Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
Creal SA is currently managing 2 pending office actions in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. These actions are being handled by 2 distinct examiners, indicating a diversified approach to the prosecution of its pending applications. Furthermore, the work is spread across 2 distinct art units, which suggests that the company's innovations are being evaluated by different specialized groups within the USPTO. This requires the legal team to navigate the specific technical standards of multiple examination units.
The busiest examiner identified is NGUYEN, LAUREN, who holds 1 busiest examiner pending office action. Since there are 2 pending office actions in total, the workload is divided between the 2 distinct examiners. This distribution prevents any single examiner from having a disproportionate impact on the portfolio's current progress. Practitioners should note that the 2 distinct art units may have different prior art landscapes, which could lead to different examination outcomes for the pending matters.
With 2 pending office actions in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics field, Creal SA is actively expanding its intellectual property footprint. The involvement of multiple examiners in separate art units highlights the technical breadth of the company's filings. Successfully managing these separate prosecution tracks requires a cohesive strategy that can be tailored to the specific requirements and examination styles of each unit involved.
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 |
|---|---|
| §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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NGUYEN, LAUREN | 1 | 54.8% | +34.3% |
| KING, GEORGE G | 1 | 57.9% | +37.7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17282308 | LIGHT-FIELD MIXED REALITY SYSTEM WITH CORRECT MONOCULAR DEPTH CUES TO A VIEWER | KING, GEORGE G | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18019190 | NEAR-EYE IMAGE PROJECTION SYSTEM AND WEARABLE DEVICE COMPRISING SAID NEAR-EYE IMAGE PROJECTION SYSTEM | NGUYEN, LAUREN | 9d |
| 17282308 | LIGHT-FIELD MIXED REALITY SYSTEM WITH CORRECT MONOCULAR DEPTH CUES TO A VIEWER | KING, GEORGE G | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2871 | 1 |
| 2872 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18019190 | NEAR-EYE IMAGE PROJECTION SYSTEM AND WEARABLE DEVICE COMPRISING SAID NEAR-EYE IMAGE PROJECTION SYSTEM | NGUYEN, LAUREN | 2871 | §103 | Final Rejection | 9d | Pending | Feb 01, 2023 |
| 17282308 | LIGHT-FIELD MIXED REALITY SYSTEM WITH CORRECT MONOCULAR DEPTH CUES TO A VIEWER | KING, GEORGE G | 2872 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 01, 2021 |
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Start Free TrialCreal SA has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Lauren Nguyen has the most, with 1 of Creal SA's pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
