Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
7 pending office actions • 5 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 39 patents granted in the last 365 days
Richemont International S.A. has 6 pending office actions in Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics. The matters involve 5 distinct examiners across 4 art units, showing a distributed docket with some repeated examiner coverage.
WALKER, MICHAEL JAMES is the busiest examiner, with 2 pending actions. Those matters may support issue comparison, but the broader docket still requires separate review of examiner and art-unit treatment.
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 |
|---|---|
| §112 only | 1 (14%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (14%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 5 (71%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WALKER, MICHAEL JAMES | 2 | 89.7% | -4.4% |
| MORGAN, EMILY M | 1 | 35.7% | +33.2% |
| HWANG, MATTHEW DANIEL | 1 | 84.8% | +6.7% |
| TRAVERS, MATTHEW P | 1 | 63.3% | +43.3% |
| GRAY, FRANCIS C | 1 | 90.9% | +7.4% |
| NIGAM, NATASHA | 1 | 54.3% | +20.7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18723143 | METHOD FOR TESTING AND PRODUCING BALANCE SPRINGS FOR TIMEPIECES | GRAY, FRANCIS C | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19121394 | DEFORMABLE JEWELRY ITEM | MORGAN, EMILY M | — |
| 19105884 | BIDIRECTIONAL CORRECTION DEVICE AND TIMEPIECE MOVEMENT COMPRISING SUCH A DEVICE | HWANG, MATTHEW DANIEL | — |
| 18996316 | DEVICE FOR COORDINATED ACTUATION OF TWO FUNCTIONS OF A TIMEPIECE | WALKER, MICHAEL JAMES | — |
| 18995342 | ANIMATION MECHANISM | WALKER, MICHAEL JAMES | — |
| 17913387 | ELECTRONIC WATCHMAKER'S LOUPE, ELECTRONIC WATCHMAKER'S LOUPE ASSEMBLY AND METHOD FOR CARRYING OUT A CHECK OF A WATCH PRODUCT, IN PARTICULAR A WATCH MECHANISM | NIGAM, NATASHA | — |
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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19121394 | DEFORMABLE JEWELRY ITEM | MORGAN, EMILY M | — |
| 18996918 | METHOD FOR TESTING AND MANUFACTURING BALANCE SPRINGS FOR TIMEPIECES | TRAVERS, MATTHEW P | — |
| 17913387 | ELECTRONIC WATCHMAKER'S LOUPE, ELECTRONIC WATCHMAKER'S LOUPE ASSEMBLY AND METHOD FOR CARRYING OUT A CHECK OF A WATCH PRODUCT, IN PARTICULAR A WATCH MECHANISM | NIGAM, NATASHA | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2831 | 3 |
| 3677 | 1 |
| 3725 | 1 |
| 2852 | 1 |
| 2872 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19121394 | DEFORMABLE JEWELRY ITEM | MORGAN, EMILY M | 3677 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 15, 2025 |
| 19105884 | BIDIRECTIONAL CORRECTION DEVICE AND TIMEPIECE MOVEMENT COMPRISING SUCH A DEVICE | HWANG, MATTHEW DANIEL | 2831 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 24, 2025 |
| 18996316 | DEVICE FOR COORDINATED ACTUATION OF TWO FUNCTIONS OF A TIMEPIECE | WALKER, MICHAEL JAMES | 2831 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 18996918 | METHOD FOR TESTING AND MANUFACTURING BALANCE SPRINGS FOR TIMEPIECES | TRAVERS, MATTHEW P | 3725 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 18995342 | ANIMATION MECHANISM | WALKER, MICHAEL JAMES | 2831 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 16, 2025 |
| 18723143 | METHOD FOR TESTING AND PRODUCING BALANCE SPRINGS FOR TIMEPIECES | GRAY, FRANCIS C | 2852 | §112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 21, 2024 |
| 17913387 | ELECTRONIC WATCHMAKER'S LOUPE, ELECTRONIC WATCHMAKER'S LOUPE ASSEMBLY AND METHOD FOR CARRYING OUT A CHECK OF A WATCH PRODUCT, IN PARTICULAR A WATCH MECHANISM | NIGAM, NATASHA | 2872 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 21, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialRichemont International S.A. has 7 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 5 art units and 6 examiners.
Michael James Walker has the most, with 2 of Richemont International S.A.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
