Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Mecanique Analytique Inc. maintains a portfolio in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area with 2 pending office actions. These actions are distributed across 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units. This distribution indicates that the company's current patent applications are being reviewed by multiple specialized groups within the patent office, which may lead to different prosecution timelines. The involvement of 2 distinct art units suggests that the underlying technologies span different technical classifications.
RAEVIS, ROBERT R is noted as the busiest examiner for the portfolio, currently managing 1 pending office action. With 2 distinct examiners handling the workload, the prosecution process is shared across the available pending actions. This means that no single examiner's style dominates the portfolio's current outlook. Practitioners must prepare for different examiner perspectives, as each pending office action is subject to individual interpretation of the prior art.
For a patent practitioner, managing the 2 pending office actions across the 2 distinct art units requires coordination with different examination standards. Since the busiest examiner, RAEVIS, ROBERT R, only holds 1 pending action, the administrative burden is distributed. This variety in examiners and art units may require tailored arguments for each specific technical area rather than a unified strategy. Monitoring the specific trends in the involved art units will be essential for successful outcomes.
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 |
|---|---|
| §112 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| RAEVIS, ROBERT R | 1 | 83.3% | +15.3% |
| KARAVIAS, DENISE R | 1 | 63.2% | +30.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18273561 | Methods and Systems for Concentrating a Gas Sample | RAEVIS, ROBERT R | 38d overdue |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18267547 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CHROMATOGRAPHICALLY ANALYZING A TEST SAMPLE | KARAVIAS, DENISE R | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18273561 | Methods and Systems for Concentrating a Gas Sample | RAEVIS, ROBERT R | 38d overdue |
| 18267547 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CHROMATOGRAPHICALLY ANALYZING A TEST SAMPLE | KARAVIAS, DENISE R | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2855 | 1 |
| 2857 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18273561 | Methods and Systems for Concentrating a Gas Sample | RAEVIS, ROBERT R | 2855 | §112 | Non-Final OA | 38d overdue | Pending | Jul 21, 2023 |
| 18267547 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CHROMATOGRAPHICALLY ANALYZING A TEST SAMPLE | KARAVIAS, DENISE R | 2857 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 15, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialMecanique Analytique Inc. has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Robert R Raevis has the most, with 1 of Mecanique Analytique Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
