Technology areas: Communications • 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
Altice Labs S A manages 3 pending office actions within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. Each of these 3 actions is assigned to a different examiner, resulting in 3 distinct examiners for the portfolio. Furthermore, the workload is spread across 3 distinct art units, indicating a high degree of technical dispersion among the pending applications.
NGUYEN, VINH P is the busiest examiner for the company, currently handling 1 pending office action. Because the 3 pending actions are distributed among 3 distinct examiners, practitioners cannot rely on a single point of contact to influence the portfolio. Each matter requires a unique prosecution strategy tailored to the specific examiner and art unit involved in the review process.
The involvement of 3 distinct art units suggests that the company's semiconductor filings cover several different specialized classifications. With no overlap between the 3 distinct examiners, the prosecution of each application will likely proceed on an independent timeline. Success in this technology area depends on the ability to address the individual feedback and procedural requirements of 3 separate patent office officials.
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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHU, CHRIS H | 1 | 53.1% | +8.6% |
| KRETZER, CASEY L | 1 | 86.8% | +12.8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18723158 | A DUAL SMALL FORM-FACTOR PLUGGABLE DOUBLE-DENSITY MULTIPLE PASSIVE OPTICAL NETWORK MODULE | KRETZER, CASEY L | — |
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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18723158 | A DUAL SMALL FORM-FACTOR PLUGGABLE DOUBLE-DENSITY MULTIPLE PASSIVE OPTICAL NETWORK MODULE | KRETZER, CASEY L | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2874 | 1 |
| 2635 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18755358 | BALE-CLASP COVER MECHANISM FOR A SUBSCRIBER CONNECTOR PLUGGABLE OPTICAL TRANSCEIVER | CHU, CHRIS H | 2874 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 26, 2024 |
| 18723158 | A DUAL SMALL FORM-FACTOR PLUGGABLE DOUBLE-DENSITY MULTIPLE PASSIVE OPTICAL NETWORK MODULE | KRETZER, CASEY L | 2635 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 21, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialAltice Labs S A has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Chris H Chu has the most, with 1 of Altice Labs S A's pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
