Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Photona GmbH has 1 pending office action in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. This 1 pending office action is assigned to 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit, indicating a focused prosecution effort for the company's current optical filings. This point of contact in 1 distinct art unit suggests a specific technological niche is being pursued. The firm can concentrate its legal efforts on this point of review.
The busiest examiner is FAYE, MAMADOU, who is responsible for 1 busiest examiner pending office action. This 1 busiest examiner pending office action represents the total workload for the portfolio. With only 1 distinct examiner involved, the practitioner can focus exclusively on the specific tendencies of this individual. Successfully managing the 1 pending office action depends on navigating the specific guidelines of the 1 distinct art unit.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FAYE, MAMADOU | 1 | 78.5% | +6.5% |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2884 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18509650 | PYROELECTRIC INFRARED DETECTOR DEVICE | FAYE, MAMADOU | 2884 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 15, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialPhotona GmbH has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Mamadou Faye has the most, with 1 of Photona GmbH's pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
