Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
23 pending office actions • 10 art units • 21 examiners • 0 of 23 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 35 patents granted in the last 365 days
Vega Grieshaber KG manages a company patent portfolio in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. The portfolio features 22 pending office actions. These actions are distributed among 20 distinct examiners and 10 distinct art units. WINDRICH, MARCUS E is the busiest examiner, holding 2 pending actions. The presence of 22 pending office actions suggests a significant volume of ongoing prosecution within the mechanical sector.
The 22 pending office actions are spread across 10 distinct art units, indicating a wide technical range. With 20 distinct examiners involved, the company must manage a high volume of individual examiner interactions. The fact that 10 distinct art units are involved for the pending office actions suggests that the company's technology is being reviewed by many different specialized groups. Practitioners should monitor the 2 pending actions with the busiest examiner while coordinating across the 20 distinct examiners. This decentralized structure requires a highly adaptable prosecution strategy to address the diverse requirements of the identified technical groups.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 9 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 9 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 | 2 (9%) |
| §103 only | 11 (48%) |
| §102 only | 1 (4%) |
| §112 only | 2 (9%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 7 (30%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WINDRICH, MARCUS E | 2 | 79.2% | +7.1% |
| SIDDIQUEE, ISMAAEEL ABDULLAH | 2 | 75.8% | +21.5% |
| KING, MONICA C | 1 | 84.6% | +6.6% |
| MAKHDOOM, SAMARINA | 1 | 72.0% | +29.3% |
| BAHLS, JENNIFER E. S. | 1 | 58.9% | +9.9% |
| HODAC, ERIC KHOI | 1 | 85.5% | +12.8% |
| OBAID, FATEH M | 1 | 67.9% | +35.4% |
| MAHMOUDI, RODMAN ALEXANDER | 1 | 80.3% | +16.5% |
| NIA, FATEMEH ESFANDIARI | 1 | 71.5% | +19.5% |
| RAEVIS, ROBERT R | 1 | 83.3% | +15.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18616262 | VIBRATION SENSOR | RAEVIS, ROBERT R | 27d |
| 18714651 | FIELD DEVICE, FIELD DEVICE NETWORK AND METHOD FOR USER ACCESS | MAHMOUDI, RODMAN ALEXANDER | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17741248 | MEASUREMENT DATA VALIDATION SYSTEM | SATANOVSKY, ALEXANDER | 29d overdue |
| 16942561 | TAMPER-PROOF SENSOR FOR A CONTAINER | STEVENS, ALLAN D | 4d overdue |
| 18450526 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TESTING A PROCESS CHAIN IN AN INDUSTRIAL ENVIRONMENT | RIVERA VARGAS, MANUEL A | 34d |
| 19187297 | Method for Producing a Filling for a Horn Antenna, Horn Antenna for a Radar Measuring Device and Radar Measuring Device | KING, MONICA C | — |
| 19008440 | RADAR SENSOR AND WAVEGUIDE SEPARATION | MAKHDOOM, SAMARINA | — |
| 18888235 | VIBRONIC MEASURING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SIGNAL PROCESSING IN SUCH A MEASURING DEVICE | BAHLS, JENNIFER E. S. | — |
| 18746603 | RADAR MEASURING DEVICE FOR DETERMINING FILL LEVELS AND/OR DISTANCES | HODAC, ERIC KHOI | — |
| 18673029 | MEASURING SYSTEM AND METHOD COMPRISING AN ENERGY MANAGEMENT ARRANGEMENT | NIA, FATEMEH ESFANDIARI | — |
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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18250437 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING A POSITION IN PROCESS AUTOMATION | SIDDIQUEE, ISMAAEEL ABDULLAH | 6d |
| 17996108 | RADAR SENSOR WITH SPHERICAL SENSOR HOUSING | SIDDIQUEE, ISMAAEEL ABDULLAH | 7d |
| 18616262 | VIBRATION SENSOR | RAEVIS, ROBERT R | 27d |
| 19008440 | RADAR SENSOR AND WAVEGUIDE SEPARATION | MAKHDOOM, SAMARINA | — |
| 18746603 | RADAR MEASURING DEVICE FOR DETERMINING FILL LEVELS AND/OR DISTANCES | HODAC, ERIC KHOI | — |
| 18733397 | FIELD DEVICE FOR DETECTING A PROCESS PARAMETER | OBAID, FATEH M | — |
| 18714651 | FIELD DEVICE, FIELD DEVICE NETWORK AND METHOD FOR USER ACCESS | MAHMOUDI, RODMAN ALEXANDER | — |
| 18673029 | MEASURING SYSTEM AND METHOD COMPRISING AN ENERGY MANAGEMENT ARRANGEMENT | NIA, FATEMEH ESFANDIARI | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3648 | 4 |
| 3646 | 4 |
| 2857 | 3 |
| 2855 | 2 |
| 2499 | 1 |
| 2853 | 1 |
| 2115 | 1 |
| 2119 | 1 |
| 2648 | 1 |
| 3736 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19187297 | Method for Producing a Filling for a Horn Antenna, Horn Antenna for a Radar Measuring Device and Radar Measuring Device | KING, MONICA C | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 23, 2025 |
| 19008440 | RADAR SENSOR AND WAVEGUIDE SEPARATION | MAKHDOOM, SAMARINA | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 02, 2025 |
| 18888235 | VIBRONIC MEASURING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SIGNAL PROCESSING IN SUCH A MEASURING DEVICE | BAHLS, JENNIFER E. S. | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 18, 2024 |
| 18746603 | RADAR MEASURING DEVICE FOR DETERMINING FILL LEVELS AND/OR DISTANCES | HODAC, ERIC KHOI | 3648 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 18, 2024 |
| 18733397 | FIELD DEVICE FOR DETECTING A PROCESS PARAMETER | OBAID, FATEH M | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 04, 2024 |
| 18714651 | FIELD DEVICE, FIELD DEVICE NETWORK AND METHOD FOR USER ACCESS | MAHMOUDI, RODMAN ALEXANDER | 2499 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 30, 2024 |
| 18673029 | MEASURING SYSTEM AND METHOD COMPRISING AN ENERGY MANAGEMENT ARRANGEMENT | NIA, FATEMEH ESFANDIARI | 2855 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 23, 2024 |
| 18616262 | VIBRATION SENSOR | RAEVIS, ROBERT R | 2855 | §112 | Final Rejection | 27d | Pending | Mar 26, 2024 |
| 18615705 | PROTECTIVE COVER AND MEASURING UNIT COMPRISING A PROTECTIVE COVER | HA, NGUYEN Q | 2853 | §103 | Final Rejection | 12d | Pending | Mar 25, 2024 |
| 18441333 | LEVEL MEASURING DEVICE FOR USE IN HIGH-PRESSURE APPLICATIONS | WINDRICH, MARCUS E | 3646 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 14, 2024 |
| 18420504 | RADAR CIRCUIT | RIDDER, CLAYTON PAUL | 3646 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 23, 2024 |
| 18566886 | OPERATING AND DISPLAY UNIT FOR A FIELD DEVICE | WANG, ZHIPENG | 2115 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 04, 2023 |
| 18450526 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TESTING A PROCESS CHAIN IN AN INDUSTRIAL ENVIRONMENT | RIVERA VARGAS, MANUEL A | 2857 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 34d | Pending | Aug 16, 2023 |
| 18323008 | BACKUP AND RESTORE OF GENERAL DATA FOR FIELD DEVICES BY MEANS OF ADD-ON MODULE | LINDSAY, BERNARD G | 2119 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 24, 2023 |
| 18253344 | DISPLAY AND/OR CONTROL MODULE | HUANG, WEN WU | 2648 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 4d overdue | Pending | May 17, 2023 |
| 17996108 | RADAR SENSOR WITH SPHERICAL SENSOR HOUSING | SIDDIQUEE, ISMAAEEL ABDULLAH | 3648 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 7d | Pending | May 17, 2023 |
| 18251619 | FUNCTIONAL INTERFACE FOR PROVIDING A FUNCTION ACCORDING TO SENSOR MEASUREMENT VALUES, AND SENSOR FOR PROVIDING MEASUREMENT VALUES TO A FUNCTIONAL INTERFACE | WINDRICH, MARCUS E | 3646 | §103 | Final Rejection | 21d | Pending | May 03, 2023 |
| 18250614 | TOPOLOGY-ACQUIRING LEVEL GAUGE | BENJAMIN GOSLING, ANNA K | 3648 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 26, 2023 |
| 18250437 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING A POSITION IN PROCESS AUTOMATION | SIDDIQUEE, ISMAAEEL ABDULLAH | 3648 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 6d | Pending | Apr 25, 2023 |
| 17893381 | Field Device, Measuring Assembly and Method for Providing an Output Signal | CORDERO, LINA M | 2857 | §101§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 23, 2022 |
| 17741248 | MEASUREMENT DATA VALIDATION SYSTEM | SATANOVSKY, ALEXANDER | 2857 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 29d overdue | Pending | May 10, 2022 |
| 17422975 | RADAR SENSOR FOR FACTORY AND LOGISTICS AUTOMATION | BARKER, MATTHEW M | 3646 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 14, 2021 |
| 16942561 | TAMPER-PROOF SENSOR FOR A CONTAINER | STEVENS, ALLAN D | 3736 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 4d overdue | Pending | Jul 29, 2020 |
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