Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Eastman Percussion Instruments LLC has 1 pending office action in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. This action is being handled by 1 distinct examiner in 1 distinct art unit. The busiest examiner for this portfolio is LOCKETT, KIMBERLY R, who is responsible for 1 pending office action. With only 1 pending office action, the company's current prosecution profile is highly focused on a single technical matter.
The prosecution of this 1 pending office action is entirely under the jurisdiction of LOCKETT, KIMBERLY R. This means that the company's success in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area currently hinges on the perspective of this one individual. Practitioners should focus their efforts on the specific requirements of the 1 distinct art unit assigned to the case. Since there are no other pending office actions, this single interaction with the USPTO represents the entirety of the company's current patent prosecution workload.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LOCKETT, KIMBERLY R | 1 | 82.5% | +11.1% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18941612 | DAMPENING SYSTEM FOR KEYBOARD PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS | LOCKETT, KIMBERLY R | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18941612 | DAMPENING SYSTEM FOR KEYBOARD PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS | LOCKETT, KIMBERLY R | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2837 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18941612 | DAMPENING SYSTEM FOR KEYBOARD PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS | LOCKETT, KIMBERLY R | 2837 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 08, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialEastman Percussion Instruments LLC has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Kimberly R Lockett has the most, with 1 of Eastman Percussion Instruments LLC's pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
