Technology area: Computing & Software
3 pending office actions • 2 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days
Efinix Inc. is currently managing 3 pending office actions in the Computing & Software technology area. These actions are distributed among 3 distinct examiners, which prevents a concentration of workload with any single official. Despite the number of examiners, the matters are contained within 2 distinct art units, suggesting some technical overlap in the software or hardware components being patented. This distribution requires the legal team to coordinate technical arguments that may be relevant across different examination groups.
The busiest examiner, SPANN, COURTNEY P, is responsible for 1 pending office action. This indicates an even distribution of the 3 total pending actions across the 3 examiners involved. With 1 busiest examiner pending action, the company must navigate the distinct requirements of multiple officials simultaneously. This distribution requires a versatile prosecution approach that addresses the specific nuances of the 2 art units involved in the review process. Practitioners should monitor the 3 distinct examiners to identify any diverging trends in how the computing technology is being evaluated.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 1 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (67%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SPANN, COURTNEY P | 1 | 79.7% | +22.8% |
| DOMAN, SHAWN | 1 | 64.9% | +25.9% |
| STOICA, ADRIAN | 1 | 67.1% | +32.0% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18612718 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR QUEUEING IN PROCESSORS CUSTOM INSTRUCTION EXTENSION | SPANN, COURTNEY P | — |
| 18169007 | NEURAL NETWORK ACCELERATOR ARCHITECTURE BASED ON CUSTOM INSTRUCTION ON FPGA | DOMAN, SHAWN | — |
| 17546858 | DYNAMIC FPGA LOGIC CAPACITY BASED ON ACCURATE EARLY ROUTABILITY ESTIMATION | STOICA, ADRIAN | — |
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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18612718 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR QUEUEING IN PROCESSORS CUSTOM INSTRUCTION EXTENSION | SPANN, COURTNEY P | — |
| 18169007 | NEURAL NETWORK ACCELERATOR ARCHITECTURE BASED ON CUSTOM INSTRUCTION ON FPGA | DOMAN, SHAWN | — |
| 17546858 | DYNAMIC FPGA LOGIC CAPACITY BASED ON ACCURATE EARLY ROUTABILITY ESTIMATION | STOICA, ADRIAN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2183 | 2 |
| 2186 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18612718 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR QUEUEING IN PROCESSORS CUSTOM INSTRUCTION EXTENSION | SPANN, COURTNEY P | 2183 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 21, 2024 |
| 18169007 | NEURAL NETWORK ACCELERATOR ARCHITECTURE BASED ON CUSTOM INSTRUCTION ON FPGA | DOMAN, SHAWN | 2183 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 14, 2023 |
| 17546858 | DYNAMIC FPGA LOGIC CAPACITY BASED ON ACCURATE EARLY ROUTABILITY ESTIMATION | STOICA, ADRIAN | 2186 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 09, 2021 |
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Start Free TrialEfinix Inc. has 3 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 3 examiners.
Courtney P Spann has the most, with 1 of Efinix Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Computing & Software (USPTO Tech Center 2100), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
