Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Icrx Inc. has a focused prosecution profile with 1 pending office action in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. This single action is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, WILKES, ZACHARY W, who is the busiest examiner for the company. This means that the company's entire current effort to secure patent rights is dependent on this one examiner's evaluation. The use of 1 distinct art unit for the 1 pending office action further highlights the scope of the company's current activity.
WILKES, ZACHARY W is responsible for 1 pending office action, which accounts for all of the company's active prosecution. In the semiconductors and optics sector, such a concentrated profile suggests a specific technological focus, where the outcome of this 1 matter is the primary factor in the company's immediate IP success. The alignment of 1 distinct examiner with 1 distinct art unit indicates that the company is not currently facing a diverse range of examination styles.
By focusing resources on the 1 pending office action, the company can maintain oversight on its intellectual property development. The outcome of this matter is the primary factor in the company's immediate success in the US patent system. This concentrated profile in 1 distinct art unit suggests a specific technological niche for the company's current filings. WILKES, ZACHARY W handles the busiest_examiner_pending count of 1 for the 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 |
|---|---|
| Double-patenting + other | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WILKES, ZACHARY W | 1 | 66.5% | +22.5% |
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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18999085 | DOG BONE SHAPED CYLINDRICAL TUNABLE FLUIDIC LENS WITH MINIMIZED DEFOCUS | WILKES, ZACHARY W | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2872 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18999085 | DOG BONE SHAPED CYLINDRICAL TUNABLE FLUIDIC LENS WITH MINIMIZED DEFOCUS | WILKES, ZACHARY W | 2872 | §102§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 23, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialIcrx Inc. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Zachary W Wilkes has the most, with 1 of Icrx Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
