Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Smart Hydration Limited has 1 pending office action in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. This action is assigned to 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit. The focus on 1 art unit within the semiconductors area indicates a specific technical path for this filing. This concentrated prosecution profile suggests that the company's current active filings are being reviewed within a single specialized group at the USPTO, allowing for a consistent examination process.
SHABMAN, MARK A is the busiest examiner with 1 pending office action. This 1 action represents the total pending volume for the company. The concentration in 1 art unit and 1 examiner provides a singular point of contact for the company's active prosecution. For the practitioner, the progress of this 1 action is the sole indicator of the company's current success at the patent office. The alignment of 1 examiner and 1 art unit ensures that the technical review is conducted by a single specialized official.
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 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHABMAN, MARK A | 1 | 84.0% | +13.1% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18566379 | HYDRATION MONITORS AND SYSTEMS | SHABMAN, MARK 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18566379 | HYDRATION MONITORS AND SYSTEMS | SHABMAN, MARK A | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2855 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18566379 | HYDRATION MONITORS AND SYSTEMS | SHABMAN, MARK A | 2855 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 01, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialSmart Hydration Limited has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Mark A Shabman has the most, with 1 of Smart Hydration Limited's pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
