Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
4 pending office actions • 4 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 8 patents granted in the last 365 days
Seg Automotive Germany GmbH has 4 pending office actions in Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics. The matters involve 4 distinct examiners and 4 distinct art units, so prosecution is distributed across separate examination channels.
GBLENDE, JEFFREY A is the busiest examiner. Because the assignments are dispersed, counsel should track each record independently while coordinating technical terminology and amendment positions across the portfolio.
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 (25%) |
| §101 + other | 1 (25%) |
| §103 only | 2 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GBLENDE, JEFFREY A | 1 | 85.8% | +8.6% |
| DINH, THAI T | 1 | 85.9% | +0.5% |
| FITZPATRICK, JULIA GRACE | 1 | 85.1% | +1.1% |
| CHAN, KAWING | 1 | 73.5% | +11.8% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18919205 | Method of operating an inverter circuit, inverter control unit and inverter arrangement | GBLENDE, JEFFREY A | — |
| 18770216 | Assembly comprising a semiconductor component and a temperature sensor unit for measuring a temperature of the semiconductor component, and switch arrangement | FITZPATRICK, JULIA GRACE | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18902464 | Inverter for driving an electric machine and method of operating the inverter | DINH, THAI T | — |
| 18753076 | Inverter for controlling an electrical machine, method of operating the inverter and safety control device | CHAN, KAWING | — |
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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18753076 | Inverter for controlling an electrical machine, method of operating the inverter and safety control device | CHAN, KAWING | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2838 | 1 |
| 2837 | 1 |
| 2855 | 1 |
| 2846 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18919205 | Method of operating an inverter circuit, inverter control unit and inverter arrangement | GBLENDE, JEFFREY A | 2838 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 17, 2024 |
| 18902464 | Inverter for driving an electric machine and method of operating the inverter | DINH, THAI T | 2837 | §101§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 30, 2024 |
| 18770216 | Assembly comprising a semiconductor component and a temperature sensor unit for measuring a temperature of the semiconductor component, and switch arrangement | FITZPATRICK, JULIA GRACE | 2855 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 11, 2024 |
| 18753076 | Inverter for controlling an electrical machine, method of operating the inverter and safety control device | CHAN, KAWING | 2846 | §101 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 25, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialSeg Automotive Germany GmbH has 4 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 4 art units and 4 examiners.
Jeffrey A Gblende has the most, with 1 of Seg Automotive Germany GmbH's pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
