Technology areas: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
Mac Ltt Inc. currently has 2 pending office actions within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. Both of these matters are assigned to 1 distinct examiner, KNAUF, MORGAN MARIE, who is also the busiest examiner with 2 pending office actions. While the examiner is a single individual, the work is categorized under 2 distinct art units, suggesting that the 2 pending office actions involve different technical classifications despite being reviewed by the same person.
The concentration of 2 pending office actions under 1 distinct examiner means that the named official has total influence over the current prosecution outcomes for the company. However, the involvement of 2 distinct art units indicates that the examiner may be applying different sets of guidelines or examining different types of technology for each of the 2 pending office actions. For the practitioner, this creates a unique situation where a single relationship must be managed across multiple technical frameworks. The 2 pending office actions represent the entire active workload, making this single examiner the primary point of contact for the portfolio. This focused structure ensures that the 2 pending office actions are subject to a consistent individual review style while navigating 2 distinct art units.
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.
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 | 2 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KNAUF, MORGAN MARIE | 2 | 75.0% | +32.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18333639 | TANKER TRUCK WITH REAR LIGHTING ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF OPERATION | KNAUF, MORGAN MARIE | 31d overdue |
| 18938363 | TANKER TRUCK WITH REAR LIGHTING ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF OPERATION | KNAUF, MORGAN MARIE | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2842 | 1 |
| 3611 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18938363 | TANKER TRUCK WITH REAR LIGHTING ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF OPERATION | KNAUF, MORGAN MARIE | 2842 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 06, 2024 |
| 18333639 | TANKER TRUCK WITH REAR LIGHTING ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF OPERATION | KNAUF, MORGAN MARIE | 3611 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 31d overdue | Pending | Jun 13, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialMac Ltt Inc. has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 1 examiners.
Morgan Marie Knauf has the most, with 2 of Mac Ltt Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
