Technology areas: Communications • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
25 pending office actions • 19 art units • 25 examiners • 0 of 25 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 114 patents granted in the last 365 days
Pixart Imaging Inc. has 26 pending office actions in Communications. The matters are distributed among 25 distinct examiners and 19 distinct art units. This pattern shows broad examiner allocation, with only limited repetition at the examiner level, while the art-unit figure reflects meaningful separation across communications technologies.
STEINBERG, AMANDA L is the busiest examiner, with 2 pending matters. That modest concentration may support targeted coordination for those matters, but it does not define the portfolio as a whole. Prosecution management should therefore preserve matter-specific review and track claim issues by art unit as well as by examiner.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 3 (12%) |
| §103 only | 8 (32%) |
| §102 only | 3 (12%) |
| §112 only | 1 (4%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (4%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (4%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 7 (28%) |
| No statute on record | 1 (4%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PHAM, LONG D | 1 | 77.3% | +15.6% |
| CUTLER, ALBERT H | 1 | 79.4% | +21.1% |
| BARTELS, CHRISTOPHER A. | 1 | 68.1% | +11.7% |
| WOOD, BLAKE ANDREW | 1 | 72.1% | +13.6% |
| STEINBERG, AMANDA L | 1 | 51.7% | +26.1% |
| MOONEY, JAMES K | 1 | 75.5% | +21.7% |
| CHANG, DANIEL CHEOLJIN | 1 | 88.2% | +14.4% |
| TALLMAN, ROBERT E | 1 | 81.8% | +14.6% |
| COLEMAN, STEPHEN P | 1 | 84.1% | +11.2% |
| JIMENEZ, ANTHONY R | 1 | 88.2% | +7.0% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18954576 | LENS PIECE HAVING SINGLE WING, LENS ASSEMBLY AND IMAGING DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME | TALLMAN, ROBERT E | — |
| 18928227 | OBJECT POSITION DETERMINING SYSTEM AND OBJECT DETECTION SYSTEM | COLEMAN, STEPHEN P | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18401776 | CLEANING ROBOT CAPABLE OF DETECTING TRANSPARENT OBSTACLE AND MOVING PARALLEL TO OBSTACLE | JEN, MINGJEN | 56d |
| 19181297 | OPTICAL DEVICE AND AUTONOMOUS CLEANER | WOOD, BLAKE ANDREW | — |
| 19015669 | SMART RING WITH A PHYSIOLOGICAL FEATURE DETECTION FUNCTION AND RELATED PHYSIOLOGICAL FEATURE DETECTING METHOD | STEINBERG, AMANDA L | — |
| 18977972 | MOVEMENT DIRECTION DETERMINATION SYSTEM AND OBJECT VOLUME COMPUTATION SYSTEM | CHANG, DANIEL CHEOLJIN | — |
| 18924142 | MECHANICAL KEY COMPONENT AND MECHANICAL KEYBOARD | JIMENEZ, ANTHONY R | — |
| 18898694 | WEARABLE DEVICE WITH BLOOD OXYGEN MEASUREMENT FUNCTION AND BLOOD OXYGEN MEASUREMENT METHOD | BERHANU, ETSUB D | — |
| 18792502 | STEERING WHEEL DEVICE WITH HANDS-OFF DETECTION (HOD) | CICCHINO, PATRICK D | — |
| 18666795 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WHICH CAN RECORD MACRO AND MACRO RECORDING METHOD | BOYD, JONATHAN A | — |
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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19250070 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH TOUCH CONTROL | PHAM, LONG D | 27d |
| 19240814 | LOCKER WITH MOTION SENSOR | CUTLER, ALBERT H | — |
| 19230154 | DETECTION SYSTEM SENDING CALCULATED DATA AND RAW DATA | BARTELS, CHRISTOPHER A. | — |
| 19181297 | OPTICAL DEVICE AND AUTONOMOUS CLEANER | WOOD, BLAKE ANDREW | — |
| 19015669 | SMART RING WITH A PHYSIOLOGICAL FEATURE DETECTION FUNCTION AND RELATED PHYSIOLOGICAL FEATURE DETECTING METHOD | STEINBERG, AMANDA L | — |
| 19008185 | EARBUD WITH TEMPERATURE SENSING | MOONEY, JAMES K | — |
| 18977972 | MOVEMENT DIRECTION DETERMINATION SYSTEM AND OBJECT VOLUME COMPUTATION SYSTEM | CHANG, DANIEL CHEOLJIN | — |
| 18954576 | LENS PIECE HAVING SINGLE WING, LENS ASSEMBLY AND IMAGING DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME | TALLMAN, ROBERT E | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3791 | 3 |
| 2669 | 2 |
| 2623 | 1 |
| 2184 | 1 |
| 3658 | 1 |
| 3792 | 1 |
| 2695 | 1 |
| 2675 | 1 |
| 2831 | 1 |
| 3617 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19250070 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH TOUCH CONTROL | PHAM, LONG D | 2623 | §103 | Final Rejection | 27d | Pending | Jun 26, 2025 |
| 19240814 | LOCKER WITH MOTION SENSOR | CUTLER, ALBERT H | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 17, 2025 |
| 19230154 | DETECTION SYSTEM SENDING CALCULATED DATA AND RAW DATA | BARTELS, CHRISTOPHER A. | 2184 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 06, 2025 |
| 19181297 | OPTICAL DEVICE AND AUTONOMOUS CLEANER | WOOD, BLAKE ANDREW | 3658 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 16, 2025 |
| 19015669 | SMART RING WITH A PHYSIOLOGICAL FEATURE DETECTION FUNCTION AND RELATED PHYSIOLOGICAL FEATURE DETECTING METHOD | STEINBERG, AMANDA L | 3792 | §101§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 10, 2025 |
| 19008185 | EARBUD WITH TEMPERATURE SENSING | MOONEY, JAMES K | 2695 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 02, 2025 |
| 18977972 | MOVEMENT DIRECTION DETERMINATION SYSTEM AND OBJECT VOLUME COMPUTATION SYSTEM | CHANG, DANIEL CHEOLJIN | 2669 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 12, 2024 |
| 18954576 | LENS PIECE HAVING SINGLE WING, LENS ASSEMBLY AND IMAGING DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME | TALLMAN, ROBERT E | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 21, 2024 |
| 18928227 | OBJECT POSITION DETERMINING SYSTEM AND OBJECT DETECTION SYSTEM | COLEMAN, STEPHEN P | 2675 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 28, 2024 |
| 18924142 | MECHANICAL KEY COMPONENT AND MECHANICAL KEYBOARD | JIMENEZ, ANTHONY R | 2831 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 23, 2024 |
| 18898694 | WEARABLE DEVICE WITH BLOOD OXYGEN MEASUREMENT FUNCTION AND BLOOD OXYGEN MEASUREMENT METHOD | BERHANU, ETSUB D | 3791 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 27, 2024 |
| 18894115 | SENSING DRIVING WHEEL AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME | JOHNSON, VICKY A | 3617 | §102 | Non-Final OA | 126d overdue | Pending | Sep 24, 2024 |
| 18823748 | TIME OF FLIGHT SENSOR FOR CALIBRATING DETECTION DEVIATION | HULKA, JAMES R | — | Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 04, 2024 |
| 18795172 | CONTROL CHIP, SENSING CHIP AND SENSING SYSTEM CONTROL METHOD WITH INFORMATION SECURITY MECHANISM | HABTEGEORGIS, MATTHIAS | 2491 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 05, 2024 |
| 18792502 | STEERING WHEEL DEVICE WITH HANDS-OFF DETECTION (HOD) | CICCHINO, PATRICK D | 3619 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 01, 2024 |
| 18761234 | OPTICAL DATA SENSING DEVICE OF BIOLOGICAL INFORMATION MEASURING DEVICE WHICH CAN IMPROVE MOTION ARTIFACT ISSUE | MUSTANSIR, ABID A | 3791 | §102§103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 01, 2024 |
| 18743319 | APPARATUS HAVING GESTURE SENSOR | HATCH, DAVID P | 3668 | §103 | Final Rejection | 82d | Pending | Jun 14, 2024 |
| 18740549 | HIM DEVICE SETTING METHOD AND HIM DEVICE OUTPUT ADJUSTING METHOD | NGUYEN, JIMMY H | 2626 | §112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 12, 2024 |
| 18666795 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WHICH CAN RECORD MACRO AND MACRO RECORDING METHOD | BOYD, JONATHAN A | 2627 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 16, 2024 |
| 18594042 | LIGHT GUIDE WITH TWO REFLECTIVE SURFACES AND NAVIGATION SENSOR USING THE SAME | BENNETT, JENNIFER D | 2878 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 04, 2024 |
| 18425562 | OPTICAL SMOKE DETECTOR WITH LIGHT TRAP, AND LIGHT GUIDING AND BLOCKING MEMBER THEREOF | UNDERWOOD, JARREAS C | 2877 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 29, 2024 |
| 18413320 | WEARABLE DEVICE DETECTING OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA LEVEL INDEX AND INDEX DETERMINING METHOD THEREOF | CASLER, BRIAN L | 3791 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 16, 2024 |
| 18401776 | CLEANING ROBOT CAPABLE OF DETECTING TRANSPARENT OBSTACLE AND MOVING PARALLEL TO OBSTACLE | JEN, MINGJEN | 3657 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 56d | Pending | Jan 02, 2024 |
| 18386051 | IMAGE RECOGNITION SYSTEM, SENSOR MODULE, AND METHOD FOR IMAGE RECOGNITION | LEMIEUX, IAN L | 2669 | §103 | Final Rejection | 53d overdue | Pending | Nov 01, 2023 |
| 17991820 | OPTICAL TRACKING DEVICE | RODRIGUEZ, VICENTE M | 3642 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 21, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialPixart Imaging Inc. has 25 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 19 art units and 25 examiners.
Long D Pham has the most, with 1 of Pixart Imaging Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Communications (USPTO Tech Center 2600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
