Technology areas: Networking & Security • Communications
3 pending office actions • 3 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days
Testo SE & Co. Kgaa has 3 pending office actions in the Communications technology area. These matters are handled by 3 distinct examiners and 3 distinct art units, showing no overlap in personnel or administrative groups. RICHER, AARON M is the busiest examiner with 1 pending office action, which represents one-third of the company's current pending workload.
This one-to-one ratio between 3 pending office actions and 3 distinct examiners indicates that the company's current patent pipeline is entirely decentralized. The involvement of 3 distinct art units further suggests that the matters are being reviewed in different technical environments. This lack of concentration means that the company's immediate prosecution results are dependent on the independent reviews of different individuals.
For the practitioner, this structure suggests that there is no single administrative path or examiner relationship to prioritize. Instead, the strategy must be tailored to the specific historical patterns of both RICHER, AARON M and the other assigned examiners. The absence of overlap in the 3 distinct art units means that procedural experiences may vary significantly between the pending matters.
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 + other | 1 (33%) |
| §102 only | 1 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (33%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| RICHER, AARON M | 1 | 52.2% | +20.7% |
| LE, CHAU D | 1 | 85.3% | +16.8% |
| POPE, DARYL C | 1 | 85.6% | +6.3% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18751720 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING A STATE PARAMETER, METHOD FOR DETERMINING A QUANTITY, DETECTION DEVICE AND FRYER | POPE, DARYL C | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19192493 | METHOD FOR DISPLAYING A THERMAL IMAGE | RICHER, AARON M | — |
| 18919549 | METHOD FOR RECORDING AND VERIFYING MEASURED VALVES, AND ASSOCIATED DEVICES AND MEASUREMENT ARRANGEMENT | LE, CHAU D | — |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19192493 | METHOD FOR DISPLAYING A THERMAL IMAGE | RICHER, AARON M | — |
| 18919549 | METHOD FOR RECORDING AND VERIFYING MEASURED VALVES, AND ASSOCIATED DEVICES AND MEASUREMENT ARRANGEMENT | LE, CHAU D | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2611 | 1 |
| 2408 | 1 |
| 2686 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19192493 | METHOD FOR DISPLAYING A THERMAL IMAGE | RICHER, AARON M | 2611 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 29, 2025 |
| 18919549 | METHOD FOR RECORDING AND VERIFYING MEASURED VALVES, AND ASSOCIATED DEVICES AND MEASUREMENT ARRANGEMENT | LE, CHAU D | 2408 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 18, 2024 |
| 18751720 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING A STATE PARAMETER, METHOD FOR DETERMINING A QUANTITY, DETECTION DEVICE AND FRYER | POPE, DARYL C | 2686 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 24, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialTesto SE & Co. Kgaa has 3 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 3 art units and 3 examiners.
Aaron M Richer has the most, with 1 of Testo SE & Co. Kgaa's pending office actions.
Mostly Communications (USPTO Tech Center 2600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
