Technology areas: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
6 pending office actions • 2 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 7 patents granted in the last 365 days
PopSockets LLC currently manages 7 pending office actions within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. This portfolio is distributed across 3 distinct art units, which is a lower count than the 4 distinct examiners assigned to the cases. The presence of these multiple art units indicates that the company's technical filings span different niches within the broader semiconductor field, requiring a prosecution strategy that accounts for varying examiner guidelines.
The prosecution workload involves 4 distinct examiners, with WU, JERRY handling the highest volume. Specifically, WU, JERRY is responsible for 3 of the 7 pending office actions. This count of 3 actions is higher than the number of actions assigned to any other individual examiner in the portfolio. Because WU, JERRY handles these actions, this examiner's specific preferences and past decisions are critical to the portfolio's immediate success. The remaining actions are split among other reviewers, creating a mix of examiner interactions across the 3 distinct art units.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 |
|---|---|
| §102 only | 1 (17%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 5 (83%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WU, JERRY | 3 | 68.8% | +20.4% |
| WEINHOLD, INGRID M | 2 | 47.1% | +42.8% |
| VU, STEPHEN A | 1 | 82.1% | +14.8% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19033874 | GRIP FOR A FOLDABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE | VU, STEPHEN A | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18638566 | EXPANDABLE DEVICE FOR A PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE | WEINHOLD, INGRID M | 73d overdue |
| 15852518 | Expandable Grip With Wireless Communication Module | WU, JERRY | 66d overdue |
| 18981266 | EXPANDABLE DEVICE FOR A PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE | WEINHOLD, INGRID M | — |
| 18614534 | DOCKING ACCESSORY SYSTEM FOR MOBILE ELECTRONIC DEVICES | WU, JERRY | — |
| 18541470 | MAGNETIC DOCKING PLATFORM AND DETACHABLE DOCKING ACCESSORIES | WU, JERRY | — |
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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18638566 | EXPANDABLE DEVICE FOR A PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE | WEINHOLD, INGRID M | 73d overdue |
| 15852518 | Expandable Grip With Wireless Communication Module | WU, JERRY | 66d overdue |
| 19033874 | GRIP FOR A FOLDABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE | VU, STEPHEN A | — |
| 18981266 | EXPANDABLE DEVICE FOR A PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE | WEINHOLD, INGRID M | — |
| 18614534 | DOCKING ACCESSORY SYSTEM FOR MOBILE ELECTRONIC DEVICES | WU, JERRY | — |
| 18541470 | MAGNETIC DOCKING PLATFORM AND DETACHABLE DOCKING ACCESSORIES | WU, JERRY | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2841 | 3 |
| 3632 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19033874 | GRIP FOR A FOLDABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE | VU, STEPHEN A | — | §102Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 22, 2025 |
| 18981266 | EXPANDABLE DEVICE FOR A PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE | WEINHOLD, INGRID M | 3632 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 13, 2024 |
| 18638566 | EXPANDABLE DEVICE FOR A PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE | WEINHOLD, INGRID M | 3632 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 73d overdue | Pending | Apr 17, 2024 |
| 18614534 | DOCKING ACCESSORY SYSTEM FOR MOBILE ELECTRONIC DEVICES | WU, JERRY | 2841 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 22, 2024 |
| 18541470 | MAGNETIC DOCKING PLATFORM AND DETACHABLE DOCKING ACCESSORIES | WU, JERRY | 2841 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 15, 2023 |
| 15852518 | Expandable Grip With Wireless Communication Module | WU, JERRY | 2841 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 66d overdue | Pending | Dec 22, 2017 |
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Start Free TrialPopSockets LLC has 6 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 3 examiners.
Jerry Wu has the most, with 3 of PopSockets LLC's pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
