Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
NTT Advanced Technology Corporation has 1 pending office action in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. This action is assigned to 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit. Chad Smith is the busiest examiner, responsible for 1 pending office action. This single pending matter defines the current state of the company's patent prosecution, with no other active office actions.
The involvement of 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit for the 1 pending office action means that the company's current prosecution is entirely centralized. Chad Smith is the only examiner currently reviewing the portfolio's pending work. With only 1 pending office action, the company's engagement with the patent office is highly specific. This concentration in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics area ensures that all current prosecution resources are directed toward a single examiner and a single technical group.
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 |
|---|---|
| §112 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SMITH, CHAD | 1 | 78.9% | +20.4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18858149 | OPTICAL CONNECTOR CLEANING DEVICE | SMITH, CHAD | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2874 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18858149 | OPTICAL CONNECTOR CLEANING DEVICE | SMITH, CHAD | 2874 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 18, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialNTT Advanced Technology Corporation has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Chad Smith has the most, with 1 of NTT Advanced Technology Corporation's pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.