Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
14 pending office actions • 2 clients • 13 examiners • 8 art units • 0 of 14 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 91 patents granted in the last 365 days
Volpe Koenig - INA operates in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. The firm has managed 33209 career applications and has a resolved allowance rate pct of 88.28. This 88.28 resolved allowance rate pct provides a measure of success for applications in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics sector. Practitioners can use the 33209 career applications to evaluate the firm's historical outcomes. These metrics offer a basis for setting expectations for future filings in this technical field.
Currently, the firm has 14 pending office actions. The avg office actions per allowance for the firm is 3.2. This 3.2 avg office actions per allowance reflects the number of examiner interactions typically required to reach an allowance. With 14 pending office actions, the firm continues to manage its active cases. The 3.2 avg office actions per allowance helps practitioners estimate the resources needed for the examination phase. The 88.28 resolved allowance rate pct and the 14 pending office actions provide a view of the firm's performance.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 4 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. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 6 (43%) |
| §102 only | 1 (7%) |
| §112 only | 1 (7%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 6 (43%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| STEFANON, JUSTIN | 2 | 51.1% | +48.0% |
| NGUYEN, AIMEE TRAN | 1 | 78.8% | +16.8% |
| ALMAWRI, MAGED M | 1 | 75.6% | +21.0% |
| SHRESTHA, SAGAR | 1 | 84.0% | +12.5% |
| SETZER, NICHOLAS LEE | 1 | 68.2% | +41.2% |
| CHANG, MINKI | 1 | 71.6% | +10.1% |
| GONZALEZ RAMOS, MAYLA | 1 | 54.7% | +13.8% |
| STOUT, RILEY OWEN | 1 | 75.5% | -3.6% |
| TALPALATSKI, ALEXANDER | 1 | 71.9% | +9.0% |
| FORRY, COLTON BUSA | 1 | 50.0% | +0.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18728460 | DIRT-PROOF ELECTRIC CONNECTION BETWEEN TWO INSTALLATION AREAS | SHRESTHA, SAGAR | 45d overdue |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18554512 | STATOR OF AN ELECTRIC AXIAL FLUX MACHINE, AND AXIAL FLUX MACHINE | STEFANON, JUSTIN | 44d overdue |
| 18267294 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A BIPOLAR PLATE FOR AN ELECTROCHEMICAL CELL, AND BIPOLAR PLATE | YOON, KEVIN E | 22d |
| 18897423 | WAVE WINDING RING TERMINAL HIGH VOLTAGE CONNECTION | ALMAWRI, MAGED M | — |
| 18398390 | INSET MAGNET WITH EARS | STEFANON, JUSTIN | — |
| 18277168 | ELECTROLYSIS PLATE FOR HYDROGEN PRODUCTION AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN ELECTROLYSIS PLATE | FORRY, COLTON BUSA | — |
| 18030653 | ELECTRICAL MACHINE HAVING A BEARING OF A CONNECTION SHAFT CONNECTED TO A ROTOR | CAZAN, LIVIUS RADU | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18728460 | DIRT-PROOF ELECTRIC CONNECTION BETWEEN TWO INSTALLATION AREAS | SHRESTHA, SAGAR | 45d overdue |
| 18554512 | STATOR OF AN ELECTRIC AXIAL FLUX MACHINE, AND AXIAL FLUX MACHINE | STEFANON, JUSTIN | 44d overdue |
| 18688012 | AXIAL FLUX MACHINE | SETZER, NICHOLAS LEE | 7d |
| 19128567 | ROLLING BEARING AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A ROLLING BEARING CAGE | NGUYEN, AIMEE TRAN | — |
| 18897423 | WAVE WINDING RING TERMINAL HIGH VOLTAGE CONNECTION | ALMAWRI, MAGED M | — |
| 18439946 | METHOD OF FORMING A MULTI-COMPONENT ROTATING ASSEMBLY AND ROTATING ASSEMBLY | CHANG, MINKI | — |
| 18398390 | INSET MAGNET WITH EARS | STEFANON, JUSTIN | — |
| 18573555 | COMPONENT FOR AN ELECTROCHEMICAL CELL, REDOX FLOW CELL, AND ELECTROLYSER | GONZALEZ RAMOS, MAYLA | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| Schaeffler | 13 |
| SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KG | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2834 | 6 |
| 3617 | 1 |
| 2841 | 1 |
| 2837 | 1 |
| 1711 | 1 |
| 1735 | 1 |
| 3729 | 1 |
| 2831 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19128567 | ROLLING BEARING AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A ROLLING BEARING CAGE | Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. Kg | NGUYEN, AIMEE TRAN | 3617 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 09, 2025 |
| 18897423 | WAVE WINDING RING TERMINAL HIGH VOLTAGE CONNECTION | Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. Kg | ALMAWRI, MAGED M | 2834 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 26, 2024 |
| 18728460 | DIRT-PROOF ELECTRIC CONNECTION BETWEEN TWO INSTALLATION AREAS | Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. Kg | SHRESTHA, SAGAR | 2841 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 45d overdue | Pending | Jul 12, 2024 |
| 18688012 | AXIAL FLUX MACHINE | Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. Kg | SETZER, NICHOLAS LEE | 2834 | §103 | Final Rejection | 7d | Pending | Feb 29, 2024 |
| 18439946 | METHOD OF FORMING A MULTI-COMPONENT ROTATING ASSEMBLY AND ROTATING ASSEMBLY | Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. Kg | CHANG, MINKI | 2834 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 13, 2024 |
| 18398390 | INSET MAGNET WITH EARS | Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. Kg | STEFANON, JUSTIN | 2834 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 28, 2023 |
| 18573555 | COMPONENT FOR AN ELECTROCHEMICAL CELL, REDOX FLOW CELL, AND ELECTROLYSER | Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. Kg | GONZALEZ RAMOS, MAYLA | §112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 22, 2023 | |
| 18563522 | ELECTRIC AXIAL FLUX MACHINE, AND COLLABORATIVE ROBOT COMPRISING AN ELECTRIC AXIAL FLUX MACHINE | Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. Kg | STOUT, RILEY OWEN | 2834 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 22, 2023 |
| 18554512 | STATOR OF AN ELECTRIC AXIAL FLUX MACHINE, AND AXIAL FLUX MACHINE | Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. Kg | STEFANON, JUSTIN | 2834 | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | 44d overdue | Pending | Oct 09, 2023 |
| 18468060 | SOLENOID ACTUATOR WITH IMPROVED REACTION TIME | Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. Kg | TALPALATSKI, ALEXANDER | 2837 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 15, 2023 |
| 18277168 | ELECTROLYSIS PLATE FOR HYDROGEN PRODUCTION AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN ELECTROLYSIS PLATE | Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. Kg | FORRY, COLTON BUSA | 1711 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 14, 2023 |
| 18267294 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A BIPOLAR PLATE FOR AN ELECTROCHEMICAL CELL, AND BIPOLAR PLATE | Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. Kg | YOON, KEVIN E | 1735 | §102§112 | Final Rejection | 22d | Pending | Jun 14, 2023 |
| 18030653 | ELECTRICAL MACHINE HAVING A BEARING OF A CONNECTION SHAFT CONNECTED TO A ROTOR | Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. Kg | CAZAN, LIVIUS RADU | 3729 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 06, 2023 |
| 18183770 | HIGH-VOLTAGE CONNECTOR SEAL RETENTION CLIP | Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. Kg | ALHAWAMDEH, NADER J | 2831 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 14, 2023 |
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