Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 04, 2026

Dirac Research AB

Technology area: Communications

1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

Dirac Research AB is active in the Communications technology area with 1 pending office action. This action is distributed to 1 distinct examiner, showing a singular focus in its current patent office interactions.

The company's prosecution is situated within 1 distinct art unit. SAINT CYR, LEONARD is the busiest examiner, overseeing 1 busiest examiner pending action. This 1 busiest examiner pending action accounts for the workload currently active.

The alignment of 1 pending office action with 1 distinct art unit indicates that the company's current Communications technology filings are being processed through a single channel at the patent office. Having 1 distinct examiner involved ensures a consistent dialogue for the 1 distinct art unit applications.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

1
Total Pending OAs
0
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

0
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

Case Difficulty Mix

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.

1
Hard (100%)
0
Medium (0%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (100%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
1
Communications
100% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

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.

10 h
Manual time on pending OAs
2 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
4 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
SAINT CYR, LEONARD 1 77.5% +17.9%

Hard Cases (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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18719715 MULTI CHANNEL AUDIO PROCESSING FOR UPMIXING/REMIXING/DOWNMIXING APPLICATIONS SAINT CYR, LEONARD 41d

Interview Candidates (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18719715 MULTI CHANNEL AUDIO PROCESSING FOR UPMIXING/REMIXING/DOWNMIXING APPLICATIONS SAINT CYR, LEONARD 41d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2658 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18719715 MULTI CHANNEL AUDIO PROCESSING FOR UPMIXING/REMIXING/DOWNMIXING APPLICATIONS SAINT CYR, LEONARD 2658 §101 Final Rejection 41d Pending Jun 14, 2024

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