Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Sew-eurodrive GmbH & Co. KG

Technology areas: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems

9 pending office actions • 7 art units • 9 examiners • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 33 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Sew-eurodrive GmbH & Co. KG has 9 pending office actions in Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics. The matters involve 9 examiners and 7 art units, indicating distinct examiner assignments with some art-unit overlap.

LE, TIEN MINH is the busiest examiner with 1 pending matter. Examiner concentration is not shown. The shared art-unit structure may nevertheless support coordinated review of recurring technical or claim issues.

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

Portfolio Summary

9
Total Pending OAs
5
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
1
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
0
Due this week
1
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.

7
Hard (78%)
2
Medium (22%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only2 (22%)
Multi-statute (no §101)7 (78%)

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
6
Semiconductors
67% of docket
3
Mechanical / Eng
33% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% 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.

90 h
Manual time on pending OAs
18 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
31 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.8 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
LE, TIEN MINH 1 72.3% +16.6%
VO, ETHAN NGUYEN 1 78.8% +10.2%
SAN MARTIN, EDGARDO 1 76.0% +6.6%
SUBRAMANIAN, VISWANATHAN 1 81.5% +19.3%
PUENTES, DANIEL CALRISSIAN 1 88.7% +3.1%
SMITH, JASON CHRISTOPHER 1 83.6% +13.0%
PHILLIPS, FORREST M 1 83.2% +14.2%
FERGUSON, MICHAEL P 1 63.3% +73.5%
CHAN, KAWING 1 73.5% +11.8%

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
17613274 DRIVE, INCLUDING AN ELECTRIC MOTOR HAVING A ROTOR SHAFT, ANGLE SENSOR, AND HOOD PART AND CONNECTION MODULE, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A DRIVE PHILLIPS, FORREST M —

Hard Cases (7)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18703464 INSTALLATION FOR THE INDUCTIVE TRANSFER OF ELECTRIC POWER FROM A PRIMARY CONDUCTOR SYSTEM OF THE INSTALLATION TO A SECONDARY WINDING OF A MOBILE PART OF THE INSTALLATION THAT IS MOVABLE RELATIVE TO THE PRIMARY CONDUCTOR SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR OPERATING AN INSTALLATION PUENTES, DANIEL CALRISSIAN 128d overdue
18709244 BRAKE ARRANGEMENT WITH, E.G., A SHAFT TO BE BRAKED AND A HOUSING PART SUBRAMANIAN, VISWANATHAN 22d
18997912 METHOD FOR OPERATING A TECHNICAL INSTALLATION, AND TECHNICAL INSTALLATION LE, TIEN MINH —
18997904 BRAKE ASSEMBLY INCLUDING A SHAFT AND A BRAKE-LINING CARRIER VO, ETHAN NGUYEN —
18560519 BRAKE ASSEMBLY, INCLUDING A BRAKE, AN ADAPTER, AND A TRANSMISSION SMITH, JASON CHRISTOPHER —
17257681 CLAMPING DEVICE FERGUSON, MICHAEL P —
14007231 Converter Assembly, Method for Producing a Converter Assembly and Method for Operating a Converter Assembly CHAN, KAWING —

Interview Candidates (7)

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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18709244 BRAKE ARRANGEMENT WITH, E.G., A SHAFT TO BE BRAKED AND A HOUSING PART SUBRAMANIAN, VISWANATHAN 22d
18997912 METHOD FOR OPERATING A TECHNICAL INSTALLATION, AND TECHNICAL INSTALLATION LE, TIEN MINH —
18997904 BRAKE ASSEMBLY INCLUDING A SHAFT AND A BRAKE-LINING CARRIER VO, ETHAN NGUYEN —
18560519 BRAKE ASSEMBLY, INCLUDING A BRAKE, AN ADAPTER, AND A TRANSMISSION SMITH, JASON CHRISTOPHER —
17613274 DRIVE, INCLUDING AN ELECTRIC MOTOR HAVING A ROTOR SHAFT, ANGLE SENSOR, AND HOOD PART AND CONNECTION MODULE, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A DRIVE PHILLIPS, FORREST M —
17257681 CLAMPING DEVICE FERGUSON, MICHAEL P —
14007231 Converter Assembly, Method for Producing a Converter Assembly and Method for Operating a Converter Assembly CHAN, KAWING —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2834 2
2837 2
3656 1
2836 1
3615 1
3619 1
2846 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18997912 METHOD FOR OPERATING A TECHNICAL INSTALLATION, AND TECHNICAL INSTALLATION LE, TIEN MINH 3656 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 23, 2025
18997904 BRAKE ASSEMBLY INCLUDING A SHAFT AND A BRAKE-LINING CARRIER VO, ETHAN NGUYEN 2834 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 23, 2025
18838810 DRIVE SAN MARTIN, EDGARDO 2837 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Aug 15, 2024
18709244 BRAKE ARRANGEMENT WITH, E.G., A SHAFT TO BE BRAKED AND A HOUSING PART SUBRAMANIAN, VISWANATHAN 2834 §102§103 Non-Final OA 22d Pending May 10, 2024
18703464 INSTALLATION FOR THE INDUCTIVE TRANSFER OF ELECTRIC POWER FROM A PRIMARY CONDUCTOR SYSTEM OF THE INSTALLATION TO A SECONDARY WINDING OF A MOBILE PART OF THE INSTALLATION THAT IS MOVABLE RELATIVE TO THE PRIMARY CONDUCTOR SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR OPERATING AN INSTALLATION PUENTES, DANIEL CALRISSIAN 2836 §103§112 Non-Final OA 128d overdue Pending Apr 22, 2024
18560519 BRAKE ASSEMBLY, INCLUDING A BRAKE, AN ADAPTER, AND A TRANSMISSION SMITH, JASON CHRISTOPHER 3615 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 13, 2023
17613274 DRIVE, INCLUDING AN ELECTRIC MOTOR HAVING A ROTOR SHAFT, ANGLE SENSOR, AND HOOD PART AND CONNECTION MODULE, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A DRIVE PHILLIPS, FORREST M 2837 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Nov 22, 2021
17257681 CLAMPING DEVICE FERGUSON, MICHAEL P 3619 §103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Jan 04, 2021
14007231 Converter Assembly, Method for Producing a Converter Assembly and Method for Operating a Converter Assembly CHAN, KAWING 2846 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 24, 2013

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Sew-eurodrive GmbH & Co. KG have?

Sew-eurodrive GmbH & Co. KG has 9 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 7 art units and 9 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Sew-eurodrive GmbH & Co. KG applications?

Tien Minh Le has the most, with 1 of Sew-eurodrive GmbH & Co. KG's pending office actions.

What technology area are Sew-eurodrive GmbH & Co. KG's patent applications in?

Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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