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
Dakota Group S A S Di Zeno Cipriani & C currently manages 1 pending office action in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. This single active matter is assigned to KOEHLER, CHRISTOPHER M, who serves as the busiest examiner for the company. Since KOEHLER, CHRISTOPHER M is responsible for 1 pending office action, the company's current prosecution efforts are entirely concentrated under this individual's review. This reflects a singular point of contact within the patent office for the company's semiconductor innovations.
The portfolio's structure is characterized by the involvement of only 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit. This indicates that the company's current intellectual property activity is confined to a specific technical niche within Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics. For practitioners, this means that the outcome of the 1 pending office action will be determined by the specific policies of a single art unit. The lack of examiner diversity means the company is not currently navigating multiple examination styles or departmental perspectives.
Strategically, having 1 pending office action and 1 distinct examiner allows for a streamlined and focused response strategy. However, the company's entire current workload is subject to the individual tendencies of KOEHLER, CHRISTOPHER M. The fact that the portfolio is limited to 1 distinct art unit simplifies the technical landscape but increases the impact of that unit's internal benchmarks. Practitioners should tailor their approach to the specific expectations of the 1 distinct examiner to ensure a successful outcome for this pending 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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KOEHLER, CHRISTOPHER M | 1 | 60.4% | +25.8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18696242 | PLIERS FOR LEVELLING SPACERS | KOEHLER, CHRISTOPHER M | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18696242 | PLIERS FOR LEVELLING SPACERS | KOEHLER, CHRISTOPHER M | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2834 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18696242 | PLIERS FOR LEVELLING SPACERS | KOEHLER, CHRISTOPHER M | 2834 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 27, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialDakota Group S A S Di Zeno Cipriani & C has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Christopher M Koehler has the most, with 1 of Dakota Group S A S Di Zeno Cipriani & C's pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
