Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 04, 2026

Seereal Technologies S.A.

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

Seereal Technologies S.A. currently manages 1 pending office action within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. This prosecution activity is assigned to 1 distinct examiner and a distinct art unit, reflecting a concentrated intellectual property strategy. The examiner overseeing this matter is WILKES, ZACHARY W, who is the busiest examiner for the portfolio.

The workload for WILKES, ZACHARY W consists of a busiest examiner pending action. This specific action represents the total current pending office actions for Seereal Technologies S.A. in this sector. Because there is a distinct examiner involved, the prosecution team can focus on the preferences and historical patterns of this individual.

The concentration within a distinct art unit simplifies the technical requirements for the legal team. Practitioners can tailor their arguments to the specific standards of that unit without worrying about conflicting interpretations from other examiners. Success in this portfolio depends on the effective resolution of the application currently under review. By focusing on the specific feedback from WILKES, ZACHARY W, the company can navigate its current patent challenges in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics field.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

1
Total Pending OAs
0
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

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.

0
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

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
WILKES, ZACHARY W 1 66.6% +22.4%

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
16485550 LIGHT GUIDE DEVICE AND DISPLAY DEVICE FOR REPRESENTING SCENES WILKES, ZACHARY W 13d

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
16485550 LIGHT GUIDE DEVICE AND DISPLAY DEVICE FOR REPRESENTING SCENES WILKES, ZACHARY W 13d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2872 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
16485550 LIGHT GUIDE DEVICE AND DISPLAY DEVICE FOR REPRESENTING SCENES WILKES, ZACHARY W 2872 §103§112 Final Rejection 13d Pending Aug 13, 2019

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