Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Computing & Software • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
6 pending office actions • 4 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 9 patents granted in the last 365 days
Siemens Industry Software NV maintains a portfolio with 6 pending office actions in the Computing & Software technology area. These matters are distributed across 6 distinct examiners. This distribution requires the applicant to navigate unique examiner styles for every active case, as no pending matters are assigned to the same individual.
The workload spans 4 distinct art units, showing that the company's software innovations touch upon multiple specialized sub-sectors within the patent office. This variety in art units suggests that the pending office actions involve diverse technical subject matter within the broader computing field. The breadth of the portfolio across these different units indicates a multi-faceted approach to software patenting.
SHANMUGASUNDARAM, KANNAN is identified as the busiest examiner for the company, currently overseeing 1 pending office action. Since this busiest examiner only holds 1 pending matter, the portfolio is balanced across the various officials involved. This lack of concentration means that the company does not rely on a particular examiner for a large portion of its active prosecution results.
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.
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 | 2 (33%) |
| §101 + other | 2 (33%) |
| §102 only | 1 (17%) |
| §112 only | 1 (17%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHANMUGASUNDARAM, KANNAN | 1 | 72.4% | +35.7% |
| SCHWARZENBERG, PAUL | 1 | 61.6% | +27.8% |
| TSENG, KYLE HWA-KAI | 1 | 48.0% | +60.4% |
| GEBRESILASSIE, KIBROM K | 1 | 72.3% | +25.8% |
| COCCHI, MICHAEL EDWARD | 1 | 40.9% | +47.7% |
| PARK, HYUN D | 1 | 41.7% | +22.8% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18000296 | MACHINE LEARNING-BASED SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE DETERMINATION | GEBRESILASSIE, KIBROM K | 7d |
| 18266050 | CO-SIMULATION, COMPUTER SYSTEM | SCHWARZENBERG, PAUL | — |
| 18021755 | Method and Apparatus for Obtaining a Composite Laminate | TSENG, KYLE HWA-KAI | — |
| 17771098 | COMPUTER IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR SIMULATION OF TIRE PERFORMANCE | COCCHI, MICHAEL EDWARD | — |
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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18272780 | COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD AND DEVICE FOR RESOLVING CLOSED LOOPS IN AUTOMATIC FAULT TREE ANALYSIS OF A MULTI-COMPONENT SYSTEM | SHANMUGASUNDARAM, KANNAN | 5d overdue |
| 18000296 | MACHINE LEARNING-BASED SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE DETERMINATION | GEBRESILASSIE, KIBROM K | 7d |
| 18266050 | CO-SIMULATION, COMPUTER SYSTEM | SCHWARZENBERG, PAUL | — |
| 18021755 | Method and Apparatus for Obtaining a Composite Laminate | TSENG, KYLE HWA-KAI | — |
| 17771098 | COMPUTER IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR SIMULATION OF TIRE PERFORMANCE | COCCHI, MICHAEL EDWARD | — |
| 16076741 | Automotive Testing System, Method and Computer Program Product | PARK, HYUN D | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2189 | 2 |
| 2168 | 1 |
| 2188 | 1 |
| 2857 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18272780 | COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD AND DEVICE FOR RESOLVING CLOSED LOOPS IN AUTOMATIC FAULT TREE ANALYSIS OF A MULTI-COMPONENT SYSTEM | SHANMUGASUNDARAM, KANNAN | 2168 | §102 | Final Rejection | 5d overdue | Pending | Jul 17, 2023 |
| 18266050 | CO-SIMULATION, COMPUTER SYSTEM | SCHWARZENBERG, PAUL | — | §101§102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 08, 2023 |
| 18021755 | Method and Apparatus for Obtaining a Composite Laminate | TSENG, KYLE HWA-KAI | 2189 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 16, 2023 |
| 18000296 | MACHINE LEARNING-BASED SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE DETERMINATION | GEBRESILASSIE, KIBROM K | 2189 | §101 | Final Rejection | 7d | Pending | Nov 30, 2022 |
| 17771098 | COMPUTER IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR SIMULATION OF TIRE PERFORMANCE | COCCHI, MICHAEL EDWARD | 2188 | §101 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 22, 2022 |
| 16076741 | Automotive Testing System, Method and Computer Program Product | PARK, HYUN D | 2857 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 09, 2018 |
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