Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
6 pending office actions • 5 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 9 patents granted in the last 365 days
SKF Lubrication Systems Germany GmbH currently manages 6 pending office actions within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. This workload is distributed across 6 distinct examiners, ensuring that each active matter receives an independent review from a different professional. The prosecution is further spread across 5 distinct art units, indicating that the company's technical filings cover a variety of specialized classifications within the semiconductor sector.
The busiest examiner for this portfolio is TRUONG, MINH D, who is currently managing 1 pending office action. This distribution highlights that the company's pending workload is not concentrated under any single individual, as each of the 6 pending office actions is handled by a different examiner. For practitioners, this high level of distribution across examiners and 5 distinct art units suggests a need for a broad prosecution strategy. The lack of examiner overlap means that the outcomes of these matters are likely to be independent, requiring a focused approach to address the specific technical standards and examiner preferences in each case.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 1 (17%) |
| §102 only | 1 (17%) |
| §112 only | 1 (17%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| TRUONG, MINH D | 1 | 67.2% | +23.7% |
| ROYSTON, JOHN M | 1 | 78.0% | +16.6% |
| ROBERTS, HERBERT K | 1 | 68.4% | +12.6% |
| ALLGOOD, ALESA M | 1 | 82.5% | +18.5% |
| PHAM, TOAN NGOC | 1 | 86.5% | +12.2% |
| TREMARCHE, CONNOR J. | 1 | 65.7% | +27.8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18694628 | FLUID VELOCITY SENSOR UNIT AND/OR FLUID VOLUME FLOW RATE SENSOR UNIT AND DETERMINATION METHOD | PHAM, TOAN NGOC | 1d overdue |
| 18667089 | SENSOR DEVICE | ALLGOOD, ALESA M | 15d |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19081357 | PUMP ELEMENT FOR LUBRICANT | TRUONG, MINH D | 4d overdue |
| 18842624 | FILLING LEVEL MEASUREMENT ARRANGEMENT | ROYSTON, JOHN M | — |
| 18842698 | FILL LEVEL MEASURING SYSTEM AND METHOD | ROBERTS, HERBERT 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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19081357 | PUMP ELEMENT FOR LUBRICANT | TRUONG, MINH D | 4d overdue |
| 18694628 | FLUID VELOCITY SENSOR UNIT AND/OR FLUID VOLUME FLOW RATE SENSOR UNIT AND DETERMINATION METHOD | PHAM, TOAN NGOC | 1d overdue |
| 18667089 | SENSOR DEVICE | ALLGOOD, ALESA M | 15d |
| 18842624 | FILLING LEVEL MEASUREMENT ARRANGEMENT | ROYSTON, JOHN M | — |
| 18842698 | FILL LEVEL MEASURING SYSTEM AND METHOD | ROBERTS, HERBERT K | — |
| 17557126 | RECIPROCATING PISTON LUBRICATION PUMP | TREMARCHE, CONNOR J. | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2855 | 2 |
| 3654 | 1 |
| 2858 | 1 |
| 2685 | 1 |
| 3762 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19081357 | PUMP ELEMENT FOR LUBRICANT | TRUONG, MINH D | 3654 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 4d overdue | Pending | Mar 17, 2025 |
| 18842624 | FILLING LEVEL MEASUREMENT ARRANGEMENT | ROYSTON, JOHN M | 2855 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 29, 2024 |
| 18842698 | FILL LEVEL MEASURING SYSTEM AND METHOD | ROBERTS, HERBERT K | 2855 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 29, 2024 |
| 18667089 | SENSOR DEVICE | ALLGOOD, ALESA M | 2858 | §103 | Final Rejection | 15d | Pending | May 17, 2024 |
| 18694628 | FLUID VELOCITY SENSOR UNIT AND/OR FLUID VOLUME FLOW RATE SENSOR UNIT AND DETERMINATION METHOD | PHAM, TOAN NGOC | 2685 | §102 | Non-Final OA | 1d overdue | Pending | Mar 22, 2024 |
| 17557126 | RECIPROCATING PISTON LUBRICATION PUMP | TREMARCHE, CONNOR J. | 3762 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 21, 2021 |
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Start Free TrialSKF Lubrication Systems Germany GmbH has 6 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 5 art units and 6 examiners.
Minh D Truong has the most, with 1 of SKF Lubrication Systems Germany GmbH's pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
