Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Shizuki Electric Co. Inc. is managing 2 pending office actions in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. While these actions involve 2 distinct examiners, they are both located within 1 distinct art unit. This concentration in 1 distinct art unit suggests a very consistent technical focus for the company's semiconductor filings.
The busiest examiner, TORRES, TIMOTHY JOSEPH, is responsible for 1 pending action. The fact that both of the 2 pending office actions are in 1 distinct art unit means that the company is dealing with a single set of technical guidelines, even though 2 distinct examiners are reviewing the work. This structure allows for a more unified technical argument, although the company must still account for the individual preferences of the different reviewers. The prosecution strategy can focus on the specific standards of this one art unit while managing the 2 pending office actions.
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 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| TORRES, TIMOTHY JOSEPH | 1 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| SINCLAIR, DAVID M | 1 | 68.4% | +19.7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19032667 | FILM CAPACITOR | TORRES, TIMOTHY JOSEPH | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19019914 | CAPACITOR | SINCLAIR, DAVID M | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19019914 | CAPACITOR | SINCLAIR, DAVID M | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2847 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19032667 | FILM CAPACITOR | TORRES, TIMOTHY JOSEPH | 2847 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 21, 2025 |
| 19019914 | CAPACITOR | SINCLAIR, DAVID M | 2847 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 14, 2025 |
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Start Free TrialShizuki Electric Co. Inc. has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 2 examiners.
Timothy Joseph Torres has the most, with 1 of Shizuki Electric Co. Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
