Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 04, 2026

Ion Beam Applications

Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics

1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 1 of 1 (100%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Ion Beam Applications is managing 1 pending office action within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. The prosecution of this portfolio is currently handled by 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit. This distribution indicates that the company's active patenting efforts are concentrated in a single specialized section of the patent office. This focused approach can lead to a more predictable examination process as the applicant only needs to address the concerns of 1 distinct examiner.

The busiest examiner for the portfolio is KALISZEWSKI, ALINA ROSE, who is assigned 1 pending office action. This 1 pending office action represents the full extent of the company's current pending activity. The involvement of 1 distinct art unit suggests a consistent technical classification for the subject matter under review. For the practitioner, this means that the immediate focus is entirely on the interactions and procedural expectations of KALISZEWSKI, ALINA ROSE within their assigned art unit. Tailoring responses to the specific preferences of this examiner is essential for advancing the 1 pending office action in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics sector.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

1
Total Pending OAs
0
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

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.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

Case Difficulty Mix

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.

0
Hard (0%)
0
Medium (0%)
1
Easy (100%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§112 only1 (100%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
100% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

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.

10 h
Manual time on pending OAs
2 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
4 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
KALISZEWSKI, ALINA ROSE 1 84.4% +23.8%

Quick Wins (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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18051970 RIDGE FILTER AND METHOD FOR DESIGNING SAME IN A PBS TREATMENT SYSTEM KALISZEWSKI, ALINA ROSE 38d overdue

Interview Candidates (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18051970 RIDGE FILTER AND METHOD FOR DESIGNING SAME IN A PBS TREATMENT SYSTEM KALISZEWSKI, ALINA ROSE 38d overdue

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2881 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18051970 RIDGE FILTER AND METHOD FOR DESIGNING SAME IN A PBS TREATMENT SYSTEM KALISZEWSKI, ALINA ROSE 2881 §112 Final Rejection 38d overdue AI Ready Nov 02, 2022

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