Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Polaris Electro-Optics Inc. is currently navigating the patent prosecution process with 1 pending office action. This activity is situated within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area, a field often characterized by complex technical requirements. The current workload is handled by 1 distinct examiner, which suggests a very focused interaction with the patent office at this stage.
The company's prosecution is confined to a distinct art unit. For a practitioner, this concentration means that the legal strategy does not currently need to account for varying examiner behaviors across different administrative divisions. The singular focus on the art unit may streamline the preparation of responses, as the examiner's previous rulings and technical preferences are likely consistent across the portfolio's active matters.
BRIGGS, NATHANAEL R is identified as the busiest examiner for Polaris Electro-Optics Inc., currently overseeing a busiest examiner pending office action. Because this individual is responsible for the company's entire pending workload, the outcome of this specific interaction is critical for the portfolio's immediate progress. Practitioners should monitor the specific tendencies of BRIGGS, NATHANAEL R within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics sector to optimize their prosecution approach.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRIGGS, NATHANAEL R | 1 | 76.3% | +11.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18974549 | FERROELECTRIC NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS FOR USE IN HYBRID SLOT MODULATORS | BRIGGS, NATHANAEL R | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18974549 | FERROELECTRIC NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS FOR USE IN HYBRID SLOT MODULATORS | BRIGGS, NATHANAEL R | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2871 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18974549 | FERROELECTRIC NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS FOR USE IN HYBRID SLOT MODULATORS | BRIGGS, NATHANAEL R | 2871 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 09, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialPolaris Electro-Optics Inc. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Nathanael R Briggs has the most, with 1 of Polaris Electro-Optics Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
