Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Scientific Applications And Research Associates Inc. has 1 pending office action in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. This matter is assigned to 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit, representing a focused prosecution effort. This singular focus suggests that the company is currently prioritizing a specific semiconductor or optics innovation. The involvement of 1 distinct art unit indicates that the application is being reviewed by a specialized group of technical experts. The Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics sector requires precise alignment with departmental standards.
EDGARDO SAN MARTIN is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, overseeing 1 busiest examiner pending action. This single action constitutes the entirety of the company's current pending workload. Because there is only 1 distinct examiner, the relationship between the applicant and the patent office is currently very direct. The 1 pending office action serves as the sole focal point for the company's immediate patent goals. Practitioners can focus their resources on addressing the specific concerns of this one examiner within the 1 distinct art unit. This focus on 1 busiest examiner pending action simplifies the administrative management of the active applications.
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SAN MARTIN, EDGARDO | 1 | 76.0% | +6.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18285402 | NOISE REDUCING NOSECONE FOR AIRCRAFT | SAN MARTIN, EDGARDO | 39d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2837 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18285402 | NOISE REDUCING NOSECONE FOR AIRCRAFT | SAN MARTIN, EDGARDO | 2837 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 39d | Pending | Oct 03, 2023 |
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