Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 04, 2026

Qdlux Inc.

Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics

1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Qdlux Inc. is currently managing 1 pending office action in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. This action is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, SANTIAGO, MARICELI, who is the busiest examiner with 1 busiest examiner pending action. The prosecution is occurring within 1 distinct art unit, indicating a specific focus in the semiconductor or optics field. This lack of diversity in examiners and art units means the company's strategy is highly dependent on a single individual's interpretation.

The 1 pending office action represents the company's entire active workload at the USPTO. Because this workload is handled by 1 distinct examiner, the practitioner can focus entirely on the preferences and requirements of SANTIAGO, MARICELI. The 1 distinct art unit suggests that the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology is not being cross-examined by other divisions, which may streamline the process. Success in this technology area currently hinges on resolving the specific issues identified in the 1 pending office action.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

1
Total Pending OAs
1
Non-Final OAs
0
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

0
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

Case Difficulty Mix

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.

0
Hard (0%)
1
Medium (100%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§102 only1 (100%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
100% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

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.

10 h
Manual time on pending OAs
2 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
4 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
SANTIAGO, MARICELI 1 81.1% +8.2%

Quick Wins (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18367273 LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE WITH QUANTUM DOTS AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF SANTIAGO, MARICELI 26d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2896 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18367273 LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE WITH QUANTUM DOTS AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF SANTIAGO, MARICELI 2896 §102 Non-Final OA 26d Pending Sep 12, 2023

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