Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Noptrack currently manages 1 pending office action within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. This single matter is assigned to 1 distinct examiner working within 1 distinct art unit. The high concentration of the portfolio suggests a highly specific technical focus or an early stage of prosecution activity for the company. ROYSTON, JOHN M is identified as the busiest examiner for this company, currently overseeing 1 busiest examiner pending action. This represents the entirety of the company's active workload at the patent office.
The alignment between the total pending actions and the count assigned to the busiest examiner indicates that prosecution is currently centralized under a single individual. Practitioners should note that the 1 distinct art unit involved provides a narrow jurisdictional footprint for these filings. Because there is only 1 distinct examiner, the company can maintain a very direct and consistent prosecution dialogue. This centralized structure is typical for portfolios with a single active matter, allowing for a singular focus on the specific requirements and examination style of ROYSTON, JOHN M. The pending matter serves as the primary point of engagement between the company and the patent office within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics sector. This concentration of the workload under a single individual in a single group simplifies the administrative burden of tracking these filings.
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) | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ROYSTON, JOHN M | 1 | 78.0% | +16.6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18874036 | MICROFLUIDIC ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICE FOR MEASURING A VOLUME FLOW RATE | ROYSTON, JOHN M | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18874036 | MICROFLUIDIC ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICE FOR MEASURING A VOLUME FLOW RATE | ROYSTON, JOHN M | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2855 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18874036 | MICROFLUIDIC ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICE FOR MEASURING A VOLUME FLOW RATE | ROYSTON, JOHN M | 2855 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 11, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialNoptrack has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
John M Royston has the most, with 1 of Noptrack's pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
