Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
2Pi Inc. maintains 2 pending office actions within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. These actions are distributed among 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units. The presence of 2 pending office actions suggests a targeted prosecution effort within this specific technical field.
Tony Ko acts as the busiest examiner for the portfolio, currently overseeing 1 pending office action. The presence of 2 distinct examiners across 2 distinct art units suggests that each matter is being reviewed in a unique technical and administrative context. This arrangement requires the company to navigate different examiner perspectives for its 2 pending office actions.
For the 2 pending office actions, the applicant must address the specific concerns of 2 distinct examiners. Since the examiners are located within 2 distinct art units, there may be different prior art or internal guidelines that influence each case. Practitioners should develop tailored strategies for each of the 2 pending office actions to account for the unique requirements of each art unit.
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 |
|---|---|
| §102 only | 1 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KO, TONY | 1 | 87.8% | +2.7% |
| GARDINER, JOSH CHARLES | 1 | 100.0% | +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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18508217 | FLAT OPTICS FOR LIGHT COUPLING | GARDINER, JOSH CHARLES | — |
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.
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2878 | 1 |
| 4100 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18622835 | PATTERN PROJECTION AND DETECTION USING FLAT OPTICS | KO, TONY | 2878 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 29, 2024 |
| 18508217 | FLAT OPTICS FOR LIGHT COUPLING | GARDINER, JOSH CHARLES | 4100 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 13, 2023 |
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Start Free Trial2Pi Inc. has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Tony Ko has the most, with 1 of 2Pi Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.