Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Garrett Electronics Inc. is currently managing 2 pending office actions within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. These actions are distributed among 2 distinct examiners, yet they are both contained within 1 distinct art unit. This suggests that while the technical focus is narrow enough to stay within one art unit, the workload is split between different individuals at the patent office.
ZAKARIA, AKM is identified as the busiest examiner, currently overseeing 1 pending office action. This examiner handles half of the total pending workload for the company. The other pending action is managed by a second distinct examiner, requiring the applicant to maintain consistent arguments across 2 different sets of examiner expectations within the same 1 distinct art unit.
The concentration of 2 pending office actions in 1 distinct art unit provides some procedural consistency despite the involvement of 2 distinct examiners. Practitioners can expect similar overarching policy applications from the art unit leadership, even if the individual examiners have different styles. Managing these 2 pending office actions requires a balanced approach that addresses the specific concerns of ZAKARIA, AKM while maintaining a unified strategy for the entire portfolio.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 (50%) |
| No statute on record | 1 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| RHODES-VIVOUR, TEMILADE S | 1 | 88.7% | +7.6% |
| ZAKARIA, AKM | 1 | 82.6% | +16.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18745727 | User-Reconfigurable Metal Detector Customization and Installation System and Method Therefor | ZAKARIA, AKM | 13d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18745727 | User-Reconfigurable Metal Detector Customization and Installation System and Method Therefor | ZAKARIA, AKM | 13d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2858 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18745770 | Methods and Systems for Managing the Reconfiguration of Metal Detectors | RHODES-VIVOUR, TEMILADE S | 2858 | Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 17, 2024 |
| 18745727 | User-Reconfigurable Metal Detector Customization and Installation System and Method Therefor | ZAKARIA, AKM | 2858 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 13d | Pending | Jun 17, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialGarrett Electronics Inc. has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 2 examiners.
Temilade S Rhodes-Vivour has the most, with 1 of Garrett Electronics Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
