Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
4 pending office actions • 3 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
Hyperspectral Corp. has 4 pending office actions within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. These active matters are distributed across 3 distinct art units, suggesting that the company's optical and circuit innovations fall into several specialized USPTO categories. The presence of 3 distinct art units implies that the company must manage its intellectual property across different technical groups, each with its own examination standards.
The prosecution involves 4 distinct examiners, with each official handling exactly one of the active matters. KIDWELL, KAITLYN ELIZABETH is identified as the busiest examiner, currently managing 1 pending action for the company. This distribution means that every active matter is being reviewed by a different individual, leading to a variety of examiner interactions and perspectives across the portfolio.
This lack of concentration among examiners and art units suggests that the company must maintain a flexible approach to prosecution. Practitioners should prepare for diverse feedback, as no specific official's interpretation dominates the current workload. The decentralized nature of these actions requires a versatile legal strategy to navigate the specific procedural nuances and examination styles found in the various divisions of the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics sector.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 3 (75%) |
| §103 only | 1 (25%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KIDWELL, KAITLYN ELIZABETH | 1 | 76.5% | +22.6% |
| ELKINS, BLAKE HARRISON | 1 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| MARINI, MATTHEW G | 1 | 60.6% | +21.9% |
| PULLIAM, JOSEPH CONSTANTINE | 1 | 38.5% | +33.2% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19080483 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING FOODBORNE PATHOGENS USING SPECTRAL ANALYSIS | KIDWELL, KAITLYN ELIZABETH | — |
| 18496650 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PARTICLE OF INTEREST DETECTION | ELKINS, BLAKE HARRISON | — |
| 18346749 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING FOODBORNE PATHOGENS BY ANALYZING SPECTRAL DATA | PULLIAM, JOSEPH CONSTANTINE | — |
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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18358798 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING PARTICLES OF INTEREST USING SPECTRAL ANALYSIS | MARINI, MATTHEW G | 2d overdue |
| 19080483 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING FOODBORNE PATHOGENS USING SPECTRAL ANALYSIS | KIDWELL, KAITLYN ELIZABETH | — |
| 18346749 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING FOODBORNE PATHOGENS BY ANALYZING SPECTRAL DATA | PULLIAM, JOSEPH CONSTANTINE | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1687 | 2 |
| 2877 | 1 |
| 2853 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19080483 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING FOODBORNE PATHOGENS USING SPECTRAL ANALYSIS | KIDWELL, KAITLYN ELIZABETH | 2877 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 14, 2025 |
| 18496650 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PARTICLE OF INTEREST DETECTION | ELKINS, BLAKE HARRISON | 1687 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 27, 2023 |
| 18358798 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING PARTICLES OF INTEREST USING SPECTRAL ANALYSIS | MARINI, MATTHEW G | 2853 | §103 | Final Rejection | 2d overdue | Pending | Jul 25, 2023 |
| 18346749 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING FOODBORNE PATHOGENS BY ANALYZING SPECTRAL DATA | PULLIAM, JOSEPH CONSTANTINE | 1687 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 03, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialHyperspectral Corp. has 4 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 3 art units and 4 examiners.
Kaitlyn Elizabeth Kidwell has the most, with 1 of Hyperspectral Corp.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
