Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Jiangsu Mark Optoelectronic Instrument Co. Ltd. has 1 pending office action in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. This action is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, MERLIN, JESSICA M. The prosecution is located within 1 distinct art unit, providing a specific administrative context for the matter. The busiest examiner, MERLIN, JESSICA M, is responsible for 1 busiest examiner pending office action.
This 1 action represents the total volume of 1 pending office actions for the company. With 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit, the prosecution is highly concentrated. Practitioners should focus their efforts on the examiner and art unit identified in the data. The alignment of 1 pending office action with 1 distinct examiner in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics sector suggests a direct line of communication for resolving the case.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MERLIN, JESSICA M | 1 | 61.8% | +24.1% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18671762 | FOCUSING SYSTEM FOR AN OPTICAL INSTRUMENT | MERLIN, JESSICA 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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18671762 | FOCUSING SYSTEM FOR AN OPTICAL INSTRUMENT | MERLIN, JESSICA M | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2871 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18671762 | FOCUSING SYSTEM FOR AN OPTICAL INSTRUMENT | MERLIN, JESSICA M | 2871 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 22, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialJiangsu Mark Optoelectronic Instrument Co. Ltd. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Jessica M Merlin has the most, with 1 of Jiangsu Mark Optoelectronic Instrument Co. Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.