Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Princo Corp. is currently engaged in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. The data indicates 2 pending office actions, which are distributed among 2 distinct examiners. This distribution suggests that the company is navigating multiple examiner perspectives within its current prosecution efforts. However, the workload is contained within 1 distinct art unit, meaning the procedural environment remains consistent across the different filings.
The busiest examiner identified in the portfolio is THOMPSON, TIMOTHY J, who is responsible for 1 busiest_examiner_pending office action. Since the pending actions are split between different individuals, the applicant must tailor their arguments to the specific preferences of each examiner. While the art unit remains the same, the presence of multiple examiners requires a versatile strategy to address the unique feedback provided in each of the semiconductor and optics cases.
For a patent practitioner, the fact that 2 pending office actions are being reviewed by different examiners in the same art unit presents a unique opportunity. The applicant can compare the feedback from THOMPSON, TIMOTHY J with the other examiner to identify common themes or differing interpretations of art unit standards. Managing the 1 pending action under the busiest examiner while simultaneously addressing the other case will require careful coordination to ensure a unified 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 |
|---|---|
| §102 only | 1 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| THOMPSON, TIMOTHY J | 1 | 82.3% | -17.4% |
| SAWYER, STEVEN T | 1 | 72.6% | +30.4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18096039 | SURFACE FINISH STRUCTURE OF MULTI-LAYER SUBSTRATE | THOMPSON, TIMOTHY J | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17883847 | COMPOSITE STRUCTURE OF CERAMIC SUBSTRATE | SAWYER, STEVEN T | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17883847 | COMPOSITE STRUCTURE OF CERAMIC SUBSTRATE | SAWYER, STEVEN T | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2847 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18096039 | SURFACE FINISH STRUCTURE OF MULTI-LAYER SUBSTRATE | THOMPSON, TIMOTHY J | 2847 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 12, 2023 |
| 17883847 | COMPOSITE STRUCTURE OF CERAMIC SUBSTRATE | SAWYER, STEVEN T | 2847 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 09, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialPrinco Corp. has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 2 examiners.
Timothy J Thompson has the most, with 1 of Princo Corp.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
