Technology areas: Computing & Software • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Customers Bank has 2 pending office actions in Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics. The matters involve 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units, creating separate examination paths.
SMET, UYEN TRAN is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. Counsel should review each action independently while coordinating technical positions if the applications present related subject matter.
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 |
|---|---|
| §112 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SMET, UYEN TRAN | 1 | 93.0% | +3.1% |
| TORGRIMSON, TYLER J | 1 | 72.9% | +10.6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19057814 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PVT AND AGING COMPENSATION OF FLASH CELLS | SMET, UYEN TRAN | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18885742 | GENETIC ALGORITHM-BASED ADAPTIVE BATCH SELECTION FOR HESSIAN QUANTIZATION IN NEURAL NETWORKS | TORGRIMSON, TYLER J | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2824 | 1 |
| 2165 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19057814 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PVT AND AGING COMPENSATION OF FLASH CELLS | SMET, UYEN TRAN | 2824 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 19, 2025 |
| 18885742 | GENETIC ALGORITHM-BASED ADAPTIVE BATCH SELECTION FOR HESSIAN QUANTIZATION IN NEURAL NETWORKS | TORGRIMSON, TYLER J | 2165 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 16, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialCustomers Bank has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Uyen Tran Smet has the most, with 1 of Customers Bank's pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
