Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
4 pending office actions • 4 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
Weiss Technik GmbH has 4 pending office actions in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. These actions are distributed across 4 distinct examiners and 4 distinct art units. ZERPHEY, CHRISTOPHER R is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending office action. The one-to-one ratio of actions to examiners and art units suggests that the pending matters involve a variety of technical classifications.
Because there are 4 pending office actions and 4 distinct examiners, the company must navigate 4 different sets of examiner preferences. The fact that these are also spread across 4 distinct art units indicates that the portfolio's technical scope is wide within the semiconductor field. Practitioners cannot rely on a single art unit's trends or a single examiner's history to predict outcomes. Instead, they must develop a tailored approach for each of the 4 pending office actions. This high level of dispersion across the patent office requires a sophisticated management strategy to ensure consistency across such a varied technical and administrative landscape. No single examiner, including ZERPHEY, CHRISTOPHER R, has a dominant influence over the portfolio.
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 |
|---|---|
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (25%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (75%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ZERPHEY, CHRISTOPHER R | 1 | 48.8% | +19.2% |
| SETZER, NICHOLAS LEE | 1 | 68.2% | +41.2% |
| OLAMIT, JUSTIN N | 1 | 62.1% | +9.5% |
| WHATLEY, BENJAMIN R | 1 | 66.7% | +68.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18987628 | TEST CHAMBER AND CONTROL METHOD | ZERPHEY, CHRISTOPHER R | — |
| 18287519 | Temperature-Regulating Apparatus and Method For Producing Same | SETZER, NICHOLAS LEE | — |
| 18834868 | Test Chamber System and Method | OLAMIT, JUSTIN N | — |
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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18987628 | TEST CHAMBER AND CONTROL METHOD | ZERPHEY, CHRISTOPHER R | — |
| 18287519 | Temperature-Regulating Apparatus and Method For Producing Same | SETZER, NICHOLAS LEE | — |
| 18763022 | Test Chamber and Control Method | WHATLEY, BENJAMIN R | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3799 | 1 |
| 2834 | 1 |
| 2853 | 1 |
| 1798 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18987628 | TEST CHAMBER AND CONTROL METHOD | ZERPHEY, CHRISTOPHER R | 3799 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 19, 2024 |
| 18287519 | Temperature-Regulating Apparatus and Method For Producing Same | SETZER, NICHOLAS LEE | 2834 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 11, 2024 |
| 18834868 | Test Chamber System and Method | OLAMIT, JUSTIN N | 2853 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 31, 2024 |
| 18763022 | Test Chamber and Control Method | WHATLEY, BENJAMIN R | 1798 | §102§103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 03, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialWeiss Technik GmbH has 4 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 4 art units and 4 examiners.
Christopher R Zerphey has the most, with 1 of Weiss Technik GmbH's pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
