Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 04, 2026

Lumos Solar Inc.

Technology area: Chemistry & Materials

1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

Lumos Solar Inc. currently manages 1 pending office action in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. This matter is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, CANNON, RYAN SMITH. The prosecution is located within 1 distinct art unit. CANNON, RYAN SMITH is the busiest examiner with 1 pending office action. This single pending action represents the company's current activity in the Chemistry & Materials sector with 1 distinct examiner.

Practitioners should note that having 1 pending office action under 1 distinct examiner simplifies the prosecution landscape. The specific technical nuances of the Chemistry & Materials area will be evaluated by a single official within 1 distinct art unit. This concentration allows for a focused approach to examiner interviews and responses, as there are no conflicting viewpoints from other examiners to consider. Success in this 1 pending matter will depend on addressing the specific technical standards and prior art interpretations of CANNON, RYAN SMITH. This profile indicates a targeted effort to secure intellectual property within a specific material science niche.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

1
Total Pending OAs
0
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

Case Difficulty Mix

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.

1
Hard (100%)
0
Medium (0%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (100%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

1
Life Sciences
100% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

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.

10 h
Manual time on pending OAs
2 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
4 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
CANNON, RYAN SMITH 1 55.7% +36.9%

Hard Cases (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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18808671 System for Mounting Photovoltaic Modules for an Overhead Structure CANNON, RYAN SMITH 18d overdue

Interview Candidates (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18808671 System for Mounting Photovoltaic Modules for an Overhead Structure CANNON, RYAN SMITH 18d overdue

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1726 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18808671 System for Mounting Photovoltaic Modules for an Overhead Structure CANNON, RYAN SMITH 1726 §102§103 Final Rejection 18d overdue Pending Aug 19, 2024

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