Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
Fender Musical Instruments Corporation has 1 pending office action in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. This single matter is assigned to the busiest examiner, LAUGHLIN, CHARLES S, within 1 distinct art unit. The prosecution involves a distinct examiner, reflecting a focused path for its current filings.
Because the portfolio is limited to 1 distinct art unit, the company's electronic musical technologies are currently being reviewed within a specific technical classification at the patent office. This concentration under a single examiner indicates a streamlined review process for the company's active intellectual property matters.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAUGHLIN, CHARLES S | 1 | 76.7% | +9.2% |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2837 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18521485 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MODIFYING MUSICAL SIGNALS | LAUGHLIN, CHARLES S | 2837 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 28, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialFender Musical Instruments Corporation has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Charles S Laughlin has the most, with 1 of Fender Musical Instruments Corporation's pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
