Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
6 pending office actions • 2 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 6 patents granted in the last 365 days
Schneider Toshiba Inverter Europe SAS is managing 6 pending office actions in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. These actions are relatively concentrated at the group level, appearing in only 2 distinct art units. This suggests that while the company has multiple active matters, they fall into a narrow range of technical classifications, which may allow for more consistent arguments across the 6 pending office actions.
The 6 pending office actions are distributed among 5 distinct examiners. ISLAM, MUHAMMAD S is the busiest examiner, responsible for 2 pending office actions. Since 5 distinct examiners are involved, most cases are being reviewed independently, though the 2 distinct art units provide some level of consistency in the examination environment. Managing 6 pending office actions with 5 distinct examiners requires balancing the specific feedback of individual examiners with the broader technical standards enforced within the 2 distinct art units.
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 only | 1 (17%) |
| §103 only | 1 (17%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (67%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ISLAM, MUHAMMAD S | 2 | 88.2% | +8.9% |
| AGARED, GABRIEL T | 1 | 83.0% | +19.1% |
| TRAN, NGUYEN | 1 | 83.6% | +7.5% |
| SHARMA, ADITYA | 1 | 79.5% | +28.1% |
| ISLAM, MOHAMMAD K | 1 | 82.9% | +17.2% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18989798 | METHOD OF MONITORING A STARTER, STARTER, AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | AGARED, GABRIEL T | — |
| 18987229 | DC-LINK VOLTAGE RAMP-UP | TRAN, NGUYEN | — |
| 18908989 | METHODS FOR CONFIGURING A MOTOR DRIVE AND APPARATUSES FOR IMPLEMENTING THE SAME | ISLAM, MUHAMMAD S | — |
| 18909294 | METHODS FOR CONFIGURING A MOTOR DRIVE AND APPARATUSES FOR IMPLEMENTING THE SAME | ISLAM, MUHAMMAD S | — |
| 18533797 | METHOD FOR IDENTIFICATION OF IMPELLER WEAR AND EXCESSIVE WEAR-RING CLEARANCE IN CENTRIFUGAL PUMPS | ISLAM, MOHAMMAD K | — |
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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18989798 | METHOD OF MONITORING A STARTER, STARTER, AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | AGARED, GABRIEL T | — |
| 18772478 | COVER BOX FOR PROTECTING AN ELECTRICAL CONNECTION, ASSEMBLY, AND RELATED METHOD | SHARMA, ADITYA | — |
| 18533797 | METHOD FOR IDENTIFICATION OF IMPELLER WEAR AND EXCESSIVE WEAR-RING CLEARANCE IN CENTRIFUGAL PUMPS | ISLAM, MOHAMMAD K | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2847 | 1 |
| 2857 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18989798 | METHOD OF MONITORING A STARTER, STARTER, AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | AGARED, GABRIEL T | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2024 |
| 18987229 | DC-LINK VOLTAGE RAMP-UP | TRAN, NGUYEN | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 19, 2024 |
| 18908989 | METHODS FOR CONFIGURING A MOTOR DRIVE AND APPARATUSES FOR IMPLEMENTING THE SAME | ISLAM, MUHAMMAD S | — | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 08, 2024 |
| 18909294 | METHODS FOR CONFIGURING A MOTOR DRIVE AND APPARATUSES FOR IMPLEMENTING THE SAME | ISLAM, MUHAMMAD S | — | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 08, 2024 |
| 18772478 | COVER BOX FOR PROTECTING AN ELECTRICAL CONNECTION, ASSEMBLY, AND RELATED METHOD | SHARMA, ADITYA | 2847 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 15, 2024 |
| 18533797 | METHOD FOR IDENTIFICATION OF IMPELLER WEAR AND EXCESSIVE WEAR-RING CLEARANCE IN CENTRIFUGAL PUMPS | ISLAM, MOHAMMAD K | 2857 | §101 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 08, 2023 |
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