Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

SMA Solar Technology AG

6 pending office actions • 5 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 28 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

6
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

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.

2
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

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.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)Due ≤ 30 days (1)

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.

1
Hard (17%)
5
Medium (83%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only5 (83%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (17%)

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
50% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
17% of docket
2
Business / Other
33% 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.

60 h
Manual time on pending OAs
12 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
21 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
LY, XUAN 1 85.2% +6.5%
LEE, JYE-JUNE 1 84.8% +3.4%
WALRAED-SULLIVAN, KYLE 1 73.4% +30.4%
WU, JERRY 1 68.4% +20.1%
ROBBINS, JERRY D 1 69.7% +20.4%
RALIS, STEPHEN J 1 32.5% +44.3%

Quick Wins (2)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
19071993 METHOD FOR OPERATING AN INVERTER LY, XUAN
19013406 BRIDGE CIRCUIT AND ENERGY CONVERSION SYSTEM LEE, JYE-JUNE

Hard Cases (1)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17210938 INVERTER WITH A HOUSING HAVING A COOLING UNIT RALIS, STEPHEN J 175d overdue

Interview Candidates (4)

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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17210938 INVERTER WITH A HOUSING HAVING A COOLING UNIT RALIS, STEPHEN J 175d overdue
18485341 PLATFORM FOR SPACE-SAVING CONFIGURATION OF AN ENERGY CONVERSION INSTALLATION, AND ENERGY CONVERSION INSTALLATION WALRAED-SULLIVAN, KYLE 2d overdue
17951289 METHOD, SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPLYING A CONSUMER DEVICE WITH ELECTRICAL ENERGY ROBBINS, JERRY D 19d
18358325 EXPLOSION-PROOF HOUSING WU, JERRY

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2836 1
3635 1
2841 1
2859 1
3992 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19071993 METHOD FOR OPERATING AN INVERTER LY, XUAN 2836 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 06, 2025
19013406 BRIDGE CIRCUIT AND ENERGY CONVERSION SYSTEM LEE, JYE-JUNE §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 08, 2025
18485341 PLATFORM FOR SPACE-SAVING CONFIGURATION OF AN ENERGY CONVERSION INSTALLATION, AND ENERGY CONVERSION INSTALLATION WALRAED-SULLIVAN, KYLE 3635 §103Other Final Rejection 2d overdue Pending Oct 12, 2023
18358325 EXPLOSION-PROOF HOUSING WU, JERRY 2841 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 25, 2023
17951289 METHOD, SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPLYING A CONSUMER DEVICE WITH ELECTRICAL ENERGY ROBBINS, JERRY D 2859 §103 Final Rejection 19d Pending Sep 23, 2022
17210938 INVERTER WITH A HOUSING HAVING A COOLING UNIT RALIS, STEPHEN J 3992 §103§112 Final Rejection 175d overdue Pending Mar 24, 2021

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