Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Networking & Security
3 pending office actions • 1 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 Networking & Security technology area. These 3 actions are handled by 3 distinct examiners, meaning that each case is being reviewed by a different individual. The busiest examiner, RICHER, AARON M, is responsible for 1 pending action. This distribution shows that the company's current workload is spread evenly across the 3 distinct examiners.
All 3 pending actions are located within 1 distinct art unit. For a practitioner, this provides a consistent administrative and technical environment, as all matters are being handled within the same USPTO division. However, the use of 3 distinct examiners means that the company must still navigate 3 different individual examination styles. The focus on Networking & Security defines the technical scope of these 3 actions. While the art unit is singular, the 3 different examiners will each apply their own interpretation to the 3 pending office actions. This requires a flexible strategy that can adapt to the specific preferences of each examiner while maintaining consistency within the single art unit.
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 | 52.4% | +20.7% |
| LE, CHAU D | 1 | 85.2% | +16.9% |
| POPE, DARYL C | 1 | 85.5% | +6.4% |
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 |
|---|---|
| 2408 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19192493 | METHOD FOR DISPLAYING A THERMAL IMAGE | RICHER, AARON M | — | §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 | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 24, 2024 |
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