Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Devon Bass maintains a focused patent portfolio in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area, currently involving 1 pending office action. This prosecution activity is handled by 1 distinct examiner, Philip Grant Scoles, who is identified as the busiest examiner. The singular nature of this pending action indicates that the portfolio is not currently undergoing broad expansion across multiple semiconductor sub-fields. Practitioners can observe that the success of the current prosecution cycle depends entirely on the negotiations within this specific art unit.
Philip Grant Scoles is managing 1 busiest examiner pending action. The portfolio is concentrated within 1 distinct art unit. Because the total number of 1 pending office action matches the workload of the busiest examiner, the current administrative burden is centralized. This structure suggests a narrow technical scope for the active filings within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics sector. The focus on 1 distinct examiner allows for a very specific and direct prosecution history to develop for the company's active semiconductor interests. The limitation to 1 distinct art unit further suggests that the technology is highly specialized.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SCOLES, PHILIP GRANT | 1 | 55.6% | +16.7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18196157 | SWAPPABLE AND CONFIGURABLE PRE-AMPLIFIER FOR A MUSICAL INSTRUMENT | SCOLES, PHILIP GRANT | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18196157 | SWAPPABLE AND CONFIGURABLE PRE-AMPLIFIER FOR A MUSICAL INSTRUMENT | SCOLES, PHILIP GRANT | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2837 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18196157 | SWAPPABLE AND CONFIGURABLE PRE-AMPLIFIER FOR A MUSICAL INSTRUMENT | SCOLES, PHILIP GRANT | 2837 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 11, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialDevon Bass has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Philip Grant Scoles has the most, with 1 of Devon Bass's pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
