Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Bruker Technologies Ltd. has 2 pending office actions in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. These actions are assigned to 2 distinct examiners, with ARTMAN, THOMAS R handling 1 pending action. Both matters are situated within 1 distinct art unit, providing a consistent departmental environment for the company's current semiconductor-related prosecution.
The presence of 2 distinct examiners for the pending office actions shows a distributed workload at the individual level. However, the use of only 1 distinct art unit suggests that the technical subject matter remains within a single specialized field. Practitioners can focus on the specific practices of this art unit while adapting to the different perspectives of the examiners involved. This concentration within the administrative unit simplifies the landscape for the company's current filings in the semiconductors sector.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARTMAN, THOMAS R | 1 | 84.1% | +12.9% |
| SONG, HOON K | 1 | 86.2% | +8.4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18783482 | Small-Angle X-Ray Scatterometry | SONG, HOON K | 1d overdue |
| 19178955 | Analysis of Low-energy X-ray Fluorescence Emitted from Sample in Atmospheric Environment | ARTMAN, THOMAS R | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19178955 | Analysis of Low-energy X-ray Fluorescence Emitted from Sample in Atmospheric Environment | ARTMAN, THOMAS R | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2884 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19178955 | Analysis of Low-energy X-ray Fluorescence Emitted from Sample in Atmospheric Environment | ARTMAN, THOMAS R | 2884 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 15, 2025 |
| 18783482 | Small-Angle X-Ray Scatterometry | SONG, HOON K | 2884 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 1d overdue | Pending | Jul 25, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialBruker Technologies Ltd. has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 2 examiners.
Thomas R Artman has the most, with 1 of Bruker Technologies Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
