Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
John Howard manages a patent portfolio focused on Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics. Currently, the portfolio includes 1 pending office action. This prosecution activity is confined to 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit. Such a concentrated profile indicates a specific technical focus within the semiconductor field, with all current patent office interaction occurring through a single administrative channel.
The busiest examiner identified in the data is IMMANUEL, BAMIDELE ADEFOLARIN, who is assigned 1 pending office action. This represents the total volume of pending actions for the portfolio. For practitioners, this means that the entire current prosecution strategy for John Howard relies on the review of a single examiner in 1 art unit. The alignment of 1 pending action with 1 examiner and 1 distinct art unit highlights the singular nature of the current workload in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics sector. This centralized arrangement allows for a direct communication path during the examination process.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| IMMANUEL, BAMIDELE ADEFOLARIN | 1 | 66.4% | +17.8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19228854 | RANDOM, SEQUENTIAL, OR SIMULTANEOUS MULTI-BEAM CIRCULAR ANTENNA ARRAY AND BEAM FORMING NETWORKS WITH UP TO 360° COVERAGE | IMMANUEL, BAMIDELE ADEFOLARIN | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19228854 | RANDOM, SEQUENTIAL, OR SIMULTANEOUS MULTI-BEAM CIRCULAR ANTENNA ARRAY AND BEAM FORMING NETWORKS WITH UP TO 360° COVERAGE | IMMANUEL, BAMIDELE ADEFOLARIN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2845 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19228854 | RANDOM, SEQUENTIAL, OR SIMULTANEOUS MULTI-BEAM CIRCULAR ANTENNA ARRAY AND BEAM FORMING NETWORKS WITH UP TO 360° COVERAGE | IMMANUEL, BAMIDELE ADEFOLARIN | 2845 | §101DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 05, 2025 |
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Start Free TrialJohn Howard has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Bamidele Adefolarin Immanuel has the most, with 1 of John Howard's pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
