Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Silicon Optronics Inc. is currently engaged in patent prosecution within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. The company has 1 pending office action, which is being examined within 1 distinct art unit. This concentration suggests that the current intellectual property efforts are focused on a specific semiconductor or optics innovation. By having the workload limited to 1 distinct art unit, the company can focus its legal strategy on the specific examination trends and technical standards prevalent in that particular section of the patent office.
The prosecution of this matter is handled by 1 distinct examiner, RIVERA VARGAS, MANUEL A. As the busiest examiner for this portfolio, he is responsible for the 1 pending office action currently active. This means the immediate success of the company's patent strategy in Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics is tied to the review of this single individual. Practitioners should evaluate the historical allowance rates and common rejections associated with this 1 distinct examiner to prepare a more effective response. The presence of 1 pending office action indicates a very targeted and streamlined prosecution profile, requiring a high degree of precision in addressing the technical issues raised by the examiner.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 only | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| RIVERA VARGAS, MANUEL A | 1 | 81.0% | +12.1% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18669894 | DATA PROCESSING METHOD AND DEVICE | RIVERA VARGAS, MANUEL A | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18669894 | DATA PROCESSING METHOD AND DEVICE | RIVERA VARGAS, MANUEL A | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2857 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18669894 | DATA PROCESSING METHOD AND DEVICE | RIVERA VARGAS, MANUEL A | 2857 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 21, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialSilicon Optronics Inc. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Manuel A Rivera Vargas has the most, with 1 of Silicon Optronics Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
