Technology area: 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
Black Semiconductor GmbH is currently managing a company patent portfolio in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area with 2 pending office actions. These matters are being reviewed by 2 distinct examiners, which provides a level of diversity in the feedback the company receives from the USPTO. Furthermore, the portfolio is active across 2 distinct art units, indicating that the company's semiconductor innovations span different technical classifications. This requires a prosecution strategy that is sensitive to the specific examination standards of 2 distinct art units.
The busiest examiner for this portfolio is PETKOVSEK, DANIEL, who is responsible for 1 busiest examiner pending case. Because there are 2 pending office actions in total, the workload is divided between the 2 distinct examiners. This distribution ensures that the progress of one application is not directly tied to the same individual reviewing the other. For a practitioner, the challenge lies in coordinating responses across 2 distinct art units while addressing the specific concerns raised by PETKOVSEK, DANIEL and the other assigned examiner in their respective office actions.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PETKOVSEK, DANIEL | 1 | 83.6% | +9.5% |
| TAVLYKAEV, ROBERT FUATOVICH | 1 | 60.6% | +12.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17910179 | PHOTODETECTOR, MODULATOR, SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND SEMICONDUCTOR APPARATUS | PETKOVSEK, DANIEL | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17796369 | SEMICONDUCTOR APPARATUS AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME | TAVLYKAEV, ROBERT FUATOVICH | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2874 | 1 |
| 2896 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17910179 | PHOTODETECTOR, MODULATOR, SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND SEMICONDUCTOR APPARATUS | PETKOVSEK, DANIEL | 2874 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 08, 2022 |
| 17796369 | SEMICONDUCTOR APPARATUS AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME | TAVLYKAEV, ROBERT FUATOVICH | 2896 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 29, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialBlack Semiconductor GmbH has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Daniel Petkovsek has the most, with 1 of Black Semiconductor GmbH's pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
