102 Final Rejection 70d Pending Nov 23, 2022
17918070 RELATIONSHIP-BASED ACCESS CONTROL FOR IOT NETWORKS DAVIS, ZACHARY A 2492 §103 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Oct 10, 2022

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