Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Shenzhen Sound Interactive Ltd. has 1 pending office action in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. This action is assigned to examiner GILLESPIE, NICOLE KATHLEEN, who is the only examiner and the busiest examiner for the portfolio. Prosecution is restricted to 1 distinct art unit.
The data shows 1 pending office action, reflecting a narrow scope of current patent office engagement. Practitioners should focus on the specific examiner's requirements within this art unit to advance the application.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GILLESPIE, NICOLE KATHLEEN | 1 | 54.5% | +50.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18408012 | GUITAR CONTROL METHOD, GUITAR AND STORAGE MEDIUM | GILLESPIE, NICOLE KATHLEEN | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18408012 | GUITAR CONTROL METHOD, GUITAR AND STORAGE MEDIUM | GILLESPIE, NICOLE KATHLEEN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2837 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18408012 | GUITAR CONTROL METHOD, GUITAR AND STORAGE MEDIUM | GILLESPIE, NICOLE KATHLEEN | 2837 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 09, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialShenzhen Sound Interactive Ltd. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Nicole Kathleen Gillespie has the most, with 1 of Shenzhen Sound Interactive Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
