Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Mbv AG is currently dealing with 2 pending office actions in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. These actions are assigned to 2 distinct examiners. However, both of these examiners are located within the same 1 distinct art unit. Tran M. Tran is the busiest examiner, with 1 busiest examiner pending action. Because there are 2 pending office actions and 2 distinct examiners, the workload is divided between the assigned USPTO staff.
The fact that both examiners operate within 1 distinct art unit suggests that while the individual examiners may differ, the overarching policy and prior art trends of that specific unit will likely govern the prosecution of both Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics cases. For the practitioner, this provides a level of predictability, as the 2 distinct examiners are likely to share similar supervisory guidance. Although Tran M. Tran only handles 1 busiest examiner pending action, the concentration within 1 distinct art unit allows the legal team to develop a unified strategy for the 2 pending office actions. Practitioners should look for commonalities in the rejections issued by the 2 distinct examiners to streamline their responses. This structure in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics field balances the benefit of having two different perspectives with the consistency of a single administrative unit for the company's 2 pending office actions.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| TRAN, TRAN M. | 1 | 75.0% | +23.1% |
| WEST, PAUL M | 1 | 84.2% | +13.9% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18840118 | PARTICLE MONITORING SYSTEM AND PROCESS FOR MONITORING PARTICLES IN A SAMPLE FLUID | WEST, PAUL M | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18847098 | PARTICLE MONITORING SYSTEM, PORTABLE MICROBIAL AIR SAMPLER, METHOD FOR MONITORING PARTICLES IN A SAMPLE FLUID AND METHOD FOR CALIBRATING/ADJUSTING A PARTCLE MONITORING SYSTEM | TRAN, TRAN 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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18847098 | PARTICLE MONITORING SYSTEM, PORTABLE MICROBIAL AIR SAMPLER, METHOD FOR MONITORING PARTICLES IN A SAMPLE FLUID AND METHOD FOR CALIBRATING/ADJUSTING A PARTCLE MONITORING SYSTEM | TRAN, TRAN M. | — |
| 18840118 | PARTICLE MONITORING SYSTEM AND PROCESS FOR MONITORING PARTICLES IN A SAMPLE FLUID | WEST, PAUL M | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2855 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18847098 | PARTICLE MONITORING SYSTEM, PORTABLE MICROBIAL AIR SAMPLER, METHOD FOR MONITORING PARTICLES IN A SAMPLE FLUID AND METHOD FOR CALIBRATING/ADJUSTING A PARTCLE MONITORING SYSTEM | TRAN, TRAN M. | 2855 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 13, 2024 |
| 18840118 | PARTICLE MONITORING SYSTEM AND PROCESS FOR MONITORING PARTICLES IN A SAMPLE FLUID | WEST, PAUL M | 2855 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 21, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialMbv AG has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 2 examiners.
Tran M. Tran has the most, with 1 of Mbv AG's pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
