Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Xcel Energy Inc.

3 pending office actions • 3 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

3
Total Pending OAs
1
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

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

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.

2
Hard (67%)
1
Medium (33%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other2 (67%)
§103 only1 (33%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
33% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
67% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% 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.

30 h
Manual time on pending OAs
6 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
10 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
AL-TAWEEL, MUAAMAR QAHTAN 1 80.9% +19.4%
TRUONG, BENJAMIN LY 1 0.0% +0.0%
BROCKINGTON III, WILLIAM S 1 42.0% +54.8%

Quick Wins (1)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18905437 TRIPPING ENERGY LOADS DURING UNDER-FREQUENCY EVENTS BASED ON DECELERATION OF RATE OF CHANGE OF FREQUENCY AL-TAWEEL, MUAAMAR QAHTAN

Hard Cases (2)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18660572 EVENT LEARNING AND OPERATIONAL RISK ASSESSMENT FOR ASSET PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM BROCKINGTON III, WILLIAM S 8d
18762853 ELECTRONIC AND COMPUTER-BASED EMERGENCY OPERATING PROCEDURES FOR REGULATED FACILITIES TRUONG, BENJAMIN LY 16d

Interview Candidates (2)

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 #TitleExaminerDue 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

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2838 1
3626 1
3623 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18905437 TRIPPING ENERGY LOADS DURING UNDER-FREQUENCY EVENTS BASED ON DECELERATION OF RATE OF CHANGE OF FREQUENCY AL-TAWEEL, MUAAMAR QAHTAN 2838 §103 Final Rejection Pending Oct 03, 2024
18762853 ELECTRONIC AND COMPUTER-BASED EMERGENCY OPERATING PROCEDURES FOR REGULATED FACILITIES TRUONG, BENJAMIN LY 3626 §101§102§103 Final Rejection 16d Pending Jul 03, 2024
18660572 EVENT LEARNING AND OPERATIONAL RISK ASSESSMENT FOR ASSET PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM BROCKINGTON III, WILLIAM S 3623 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA 8d Pending May 10, 2024

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