Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Formfactors Inc. has a streamlined prosecution profile with 1 pending office action currently active in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. This single matter is under the review of 1 distinct examiner, which focuses the company's legal efforts on a single point of contact. The action is also located within 1 distinct art unit, indicating that the technology being examined falls into a specific and well-defined technical category. This structure minimizes the complexity of managing multiple simultaneous patent office interactions. The semiconductor field typically demands high precision in both the claims and the examiner's prior art search.
The busiest examiner for this portfolio is ISLA, RICHARD, who is currently managing the 1 pending office action. Because there is only a distinct examiner involved, the entire current prosecution strategy is centered on this individual's review. This 1 to 1 relationship between the examiner and the pending workload allows for a very targeted approach to addressing the office's concerns. The outcome of the 1 pending office action will be determined by the specific standards and interpretations of the 1 distinct art unit involved. This concentrated arrangement allows the applicant to focus all resources on resolving the active matter.
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 |
|---|---|
| §102 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ISLA, RICHARD | 1 | 77.1% | +15.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19048773 | Flexural Patterns in Guide Plate Substrates | ISLA, RICHARD | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2858 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19048773 | Flexural Patterns in Guide Plate Substrates | ISLA, RICHARD | 2858 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 07, 2025 |
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Start Free TrialFormfactors Inc. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Richard Isla has the most, with 1 of Formfactors Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
