Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Spec-Imaging AB has 1 pending office action in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. This single action is handled by 1 distinct examiner, LAPAGE, MICHAEL P, who is the busiest examiner for the portfolio. The matter is situated within 1 distinct art unit, indicating a focused area of examination. This concentration suggests that the applicant's current legal strategy is entirely dependent on the specific technical standards of this 1 unit within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics field.
The busiest examiner pending count is 1, matching the total number of 1 pending office action. With 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit, the prosecution environment is highly centralized. The applicant's current efforts are entirely dependent on the review of LAPAGE, MICHAEL P within this specific technical division. Practitioners should focus on the past examination history of this examiner to anticipate potential rejections and tailor their arguments accordingly. Because only 1 distinct examiner is involved, any successful arguments made in this 1 pending office action could establish a useful precedent for future filings within the same 1 distinct art unit. The resolution of this 1 pending action is critical for the company's patent prospects in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics area.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAPAGE, MICHAEL P | 1 | 78.7% | +33.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19116773 | AN ASSEMBLY FOR MEASUREMENTS OF ONE OR MORE OPTICAL PARAMETERS OF A MEDIUM AND A METHOD OF USING THE ASSEMBLY | LAPAGE, MICHAEL P | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2877 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19116773 | AN ASSEMBLY FOR MEASUREMENTS OF ONE OR MORE OPTICAL PARAMETERS OF A MEDIUM AND A METHOD OF USING THE ASSEMBLY | LAPAGE, MICHAEL P | 2877 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 28, 2025 |
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Start Free TrialSpec-Imaging AB has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Michael P Lapage has the most, with 1 of Spec-Imaging AB's pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
