Technology areas: Communications • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
Silicon & System Co. Limited has 2 pending office actions in the Communications technology area. These matters are split between 2 distinct examiners, including BRINEY III, WALTER F. The busiest examiner, BRINEY III, WALTER F, is currently handling 1 pending action.
The portfolio is also divided across 2 distinct art units. This distribution shows that each of the 2 pending office actions is being examined in a separate technical group by a different individual, ensuring a variety of perspectives on the company's communications technology. With 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units involved, the prosecution is fully decentralized for the current docket.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRINEY III, WALTER F | 1 | 65.3% | +4.5% |
| OLSON, JENNIFER MAR B | 1 | 55.4% | +21.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18982793 | ELECTRONIC STETHOSCOPE | OLSON, JENNIFER MAR B | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18982793 | ELECTRONIC STETHOSCOPE | OLSON, JENNIFER MAR B | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2692 | 1 |
| 2837 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19001891 | Acoustic Component | BRINEY III, WALTER F | 2692 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 26, 2024 |
| 18982793 | ELECTRONIC STETHOSCOPE | OLSON, JENNIFER MAR B | 2837 | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 16, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialSilicon & System Co. Limited has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Walter F Briney III has the most, with 1 of Silicon & System Co. Limited's pending office actions.
Mostly Communications (USPTO Tech Center 2600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
