Technology areas: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Xcel Energy Inc. has 2 pending office actions in Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics. The matters are assigned to 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units, indicating separate examination paths within the portfolio.
AL-TAWEEL, MUAAMAR QAHTAN is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. Counsel should manage each matter according to its examiner and unit while preserving consistent treatment of related circuit or optical concepts where applicable.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 | 1 (50%) |
| §103 only | 1 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AL-TAWEEL, MUAAMAR QAHTAN | 1 | 78.6% | +23.2% |
| BROCKINGTON III, WILLIAM S | 1 | 42.2% | +55.4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18660572 | EVENT LEARNING AND OPERATIONAL RISK ASSESSMENT FOR ASSET PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM | BROCKINGTON III, WILLIAM S | 8d |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18660572 | EVENT LEARNING AND OPERATIONAL RISK ASSESSMENT FOR ASSET PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM | BROCKINGTON III, WILLIAM S | 8d |
| 18905437 | TRIPPING ENERGY LOADS DURING UNDER-FREQUENCY EVENTS BASED ON DECELERATION OF RATE OF CHANGE OF FREQUENCY | AL-TAWEEL, MUAAMAR QAHTAN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2838 | 1 |
| 3623 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18905437 | TRIPPING ENERGY LOADS DURING UNDER-FREQUENCY EVENTS BASED ON DECELERATION OF RATE OF CHANGE OF FREQUENCY | AL-TAWEEL, MUAAMAR QAHTAN | 2838 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 03, 2024 |
| 18660572 | EVENT LEARNING AND OPERATIONAL RISK ASSESSMENT FOR ASSET PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM | BROCKINGTON III, WILLIAM S | 3623 | §101§103§112 | Final Rejection | 8d | Pending | May 10, 2024 |
IP Author helps IP teams respond to office actions faster with AI-generated responses, examiner analytics, and prosecution intelligence.
Start Free TrialXcel Energy Inc. has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Muaamar Qahtan Al-Taweel has the most, with 1 of Xcel Energy Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
