Technology area: Communications
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Pac Tech is currently overseeing 1 pending office action within the Communications technology area. This single matter is located within 1 distinct art units, indicating a narrow technical focus for the company's current patent activity. The prosecution is being managed by 1 distinct examiners, with HANNETT, JAMES M identified as the busiest examiner for the portfolio.
As the busiest examiner, HANNETT, JAMES M is responsible for 1 pending office action, which accounts for the entirety of the company's pending workload. The fact that 1 pending office action is assigned to 1 distinct examiners in 1 distinct art units means that the company's patent prospects in the Communications field are currently dependent on a single examiner's review. This level of concentration simplifies the prosecution landscape but places importance on the outcome of this individual case.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HANNETT, JAMES M | 1 | 84.4% | +0.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19197565 | Electronic Device for a Camera Module, Method for Manufacturing the Same, and Camera Module | HANNETT, JAMES M | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2639 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19197565 | Electronic Device for a Camera Module, Method for Manufacturing the Same, and Camera Module | HANNETT, JAMES M | 2639 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 02, 2025 |
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Start Free TrialPac Tech has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
James M Hannett has the most, with 1 of Pac Tech's pending office actions.
Mostly Communications (USPTO Tech Center 2600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
