Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Lightricity Limited has 1 pending office action in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. This action is being handled by 1 distinct examiner and is located within 1 distinct art unit. This indicates a very specific and concentrated area of prosecution for the company's optical and circuit technologies. The success of the company's current semiconductor patent strategy depends on the resolution of this 1 pending office action.
PHAM, DUC M is the busiest examiner, with 1 busiest examiner pending office action. Since there is only 1 pending office action for the entire portfolio, this examiner is the primary point of contact for the company's current semiconductor filings. The use of 1 distinct art unit shows that the technology is being evaluated by a specialized group within the patent office. This centralization allows the applicant to focus their legal and technical resources on the specific requirements of 1 distinct art unit and a single examiner.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PHAM, DUC M | 1 | 88.5% | +12.6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18877221 | ULTRA-LOW POWER ENERGY HARVESTING ELECTRONIC DEVICES WITH ENERGY EFFICIENT BACKUP CIRCUITS | PHAM, DUC 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18877221 | ULTRA-LOW POWER ENERGY HARVESTING ELECTRONIC DEVICES WITH ENERGY EFFICIENT BACKUP CIRCUITS | PHAM, DUC M | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2836 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18877221 | ULTRA-LOW POWER ENERGY HARVESTING ELECTRONIC DEVICES WITH ENERGY EFFICIENT BACKUP CIRCUITS | PHAM, DUC M | 2836 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 19, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialLightricity Limited has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Duc M Pham has the most, with 1 of Lightricity Limited's pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
