Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
3 pending office actions • 2 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days
Vacon OY has 3 pending office actions in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. These 3 pending office actions are split among 3 distinct examiners. This means each examiner is responsible for exactly one of the company's active applications. The portfolio is situated within 2 distinct art units. BEHM, HARRY RAYMOND is the busiest examiner, currently managing 1 busiest examiner pending office action. This is consistent with the other 2 distinct examiners, as the 3 pending office actions are evenly distributed.
Because the 3 pending office actions are handled by 3 distinct examiners across 2 distinct art units, the company must manage at least one art unit where multiple examiners are active. This requires a strategy that balances the specific art unit standards with the individual approaches of the 3 distinct examiners. The concentration within 2 distinct art units indicates a focused technical scope within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics field. However, the involvement of 3 distinct examiners ensures that the company receives varied feedback on its applications. BEHM, HARRY RAYMOND, while designated as the busiest examiner, only holds 1 busiest examiner pending office action, reflecting the balanced distribution of the workload. Practitioners must coordinate their responses to ensure consistency across the 2 distinct art units.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BEHM, HARRY RAYMOND | 1 | 79.6% | +7.3% |
| NOVAK, PETER MICHAEL | 1 | 88.2% | +8.8% |
| LE, THANG XUAN | 1 | 88.4% | +8.7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19020380 | PRE-CHARGING ARRANGEMENT, POWER CONVERTER SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR PRE-CHARGING POLY-PHASE POWER CONVERTER | BEHM, HARRY RAYMOND | — |
| 18989803 | ELECTRIC POWER CONVERTER | NOVAK, PETER MICHAEL | — |
| 18978255 | FOUR-TERMINAL CURRENT MEASUREMENT SHUNT RESISTOR ASSEMBLY | LE, THANG XUAN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2838 | 1 |
| 2858 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19020380 | PRE-CHARGING ARRANGEMENT, POWER CONVERTER SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR PRE-CHARGING POLY-PHASE POWER CONVERTER | BEHM, HARRY RAYMOND | 2838 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 14, 2025 |
| 18989803 | ELECTRIC POWER CONVERTER | NOVAK, PETER MICHAEL | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2024 |
| 18978255 | FOUR-TERMINAL CURRENT MEASUREMENT SHUNT RESISTOR ASSEMBLY | LE, THANG XUAN | 2858 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 12, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialVacon OY has 3 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 3 examiners.
Harry Raymond Behm has the most, with 1 of Vacon OY's pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
