Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
New Focus Lighting & Power Technology (Shanghai) Co. Ltd. currently manages 1 pending office action within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. This matter is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, SILVA, FRANK ALEXIS, who is also identified as the busiest examiner for this portfolio. The prosecution is situated within 1 distinct art unit. This individual is responsible for 1 busiest examiner pending action at the office.
For a practitioner, this data indicates a centralized prosecution effort. With only 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit involved, there is no variance in examiner behavior or art unit trends to navigate across the portfolio. The current engagement with the patent office in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics space is focused on the reported activity for this specific filing. The role of the busiest examiner with 1 busiest examiner pending action confirms that all legal strategy is directed through SILVA, FRANK ALEXIS at the USPTO. This allows for a streamlined approach without the complexity of managing multiple examiner relationships or disparate art unit requirements.
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 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SILVA, FRANK ALEXIS | 1 | 28.3% | +50.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18620120 | CHARGER WITH INTEGRATED ENGINE START FUNCTION | SILVA, FRANK ALEXIS | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18620120 | CHARGER WITH INTEGRATED ENGINE START FUNCTION | SILVA, FRANK ALEXIS | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2859 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18620120 | CHARGER WITH INTEGRATED ENGINE START FUNCTION | SILVA, FRANK ALEXIS | 2859 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 28, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialNew Focus Lighting & Power Technology (Shanghai) Co. Ltd. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Frank Alexis Silva has the most, with 1 of New Focus Lighting & Power Technology (Shanghai) Co. Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
