Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Global Integrated Flooring Solutions has 2 pending office actions in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. The portfolio's active matters are split between 2 distinct examiners located in different art units. This distribution suggests that the company's technical applications are being reviewed under the distinct standards of multiple organizational groups. Practitioners should be prepared for potentially divergent feedback, as the matters are not centralized under a single examiner or art unit.
NGO, STEVEN is the busiest examiner for the company, with 1 pending office action. Since the workload is divided, the prosecution strategy involves navigating different examiner preferences across various units at the patent office. The presence of 1 busiest examiner among the total group indicates that no single person has complete control over the portfolio. Successfully managing the 2 pending office actions requires a flexible approach that can adapt to the specific requirements of each distinct art unit involved.
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) | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NGO, STEVEN | 1 | 69.2% | +29.0% |
| FERENCE, JAMES M | 1 | 71.2% | +16.8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18785181 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS RELATING TO UNDERFLOOR CUBIC SUPPORT SYSTEMS (UCFSS) FOR RAISED ACCESS FLOORS (RAF) | FERENCE, JAMES M | 48d |
| 19295499 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS RELATING TO UNDERFLOOR CUBIC SUPPORT SYSTEMS (UCFSS) FOR RAISED ACCESS FLOORS (RAF) | NGO, STEVEN | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18785181 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS RELATING TO UNDERFLOOR CUBIC SUPPORT SYSTEMS (UCFSS) FOR RAISED ACCESS FLOORS (RAF) | FERENCE, JAMES M | 48d |
| 19295499 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS RELATING TO UNDERFLOOR CUBIC SUPPORT SYSTEMS (UCFSS) FOR RAISED ACCESS FLOORS (RAF) | NGO, STEVEN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2835 | 1 |
| 3635 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19295499 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS RELATING TO UNDERFLOOR CUBIC SUPPORT SYSTEMS (UCFSS) FOR RAISED ACCESS FLOORS (RAF) | NGO, STEVEN | 2835 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 08, 2025 |
| 18785181 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS RELATING TO UNDERFLOOR CUBIC SUPPORT SYSTEMS (UCFSS) FOR RAISED ACCESS FLOORS (RAF) | FERENCE, JAMES M | 3635 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 48d | Pending | Jul 26, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialGlobal Integrated Flooring Solutions has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Steven Ngo has the most, with 1 of Global Integrated Flooring Solutions's pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.