Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days
Etel S A is currently addressing 1 pending office action in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. This prosecution activity is limited to 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit, indicating a singular focus for the current interactions with the USPTO. The practitioner can focus resources on the specific requirements of this one examination path.
The busiest examiner for this portfolio is ROJAS, BERNARD, who holds the 1 pending office action. Because there is only 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit involved, the outcome of the current pending action rests solely with this examiner's interpretation. This creates a streamlined environment where the practitioner must align their arguments with the specific precedents of the 1 distinct art unit.
Managing 1 pending office action in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics sector requires precise technical communication. Since the portfolio is not spread across multiple examiners, there is no need to reconcile conflicting feedback from different units. The practitioner should prioritize a direct engagement with ROJAS, BERNARD to resolve the 1 pending office action efficiently.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ROJAS, BERNARD | 1 | 82.9% | +8.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18666199 | PASSIVE GRAVITY COMPENSATOR FOR SEMICONDUCTOR EQUIPMENT | ROJAS, BERNARD | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2837 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18666199 | PASSIVE GRAVITY COMPENSATOR FOR SEMICONDUCTOR EQUIPMENT | ROJAS, BERNARD | 2837 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 16, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialEtel S A has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Bernard Rojas has the most, with 1 of Etel S A's pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.