Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
Northrop Grumman Litef GmbH has 1 pending office action in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. KOLB, NATHANIEL J is the busiest examiner for the portfolio with 1 pending action. The current prosecution activity is limited to 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit. This represents a singular and focused active matter for the company.
With 1 pending office action, the company's current prosecution strategy is concentrated on a single examiner's review. The practitioner must address the specific concerns of KOLB, NATHANIEL J within the 1 distinct art unit. This focused approach in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics field allows for a very precise technical discussion without the need to manage multiple examiner relationships.
The presence of only 1 distinct examiner for the entire active portfolio simplifies the management of the company's intellectual property. The success of the company's current efforts at the USPTO depends on the resolution of this 1 pending matter. This streamlined profile indicates a very specific and targeted filing strategy at this time.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KOLB, NATHANIEL J | 1 | 62.5% | +34.9% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18872337 | MICROELECTROMECHANICAL COUPLING DEVICE | KOLB, NATHANIEL J | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18872337 | MICROELECTROMECHANICAL COUPLING DEVICE | KOLB, NATHANIEL J | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2855 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18872337 | MICROELECTROMECHANICAL COUPLING DEVICE | KOLB, NATHANIEL J | 2855 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 06, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialNorthrop Grumman Litef GmbH has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Nathaniel J Kolb has the most, with 1 of Northrop Grumman Litef GmbH's pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
