Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
Michael The Maven LLC is managing 2 pending office actions in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. These actions are split between 2 distinct art units and distinct examiners. Leon W Rhodes, Jr is the busiest examiner with 1 pending office action. Since each of the pending office actions has a unique examiner, practitioners must navigate unique review processes.
The interaction with Leon W Rhodes, Jr is 1 of the individual examiner relationships currently active. With 1 pending office action per examiner, there is no concentration of cases under an individual reviewer. Practitioners should focus on the specific requirements of the 2 distinct art units to ensure consistency across the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics portfolio.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| RHODES, JR, LEON W | 1 | 82.4% | +11.6% |
| MEBRAHTU, EPHREM ZERU | 1 | 74.9% | +8.6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18831455 | RIM LOCK CAMERA LENS ACCESSORY MOUNT | RHODES, JR, LEON W | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18831455 | RIM LOCK CAMERA LENS ACCESSORY MOUNT | RHODES, JR, LEON W | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2852 | 1 |
| 2872 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18831455 | RIM LOCK CAMERA LENS ACCESSORY MOUNT | RHODES, JR, LEON W | 2852 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 24, 2025 |
| 18767543 | OPTICAL ACCESSORY IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM AND DEVICE | MEBRAHTU, EPHREM ZERU | 2872 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 09, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialMichael The Maven LLC has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Jr, Leon W Rhodes has the most, with 1 of Michael The Maven LLC's pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
