Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Kimley-Horn Technology Solutions Inc. has 1 pending office action in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. This action is handled by 1 distinct examiner. The prosecution is localized within 1 distinct art unit. This indicates a specific focus for the company's current patent activity. The concentration in 1 art unit suggests that the technical subject matter is being evaluated by a specialized group at the USPTO.
FERRELL, CARTER W is the busiest examiner, responsible for 1 pending office action. This action constitutes the total pending workload for the portfolio. Because there is only 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit, the company's current prosecution outcomes are dependent on this examiner's evaluation. This concentrated activity allows for a targeted approach to the USPTO, but it also means that the success of the current portfolio rests on a single relationship. Practitioners should focus on the specific examination patterns of FERRELL, CARTER W to optimize the outcome for this 1 pending office action.
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 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FERRELL, CARTER W | 1 | 61.9% | +47.6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19098471 | PUMP PERFORMANCE DATA LOGGING APPARATUS | FERRELL, CARTER W | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2857 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19098471 | PUMP PERFORMANCE DATA LOGGING APPARATUS | FERRELL, CARTER W | 2857 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 02, 2025 |
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Start Free TrialKimley-Horn Technology Solutions Inc. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Carter W Ferrell has the most, with 1 of Kimley-Horn Technology Solutions Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
