Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Alan-Safety Co. Ltd. currently maintains a patent portfolio within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. The company has 1 pending office action. This action is assigned to 1 distinct art unit, which suggests that the company's current intellectual property is focused on a specific technical niche. For a practitioner, this concentration means that the prosecution strategy only needs to account for the internal policies of a single unit.
The prosecution involves 1 distinct examiner, MEBRAHTU, EPHREM ZERU. This individual is also the busiest examiner for the company, as he is responsible for 1 pending office action. Since there is 1 pending matter in the entire portfolio, this examiner's specific interpretation of the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics field will be the primary factor in the outcome. The presence of 1 distinct examiner allows for a focused communication channel during the examination process.
The 1 distinct art unit indicates a centralized prosecution environment. MEBRAHTU, EPHREM ZERU's role represents the totality of the company's current interactions with the patent office. Practitioners should focus their efforts on understanding this specific examiner's past decisions to navigate the 1 pending office action effectively.
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) | 1 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MEBRAHTU, EPHREM ZERU | 1 | 74.9% | +8.6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19038619 | IMPACT-RESISTANT EYEGLASSES WITH TORIC LENS AND IMPACT-RESISTANT LENS | MEBRAHTU, EPHREM ZERU | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2872 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19038619 | IMPACT-RESISTANT EYEGLASSES WITH TORIC LENS AND IMPACT-RESISTANT LENS | MEBRAHTU, EPHREM ZERU | 2872 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 27, 2025 |
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Start Free TrialAlan-Safety Co. Ltd. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Ephrem Zeru Mebrahtu has the most, with 1 of Alan-Safety Co. Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
