Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Lightx Innovations Inc. has 2 pending office actions in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. These actions are split between 2 distinct examiners, but both are within 1 distinct art unit. RUBY LUCIA KAUFFMAN is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending office action. The prosecution is concentrated within one art unit despite involving multiple examiners.
The portfolio includes 2 pending office actions, which are distributed among 2 distinct examiners. This means that each action is receiving an independent review, even though they both fall under the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. RUBY LUCIA KAUFFMAN is one of the 2 examiners, and her 1 pending office action is part of the company's current pending workload.
With 2 distinct examiners and 1 distinct art unit, the company faces a mix of concentration and diversification. The technical focus is narrow, as evidenced by the single art unit, but the use of two different examiners provides two separate points of contact. Practitioners should look for consistency in how the 1 distinct art unit handles Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics cases while addressing the individual preferences of the two examiners. The involvement of 2 distinct examiners for 2 pending office actions indicates a lack of examiner concentration.
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 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KAUFFMAN, RUBY LUCIA | 1 | 81.4% | +29.6% |
| WILKES, ZACHARY W | 1 | 66.5% | +22.5% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18719938 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ASSESSING A CONDITION OF A PATIENT'S EYE | KAUFFMAN, RUBY LUCIA | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18548388 | SLIT LAMP SYSTEM, MOUNTING BRACKET THEREFORE, AND METHOD OF IMAGING AN EYE OF A PATIENT | WILKES, ZACHARY W | — |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18719938 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ASSESSING A CONDITION OF A PATIENT'S EYE | KAUFFMAN, RUBY LUCIA | — |
| 18548388 | SLIT LAMP SYSTEM, MOUNTING BRACKET THEREFORE, AND METHOD OF IMAGING AN EYE OF A PATIENT | WILKES, ZACHARY W | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2872 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18719938 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ASSESSING A CONDITION OF A PATIENT'S EYE | KAUFFMAN, RUBY LUCIA | 2872 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 14, 2024 |
| 18548388 | SLIT LAMP SYSTEM, MOUNTING BRACKET THEREFORE, AND METHOD OF IMAGING AN EYE OF A PATIENT | WILKES, ZACHARY W | 2872 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 30, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialLightx Innovations Inc. has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 2 examiners.
Ruby Lucia Kauffman has the most, with 1 of Lightx Innovations Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
