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
Cm Visual Technology Corporation is active in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area and currently has 1 pending office action. This indicates a focused effort to obtain patent protection for their semiconductor or optical developments. The single pending action suggests that the company is currently navigating the examination process for a specific innovation.
The prosecution of this portfolio is centralized, involving 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit. This suggests that the technical scope of the company's current patent work is specialized and fits within a single art unit's expertise. For a practitioner, this concentration allows for a focused strategy that addresses the specific standards and practices of that one unit and examiner.
The busiest examiner for Cm Visual Technology Corporation is CHAPEL, DEREK S, who is handling 1 busiest examiner pending office action. Since this examiner is the only one currently assigned to the company's pending work, their specific approach to semiconductor and optics claims is a key factor. Practitioners should analyze the examiner's past decisions to effectively manage the 1 pending action.
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) | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHAPEL, DEREK S | 1 | 70.3% | +22.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16827791 | OPTICAL ELEMENT AND DISPLAY DEVICE | CHAPEL, DEREK S | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16827791 | OPTICAL ELEMENT AND DISPLAY DEVICE | CHAPEL, DEREK S | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2872 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16827791 | OPTICAL ELEMENT AND DISPLAY DEVICE | CHAPEL, DEREK S | 2872 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 24, 2020 |
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Start Free TrialCm Visual Technology Corporation has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Derek S Chapel has the most, with 1 of Cm Visual Technology Corporation's pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
