Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Nova Measuring Instruments Inc. has 2 pending office actions in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. These actions involve 2 distinct examiners but are concentrated within 1 distinct art unit. DOWNING, SAVANNAH STARR is the busiest examiner, managing 1 busiest examiner pending action.
This indicates that while multiple examiners are involved, they are operating within the same art unit. This profile shows a localized prosecution effort for the company's current semiconductor innovations.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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%) |
| §112 only | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DOWNING, SAVANNAH STARR | 1 | 78.3% | +8.0% |
| YUN, JURIE | 1 | 87.4% | +10.2% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18453266 | FEED-FORWARD OF MULTI-LAYER AND MULTI-PROCESS INFORMATION USING XPS AND XRF TECHNOLOGIES | YUN, JURIE | 22d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18453266 | FEED-FORWARD OF MULTI-LAYER AND MULTI-PROCESS INFORMATION USING XPS AND XRF TECHNOLOGIES | YUN, JURIE | 22d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2884 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18961365 | HIGH BRIGHTNESS x-ray SOURCE | DOWNING, SAVANNAH STARR | 2884 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 26, 2024 |
| 18453266 | FEED-FORWARD OF MULTI-LAYER AND MULTI-PROCESS INFORMATION USING XPS AND XRF TECHNOLOGIES | YUN, JURIE | 2884 | §112 | Non-Final OA | 22d | Pending | Aug 21, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialNova Measuring Instruments Inc. has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 2 examiners.
Savannah Starr Downing has the most, with 1 of Nova Measuring Instruments Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
