Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
6 pending office actions • 5 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Ipek International GmbH has 6 pending office actions in Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics. The matters are distributed across 5 examiners and 5 art units, indicating a broad and substantially segmented examination profile.
ROYSTON, JOHN M is the busiest examiner, with 2 pending matters. The remaining examination activity is spread beyond that assignment, so docket management should track multiple examiner positions and art-unit contexts rather than rely on one response template.
The shared technology area supports portfolio-level claim review, but the examiner and art-unit distribution calls for matter-specific analysis. Counsel should identify recurring issues where they appear while preserving distinct arguments for each examination record.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 1 (17%) |
| §102 only | 1 (17%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ROYSTON, JOHN M | 2 | 78.0% | +16.6% |
| TRAC, JONATHAN KHANH | 1 | — | — |
| CHANG, FANG-CHI | 1 | 70.5% | -29.8% |
| PATEL, HARSHAD C | 1 | 82.9% | +8.6% |
| ZALALEE, SULTANA MARCIA | 1 | 71.1% | +15.2% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18883977 | POSITIONING SYSTEM FOR SEWER INSPECTION AND/OR MAINTENANCE SYSTEMS | TRAC, JONATHAN KHANH | — |
| 18883926 | MOUNTING DEVICE FOR A CAMERA | CHANG, FANG-CHI | — |
| 18735707 | PLUG SYSTEM FOR SEWER INSPECTION SYSTEMS AND/OR SEWER MAINTENANCE SYSTEMS | PATEL, HARSHAD C | — |
| 18658599 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A CAMERA OF A SEWER INSPECTION AND/OR MAINTENANCE SYSTEM | ROYSTON, JOHN M | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18658611 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING THE SPEED OF AN INSPECTION UNIT OF A SEWER INSPECTION AND/OR MAINTENANCE SYSTEM | ZALALEE, SULTANA MARCIA | 42d |
| 18883997 | SEWER INSPECTION AND/OR MAINTENANCE SYSTEM WITH A TOOL EXCHANGER SYSTEM | ROYSTON, JOHN M | — |
| 18658599 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A CAMERA OF A SEWER INSPECTION AND/OR MAINTENANCE SYSTEM | ROYSTON, JOHN M | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2855 | 2 |
| 3653 | 1 |
| 2852 | 1 |
| 2831 | 1 |
| 2614 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18883977 | POSITIONING SYSTEM FOR SEWER INSPECTION AND/OR MAINTENANCE SYSTEMS | TRAC, JONATHAN KHANH | 3653 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 12, 2024 |
| 18883997 | SEWER INSPECTION AND/OR MAINTENANCE SYSTEM WITH A TOOL EXCHANGER SYSTEM | ROYSTON, JOHN M | 2855 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 12, 2024 |
| 18883926 | MOUNTING DEVICE FOR A CAMERA | CHANG, FANG-CHI | 2852 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 12, 2024 |
| 18735707 | PLUG SYSTEM FOR SEWER INSPECTION SYSTEMS AND/OR SEWER MAINTENANCE SYSTEMS | PATEL, HARSHAD C | 2831 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 06, 2024 |
| 18658611 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING THE SPEED OF AN INSPECTION UNIT OF A SEWER INSPECTION AND/OR MAINTENANCE SYSTEM | ZALALEE, SULTANA MARCIA | 2614 | §103 | Final Rejection | 42d | Pending | May 08, 2024 |
| 18658599 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A CAMERA OF A SEWER INSPECTION AND/OR MAINTENANCE SYSTEM | ROYSTON, JOHN M | 2855 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 08, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialIpek International GmbH has 6 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 5 art units and 5 examiners.
John M Royston has the most, with 2 of Ipek International GmbH's pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
