Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
3 pending office actions • 2 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
VALEO EAUTOMOTIVE FRANCE SAS currently has 3 pending office actions within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. These actions are distributed across 3 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units, showing that each active matter is being reviewed by a different examiner. This distribution suggests that the company's semiconductor and optics filings cover several distinct technical innovations, each requiring a different expert's evaluation. The presence of 3 pending actions indicates a steady level of activity in this technology sector.
The busiest examiner for the company is DHAKAL, BICKEY, who is handling 1 pending office action. This represents a portion of the 3 pending office actions total for the company. With 2 distinct art units involved, the company's prosecution is subject to the oversight of two different administrative divisions, requiring the company to manage its intellectual property strategy across multiple examination groups. This spread of work across 3 distinct examiners means that the company must adapt its legal arguments to the specific styles and technical backgrounds of different individuals within the patent office.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DHAKAL, BICKEY | 1 | 84.2% | +16.5% |
| BARNES, MALCOLM | 1 | 81.4% | +4.7% |
| TSO, EDWARD H | 1 | 87.0% | +6.7% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18855611 | MOTIVE POWER SYSTEM FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE, AND ELECTRIC VEHICLE COMPRISING SAME | DHAKAL, BICKEY | — |
| 18486886 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FOR DC VOLTAGE CONVERSION AND FOR CHARGING OF BATTERIES OF A VEHICLE | TSO, EDWARD H | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18486899 | TRANSFORMER OF AN ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FOR DC VOLTAGE CONVERSION AND FOR CHARGING OF BATTERIES OF A VEHICLE | BARNES, MALCOLM | — |
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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18855611 | MOTIVE POWER SYSTEM FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE, AND ELECTRIC VEHICLE COMPRISING SAME | DHAKAL, BICKEY | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2837 | 2 |
| 2859 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18855611 | MOTIVE POWER SYSTEM FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE, AND ELECTRIC VEHICLE COMPRISING SAME | DHAKAL, BICKEY | 2837 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 09, 2024 |
| 18486899 | TRANSFORMER OF AN ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FOR DC VOLTAGE CONVERSION AND FOR CHARGING OF BATTERIES OF A VEHICLE | BARNES, MALCOLM | 2837 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 13, 2023 |
| 18486886 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FOR DC VOLTAGE CONVERSION AND FOR CHARGING OF BATTERIES OF A VEHICLE | TSO, EDWARD H | 2859 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 13, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialVALEO EAUTOMOTIVE FRANCE SAS has 3 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 3 examiners.
Bickey Dhakal has the most, with 1 of VALEO EAUTOMOTIVE FRANCE SAS's pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
