Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Springer Music Studio LLC is currently active in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area with a portfolio that includes 1 pending office action. This action is assigned to GILLESPIE, NICOLE KATHLEEN, who is the busiest examiner for the company. The prosecution is currently limited to 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit, which suggests a targeted approach to securing intellectual property in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics sector.
The data indicates that GILLESPIE, NICOLE KATHLEEN is handling 1 pending action, which is the same as the total number of pending office actions for the company. This relationship between the busiest examiner's workload and the total portfolio workload shows a concentration of the company's current legal efforts. With 1 distinct art unit involved, the company is interacting with a specific segment of the patent office's Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics division.
For those managing this portfolio, the 1 pending office action under 1 distinct examiner means that the prosecution strategy is not currently diversified. The reliance on GILLESPIE, NICOLE KATHLEEN for the 1 pending action emphasizes the role of this specific examiner in the company's current trajectory. Because there is 1 distinct art unit, the procedural environment is consistent across the entire active portfolio of 1 pending office action.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GILLESPIE, NICOLE KATHLEEN | 1 | 54.5% | +50.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18393138 | Educational Piano | GILLESPIE, NICOLE KATHLEEN | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18393138 | Educational Piano | GILLESPIE, NICOLE KATHLEEN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2837 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18393138 | Educational Piano | GILLESPIE, NICOLE KATHLEEN | 2837 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 21, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialSpringer Music Studio LLC has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Nicole Kathleen Gillespie has the most, with 1 of Springer Music Studio LLC's pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
