Technology areas: Communications • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Heriot-Watt University has 2 pending office actions in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. These matters are distributed across 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units, ensuring that each action is handled by a different examiner in a different unit. This distribution means that each of the 2 pending office actions is being reviewed by a different examiner in a different technical group, ensuring no overlap in the current prosecution process.
The busiest examiner, WEST, PAUL M, is responsible for 1 pending office action. This accounts for 1 of the 2 total pending actions, with the other action assigned to the second distinct examiner identified in the data. For a practitioner, this means that the prosecution strategy must be tailored to 2 different sets of examiner preferences within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics sector. The involvement of 2 distinct art units further suggests that the company's matters are being evaluated under different technical guidelines, requiring a multifaceted approach to prosecution despite the small number of pending actions. This lack of concentration in any single art unit or under any single examiner ensures a variety of perspectives across the active portfolio.
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 |
|---|---|
| §112 only | 1 (50%) |
| Double-patenting only | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WEST, PAUL M | 1 | 84.2% | +13.9% |
| WOLF, DARREN E | 1 | 85.0% | +14.8% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19006719 | FLEXIBLE DEVICES INCORPORATING ELECTRONICALLY-CONDUCTIVE LAYERS, INCLUDING FLEXIBLE WIRELESS LC SENSORS | WEST, PAUL M | — |
| 18864875 | A COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE | WOLF, DARREN E | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19006719 | FLEXIBLE DEVICES INCORPORATING ELECTRONICALLY-CONDUCTIVE LAYERS, INCLUDING FLEXIBLE WIRELESS LC SENSORS | WEST, PAUL M | — |
| 18864875 | A COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE | WOLF, DARREN E | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2855 | 1 |
| 2634 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19006719 | FLEXIBLE DEVICES INCORPORATING ELECTRONICALLY-CONDUCTIVE LAYERS, INCLUDING FLEXIBLE WIRELESS LC SENSORS | WEST, PAUL M | 2855 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 31, 2024 |
| 18864875 | A COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE | WOLF, DARREN E | 2634 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 11, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialHeriot-Watt University has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Paul M West has the most, with 1 of Heriot-Watt University's pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
