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 • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Custom Sensors & Technology is currently managing 1 pending office action within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. This single active matter represents the full extent of the company's current patent prosecution. The workload is concentrated under 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit, indicating a highly specialized technical focus for the company's current patenting efforts. This streamlined structure suggests that the company is focusing its resources on a specific innovation within the semiconductors, circuits, or optics fields.
The busiest examiner for the portfolio is QUINN, DANIEL MICHAEL, who is handling 1 busiest examiner pending office action. Given that this 1 pending office action is the only one active, the examiner's specific interpretation of the claims will be the primary factor in the portfolio's progress. The presence of only 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit simplifies the prosecution landscape, as there are no competing examiner perspectives to manage. Practitioners should focus on the specific technical standards of the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics area to effectively address the concerns raised in this 1 pending office 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| COOK, JONATHON | 1 | 81.6% | +17.1% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18809880 | SINGLE-USE PROCESS MONITORING DEVICE AND METHODS OF USE OF SAME | COOK, JONATHON | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18809880 | SINGLE-USE PROCESS MONITORING DEVICE AND METHODS OF USE OF SAME | COOK, JONATHON | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2877 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18809880 | SINGLE-USE PROCESS MONITORING DEVICE AND METHODS OF USE OF SAME | COOK, JONATHON | 2877 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 20, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialCustom Sensors & Technology has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Jonathon Cook has the most, with 1 of Custom Sensors & Technology's pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.