Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Degesch America Inc. currently has 1 pending office action in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. This matter is assigned to a distinct examiner, DEVITO, ALEX T, who is the busiest examiner with 1 pending action. The portfolio is active in a distinct art unit. Since there is only a single pending action, the prosecution profile is highly concentrated. Success in this technology area will depend on the specific examiner's approach to semiconductor patentability and the standards of the assigned art unit.
The presence of a pending office action indicates a streamlined prosecution environment. Because the portfolio is limited to a single distinct examiner and a single distinct art unit, there is no internal baseline for comparing examiner behavior or art unit efficiency within the company's own data. Success for Degesch America Inc. depends on navigating the specific requirements of DEVITO, ALEX T. This concentration under a single point of review simplifies administrative tracking but increases the impact of any single procedural hurdle.
In the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics field, where examination can be highly technical, having a distinct art unit involved suggests a consistent application of subject matter standards. However, the reliance on a distinct examiner means that the company's patent trajectory is currently subject to a single perspective. Practitioners should focus on the historical allowance rates and common rejection types associated with the specific examiner to optimize their response strategy for the 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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEVITO, ALEX T | 1 | 72.2% | +12.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18370584 | GAS MONITORING DEVICE | DEVITO, ALEX T | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2855 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18370584 | GAS MONITORING DEVICE | DEVITO, ALEX T | 2855 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 20, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialDegesch America Inc. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Alex T Devito has the most, with 1 of Degesch America Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
