Slayden Grubert Beard Pllc

Portfolio Summary

75

Total Pending OAs

50

Non-Final OAs

12

Final Rejections

13

Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 74 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

34

Overdue

1

Due this week

24

Due this month

8

Due in next 60 days

7

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. 74 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

Overdue (34)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (24)Due ≤ 60 days (8)Due later (7)

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.

1

Hard (1%)

67

Medium (89%)

5

Easy (7%)

2

Unknown (3%)

Rejection Statute Mix

Bucket	Cases
§101 only	1 (1%)
§103 only	58 (77%)
§102 only	9 (12%)
§112 only	5 (7%)
No statute on record	2 (3%)

Industry Mix

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

6

Life Sciences

8% of docket

37

Information Tech

49% of docket

5

Communications

7% of docket

8

Semiconductors

11% of docket

19

Mechanical / Eng

25% 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.

750 h

Manual time on pending OAs

150 h

Time saved (low, 20%)

262 h

Time saved (mid, 35%)

6.6 wks

FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

Examiner	Apps on this docket	Allow rate	Interview lift
TODD, GREGORY G	2	38.7%	-4.6%
BARKER, TODD L	2	75.5%	+23.4%
ALHIJA, SAIF A	2	72.3%	+18.6%
NGUYEN, THUY N	1	57.6%	+23.9%
PATEL, KAMINI B	1	85.7%	+9.9%
POUDEL, SAMIKSHYA NMN	1	47.4%	+81.8%
BUKOWSKI, KENNETH	1	67.7%	+5.9%
MEINECKE DIAZ, SUSANNA M	1	30.6%	+20.4%
BRADEN, SHAWN M	1	66.6%	+32.5%
RAHIM, MONJUR	1	84.4%	+16.3%

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 #	Title	Examiner	Due in
19101144	Method For Finding And Erasing Errors Within A Mapping Process	PATEL, KAMINI B	19d

Hard Cases (1)

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
18842266	Providing Learning Content	UTAMA, ROBERT J	9d overdue

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 #	Title	Examiner	Due in
18865082	Provisioning Terminals in Radio Communication Networks	RAHIM, MONJUR	7d
17694294	Training Dataset, Training and Artificial Neural Network for the State Estimation of a Power Network	ALHIJA, SAIF A	13d
19099147	Method And Systems For Covert Path Discovering	POUDEL, SAMIKSHYA NMN	14d
18006638	Dynamically Providing Context-Based Computer-Supported Functionalities in Mobile Distributed Edge Clouds	BARKER, TODD L	28d
19102590	Carbon Data Management Methods And Systems	NGUYEN, THUY N	29d
18877172	Optimization of Production Planning	MEINECKE DIAZ, SUSANNA M	55d
18866670	Container	BRADEN, SHAWN M	62d
17690592	Method and Apparatus for the State Estimation of an Electrical Grid	ALHIJA, SAIF A	83d

Client Portfolio (9 clients)

Client (Assignee)	Pending OAs
Siemens	56
Volkswagen	7
Continental	4
Innomotics	2
HYDAC	2
Kocher-Plastik Maschinenbau GmbH	1
Softiron Limited	1
Leaf Healthcare	1
Smart Beat Profits Limited	1

Top Art Units

Art Unit	Apps
3625	3
2449	3
2186	3
2436	2
2834	2
2191	2
2497	2
3662	2
2443	2
2118	2

Pending Office Actions

App #	Title	Client	Examiner	Art Unit	Statutes	Status	Due in	AI	Filed
19102590	Carbon Data Management Methods And Systems	Siemens Aktiengesellschaft	NGUYEN, THUY N	3622	§103	Non-Final OA	29d	Pending	Feb 10, 2025
19101144	Method For Finding And Erasing Errors Within A Mapping Process	Siemens Aktiengesellschaft	PATEL, KAMINI B	2114	§103	Non-Final OA	19d	Pending	Feb 04, 2025
19099147	Method And Systems For Covert Path Discovering	Siemens Aktiengesellschaft	POUDEL, SAMIKSHYA NMN	2436	§103	Non-Final OA	14d	Pending	Jan 28, 2025
18997827	Methods and Systems for Processing a Graphically Displayable Object by at Least Two Users	Siemens Aktiengesellschaft	BUKOWSKI, KENNETH	2621	§103	Non-Final OA	60d overdue	Pending	Jan 23, 2025
18877172	Optimization of Production Planning	Siemens Aktiengesellschaft	MEINECKE DIAZ, SUSANNA M	3625	§103	Non-Final OA	55d	Pending	Dec 19, 2024
18866670	Container	Kocher-Plastik Maschinenbau GmbH	BRADEN, SHAWN M	3736	§102	Non-Final OA	62d	Pending	Nov 18, 2024
18865082	Provisioning Terminals in Radio Communication Networks	Siemens Aktiengesellschaft	RAHIM, MONJUR	2436	—	Non-Final OA	7d	Pending	Nov 12, 2024
18860848	Method, Apparatus and Device for Hardening Assets in OT System and Storage Medium and Computer Program Product	Siemens Aktiengesellschaft	NAJI, YOUNES	2445	§103	Non-Final OA	44d overdue	Pending	Oct 28, 2024
18860901	Workflow Recommendation Method and Device	Siemens Aktiengesellschaft	BROWN, SARA GRACE	3625	§103	Non-Final OA	56d	Pending	Oct 28, 2024
18852634	Methods for Executing a Workload (APP) in an Execution Environment and System	Siemens Aktiengesellschaft	PALIWAL, YOGESH	2435	§103	Non-Final OA	27d	Pending	Sep 30, 2024
18851488	Microservice Orchestration Method and Apparatus	Siemens Aktiengesellschaft	ALKHATEEB, NOOR	2193	§103	Final Rejection	15d	Pending	Sep 26, 2024
18850450	Sintered-Metal Component	Siemens Aktiengesellschaft	HORGER, KIM S.	1784	§112	Non-Final OA	9d overdue	Pending	Sep 24, 2024
18849358	Interaction of Physical Entities	Siemens Aktiengesellschaft	ABEDIN, SHANTO	2494	§103	Non-Final OA	16d overdue	Pending	Sep 20, 2024
18887416	Cold Exchnage System	Siemens Schweiz AG	TADESSE, MARTHA	3763	§103	Non-Final OA	12d	Pending	Sep 17, 2024
18845632	Device Having a Communication Apparatus for Data Transfer Via a Data-Transfer Bus	VITESCO TECHNOLOGIES GMBH	WASEL, MOHAMED A	2454	§103	Non-Final OA	19d	Pending	Sep 10, 2024
18843157	Dynamic Workflow Implementation Methods and Systems	Siemens Aktiengesellschaft	RINES, ROBERT D	3625	§103	Non-Final OA	71d	Pending	Aug 30, 2024
18842141	Speech Synthesizer and Method for Speech Synthesis	Siemens Aktiengesellschaft	COLUCCI, MICHAEL C	2655	§103	Non-Final OA	9d	Pending	Aug 28, 2024
18842266	Providing Learning Content	Siemens Aktiengesellschaft	UTAMA, ROBERT J	3715	§101	Final Rejection	9d overdue	Pending	Aug 28, 2024
18832795	Software Architecture Method and Software Architecture	Siemens Aktiengesellschaft	UNG, LANNY N	2197	§103	Non-Final OA	15d overdue	Pending	Jul 24, 2024
18832501	Workflow Construction and Monitoring Method and System	Siemens Aktiengesellschaft	WARNER, PHILIP N	3624	§103	Final Rejection	12d	Pending	Jul 23, 2024
18765782	Method And Driver Assistance System For Assisted Reversing With A Vehicle-Trailer Combination And Motor Vehicle	Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft	WANG, YI-KAI	3747	§103	Non-Final OA	18d overdue	Pending	Jul 08, 2024
18722190	Terminal Box for Motor and Motor	Siemens Aktiengesellschaft	GUGGER, SEAN A	2834	§112	Non-Final OA	15d	Pending	Jun 20, 2024
18712967	Method For Noise Reduction During Operation Of An Electric Motor, And Motor Control Device For Controlling The Operation Of An Electric Motor Involving Noise Reduction	VITESCO TECHNOLOGIES GMBH	MASIH, KAREN	2846	§103	Non-Final OA	30d	Pending	May 23, 2024
18708485	Powder Coating Formulation for an Insulation System of an Electric Machine	Innomotics GmbH	SECK, AHMED F	2834	§103	Non-Final OA	63d	Pending	May 08, 2024
18700825	Remotely Operated System and Use of the System Based on Edge-Cloud Infrastructure	Siemens Aktiengesellschaft	NGUYEN, STEVEN C	2451	§103	Non-Final OA	86d overdue	Pending	Apr 12, 2024
18692038	Method and Apparatus for Automatically Configuring and Deploying Containerized Application	Siemens Aktiengesellschaft	TRAN, TRAVIS VIET	2191	§103	Non-Final OA	15d overdue	Pending	Mar 14, 2024
18686102	Method for Assigning a Digital Model to a Physical Component of an Automation System, Automation System, and Manufacturing Facility	Siemens Aktiengesellschaft	WRIGHT, BRYAN F	2497	§103	Non-Final OA	69d	Pending	Feb 24, 2024
18438579	Method for Generating Training Data for an Object for Training an Artificial Intelligence System and Training System	Siemens Aktiengesellschaft	LU, ZHIYU	2665	§103	Final Rejection	8d	Pending	Feb 12, 2024
18293121	Method and Apparatus for Optimizing Operation of Transformer Substation	Siemens Aktiengesellschaft	DYER, ANDREW R	3662	§103	Non-Final OA	9d	Pending	Jan 29, 2024
18580706	Device Searching Method, Apparatus and System	Siemens Aktiengesellschaft	TODD, GREGORY G	2443	Other	Non-Final OA	19d overdue	Pending	Jan 19, 2024
18580523	Method and Apparatus for Identifying a Malfunction of Contactors of a DC Voltage Charging Connection for an Electric Vehicle	VITESCO TECHNOLOGIES GMBH	PRETLOW, DEMETRIUS R	2858	§103	Non-Final OA	13d	Pending	Jan 18, 2024
18565154	Application Program Construction and Execution Methods and Systems	Siemens Aktiengesellschaft	MORSHED, HOSSAIN M	2191	§103	Non-Final OA	30d overdue	Pending	Nov 29, 2023
18564910	Testing a Configuration of at Least One Component of an Automation System and Automation System	Siemens Aktiengesellschaft	OKASHA, RAMI RAFAT	2118	§102	Non-Final OA	1d overdue	Pending	Nov 28, 2023
18564212	Methods for Additive Manufacturing of a Component	Siemens Aktiengesellschaft	TAN, ALVIN H	2118	§103	Non-Final OA	39d	Pending	Nov 27, 2023
18562688	Control Units and Methods for Controlling Operation of a Heat Generation Plant of an Energy System	Siemens Aktiengesellschaft	CHOI, MICHAEL W	2116	§112	Non-Final OA	8d	Pending	Nov 20, 2023
18555303	Hydraulic Accumulator	Hydac Technology GmbH	QUANDT, MICHAEL M	3745	§103	Final Rejection	41d	Pending	Oct 13, 2023
18553076	Methods and Systems for Checking Container Applications on a Host System for Manipulation	Siemens Aktiengesellschaft	TRUONG, LECHI	2194	§103	Non-Final OA	28d overdue	Pending	Sep 28, 2023
18260890	Method for Assisting a Driver of a Motor Vehicle During a Parking Manoeuvre, and Motor Vehicle	Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft	HILGENDORF, DALE W	3662	§103	Final Rejection	79d overdue	Pending	Sep 12, 2023
18549031	Method for Transmitting Data By Way of at Least Two Moving Components, Computer Program Product, Transmitter and Receiver	Siemens Aktiengesellschaft	ALMAMUN, ABDULLAH	2431	§102	Final Rejection	34d	Pending	Sep 05, 2023
18548551	Encapsulated MEMS Switching Element, Device and Production Method	Siemens Aktiengesellschaft	SAEED, AHMED M	2831	§103	Non-Final OA	4d overdue	Pending	Aug 31, 2023
18279723	Method for Forming a Filter Medium	Hydac Filtertechnik GmbH	ALI, WAQAAS A	1777	§103	Non-Final OA	20d	Pending	Aug 31, 2023
18547236	Insulation System for Electrically Rotating MachinesAnd Method for the Production Thereof	Siemens Aktiengesellschaft	WIECZOREK, MICHAEL P	1712	§103	Final Rejection	70d	Pending	Aug 21, 2023
18260368	Method, Computer Program, and Device for Operating an AI Module	Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft	HILAIRE, CLIFFORD	2488	§103	Non-Final OA	55d	Pending	Jul 05, 2023
18257030	Model Optimization Method and Apparatus for Additive Manufacturing, and Storage Medium	Siemens Aktiengesellschaft	FOLLANSBEE, YVONNE TRANG	2117	§102	Non-Final OA	60d overdue	Pending	Jun 12, 2023
18255285	Fusing One or More Cross Sections by Electron Beam Powder Bed Fusion	Siemens Aktiengesellschaft	RHUE, ABIGAIL H	3761	§103	Non-Final OA	19d overdue	Pending	May 31, 2023
18254289	Method for Producing an Object Layer by Layer	Siemens Aktiengesellschaft	CHAMBERS, JOHN MICHAEL	3761	§103	Non-Final OA	14d	Pending	May 24, 2023
18322917	Resolving Overlapping IP Addresses in Multiple Locations	Softiron Limited	BARKER, TODD L	2449	§103	Final Rejection	—	Pending	May 24, 2023
18253018	Configuration and Commission of a Building	Siemens Schweiz AG	TODD, GREGORY G	2443	§103	Non-Final OA	183d overdue	Pending	May 15, 2023
18249800	Apparatus for Storing Energy and/or Generating Energy, Having a Control Device	Siemens Aktiengesellschaft	WANG, ZHIPENG	2115	§102	Non-Final OA	16d	Pending	Apr 20, 2023
18246235	Housing for a Manufacturing Machine and/or a Part of a Production Line and System for Open-Loop and/or Closed-Loop Control of a Production Facility	Siemens Aktiengesellschaft	MARTINEZ, JOSEPH P	2872	§103	Non-Final OA	18d overdue	Pending	Mar 22, 2023
18044323	Device, System, and Method for Providing an Artificial Neural Network	Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft	ENDRESEN, KIRSTEN DANIELA	2874	§103	Non-Final OA	9d	Pending	Mar 07, 2023
18044275	Teaching Trajectories in a Motor Vehicle	Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft	CROMER, ANDREW J	3667	§103	Non-Final OA	31d overdue	Pending	Mar 07, 2023
18042399	System and Method for Recognizing Emotions	Siemens Aktiengesellschaft	AUGUSTIN, MARCELLUS	2682	§103	Non-Final OA	53d overdue	Pending	Feb 21, 2023
18040700	Neural Topic Modeling with Continuous Learning	Siemens Aktiengesellschaft	OPSASNICK, MICHAEL N	2658	§102	Non-Final OA	73d overdue	Pending	Feb 06, 2023
18007333	Fiber Material Composite Having a Region that Neutralizes Reactive Oxygen Species	Siemens Aktiengesellschaft	PHILIPS, BRADLEY H	3799	§103	Non-Final OA	78d overdue	Pending	Jan 30, 2023
18006638	Dynamically Providing Context-Based Computer-Supported Functionalities in Mobile Distributed Edge Clouds	Siemens Aktiengesellschaft	BARKER, TODD L	2449	§103	Non-Final OA	28d	Pending	Jan 24, 2023
18005881	Method and System for Monitoring a Wireless Communication Network	Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft	ASRES, HERMON	2449	§103	Non-Final OA	155d overdue	Pending	Jan 18, 2023
18155958	Device With Recyclable Computing Component and Method	Siemens Aktiengesellschaft	CAMPEN, KELLY SCAGGS	3691	§103	Final Rejection	17d overdue	Pending	Jan 18, 2023
18003786	Automated Monitoring of Artificial Intelligence	Siemens Aktiengesellschaft	AHMED, SYED RAYHAN	2126	§103	Non-Final OA	119d overdue	Pending	Dec 29, 2022
17927055	Information Leakage Detection Method and Apparatus, and Computer-Readable Medium	Siemens Aktiengesellschaft	STEINLE, ANDREW J	2497	§103	Non-Final OA	17d overdue	Pending	Nov 22, 2022
17916234	Prediction Model Learning Method, Apparatus and System for an Industrial System	Siemens Aktiengesellschaft	CHAVEZ, ANTHONY RAY	2186	§103	Non-Final OA	34d	Pending	Sep 30, 2022
17786404	Integrity Monitoring System, Method for Operating an Integrity Monitoring System, and Integrity Monitoring Unit	Siemens Aktiengesellschaft	TANG, MICHAEL XUEFEI	2115	§103	Non-Final OA	16d	Pending	Jun 16, 2022
17777413	Remote Activation of the Wireless Service Interface of a Control Device Via a Radio Interface	Siemens Schweiz AG	KABIR, SAAD M	2119	§103	Non-Final OA	14d	Pending	May 17, 2022
17629579	Method and Arrangement for Operating a Battery Device	VITESCO TECHNOLOGIES GMBH	CARRICO, ROBERT SCOTT	1727	§103	Non-Final OA	33d	Pending	Apr 18, 2022
17765109	Linearization Processing Method and Device for Nonlinear Model, And Storage Medium	Siemens Aktiengesellschaft	TSENG, KYLE HWA-KAI	2189	§103	Final Rejection	111d overdue	Pending	Mar 30, 2022
17693579	SENSOR DEVICE WITH A SELECTIVELY ACTIVATABLE DISPLAY	Leaf Healthcare, Inc.	KREMER, MATTHEW	3791	§112	Final Rejection	1d overdue	Pending	Mar 14, 2022
17694294	Training Dataset, Training and Artificial Neural Network for the State Estimation of a Power Network	Siemens Aktiengesellschaft	ALHIJA, SAIF A	2186	§102	Non-Final OA	13d	Pending	Mar 14, 2022
17690592	Method and Apparatus for the State Estimation of an Electrical Grid	Siemens Aktiengesellschaft	ALHIJA, SAIF A	2186	§103	Non-Final OA	83d	Pending	Mar 09, 2022
17638829	Classification of AI Modules	Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft	HAEFNER, KAITLYN RENEE	2148	§103	Non-Final OA	29d overdue	Pending	Feb 27, 2022
17629917	Method for Thermally Spraying Conductor Paths, and Electronic Module	Siemens Aktiengesellschaft	MAYY, MOHAMMAD	1718	§103	Non-Final OA	8d overdue	Pending	Jan 25, 2022
17614683	Additives, Corresponding Uses, Insulation Systems, and Electric Machines	Innomotics GmbH	LENIHAN, JEFFREY S	1765	§103	Non-Final OA	184d overdue	Pending	Nov 29, 2021
17442718	Method for Operating a Machine Tool and a Machine Tool	Siemens Aktiengesellschaft	LAUGHLIN, NATHAN L	2119	§103	Non-Final OA	45d overdue	Pending	Sep 24, 2021
17432576	Method and Arrangement for Creating a Digital Building Model	Siemens Schweiz AG	MIRABITO, MICHAEL PAUL	2187	§112	Non-Final OA	61d	Pending	Aug 20, 2021
17276676	Switching Device for Separating a Current Path	Siemens Aktiengesellschaft	O TOOLE, COLLEEN J	2849	§102	Non-Final OA	86d overdue	Pending	Mar 16, 2021
16620415	Method of Constructing Database	Smart Beat Profits Limited	WILLIAMS, TERESA S	3687	§102	Non-Final OA	8d	Pending	Dec 06, 2019

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