Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Kinney & Lange, P.A. (Schneider Electric Usa)

12 pending office actions • 1 client • 12 examiners • 11 art units • 0 of 12 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 24 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

12
Total Pending OAs
10
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 11 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

5
Overdue
1
Due this week
5
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. 11 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (5)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (5)

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.

0
Hard (0%)
9
Medium (75%)
3
Easy (25%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only9 (75%)
§112 only3 (25%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
4
Information Tech
33% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
6
Semiconductors
50% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
17% 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.

120 h
Manual time on pending OAs
24 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
42 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
HAWN, PATRICK D 1 65.7% +38.7%
ROSARIO BENITEZ, GUSTAVO A 1 81.5% +25.2%
HALM, KWEKU WILLIAM 1 80.2% +12.6%
SAEED, AHMED M 1 80.8% +12.7%
ALONZO MILLER, RHADAMES J 1 67.6% +3.9%
CAROC, LHEIREN MAE ANGLO 1 77.8% +13.6%
LIPMAN, JACOB 1 83.4% +13.6%
CAVALLARI, DANIEL 1 78.2% +14.1%
GARFT, CHRISTOPHER 1 58.9% +22.9%
PHAM, DUC M 1 88.6% +12.5%

Quick Wins (5)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18526184 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LOAD HARMONIC SUPPRESSION PHAM, DUC M 72d overdue
18533434 BIOMETRIC ACCESS TO PROGRAMMABLE AUTOMATION CONTROLLER LIPMAN, JACOB 59d overdue
18597043 MOTOR DRIVEN BACKFEED PROTECTION AND INCIDENT REDUCTION ON MODULAR STATIC BYPASS SAEED, AHMED M 15d overdue
18760087 NOVEL HIGH EFFICIENCY LINE INTERACTIVE UPS ROSARIO BENITEZ, GUSTAVO A 16d
18753315 FLEXIBLE DATA PIPELINE FOR DATA STORAGE HALM, KWEKU WILLIAM 27d

Interview Candidates (9)

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
18541104 MECHANICAL BREAKPOINT MODULE AND SOLID-STATE CIRCUIT BREAKER CAROC, LHEIREN MAE ANGLO 146d overdue
18526184 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LOAD HARMONIC SUPPRESSION PHAM, DUC M 72d overdue
18533434 BIOMETRIC ACCESS TO PROGRAMMABLE AUTOMATION CONTROLLER LIPMAN, JACOB 59d overdue
18794231 LEVELING FOOT ASSEMBLY FOR EQUIPMENT RACK HAWN, PATRICK D 16d overdue
18597043 MOTOR DRIVEN BACKFEED PROTECTION AND INCIDENT REDUCTION ON MODULAR STATIC BYPASS SAEED, AHMED M 15d overdue
18760087 NOVEL HIGH EFFICIENCY LINE INTERACTIVE UPS ROSARIO BENITEZ, GUSTAVO A 16d
18753315 FLEXIBLE DATA PIPELINE FOR DATA STORAGE HALM, KWEKU WILLIAM 27d
18527481 AUXILIARY SIDE RACK GARFT, CHRISTOPHER 28d

Client Portfolio (1 client)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
Schneider Electric 12

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
28312
36311
28381
21661
28471
24341
28361
36321
28491
24551

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18794231 LEVELING FOOT ASSEMBLY FOR EQUIPMENT RACK Schneider Electric It Corporation HAWN, PATRICK D 3631 §112 Non-Final OA 16d overdue Pending Aug 05, 2024
18760087 NOVEL HIGH EFFICIENCY LINE INTERACTIVE UPS Schneider Electric It Corporation ROSARIO BENITEZ, GUSTAVO A 2838 §103 Non-Final OA 16d Pending Jul 01, 2024
18753315 FLEXIBLE DATA PIPELINE FOR DATA STORAGE Schneider Electric Industries SAS HALM, KWEKU WILLIAM 2166 §103 Non-Final OA 27d Pending Jun 25, 2024
18597043 MOTOR DRIVEN BACKFEED PROTECTION AND INCIDENT REDUCTION ON MODULAR STATIC BYPASS Schneider Electric It Corporation SAEED, AHMED M 2831 §103 Non-Final OA 15d overdue Pending Mar 06, 2024
18594306 MANIFOLD AND METHODS TO IMPLEMENT LIQUID COOLING IN AN UNINTERRUPTIBLE POWER SUPPLY Schneider Electric It Corporation ALONZO MILLER, RHADAMES J 2847 §103 Non-Final OA 6d Pending Mar 04, 2024
18541104 MECHANICAL BREAKPOINT MODULE AND SOLID-STATE CIRCUIT BREAKER Schneider Electric CAROC, LHEIREN MAE ANGLO 2831 §112 Non-Final OA 146d overdue Pending Dec 15, 2023
18533434 BIOMETRIC ACCESS TO PROGRAMMABLE AUTOMATION CONTROLLER Schneider Electric Industries SAS LIPMAN, JACOB 2434 §103 Final Rejection 59d overdue Pending Dec 08, 2023
18528103 MODULAR CONTAINERIZED UPS Schneider Electric It Corporation CAVALLARI, DANIEL 2836 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 04, 2023
18527481 AUXILIARY SIDE RACK Schneider Electric It Corporation GARFT, CHRISTOPHER 3632 §103 Final Rejection 28d Pending Dec 04, 2023
18526184 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LOAD HARMONIC SUPPRESSION Schneider Electric It Corporation PHAM, DUC M 2849 §103 Non-Final OA 72d overdue Pending Dec 01, 2023
18498115 APPARATUSES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING ACCESS RIGHTS MANAGEMENT IN A BUILDING GRAPH Schneider Electric Buildings Americas, Inc. TRAN, NAM T 2455 §112 Non-Final OA 8d Pending Oct 31, 2023
18104824 SECURED CONTAINER DEPLOYMENT Schneider Electric Industries SAS PAULINO, LENIN 2197 §103 Non-Final OA 29d Pending Feb 02, 2023

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