Technology areas: Networking & Security • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
3 pending office actions • 2 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 6 patents granted in the last 365 days
Institut Mines Telecom currently manages 4 pending office actions within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. These matters are distributed across 3 distinct art units, suggesting a relatively concentrated technical focus for the company's active filings. The prosecution involves 4 distinct examiners, meaning each of the 4 pending office actions is being handled by a different individual at the patent office.
The busiest examiner for this portfolio is SHAAWAT, MAYASA A., who is responsible for 1 busiest examiner pending action. Because the 4 pending office actions are spread across 4 distinct examiners, there is no concentration of workload under any single person. Practitioners must adapt to the specific styles of these 4 distinct examiners while navigating the 3 distinct art units involved in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics sector.
The involvement of 4 distinct examiners for 4 pending office actions indicates a lack of examiner overlap, which requires a unique tactical approach for each application. While the 3 distinct art units suggest some departmental consistency, the variety of examiners means that the applicant must address multiple sets of individual preferences to successfully resolve the pending matters.
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 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (67%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHAAWAT, MAYASA A. | 1 | 87.7% | +21.4% |
| TRA, TUYEN Q | 1 | 85.6% | +9.2% |
| SIPES, JOHN CURTIS | 1 | 78.0% | +19.1% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18708922 | PROCESS FOR DETECTING AN ATTEMPTED LINEAR EXTRACTION OF THE CONTENT OF A MEMORY | SHAAWAT, MAYASA A. | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18875120 | INSTRUMENTED SCLERAL LENS AND ASSOCIATED DEVICE, OPTIONALLY FITTED IN THE LENS, FOR MEASURING THE PUPIL DIAMETER OF AN EYE | TRA, TUYEN Q | — |
| 18857359 | INSTRUMENTED CONTACT LENS, AND ASSOCIATED DEVICE FOR MEASURING REFRACTIVE ERROR AND/OR ACCOMMODATION | SIPES, JOHN CURTIS | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18708922 | PROCESS FOR DETECTING AN ATTEMPTED LINEAR EXTRACTION OF THE CONTENT OF A MEMORY | SHAAWAT, MAYASA A. | — |
| 18857359 | INSTRUMENTED CONTACT LENS, AND ASSOCIATED DEVICE FOR MEASURING REFRACTIVE ERROR AND/OR ACCOMMODATION | SIPES, JOHN CURTIS | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2872 | 2 |
| 2433 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18708922 | PROCESS FOR DETECTING AN ATTEMPTED LINEAR EXTRACTION OF THE CONTENT OF A MEMORY | SHAAWAT, MAYASA A. | 2433 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 24, 2025 |
| 18875120 | INSTRUMENTED SCLERAL LENS AND ASSOCIATED DEVICE, OPTIONALLY FITTED IN THE LENS, FOR MEASURING THE PUPIL DIAMETER OF AN EYE | TRA, TUYEN Q | 2872 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 13, 2024 |
| 18857359 | INSTRUMENTED CONTACT LENS, AND ASSOCIATED DEVICE FOR MEASURING REFRACTIVE ERROR AND/OR ACCOMMODATION | SIPES, JOHN CURTIS | 2872 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 16, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialInstitut Mines Telecom has 3 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 3 examiners.
Mayasa A. Shaawat has the most, with 1 of Institut Mines Telecom's pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
