Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Spectrum Effect Inc.

1 pending office actions • 0 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

Spectrum Effect Inc. currently has 1 pending office action in its patent portfolio. This matter is being handled by 1 distinct examiner, identified as HIGA, BRENDAN Y. The data shows that 0 distinct art units are currently recorded for this activity.

HIGA, BRENDAN Y is the busiest examiner for the company, with the pending office action under his review. This single action accounts for the total pending workload for Spectrum Effect Inc. The prosecution is currently concentrated under this individual, and the 0 art units indicate the current classification state.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

1
Total Pending OAs
1
Non-Final OAs
0
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Case Difficulty Mix

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.

1
Hard (100%)
0
Medium (0%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (100%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
1
Business / Other
100% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

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.

10 h
Manual time on pending OAs
2 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
4 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
HIGA, BRENDAN Y 1 85.8% +8.5%

Hard Cases (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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18886566 CLASSIFYING RF INTERFERENCE SOURCES USING MACHINE LEARNING AND OPERATIONS, ADMINISTRATION, AND MANAGEMENT DATA HIGA, BRENDAN Y —

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18886566 CLASSIFYING RF INTERFERENCE SOURCES USING MACHINE LEARNING AND OPERATIONS, ADMINISTRATION, AND MANAGEMENT DATA HIGA, BRENDAN Y — §102§103Other Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 16, 2024

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