Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Fiber Sense Limited has 2 pending office actions in Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics. The matters involve 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units, so the record reflects separate examination channels.
NATH, SUMAN KUMAR is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. Since the listed workload is divided, counsel should compare the two actions for substantive themes while preserving separate response strategies.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NATH, SUMAN KUMAR | 1 | 82.8% | +22.3% |
| DESTA, ELIAS | 1 | 84.0% | +10.1% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18864885 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DISTRIBUTED FIBER OPTIC SENSING | NATH, SUMAN KUMAR | — |
| 18634720 | SCALABLE TELECOMMUNICATIONS GEOTECHNICAL SURVEYING | DESTA, ELIAS | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18864885 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DISTRIBUTED FIBER OPTIC SENSING | NATH, SUMAN KUMAR | — |
| 18634720 | SCALABLE TELECOMMUNICATIONS GEOTECHNICAL SURVEYING | DESTA, ELIAS | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2855 | 1 |
| 2857 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18864885 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DISTRIBUTED FIBER OPTIC SENSING | NATH, SUMAN KUMAR | 2855 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 11, 2024 |
| 18634720 | SCALABLE TELECOMMUNICATIONS GEOTECHNICAL SURVEYING | DESTA, ELIAS | 2857 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 12, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialFiber Sense Limited has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Suman Kumar Nath has the most, with 1 of Fiber Sense Limited's pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
