Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
3 pending office actions • 2 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Sintef Tto AS is currently managing 3 pending office actions within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. These actions are distributed among 3 distinct examiners but are concentrated within only 2 distinct art units. This suggests that while different individuals are reviewing the applications, they are working within a relatively narrow set of organizational groups at the USPTO.
The busiest examiner is MEDICH, ANGELA MARGOT, who is responsible for 1 pending office action. Because each of the 3 distinct examiners handles only 1 of the 3 pending office actions, the workload is evenly spread across the personnel. However, the fact that these 3 distinct examiners are housed in only 2 distinct art units means the practitioner may encounter similar examination cultures or internal guidelines across the different filings.
Navigating 3 pending office actions in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics field requires the practitioner to be mindful of the overlap between the 2 distinct art units. While each examiner will have their own style, the shared art unit environments may lead to common themes in the rejections. The practitioner should coordinate responses to ensure that the strategy for the 1 pending office action under MEDICH, ANGELA MARGOT is consistent with the other pending matters.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 2 (67%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (33%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MEDICH, ANGELA MARGOT | 1 | 67.1% | +19.6% |
| NGUYEN, LAUREN | 1 | 54.8% | +34.3% |
| OMAR, AHMED H | 1 | 75.2% | +14.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18711393 | Mirror System | MEDICH, ANGELA MARGOT | — |
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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18276589 | Actuating Device | NGUYEN, LAUREN | 23d overdue |
| 17926555 | Wireless Charging of Devices | OMAR, AHMED H | 57d |
| 18711393 | Mirror System | MEDICH, ANGELA MARGOT | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2871 | 2 |
| 2859 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18711393 | Mirror System | MEDICH, ANGELA MARGOT | 2871 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 17, 2024 |
| 18276589 | Actuating Device | NGUYEN, LAUREN | 2871 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 23d overdue | Pending | Aug 09, 2023 |
| 17926555 | Wireless Charging of Devices | OMAR, AHMED H | 2859 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 57d | Pending | Nov 18, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialSintef Tto AS has 3 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 3 examiners.
Angela Margot Medich has the most, with 1 of Sintef Tto AS's pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
