Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
30 pending office actions • 4 art units • 22 examiners • 0 of 30 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 39 patents granted in the last 365 days
Actutek Corporation has 30 pending office actions in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. These actions are handled by 22 distinct examiners, with SIPES, JOHN CURTIS serving as the busiest examiner with 3 pending office actions. The 30 pending office actions are concentrated within 4 distinct art units.
This concentration in 4 distinct art units suggests a narrow technical focus for the 30 pending actions. However, the use of 22 distinct examiners means that many different individuals are reviewing cases within those few art units. SIPES, JOHN CURTIS is the most active examiner, managing 3 of the total pending actions. With 22 distinct examiners involved, the company must manage a variety of individual perspectives despite the limited number of 4 art units. This structure requires a strategy that accounts for diverse examiner styles within a concentrated technical field.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 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. 3 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 + other | 5 (17%) |
| §103 only | 3 (10%) |
| §102 only | 6 (20%) |
| §112 only | 1 (3%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (3%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 2 (7%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 11 (37%) |
| No statute on record | 1 (3%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SIPES, JOHN CURTIS | 3 | 77.3% | +19.4% |
| FENWICK, WARREN K | 3 | 89.7% | +0.3% |
| PICHLER, MARIN | 2 | 63.3% | +9.8% |
| JONES, JAMES | 2 | 88.4% | +4.5% |
| EDENFIELD, KUEI-JEN L | 2 | 78.2% | +14.3% |
| SAHLE, MAHIDERE S | 2 | 79.5% | +13.1% |
| KASTURE, DNYANESH G | 1 | 48.1% | +26.5% |
| HSU, AMY R | 1 | 86.6% | -1.2% |
| MEBRAHTU, EPHREM ZERU | 1 | 74.7% | +8.8% |
| WRIGHT, ANDREW RUSSELL | 1 | 65.5% | +41.7% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19237320 | OPTICAL ELEMENT DRIVING MECHANISM | HSU, AMY R | — |
| 18978307 | OPTICAL ELEMENT DRIVING MECHANISM | JONES, JAMES | — |
| 18819056 | OPTICAL COMPONENT DRIVING MECHANISM | FENWICK, WARREN K | — |
| 18792956 | DRIVING MECHANISM | JONES, JAMES | — |
| 18766007 | OPTICAL SYSTEM | FENWICK, WARREN K | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19382974 | DRIVING MECHANISM | KASTURE, DNYANESH G | — |
| 18989651 | OPTICAL ELEMENT DRIVING MECHANISM | PICHLER, MARIN | — |
| 18979436 | OPTICAL ELEMENT DRIVING MECHANISM | MEBRAHTU, EPHREM ZERU | — |
| 18964098 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING OPTICAL ELEMENT DRIVING MECHANISM | WRIGHT, ANDREW RUSSELL | — |
| 18941900 | OPTICAL MEMBER DRIVING MECHANISM | FULLER, RODNEY EVAN | — |
| 18938911 | DRIVING MECHANISM | PIERCE-WALKER, CHAZERAE AYODELE | — |
| 18937458 | DRIVING MECHANISM | SIPES, JOHN CURTIS | — |
| 18910307 | OPTICAL ELEMENT DRIVING SYSTEM AND MECHANISM THEREOF | PICHLER, MARIN | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18400670 | OPTICAL MEMBER DRIVING MECHANISM | SAHLE, MAHIDERE S | 34d |
| 19382974 | DRIVING MECHANISM | KASTURE, DNYANESH G | — |
| 18964098 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING OPTICAL ELEMENT DRIVING MECHANISM | WRIGHT, ANDREW RUSSELL | — |
| 18937458 | DRIVING MECHANISM | SIPES, JOHN CURTIS | — |
| 18922633 | OPTICAL ELEMENT DRIVING MECHANISM | EDENFIELD, KUEI-JEN L | — |
| 18896083 | DRIVING MECHANISM | SIPES, JOHN CURTIS | — |
| 18673926 | OPTICAL ELEMENT DRIVING MECHANISM | EDENFIELD, KUEI-JEN L | — |
| 18617936 | DRIVING MECHANISM | SAHLE, MAHIDERE S | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2872 | 7 |
| 2871 | 5 |
| 3746 | 1 |
| 2837 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19382974 | DRIVING MECHANISM | KASTURE, DNYANESH G | 3746 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 07, 2025 |
| 19237320 | OPTICAL ELEMENT DRIVING MECHANISM | HSU, AMY R | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 13, 2025 |
| 18989651 | OPTICAL ELEMENT DRIVING MECHANISM | PICHLER, MARIN | — | §101§102§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2024 |
| 18978307 | OPTICAL ELEMENT DRIVING MECHANISM | JONES, JAMES | — | §102DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 12, 2024 |
| 18979436 | OPTICAL ELEMENT DRIVING MECHANISM | MEBRAHTU, EPHREM ZERU | — | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 12, 2024 |
| 18964098 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING OPTICAL ELEMENT DRIVING MECHANISM | WRIGHT, ANDREW RUSSELL | — | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 29, 2024 |
| 18949768 | OPTICAL ELEMENT DRIVING MECHANISM | SUMLAR, JOURNEY F | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 15, 2024 |
| 18941900 | OPTICAL MEMBER DRIVING MECHANISM | FULLER, RODNEY EVAN | — | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 08, 2024 |
| 18938911 | DRIVING MECHANISM | PIERCE-WALKER, CHAZERAE AYODELE | — | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 06, 2024 |
| 18937458 | DRIVING MECHANISM | SIPES, JOHN CURTIS | — | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 05, 2024 |
| 18922633 | OPTICAL ELEMENT DRIVING MECHANISM | EDENFIELD, KUEI-JEN L | — | §102§103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 22, 2024 |
| 18910307 | OPTICAL ELEMENT DRIVING SYSTEM AND MECHANISM THEREOF | PICHLER, MARIN | — | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 09, 2024 |
| 18906576 | OPTICAL ELEMENT DRIVING MECHANISM | DUDEK, JAMES A | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 04, 2024 |
| 18896083 | DRIVING MECHANISM | SIPES, JOHN CURTIS | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 25, 2024 |
| 18819056 | OPTICAL COMPONENT DRIVING MECHANISM | FENWICK, WARREN K | — | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 29, 2024 |
| 18792907 | DRIVING MECHANISM | WILSON, PAISLEY L | 2871 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 02, 2024 |
| 18792956 | DRIVING MECHANISM | JONES, JAMES | 2872 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 02, 2024 |
| 18777880 | OPTICAL ELEMENT DRIVING MECHANISM | KING, GEORGE G | 2872 | §101§102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 19, 2024 |
| 18778603 | OPTICAL ELEMENT DRIVING MECHANISM | GROSS, ALEXANDER P | 2871 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 19, 2024 |
| 18777191 | OPTICAL ELEMENT DRIVING MECHANISM | LAU, EDMOND C | 2871 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 18, 2024 |
| 18768781 | APERTURE UNIT | FENWICK, WARREN K | — | Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 10, 2024 |
| 18766007 | OPTICAL SYSTEM | FENWICK, WARREN K | — | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 08, 2024 |
| 18673926 | OPTICAL ELEMENT DRIVING MECHANISM | EDENFIELD, KUEI-JEN L | 2872 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 24, 2024 |
| 18627999 | OPTICAL ELEMENT DRIVING MECHANISM | CHANG, CHARLES S | 2871 | §102 | Final Rejection | 5d overdue | Pending | Apr 05, 2024 |
| 18617936 | DRIVING MECHANISM | SAHLE, MAHIDERE S | 2872 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 27, 2024 |
| 18417378 | DRIVING MECHANISM | JONES, JENNIFER ANN | 2872 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 12d | Pending | Jan 19, 2024 |
| 18400670 | OPTICAL MEMBER DRIVING MECHANISM | SAHLE, MAHIDERE S | 2872 | §103 | Final Rejection | 34d | Pending | Dec 29, 2023 |
| 18500679 | OPTICAL ELEMENT DRIVING MECHANISM | MERLIN, JESSICA M | 2871 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 02, 2023 |
| 18467354 | OPTICAL SYSTEM | SIPES, JOHN CURTIS | 2872 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 14, 2023 |
| 18191577 | DRIVING MECHANISM AND DRIVING MODULE | GORDON, BRYAN P | 2837 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 28, 2023 |
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