Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Footfalls And Heartbeats (Uk) Limited currently manages a focused patent portfolio within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. The company has 1 pending office action, which represents the entirety of its current active prosecution workload. This matter is assigned to a distinct examiner, CASTELLON JR, MANUEL SALVADOR, who is currently the busiest examiner for the portfolio. The 1 pending office action is the only active matter, so the company's immediate patent goals are tied to the decisions of the assigned examiner.
The concentration of the portfolio is evident as all prosecution activity is contained within a distinct art unit. For a practitioner, this indicates a highly specialized filing strategy where examiner interactions are limited to a single point of contact. The presence of CASTELLON JR, MANUEL SALVADOR suggests that the outcomes of the portfolio are currently dependent on the specific tendencies and requirements of this individual. This streamlined structure allows for a very specific focus on the technical standards of the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics area without the complexity of managing multiple examiner styles or art unit guidelines.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CASTELLON JR, MANUEL SALVADOR | 1 | 90.3% | +12.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18849990 | TEXTILE THERMAL SENSOR | CASTELLON JR, MANUEL SALVADOR | — |
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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18849990 | TEXTILE THERMAL SENSOR | CASTELLON JR, MANUEL SALVADOR | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2855 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18849990 | TEXTILE THERMAL SENSOR | CASTELLON JR, MANUEL SALVADOR | 2855 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 23, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialFootfalls And Heartbeats (Uk) Limited has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Manuel Salvador Castellon Jr. has the most, with 1 of Footfalls And Heartbeats (Uk) Limited's pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
