Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Tietjen Verfahrenstechnik GmbH maintains 1 pending office action within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. The prosecution of this matter is handled by a distinct examiner in a distinct art unit. ALLEN, ANDRE J is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, currently overseeing the 1 pending office action. This distribution reflects a highly centralized prosecution strategy with no current diversification across different USPTO personnel.
The reliance on a single examiner means that the applicant's success in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics sector is currently tied to the specific perspectives of ALLEN, ANDRE J. Practitioners cannot leverage trends from other pending cases to inform their approach in this instance. This concentration suggests that the company is focusing its resources on a specific technological advancement. Navigating the procedural preferences of the assigned art unit is critical, as there are no other active matters to provide a baseline for comparison.
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 |
|---|---|
| §112 only | 1 (100%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALLEN, ANDRE J | 1 | 91.4% | +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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18895953 | Inline particle size analyzing device for continuous measurement of particle sizes of a continuously taken measurement sample of a bulk material, mill, method for controlling a mill for grinding bulk material to be ground in dependence on measurement results of an inline particle size analyzing device, computer program product and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium | ALLEN, ANDRE J | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2855 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18895953 | Inline particle size analyzing device for continuous measurement of particle sizes of a continuously taken measurement sample of a bulk material, mill, method for controlling a mill for grinding bulk material to be ground in dependence on measurement results of an inline particle size analyzing device, computer program product and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium | ALLEN, ANDRE J | 2855 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 25, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialTietjen Verfahrenstechnik GmbH has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Andre J Allen has the most, with 1 of Tietjen Verfahrenstechnik GmbH's pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
