Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days
CTS Corporation is currently managing 1 pending office action in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. This action is being handled by 1 distinct examiner within 1 distinct art unit. This indicates a narrow and specific focus for the company's current intellectual property efforts, likely involving a single circuit or optical system.
The busiest examiner, MERCADO, ALEXANDER A, is responsible for 1 busiest examiner pending action. Since this 1 busiest examiner pending action is the only one currently pending for the company, MERCADO, ALEXANDER A is the primary point of contact for the entire active portfolio. The company's immediate progress in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics area is therefore dependent on this single examiner's review.
With 1 pending office action and 1 distinct examiner, the administrative complexity of the portfolio is minimal. The presence of 1 distinct art unit further confirms the specialized nature of the technology currently under review. Because there is only 1 action, the company does not have the opportunity to compare MERCADO, ALEXANDER A's performance against other examiners in the same or different units.
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) | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MERCADO, ALEXANDER A | 1 | 69.4% | +19.7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18588592 | FIBER BRAGG GRATING SENSOR WITH RESONANT CAVITY LED | MERCADO, ALEXANDER A | 75d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18588592 | FIBER BRAGG GRATING SENSOR WITH RESONANT CAVITY LED | MERCADO, ALEXANDER A | 75d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2855 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18588592 | FIBER BRAGG GRATING SENSOR WITH RESONANT CAVITY LED | MERCADO, ALEXANDER A | 2855 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 75d | Pending | Feb 27, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialCTS Corporation has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Alexander A Mercado has the most, with 1 of CTS Corporation's pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.