Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Skc Inc. is currently managing 1 pending office action in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. This matter is being handled by 1 distinct examiner, THOMAS M HAMMOND III, who is the busiest examiner for the company with 1 pending office action. The prosecution is localized within 1 distinct art unit, showing a specific technical scope for the company's active filings.
With only this active case, the company's current engagement with the USPTO is highly centralized. The outcome of this Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics matter depends on the specific examination style of THOMAS M HAMMOND III. Since the company is only active in 1 distinct art unit, there is no current variation in the technical standards being applied to its portfolio. This concentration means that the current filing represents the entirety of the company's immediate legal risk and opportunity at the patent office. Practitioners should focus on the specific tendencies of the assigned examiner to navigate the current filing effectively.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HAMMOND III, THOMAS M | 1 | 76.1% | +29.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18443884 | System and Method to Control Particle Deposition on a Filter Membrane | HAMMOND III, THOMAS 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18443884 | System and Method to Control Particle Deposition on a Filter Membrane | HAMMOND III, THOMAS M | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2855 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18443884 | System and Method to Control Particle Deposition on a Filter Membrane | HAMMOND III, THOMAS M | 2855 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 16, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialSkc Inc. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Thomas M Hammond III has the most, with 1 of Skc Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
