Technology areas: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
Arete Associates holds a patent portfolio in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area, currently featuring 1 pending office action. This activity is overseen by 1 distinct examiner, reflecting a narrow and focused prosecution landscape. The company's current efforts at the patent office are concentrated on this 1 active matter, suggesting a targeted technological development in the mechanical or e-commerce fields.
The prosecution is localized within 1 distinct art unit, which points to a specialized technical classification for the pending application. NATHAN, KEVIN CHRISTOPHER is identified as the busiest examiner for the portfolio, currently managing 1 pending office action. As the only examiner involved, their perspective is the central element in the company's current prosecution of Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems patents.
For practitioners, the involvement of 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit simplifies the management of the active portfolio. The total of 1 pending office action matches the workload of NATHAN, KEVIN CHRISTOPHER, meaning there are no other active reviews to monitor. This allows for a specific response strategy tailored to the feedback provided by the examiner in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems sector.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOOSALIS, FANI POLYZOS | 1 | 90.3% | +10.8% |
| NATHAN, KEVIN CHRISTOPHER | 1 | — | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19115982 | HIGH GAIN SAMPLING SPECTROMETER | BOOSALIS, FANI POLYZOS | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19115982 | HIGH GAIN SAMPLING SPECTROMETER | BOOSALIS, FANI POLYZOS | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2884 | 1 |
| 3645 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19115982 | HIGH GAIN SAMPLING SPECTROMETER | BOOSALIS, FANI POLYZOS | 2884 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 27, 2025 |
| 18647720 | EVENT CAMERA WIDE AREA LASER DETECTION AND RANGING | NATHAN, KEVIN CHRISTOPHER | 3645 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 26, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialArete Associates has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Fani Polyzos Boosalis has the most, with 1 of Arete Associates's pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
