Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 6 patents granted in the last 365 days
Milkshake Technology Inc. maintains 2 pending office actions within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. Despite having multiple actions, the portfolio is handled by 1 distinct examiner, which centralizes the legal dialogue for these technical filings. This workload is contained within 1 distinct art unit, suggesting a narrow and consistent technical focus for the company's current patent applications. Practitioners can expect a singular perspective on the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics subject matter.
TRAN, HOANG Q is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, currently managing 2 busiest examiner pending office actions. This examiner is responsible for the entirety of the 2 pending office actions reported for the company. The concentration of all 2 pending actions under 1 distinct examiner and within 1 distinct art unit simplifies the prosecution landscape. Having 2 busiest examiner pending actions assigned to TRAN, HOANG Q allows the company to receive feedback from a single point of contact.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| TRAN, HOANG Q | 2 | 67.8% | +32.7% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18435300 | UNIVERSAL PHOTONIC CIRCUITS WITH CASCADABLE PHOTONIC GATES BASED ON NONLINEARITIES | TRAN, HOANG Q | — |
| 18411946 | PHOTONIC COUNTER CIRCUIT | TRAN, HOANG Q | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18435300 | UNIVERSAL PHOTONIC CIRCUITS WITH CASCADABLE PHOTONIC GATES BASED ON NONLINEARITIES | TRAN, HOANG Q | — |
| 18411946 | PHOTONIC COUNTER CIRCUIT | TRAN, HOANG Q | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2874 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18435300 | UNIVERSAL PHOTONIC CIRCUITS WITH CASCADABLE PHOTONIC GATES BASED ON NONLINEARITIES | TRAN, HOANG Q | 2874 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 07, 2024 |
| 18411946 | PHOTONIC COUNTER CIRCUIT | TRAN, HOANG Q | 2874 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 12, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialMilkshake Technology Inc. has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Hoang Q Tran has the most, with 2 of Milkshake Technology Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
