Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
109 pending office actions • 16 clients • 105 examiners • 73 art units • 0 of 109 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Slayden Grubert Beard PLLC has 108 pending office actions in Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics. Its broader record covers 5240 career applications, with an 87.97% resolved allowance rate and an average of 3.97 office actions per allowance. These figures offer a substantial basis for reviewing both activity and historical outcomes.
The allowance rate indicates that most resolved matters in the reported record reached allowance, while the office-action average shows that allowance commonly followed several examination exchanges. The pending docket should therefore be reviewed alongside response history and claim strategy, rather than treated as a standalone measure of future results.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 25 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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. 25 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 only | 2 (2%) |
| §101 + other | 22 (20%) |
| §103 only | 32 (29%) |
| §102 only | 2 (2%) |
| §112 only | 7 (6%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 44 (40%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LESLIE, MICHAEL S | 2 | 81.3% | +14.4% |
| WARNER, PHILIP N | 2 | 38.7% | +29.9% |
| BARKER, TODD L | 2 | 75.5% | +23.4% |
| ALHIJA, SAIF A | 2 | 72.2% | +20.1% |
| ALKIRSH, AHMED | 1 | 47.7% | +32.9% |
| TO, TUAN C | 1 | 86.1% | +10.0% |
| NGUYEN, ANH | 1 | 79.0% | +25.0% |
| RETEBO, METASEBIA T | 1 | 89.6% | +5.2% |
| TRAN, MINH | 1 | 86.3% | +15.9% |
| MIAN, SHAFIQ A | 1 | 78.8% | +25.0% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19291202 | Method For Operating An Assistance System Of An Ego Vehicle | TO, TUAN C | — |
| 18849696 | Piston Accumulator | LESLIE, MICHAEL S | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18005881 | Method and System for Monitoring a Wireless Communication Network | ASRES, HERMON | 155d overdue |
| 18564910 | Testing a Configuration of at Least One Component of an Automation System and Automation System | OKASHA, RAMI RAFAT | 1d overdue |
| 17693579 | SENSOR DEVICE WITH A SELECTIVELY ACTIVATABLE DISPLAY | KREMER, MATTHEW | 1d overdue |
| 16620415 | Method of Constructing Database | WILLIAMS, TERESA S | 8d |
| 18580523 | Method and Apparatus for Identifying a Malfunction of Contactors of a DC Voltage Charging Connection for an Electric Vehicle | PRETLOW, DEMETRIUS R | 13d |
| 17694294 | Training Dataset, Training and Artificial Neural Network for the State Estimation of a Power Network | ALHIJA, SAIF A | 13d |
| 17629579 | Method and Arrangement for Operating a Battery Device | CARRICO, ROBERT SCOTT | 33d |
| 18564212 | Methods for Additive Manufacturing of a Component | TAN, ALVIN H | 39d |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18832501 | Workflow Construction and Monitoring Method and System | WARNER, PHILIP N | 12d |
| 17694294 | Training Dataset, Training and Artificial Neural Network for the State Estimation of a Power Network | ALHIJA, SAIF A | 13d |
| 18006638 | Dynamically Providing Context-Based Computer-Supported Functionalities in Mobile Distributed Edge Clouds | BARKER, TODD L | 28d |
| 17690592 | Method and Apparatus for the State Estimation of an Electrical Grid | ALHIJA, SAIF A | 83d |
| 19479539 | Method for Activating a Vehicle Function, Vehicle Function System, and Vehicle | ALKIRSH, AHMED | — |
| 19291202 | Method For Operating An Assistance System Of An Ego Vehicle | TO, TUAN C | — |
| 19136719 | System And Method For Finding Configuration Mappings In Monitoring Networks | NGUYEN, ANH | — |
| 19176979 | Method For Operating At Least One Luminaire Of A Vehicle And Luminaire | TRAN, MINH | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| Siemens | 74 |
| Volkswagen | 12 |
| HYDAC | 5 |
| Continental | 4 |
| Schaeffler | 2 |
| Audi | 2 |
| Elite Fireworks | 1 |
| Nordhydraulic AB | 1 |
| Scania CV AB | 1 |
| Hydac Filter Systems GmbH | 1 |
| Kocher-Plastik Maschinenbau GmbH | 1 |
| GUILD ASSOCIATES INC. | 1 |
| Softiron Limited | 1 |
| Leaf Healthcare | 1 |
| Smart Beat Profits Limited | 1 |
| Innomotics | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2458 | 4 |
| 3625 | 4 |
| 2857 | 4 |
| 3745 | 3 |
| 2877 | 3 |
| 2834 | 3 |
| 3624 | 3 |
| 2118 | 3 |
| 2186 | 3 |
| 2449 | 3 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19479539 | Method for Activating a Vehicle Function, Vehicle Function System, and Vehicle | Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft | ALKIRSH, AHMED | 3668 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 28, 2025 |
| 19291202 | Method For Operating An Assistance System Of An Ego Vehicle | Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft | TO, TUAN C | 3661 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 05, 2025 |
| 19136719 | System And Method For Finding Configuration Mappings In Monitoring Networks | Siemens Aktiengesellschaft | NGUYEN, ANH | 2458 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 06, 2025 |
| 19133604 | Driving Apparatus for SIC-MOSFET Device | Siemens Aktiengesellschaft | RETEBO, METASEBIA T | 2836 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 28, 2025 |
| 19176979 | Method For Operating At Least One Luminaire Of A Vehicle And Luminaire | Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft | TRAN, MINH | 2845 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 11, 2025 |
| 19119712 | Methods And Systems For Operating An Internal Combustion Engine | Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. Kg | MIAN, SHAFIQ A | 3746 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 09, 2025 |
| 19098554 | System and Methods for Marketing Fireworks | Elite Fireworks | WOODWORTH, II, ALLAN J | 3622 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 02, 2025 |
| 19116619 | Routing Device For Accessing Network Device By Terminal Device, And Network Connection Method | Siemens Aktiengesellschaft | WAHID, MUSADDIQUE | 2458 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 28, 2025 |
| 19110504 | Method | Hydac Technology GmbH | LESLIE, MICHAEL S | 3745 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 11, 2025 |
| 19110545 | Supply Device | Nordhydraulic AB | TEKA, ABIY | 3745 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 11, 2025 |
| 19109819 | Diagnosing A Hydrogen Sensor | Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. Kg | GRAVES, TIMOTHY P | 2855 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 07, 2025 |
| 19108897 | Arrangement And Method For Detecting A Current Of A First Conductor Of A Circuit | Siemens Aktiengesellschaft | PATEL, PARESH H | 2858 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 05, 2025 |
| 19107319 | Portable Digital Display Devices And Methods For Operating A Portable Digital Display Device | Siemens Aktiengesellschaft | NEUPANE, KRISHNA P. | 2629 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 27, 2025 |
| 19106393 | Monitoring A Control Program Of At Least One Functional Unit Of A Machine Installation | Siemens Aktiengesellschaft | FIELDS, COURTNEY D | 2436 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 25, 2025 |
| 19101144 | Method For Finding And Erasing Errors Within A Mapping Process | Siemens Aktiengesellschaft | PATEL, KAMINI B | 2114 | §103 | Final Rejection | 19d | Pending | Feb 04, 2025 |
| 19040456 | Method To Provide A Movement Information About At Least One Second Vehicle By A First Vehicle And Radar System | Scania Cv AB | MAKHDOOM, SAMARINA | 3648 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 29, 2025 |
| 18998689 | Establishment of a Wireless Data Connection | Siemens Aktiengesellschaft | DWYER, MATTHEW JAMES | 2649 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 27, 2025 |
| 18997851 | Systems And Methods For Detecting An Irregularity Of An Object | Siemens Aktiengesellschaft | TRAN, MAI THI NGOC | 2878 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 23, 2025 |
| 19033652 | Method For Sensing Surroundings Of A Vehicle By Means Of A Sensor System On The Basis Of Consecutive Interconnection Of Subarrays Of The Sensor System, And Sensor System And Vehicle | Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft | WINDRICH, MARCUS E | 3646 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 22, 2025 |
| 18881387 | Method for Operating a Vehicle, and Vehicle | Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft | BARAKAT, MOHAMED | 2689 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 06, 2025 |
| 18879551 | Edge Computing Devices and Methods | Siemens Aktiengesellschaft | BOUTAH, ALINA A | 2458 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 27, 2024 |
| 18877172 | Optimization of Production Planning | Siemens Aktiengesellschaft | MEINECKE DIAZ, SUSANNA M | 3625 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | 55d | Pending | Dec 19, 2024 |
| 18868995 | Information Management of Product Manufacture | Siemens Aktiengesellschaft | HUSSEIN, ALAA WADIE | 3626 | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 25, 2024 |
| 18865082 | Provisioning Terminals in Radio Communication Networks | Siemens Aktiengesellschaft | RAHIM, MONJUR | 2436 | §103 | Final Rejection | 7d | Pending | Nov 12, 2024 |
| 18864749 | Fourier Ptychographic Generation of an Image | Siemens Aktiengesellschaft | BOYD, JONATHAN A | 2668 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 11, 2024 |
| 18864306 | Measuring Apparatus | Hydac Filter Systems GmbH | STAFIRA, MICHAEL PATRICK | 2877 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 08, 2024 |
| 18862331 | Determination of Inhomogeneities During Electrode Manufacturing for Battery Cells | Siemens Aktiengesellschaft | LAPAGE, MICHAEL P | 2877 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 01, 2024 |
| 18861408 | WLAN Communication Method, Access Point, Client, and Computing Device | Siemens Aktiengesellschaft | WILLIAMS, ELTON S | 2465 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 29, 2024 |
| 18860901 | Workflow Recommendation Method and Device | Siemens Aktiengesellschaft | BROWN, SARA GRACE | 3625 | §101§103§112 | Final Rejection | 56d | Pending | Oct 28, 2024 |
| 18923987 | Room Air Conditioner with a Thermoelectric Heat Pump | Siemens Schweiz AG | STICKEL, JOSHUA MATTHEW | 3763 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 23, 2024 |
| 18853300 | Expansion Device | Hydac Technology GmbH | LEARY, JOSHUA DENNIS | 3753 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 01, 2024 |
| 18852634 | Methods for Executing a Workload (APP) in an Execution Environment and System | Siemens Aktiengesellschaft | PALIWAL, YOGESH | 2435 | §103 | Final Rejection | 27d | Pending | Sep 30, 2024 |
| 18852745 | Detecting Manipulation of a Sensor Value of an Exhaust Gas Sensor of an Internal Combustion Engine for a Vehicle | VITESCO TECHNOLOGIES GMBH | MOUBRY, JAMES G | 3747 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 30, 2024 |
| 18849696 | Piston Accumulator | Hydac Technology GmbH | LESLIE, MICHAEL S | 3745 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 23, 2024 |
| 18887545 | Method And Systems For Detecting A Workpiece | Siemens Aktiengesellschaft | BEKELE, MEKONEN T | 2699 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 17, 2024 |
| 18844310 | Multi-Stage Object Pose Estimation | Siemens Aktiengesellschaft | BEZUAYEHU, SOLOMON G | 2674 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 05, 2024 |
| 18843194 | Workflow Execution Methods and Apparatus, Storage Medium, and Program Product | Siemens Aktiengesellschaft | TORRES CHANZA, GABRIEL JOSE | 3625 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 30, 2024 |
| 18843157 | Dynamic Workflow Implementation Methods and Systems | Siemens Aktiengesellschaft | RINES, ROBERT D | 3625 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 71d | Pending | Aug 30, 2024 |
| 18842332 | Simulating a Conversation | Siemens Aktiengesellschaft | CHANNAVAJJALA, SRIRAMA T | 2154 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 28, 2024 |
| 18842171 | Determination of the Body Posture | Siemens Aktiengesellschaft | HULL, JAMES B | 3715 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 28, 2024 |
| 18841846 | Systems and Methods for Digitally Transforming Economic, Organizational and/or Industrial Content and/or Processes | Siemens Aktiengesellschaft | LHYMN, SARAH | 2613 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 27, 2024 |
| 18841089 | Interface Mapping Method And Apparatus | Siemens Aktiengesellschaft | CHOWDHURY, ZIAUL A. | 2192 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 23, 2024 |
| 18841147 | Anomaly Detection Method And Apparatus | Siemens Aktiengesellschaft | FERNANDEZ RIVAS, OMAR F | 2128 | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 23, 2024 |
| 18839149 | Transmission of Pre-Processed Sensor Data While Incorporating Data Quality | Siemens Aktiengesellschaft | GEISEL, KARA E | 2877 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 16, 2024 |
| 18834420 | Electric Rotating Machine With a Can | Siemens Mobility GmbH | ANDREWS, MICHAEL | 2834 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 30, 2024 |
| 18832602 | Workflow Generation Method and System | Siemens Ltd., China | ACHILLE, ASHMEED CARCIA | 2198 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 24, 2024 |
| 18832690 | Information Processing Method, Apparatus, and Computing Device | Siemens Aktiengesellschaft | KENDALL, CHUCK O | 2192 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 24, 2024 |
| 18832507 | Device Control Method and Apparatus | Siemens Aktiengesellschaft | UNG, LANNY N | 2197 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 23, 2024 |
| 18832492 | Workflow Generation Method, Device and System | Siemens Aktiengesellschaft | WARNER, PHILIP N | 3624 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 23, 2024 |
| 18832501 | Workflow Construction and Monitoring Method and System | Siemens Aktiengesellschaft | WARNER, PHILIP N | 3624 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 12d | Pending | Jul 23, 2024 |
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Start Free Trial88.0% of resolved applications prosecuted by Slayden Grubert Beard Pllc were allowed, across 5,240 applications in USPTO records.
3.97 office actions per allowed application on average.
109 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 16 clients, before 105 examiners in 73 art units.
