Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Discma AG currently faces 1 pending office action located in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. The prosecution of this portfolio involves 1 distinct examiner and is limited to 1 distinct art unit. This indicates a singular point of contact for the company's current semiconductor-related legal matters. The concentration in 1 art unit suggests that the company's intellectual property is currently being evaluated within a specific technical niche, which may allow for a more streamlined prosecution approach.
The busiest examiner, SOTO, JANICE M, is handling 1 pending office action. Because this is the only active case, the company's immediate prosecution strategy is currently focused on the feedback from this specific examiner. With 1 pending action representing the whole portfolio, the relationship with this 1 distinct examiner is the most critical factor in the company's current patenting efforts. Understanding the specific preferences of this examiner will be vital for successfully navigating the examination process in the semiconductor field.
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 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SOTO, JANICE M | 1 | 68.9% | +13.9% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18575348 | METHOD OF THERMAL IMAGING FOR A BLOW MOLDING PROCESS | SOTO, JANICE M | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2855 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18575348 | METHOD OF THERMAL IMAGING FOR A BLOW MOLDING PROCESS | SOTO, JANICE M | 2855 | §112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 29, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialDiscma AG has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Janice M Soto has the most, with 1 of Discma AG's pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
