Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Seg Automotive Germany GmbH

4 pending office actions • 3 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 9 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

4
Total Pending OAs
1
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

1
Overdue
1
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.

3
Hard (75%)
1
Medium (25%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only1 (25%)
Multi-statute (no §101)3 (75%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
3
Semiconductors
75% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
1
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.

40 h
Manual time on pending OAs
8 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
14 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
FITZPATRICK, JULIA GRACE 1 82.1% +3.2%
BEHM, HARRY RAYMOND 1 79.6% +7.1%
GANNON, LEVI 1 82.7% +6.9%
CRUM, JACOB R 1 74.2% +28.3%

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
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

Hard Cases (3)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18588862 HALF-BRIDGE SWITCH ARRANGEMENT CRUM, JACOB R 36d overdue
18751581 Power converter, electrical machine unit and method for current conversion BEHM, HARRY RAYMOND 7d
18626168 Method for operating a power supply circuit in an inverter for driving an electric machine, computing unit, power supply circuit in an inverter and inverter GANNON, LEVI

Interview Candidates (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18588862 HALF-BRIDGE SWITCH ARRANGEMENT CRUM, JACOB R 36d overdue

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2838 1
2849 1
2835 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
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 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 11, 2024
18751581 Power converter, electrical machine unit and method for current conversion BEHM, HARRY RAYMOND 2838 §102§103 Final Rejection 7d Pending Jun 24, 2024
18626168 Method for operating a power supply circuit in an inverter for driving an electric machine, computing unit, power supply circuit in an inverter and inverter GANNON, LEVI 2849 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Apr 03, 2024
18588862 HALF-BRIDGE SWITCH ARRANGEMENT CRUM, JACOB R 2835 §102§103 Final Rejection 36d overdue Pending Feb 27, 2024

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