Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Silith Technology (Suzhou) Co. Ltd. has 1 pending office action in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. This 1 action is handled by 1 distinct examiner, CONNELLY, MICHELLE R, who is responsible for the 1 busiest examiner pending office action. The entire pending portfolio is situated within 1 distinct art unit, streamlining the technical focus of the prosecution. This allows the applicant to focus their resources on the particular examination style and requirements of the 1 distinct examiner involved.
Managing 1 pending office action requires a direct response to the specific findings of the examiner. There is no need to coordinate between different examiners or art units. This concentration in 1 distinct art unit allows for a consistent technical narrative. The practitioner can prioritize the specific procedural preferences of the 1 busiest examiner pending office action to optimize the response. The presence of 1 pending office action ensures that the legal strategy remains focused on the current status of the portfolio.
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CONNELLY, MICHELLE R | 1 | 80.0% | +13.1% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18266321 | OPTICAL ABSORBER AND OPTICAL ABSORPTION CHIP INTEGRATED WITH DIELECTRIC OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE | CONNELLY, MICHELLE R | 27d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18266321 | OPTICAL ABSORBER AND OPTICAL ABSORPTION CHIP INTEGRATED WITH DIELECTRIC OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE | CONNELLY, MICHELLE R | 27d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2874 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18266321 | OPTICAL ABSORBER AND OPTICAL ABSORPTION CHIP INTEGRATED WITH DIELECTRIC OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE | CONNELLY, MICHELLE R | 2874 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 27d | Pending | Jun 09, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialSilith Technology (Suzhou) Co. Ltd. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Michelle R Connelly has the most, with 1 of Silith Technology (Suzhou) Co. Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
