Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Metis Microsystems LLC currently has 1 pending office action in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. This matter is assigned to 1 distinct examiner working within 1 distinct art unit. Tuan Thieu Lam is the busiest examiner for the company, responsible for the 1 pending office action.
The company's prosecution activity is highly concentrated, with only 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit involved. Tuan Thieu Lam's oversight of the 1 pending office action represents the full extent of the company's current engagement with the patent office. This singular focus suggests a very specific technical application within the semiconductor field.
Practitioners should note that the 1 pending office action is being reviewed in a highly centralized manner. Tuan Thieu Lam's role as the busiest examiner is a direct result of the portfolio's current size. The alignment of 1 examiner and 1 art unit for the active matter indicates that the company's current intellectual property efforts are focused on a specific technical niche within the broader circuits and optics sector.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 only | 1 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAM, TUAN THIEU | 1 | 77.6% | +13.1% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19285497 | CIRCUITS AND METHODS TO HARVEST ENERGY FROM TRANSIENT ON-CHIP DATA | LAM, TUAN THIEU | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19285497 | CIRCUITS AND METHODS TO HARVEST ENERGY FROM TRANSIENT ON-CHIP DATA | LAM, TUAN THIEU | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2836 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19285497 | CIRCUITS AND METHODS TO HARVEST ENERGY FROM TRANSIENT ON-CHIP DATA | LAM, TUAN THIEU | 2836 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 30, 2025 |
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Start Free TrialMetis Microsystems LLC has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Tuan Thieu Lam has the most, with 1 of Metis Microsystems LLC's pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
