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
Ripd Ip Development Ltd. has 1 pending office action in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. This single action is being processed within 1 distinct art unit, which indicates a focused technical area for the company's current patent application. The 1 pending action is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, CRUM, JACOB R, who is the only examiner currently reviewing the company's workload.
CRUM, JACOB R is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, as they are responsible for the 1 pending office action. This specific action represents the entirety of the company's active prosecution at the USPTO. The use of 1 distinct art unit suggests a streamlined examination process within a single specialized division. For the practitioner, this means the outcome of the current portfolio is entirely dependent on the specific review and feedback of this 1 examiner within that 1 art unit.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CRUM, JACOB R | 1 | 74.6% | +28.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18442476 | SURGE PROTECTIVE DEVICE INCLUDING BIMETALLIC FUSE ELEMENT | CRUM, JACOB 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18442476 | SURGE PROTECTIVE DEVICE INCLUDING BIMETALLIC FUSE ELEMENT | CRUM, JACOB R | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2835 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18442476 | SURGE PROTECTIVE DEVICE INCLUDING BIMETALLIC FUSE ELEMENT | CRUM, JACOB R | 2835 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 15, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialRipd Ip Development Ltd. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Jacob R Crum has the most, with 1 of Ripd Ip Development Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
