Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Rlw Designs LLC

Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics

1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

Rlw Designs LLC currently faces 1 pending office action within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. This single matter is being reviewed by 1 distinct examiner, indicating a very focused scope of current prosecution activity. The presence of 1 pending action suggests that the company is not currently managing a large volume of active patent applications. This limited activity level allows the applicant to concentrate its legal resources on a single technical disclosure.

The prosecution is localized within 1 distinct art unit, which centralizes the technical evaluation of the company's filing. STOFFA, WYATT A is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, with 1 pending office action currently assigned. Because this examiner handles the active matter, they are responsible for the entirety of the company's workload at the patent office. This arrangement means the current legal strategy is entirely dependent on the specific feedback and prior art analysis provided by this single examiner, requiring a focused effort to overcome any cited rejections.

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

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.

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

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (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
STOFFA, WYATT A 1 79.3% +22.3%

Hard Cases (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18270968 SELF-SANITIZING HANDRAILS AND ASSOCIATED METHODS STOFFA, WYATT A —

Interview Candidates (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18270968 SELF-SANITIZING HANDRAILS AND ASSOCIATED METHODS STOFFA, WYATT A —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2881 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18270968 SELF-SANITIZING HANDRAILS AND ASSOCIATED METHODS STOFFA, WYATT A 2881 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 05, 2023

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Rlw Designs LLC have?

Rlw Designs LLC has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Rlw Designs LLC applications?

Wyatt A Stoffa has the most, with 1 of Rlw Designs LLC's pending office actions.

What technology area are Rlw Designs LLC's patent applications in?

Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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