Technology area: Communications
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Optimal Plus Ltd. has 1 pending office action in the Communications technology area. This matter is handled by 1 distinct examiner, SHANE WRENSFORD CODRINGTON, within 1 distinct art unit. SHANE WRENSFORD CODRINGTON is the busiest examiner, with 1 busiest examiner pending action. The prosecution of this 1 pending office action is currently the only active matter for this entity.
Because there is only 1 pending office action, the entire current strategy for the Communications area rests with SHANE WRENSFORD CODRINGTON. This 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit combination means that the applicant does not have to navigate multiple examination styles or conflicting art unit policies. Practitioners should focus on the specific prosecution history of SHANE WRENSFORD CODRINGTON, as this busiest examiner handles the only busiest examiner pending action in the portfolio. The 1:1 ratio between the pending office action and the distinct examiner ensures that all current efforts are directed toward a single point of contact within the patent office.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CODRINGTON, SHANE WRENSFORD | 1 | 75.0% | +29.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18514271 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC WAFER MAP CLASSIFICATION | CODRINGTON, SHANE WRENSFORD | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2667 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18514271 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC WAFER MAP CLASSIFICATION | CODRINGTON, SHANE WRENSFORD | 2667 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 20, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialOptimal Plus Ltd. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Shane Wrensford Codrington has the most, with 1 of Optimal Plus Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Communications (USPTO Tech Center 2600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
