Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Arbiter Incorporated maintains 1 pending office action in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. This action is handled by 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit. COTEY, PHILIP L is the busiest examiner, overseeing 1 pending office action.
This single case represents the current active prosecution footprint for the company. With 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit, the workload is highly focused. Practitioners should prioritize understanding the examination history of COTEY, PHILIP L to manage the 1 pending office action effectively.
The concentration in 1 distinct art unit within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics sector suggests a specialized invention. Because there is only 1 pending office action, the company's immediate prosecution success is dependent on this individual examiner. This single matter is the only active case currently requiring attention.
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 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| COTEY, PHILIP L | 1 | 83.9% | +21.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18927843 | FIRE SPRINKLER SYSTEM TRIP TESTER | COTEY, PHILIP 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18927843 | FIRE SPRINKLER SYSTEM TRIP TESTER | COTEY, PHILIP L | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2855 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18927843 | FIRE SPRINKLER SYSTEM TRIP TESTER | COTEY, PHILIP L | 2855 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 25, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialArbiter Incorporated has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Philip L Cotey has the most, with 1 of Arbiter Incorporated's pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
