Technology area: 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
Crayola LLC has 2 pending office actions in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. These actions are assigned to 2 distinct examiners across 2 distinct art units. OWENS, DANELL L is the busiest examiner for the company, currently responsible for 1 pending action. This indicates that the company's semiconductor-related prosecution is currently split between two different examiners, each operating within their own specific art unit.
The presence of 2 pending office actions means that the company must manage two separate prosecution timelines and sets of examiner requirements. Since there are 2 distinct examiners involved, the outcome of one case is independent of the other. OWENS, DANELL L and the other examiner will each apply their own interpretation of the prior art within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics field. For the practitioner, this requires a dual-focused strategy that addresses the unique concerns of 2 distinct art units. This distribution of 2 pending office actions across 2 distinct examiners ensures that the company's patent efforts in this technology area are not concentrated under a single individual's review.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| OWENS, DANELL L | 1 | 75.9% | +11.2% |
| WILKERSON, LOUIS JAWAYNE | 1 | — | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18899672 | ADJUSTABLE DEVICE PROJECTION SYSTEM | OWENS, DANELL L | — |
| 18890844 | SPIN AND/OR SPIRAL DECORATING DEVICE FOR ARTWORK | WILKERSON, LOUIS JAWAYNE | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18899672 | ADJUSTABLE DEVICE PROJECTION SYSTEM | OWENS, DANELL L | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2882 | 1 |
| 4100 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18899672 | ADJUSTABLE DEVICE PROJECTION SYSTEM | OWENS, DANELL L | 2882 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 27, 2024 |
| 18890844 | SPIN AND/OR SPIRAL DECORATING DEVICE FOR ARTWORK | WILKERSON, LOUIS JAWAYNE | 4100 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 20, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialCrayola LLC has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Danell L Owens has the most, with 1 of Crayola LLC's pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
