Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
Energy Research Lab Ltd. has 2 pending office actions in Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics. The matters are assigned to 2 examiners across 2 art units.
THOMAS, LUCY M is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending action. The distinct assignments call for separate responses tailored to each examination record and technical classification.
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) | 2 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| THOMAS, LUCY M | 1 | 62.4% | +17.9% |
| PILSBURY, BRADY CHARLES | 1 | 47.3% | +49.9% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18868348 | EMP PROTECTION SYSTEM | THOMAS, LUCY M | — |
| 18258019 | A LIGHTING AND DISINFECTION DEVICE | PILSBURY, BRADY CHARLES | — |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18868348 | EMP PROTECTION SYSTEM | THOMAS, LUCY M | — |
| 18258019 | A LIGHTING AND DISINFECTION DEVICE | PILSBURY, BRADY CHARLES | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2836 | 1 |
| 1799 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18868348 | EMP PROTECTION SYSTEM | THOMAS, LUCY M | 2836 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 22, 2024 |
| 18258019 | A LIGHTING AND DISINFECTION DEVICE | PILSBURY, BRADY CHARLES | 1799 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 16, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialEnergy Research Lab Ltd. has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Lucy M Thomas has the most, with 1 of Energy Research Lab Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
