Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 16, 2026

Vega Grieshaber KG

17 pending office actions • 9 art units • 14 examiners • 0 of 17 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 36 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

17
Total Pending OAs
6
Non-Final OAs
8
Final Rejections
3
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 7 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

3
Overdue
2
Due this week
2
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

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. 7 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (3)Due ≤ 7 days (2)Due ≤ 30 days (2)

Case Difficulty Mix

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.

8
Hard (47%)
8
Medium (47%)
1
Easy (6%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other3 (18%)
§103 only7 (41%)
§102 only1 (6%)
§112 only1 (6%)
Multi-statute (no §101)5 (29%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
2
Information Tech
12% of docket
1
Communications
6% of docket
5
Semiconductors
29% of docket
7
Mechanical / Eng
41% of docket
2
Business / Other
12% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

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.

170 h
Manual time on pending OAs
34 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
59 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
RIDDER, CLAYTON PAUL 2 67.9% +23.0%
BENJAMIN GOSLING, ANNA K 2 85.7% +11.3%
SIDDIQUEE, ISMAAEEL ABDULLAH 2 76.5% +21.2%
BAHLS, JENNIFER E. S. 1 58.8% +10.7%
OBAID, FATEH M 1 67.8% +35.5%
HA, NGUYEN Q 1 80.2% +4.3%
WANG, ZHIPENG 1 81.1% +22.4%
KORANG-BEHESHTI, YOSSEF 1 74.1% +12.4%
LINDSAY, BERNARD G 1 68.0% +46.8%
HUANG, WEN WU 1 72.9% +15.7%

Quick Wins (2)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18615705 PROTECTIVE COVER AND MEASURING UNIT COMPRISING A PROTECTIVE COVER HA, NGUYEN Q 12d
18566886 OPERATING AND DISPLAY UNIT FOR A FIELD DEVICE WANG, ZHIPENG

Hard Cases (8)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
17741248 MEASUREMENT DATA VALIDATION SYSTEM SATANOVSKY, ALEXANDER 29d overdue
16942561 TAMPER-PROOF SENSOR FOR A CONTAINER STEVENS, ALLAN D 4d overdue
18888235 VIBRONIC MEASURING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SIGNAL PROCESSING IN SUCH A MEASURING DEVICE BAHLS, JENNIFER E. S.
18420504 RADAR CIRCUIT RIDDER, CLAYTON PAUL
18534133 MEASURING DEVICE WITH SELF-TEST FUNCTION BENJAMIN GOSLING, ANNA K
18338035 WAVEGUIDE WITH TWO WAVEGUIDE SECTIONS BENJAMIN GOSLING, ANNA K
18256583 METHOD FOR DETECTING ERRONEOUS MEASUREMENT SIGNAL OUTPUTS FROM A FIELD DEVICE, DETECTION SYSTEM AND FIELD DEVICE KORANG-BEHESHTI, YOSSEF
17893381 Field Device, Measuring Assembly and Method for Providing an Output Signal CORDERO, LINA M

Interview Candidates (12)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18253344 DISPLAY AND/OR CONTROL MODULE HUANG, WEN WU 4d overdue
18250437 METHOD FOR DETERMINING A POSITION IN PROCESS AUTOMATION SIDDIQUEE, ISMAAEEL ABDULLAH 6d
17996108 RADAR SENSOR WITH SPHERICAL SENSOR HOUSING SIDDIQUEE, ISMAAEEL ABDULLAH 7d
18888235 VIBRONIC MEASURING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SIGNAL PROCESSING IN SUCH A MEASURING DEVICE BAHLS, JENNIFER E. S.
18733397 FIELD DEVICE FOR DETECTING A PROCESS PARAMETER OBAID, FATEH M
18420393 RADAR CIRCUIT FOR A LEVEL MEASURING DEVICE RIDDER, CLAYTON PAUL
18420504 RADAR CIRCUIT RIDDER, CLAYTON PAUL
18534133 MEASURING DEVICE WITH SELF-TEST FUNCTION BENJAMIN GOSLING, ANNA K

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3648 4
2857 3
3646 2
2853 1
2115 1
2119 1
2648 1
2855 1
3736 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
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
18733397 FIELD DEVICE FOR DETECTING A PROCESS PARAMETER OBAID, FATEH M §102 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 04, 2024
18615705 PROTECTIVE COVER AND MEASURING UNIT COMPRISING A PROTECTIVE COVER HA, NGUYEN Q 2853 §103 Final Rejection 12d Pending Mar 25, 2024
18420393 RADAR CIRCUIT FOR A LEVEL MEASURING DEVICE RIDDER, CLAYTON PAUL 3646 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jan 23, 2024
18420504 RADAR CIRCUIT RIDDER, CLAYTON PAUL 3646 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Jan 23, 2024
18534133 MEASURING DEVICE WITH SELF-TEST FUNCTION BENJAMIN GOSLING, ANNA K 3648 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 08, 2023
18566886 OPERATING AND DISPLAY UNIT FOR A FIELD DEVICE WANG, ZHIPENG 2115 §103 Final Rejection Pending Dec 04, 2023
18338035 WAVEGUIDE WITH TWO WAVEGUIDE SECTIONS BENJAMIN GOSLING, ANNA K 3648 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Jun 20, 2023
18256583 METHOD FOR DETECTING ERRONEOUS MEASUREMENT SIGNAL OUTPUTS FROM A FIELD DEVICE, DETECTION SYSTEM AND FIELD DEVICE KORANG-BEHESHTI, YOSSEF 2857 §101§102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 08, 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
18250437 METHOD FOR DETERMINING A POSITION IN PROCESS AUTOMATION SIDDIQUEE, ISMAAEEL ABDULLAH 3648 §103 Non-Final OA 6d Pending Apr 25, 2023
18040360 METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTED DETERMINATION OF A FILL LEVEL OR LIMIT LEVEL FRANK, RODNEY T 2855 §112 Final Rejection 9d Pending Feb 02, 2023
17893381 Field Device, Measuring Assembly and Method for Providing an Output Signal CORDERO, LINA M 2857 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 23, 2022
17741248 MEASUREMENT DATA VALIDATION SYSTEM SATANOVSKY, ALEXANDER 2857 §101§103 Final Rejection 29d overdue Pending May 10, 2022
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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