Technology area: Computing & Software
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
Lightguide Inc. is managing 1 pending office action within the Computing & Software technology area. This activity is confined to 1 distinct art unit and is being reviewed by 1 distinct examiner. This represents a highly focused prosecution effort where all current administrative attention is directed toward a single point of review in the software domain. Such a concentrated profile is often seen in companies with a specific core technology that is being vetted by a single technical group at the USPTO.
The busiest examiner, PRIFTI, AUREL, is currently handling the 1 pending office action. With only 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit involved, the company's interaction with the USPTO is currently singular. This concentration means that the outcome of the pending action will define the current success rate of the portfolio in this technology area. Practitioners should focus on the specific requirements of the 1 distinct art unit, as it represents the sole technical hurdle for the company's current filings. The 1 pending office action serves as the primary benchmark for the company's intellectual property strategy in the computing sector.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PRIFTI, AUREL | 1 | 82.9% | +22.1% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18625642 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SYSTEM COMPONENT CONFIGURATION AND DIAGNOSTIC SCANNING | PRIFTI, AUREL | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18625642 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SYSTEM COMPONENT CONFIGURATION AND DIAGNOSTIC SCANNING | PRIFTI, AUREL | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2175 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18625642 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SYSTEM COMPONENT CONFIGURATION AND DIAGNOSTIC SCANNING | PRIFTI, AUREL | 2175 | §101§102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 03, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialLightguide Inc. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Aurel Prifti has the most, with 1 of Lightguide Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Computing & Software (USPTO Tech Center 2100), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
