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 • 15 patents granted in the last 365 days
Artilux Inc. has 2 pending office actions in Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics. The matters are assigned to 2 examiners and 2 art units, so the profile reflects separate examination venues.
MCCALL SHEPARD, SONYA D is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. Counsel should tailor responses to the particular examiner and semiconductor art unit for each matter.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCCALL SHEPARD, SONYA D | 1 | 92.8% | +3.5% |
| NASER, SANJIDA IFFAT | 1 | 73.9% | +27.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18592054 | Optical Sensor Device | MCCALL SHEPARD, SONYA D | — |
| 17977721 | Optical Sensor with Configurable Pixel Array | NASER, SANJIDA IFFAT | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17977721 | Optical Sensor with Configurable Pixel Array | NASER, SANJIDA IFFAT | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2898 | 1 |
| 3645 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18592054 | Optical Sensor Device | MCCALL SHEPARD, SONYA D | 2898 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 29, 2024 |
| 17977721 | Optical Sensor with Configurable Pixel Array | NASER, SANJIDA IFFAT | 3645 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 31, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialArtilux Inc. has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Sonya D Mccall Shepard has the most, with 1 of Artilux Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
