Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Gemological Institute Of America Inc.

Technology areas: Networking & Security • Communications • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics

3 pending office actions • 3 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

Gemological Institute Of America Inc. has 3 pending office actions in Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics. The matters are handled by 3 examiners across 3 art units, giving each pending matter a distinct examination setting.

TUMEBO, TSION M is the busiest examiner and handles 1 pending matter. Prosecution planning should therefore account for separate examiner interactions, with limited benefit from treating the portfolio as a unified examination stream.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

3
Total Pending OAs
2
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

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.

0
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

Case Difficulty Mix

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.

1
Hard (33%)
2
Medium (67%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only2 (67%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (33%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
1
Information Tech
33% of docket
1
Communications
33% of docket
1
Semiconductors
33% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

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.

30 h
Manual time on pending OAs
6 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
10 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
TUMEBO, TSION M 1 66.3% +20.4%
BLACKSTEN, SYDNEY LYNN 1 100.0% +0.0%
DHILLON, PUNEET S 1 80.6% +20.2%

Quick Wins (1)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19043276 FEATURE MEASUREMENT FOR GEM IDENTIFICATION BLACKSTEN, SYDNEY LYNN —

Hard Cases (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18988504 IMAGING SYSTEMS AND RELATED METHODS DHILLON, PUNEET S 56d

Interview Candidates (2)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18988504 IMAGING SYSTEMS AND RELATED METHODS DHILLON, PUNEET S 56d
19048001 SAMPLE ILLUMINATION SYSTEMS AND RELATED METHODS TUMEBO, TSION M —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2875 1
2674 1
2488 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19048001 SAMPLE ILLUMINATION SYSTEMS AND RELATED METHODS TUMEBO, TSION M 2875 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 07, 2025
19043276 FEATURE MEASUREMENT FOR GEM IDENTIFICATION BLACKSTEN, SYDNEY LYNN 2674 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 31, 2025
18988504 IMAGING SYSTEMS AND RELATED METHODS DHILLON, PUNEET S 2488 §103§112 Final Rejection 56d Pending Dec 19, 2024

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Gemological Institute Of America Inc. have?

Gemological Institute Of America Inc. has 3 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 3 art units and 3 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Gemological Institute Of America Inc. applications?

Tsion M Tumebo has the most, with 1 of Gemological Institute Of America Inc.'s pending office actions.

What technology area are Gemological Institute Of America Inc.'s patent applications in?

Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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