Technology areas: Communications • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days
Circle Optics Inc. currently faces 3 pending office actions within the Communications technology area. These actions are being reviewed by 3 distinct examiners, resulting in a specific distribution of actions to examiners. Furthermore, the portfolio is spread across 3 distinct art units, ensuring that each pending matter is being evaluated in a different technical context.
The busiest examiner, BERARDESCA, PAUL M, is responsible for 1 pending office action. This matches the workload of the other distinct examiners involved in the 3 pending office actions. The total separation across the art units suggests that the company's communications technology involves several distinct technical challenges. The 1 pending action for the busiest examiner is consistent with the rest of the portfolio.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BERARDESCA, PAUL M | 1 | 79.4% | +17.0% |
| JONES, JENNIFER ANN | 1 | 66.7% | +23.4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18794500 | LOW PARALLAX IMAGING SYSTEM WITH AN INTERNAL SPACE FRAME | BERARDESCA, PAUL M | — |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18794500 | LOW PARALLAX IMAGING SYSTEM WITH AN INTERNAL SPACE FRAME | BERARDESCA, PAUL M | — |
| 17798838 | PANORAMIC CAMERA SYSTEM FOR ENHANCED SENSING | JONES, JENNIFER ANN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2637 | 1 |
| 2872 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18794500 | LOW PARALLAX IMAGING SYSTEM WITH AN INTERNAL SPACE FRAME | BERARDESCA, PAUL M | 2637 | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 05, 2024 |
| 17798838 | PANORAMIC CAMERA SYSTEM FOR ENHANCED SENSING | JONES, JENNIFER ANN | 2872 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 10, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialCircle Optics Inc. has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Paul M Berardesca has the most, with 1 of Circle Optics Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Communications (USPTO Tech Center 2600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
