Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Edward Allen Sprigler has 1 pending office action currently active in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. This matter is assigned to 1 distinct examiner and is being reviewed within 1 distinct art unit. This concentration is typical for a specialized portfolio where the current workload is focused on a single technical advancement within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics field.
The busiest examiner, DEAN, RAY ALEXANDER, is responsible for the 1 busiest examiner pending action. Since there is 1 distinct examiner involved in the portfolio, the entirety of the current prosecution strategy is directed toward DEAN, RAY ALEXANDER. The fact that the 1 pending office action is housed within 1 distinct art unit means that the examination will follow the specific guidelines of that particular group.
Practitioners should tailor their arguments to the specific expertise of DEAN, RAY ALEXANDER to successfully navigate the 1 pending office action. The alignment of 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit provides a clear path for prosecution, as there are no competing examiner perspectives to manage. This focused profile allows for an efficient approach to addressing the requirements of the 1 busiest examiner pending 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEAN, RAY ALEXANDER | 1 | 78.9% | +17.4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18295615 | Sports Training Goggle | DEAN, RAY ALEXANDER | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2872 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18295615 | Sports Training Goggle | DEAN, RAY ALEXANDER | 2872 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 04, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialEdward Allen Sprigler has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Ray Alexander Dean has the most, with 1 of Edward Allen Sprigler's pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
