Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Beflex Inc. currently has 1 pending office action in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. This action is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, indicating a focused prosecution environment. The company's current patent office interactions are limited to 1 distinct art unit, which suggests that its active intellectual property development is concentrated in a specific technical niche. This concentration allows for a deep analysis of the 1 distinct examiner's specific tendencies and requirements.
The busiest examiner for Beflex Inc. is QUIGLEY, KYLE ROBERT, who is responsible for 1 busiest examiner pending action. As this is the 1 busiest examiner pending action in the portfolio, the company's immediate progress is dependent on the interaction with this individual. The presence of 1 pending office action suggests a selective approach to patent prosecution at this time, with all current efforts directed toward the review of QUIGLEY, KYLE ROBERT. By focusing on 1 distinct art unit, the company can ensure its technical arguments are optimized for that environment. The alignment of the total workload with 1 distinct examiner simplifies the strategic planning required to move the 1 pending office action toward a resolution.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| QUIGLEY, KYLE ROBERT | 1 | 53.3% | +34.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18045470 | AN APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FITNESS-TRACKING | QUIGLEY, KYLE ROBERT | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18045470 | AN APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FITNESS-TRACKING | QUIGLEY, KYLE ROBERT | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2857 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18045470 | AN APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FITNESS-TRACKING | QUIGLEY, KYLE ROBERT | 2857 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 11, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialBeflex Inc. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Kyle Robert Quigley has the most, with 1 of Beflex Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
