Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Aip Inc. maintains a highly concentrated patent prosecution profile within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. The company currently has 2 pending office actions, both of which are being handled within 1 distinct art unit. This indicates that the company's current intellectual property efforts are focused on a specific technical niche within the semiconductor and optics field. The use of 1 distinct art units suggests that the company's innovations are being reviewed by a single specialized group at the USPTO.
The prosecution of both pending matters is overseen by 1 distinct examiners, specifically STAHL, MICHAEL J. As the busiest examiner, STAHL, MICHAEL J is responsible for 2 busiest examiner pending office actions, which accounts for the company's entire active workload. This creates a singular point of contact for all of the company's current interactions with the USPTO. For practitioners, having 2 pending office actions managed by 1 distinct examiners allows for a very consistent prosecution strategy across the portfolio.
There is no risk of conflicting examiner requirements or varying art unit standards in this prosecution environment. The focus remains entirely on the specific examination style of STAHL, MICHAEL J, enabling a unified approach to addressing the 2 pending office actions in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics sector. With 2 busiest examiner pending, the applicant can expect a high degree of consistency in the feedback received. This concentration in a single art unit highlights the company's primary technical focus, while the 1 distinct examiners assigned simplifies the overall management of the prosecution cycle.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (100%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| STAHL, MICHAEL J | 2 | 90.1% | +7.5% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18780529 | LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE AND OPTICAL COUPLING STRUCTURE AND OPTOELECTRONIC SYSTEM USE THEREOF | STAHL, MICHAEL J | — |
| 18780660 | WAVEGUIDE DEVICE AND OPTICAL COUPLING STRUCTURE AND OPTOELECTRONIC SYSTEM USING SAME | STAHL, MICHAEL J | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2874 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18780529 | LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE AND OPTICAL COUPLING STRUCTURE AND OPTOELECTRONIC SYSTEM USE THEREOF | STAHL, MICHAEL J | 2874 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 23, 2024 |
| 18780660 | WAVEGUIDE DEVICE AND OPTICAL COUPLING STRUCTURE AND OPTOELECTRONIC SYSTEM USING SAME | STAHL, MICHAEL J | 2874 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 23, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialAip Inc. has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Michael J Stahl has the most, with 2 of Aip Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
