Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
I-Dripper Ltd. currently has 1 pending office action in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. This action is assigned to a distinct examiner, FRANK, RODNEY T. The matter is located in a distinct art unit. FRANK, RODNEY T is the busiest examiner with 1 pending office action. The company's current prosecution is limited to this single semiconductor-related case.
The concentration of the entire active portfolio under a single examiner and art unit simplifies the prosecution strategy. Practitioners can focus exclusively on the specific requirements and historical tendencies of FRANK, RODNEY T. Because there is only a single art unit involved, the company's current interactions with the patent office are highly centralized. This focus within the semiconductor and optics sector suggests a targeted approach to their intellectual property development. The involvement of a single examiner ensures a consistent set of feedback applies to the company's current work. This streamlined structure allows for a direct and focused prosecution effort.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 1 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FRANK, RODNEY T | 1 | 72.8% | +3.8% |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2855 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18904874 | SOIL WATER POTENTIAL EFFECTOR APPARATUS AND USES THEREOF | FRANK, RODNEY T | 2855 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 02, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialI-Dripper Ltd. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Rodney T Frank has the most, with 1 of I-Dripper Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
