Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
3 pending office actions • 3 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Sapphire Technologies Inc. has 3 pending office actions in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. The portfolio is evenly distributed, with 3 distinct examiners and 3 distinct art units involved. CHARLES H REID JR is the busiest examiner, overseeing 1 pending action.
The 1-to-1 ratio of 3 actions to 3 examiners and 3 art units requires a unique approach for each pending case. No single examiner or art unit dominates the current workload, requiring a tailored strategy for each of the 3 pending matters within the semiconductor sector.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 1 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (67%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| REID JR, CHARLES H | 1 | 69.4% | +23.9% |
| VAZQUEZ, ANA M | 1 | 80.0% | +17.7% |
| AKRAM, IMRAN | 1 | 64.6% | +43.1% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18654297 | TURBOEXPANSION REVERSIBLE HEAT PUMP CYCLE | VAZQUEZ, ANA M | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19088349 | COOLING GAS RECOVERED FROM A WELL | REID JR, CHARLES H | — |
| 18608544 | NATURAL GAS PROCESSING WITH CO-GENERATION OF POWER | AKRAM, IMRAN | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19088349 | COOLING GAS RECOVERED FROM A WELL | REID JR, CHARLES H | — |
| 18654297 | TURBOEXPANSION REVERSIBLE HEAT PUMP CYCLE | VAZQUEZ, ANA M | — |
| 18608544 | NATURAL GAS PROCESSING WITH CO-GENERATION OF POWER | AKRAM, IMRAN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2834 | 1 |
| 3763 | 1 |
| 1725 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19088349 | COOLING GAS RECOVERED FROM A WELL | REID JR, CHARLES H | 2834 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 24, 2025 |
| 18654297 | TURBOEXPANSION REVERSIBLE HEAT PUMP CYCLE | VAZQUEZ, ANA M | 3763 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 03, 2024 |
| 18608544 | NATURAL GAS PROCESSING WITH CO-GENERATION OF POWER | AKRAM, IMRAN | 1725 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 18, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialSapphire Technologies Inc. has 3 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 3 art units and 3 examiners.
Charles H Reid Jr. has the most, with 1 of Sapphire Technologies Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
