Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
14 pending office actions • 4 art units • 12 examiners • 0 of 14 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 15 patents granted in the last 365 days
Sterlite Technologies Limited maintains 14 pending office actions within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. These actions are assigned to 12 distinct examiners, showing that the company's filings are subject to many different individual reviews. However, these examiners are concentrated within only 4 distinct art units, which suggests a high degree of technical focus despite the number of examiners. RAHLL, JERRY T is the busiest examiner for the company, currently managing 3 pending actions.
The distribution of 14 pending actions across 12 distinct examiners means that the company must manage a high volume of unique examiner interactions. Despite this, the concentration in 4 distinct art units allows for some strategic alignment across the portfolio's technical arguments. RAHLL, JERRY T, as the busiest examiner with 3 pending actions, represents a significant portion of the company's current workload. Practitioners should prioritize understanding the specific preferences of this examiner while also monitoring the broader trends within the 4 art units. This balance of examiner variety and art unit focus requires a coordinated approach to prosecution.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 | 4 (29%) |
| §102 only | 4 (29%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 6 (43%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| RAHLL, JERRY T | 3 | 89.9% | +8.3% |
| BEDTELYON, JOHN M | 1 | 78.3% | +14.1% |
| CAPUTO, LISA M | 1 | 42.4% | +5.4% |
| ENDRESEN, KIRSTEN DANIELA | 1 | 70.7% | +17.5% |
| STAHL, MICHAEL J | 1 | 90.1% | +7.5% |
| KIANNI, KAVEH C | 1 | 87.2% | +11.0% |
| DEHGHAN, QUEENIE S | 1 | 62.4% | +10.7% |
| LALCHINTHANG, VANNEILIAN | 1 | 79.5% | +13.1% |
| THOMASON, DARBY MARGARET | 1 | 75.8% | +25.0% |
| NGUYEN, CHAU N | 1 | 68.0% | +14.1% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18663221 | OPTICAL FIBER CABLE WITH METAL ARMORING | RAHLL, JERRY T | — |
| 18655588 | OPTICAL FIBER CABLE WITH EMBEDDED STRENGTH MEMBERS | STAHL, MICHAEL J | — |
| 18640059 | TIGHT BUFFERED OPTICAL FIBER CABLE | RAHLL, JERRY T | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17214857 | OPTICAL FIBRE DRAW FURNACE | HERRING, LISA L | 78d overdue |
| 18165998 | AERIAL DROP OPTICAL FIBRE CABLE | THOMASON, DARBY MARGARET | 40d |
| 18798735 | Optical Fiber and Optical Fiber Ribbon | RAHLL, JERRY T | — |
| 18747703 | Optical Fiber Cable and Optical Fiber With Double Trench | CAPUTO, LISA M | — |
| 18663312 | OPTICAL FIBER CABLE WITH BUNDLES OF OPTICAL FIBERS | ENDRESEN, KIRSTEN DANIELA | — |
| 18655674 | OPTICAL FIBER CABLE WITH ENHANCED WATER PROTECTION | KIANNI, KAVEH C | — |
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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18169261 | ACCESS NETWORK DISCOVERY AND SELECTION | LALCHINTHANG, VANNEILIAN | 169d overdue |
| 18471160 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONSTRAINING AN OPTICAL FIBER IN A DRAW TOWER | DEHGHAN, QUEENIE S | 16d overdue |
| 18165998 | AERIAL DROP OPTICAL FIBRE CABLE | THOMASON, DARBY MARGARET | 40d |
| 18764979 | High-Density Fiber Enclosure | BEDTELYON, JOHN M | — |
| 18663312 | OPTICAL FIBER CABLE WITH BUNDLES OF OPTICAL FIBERS | ENDRESEN, KIRSTEN DANIELA | — |
| 18655674 | OPTICAL FIBER CABLE WITH ENHANCED WATER PROTECTION | KIANNI, KAVEH C | — |
| 18147159 | Single Pair Ethernet Cable | NGUYEN, CHAU N | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2874 | 10 |
| 1741 | 2 |
| 2414 | 1 |
| 2841 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18798735 | Optical Fiber and Optical Fiber Ribbon | RAHLL, JERRY T | 2874 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 08, 2024 |
| 18764979 | High-Density Fiber Enclosure | BEDTELYON, JOHN M | 2874 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 05, 2024 |
| 18747703 | Optical Fiber Cable and Optical Fiber With Double Trench | CAPUTO, LISA M | 2874 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 19, 2024 |
| 18663312 | OPTICAL FIBER CABLE WITH BUNDLES OF OPTICAL FIBERS | ENDRESEN, KIRSTEN DANIELA | 2874 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 14, 2024 |
| 18663221 | OPTICAL FIBER CABLE WITH METAL ARMORING | RAHLL, JERRY T | 2874 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 14, 2024 |
| 18655588 | OPTICAL FIBER CABLE WITH EMBEDDED STRENGTH MEMBERS | STAHL, MICHAEL J | 2874 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 06, 2024 |
| 18655674 | OPTICAL FIBER CABLE WITH ENHANCED WATER PROTECTION | KIANNI, KAVEH C | 2874 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 06, 2024 |
| 18640059 | TIGHT BUFFERED OPTICAL FIBER CABLE | RAHLL, JERRY T | 2874 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 19, 2024 |
| 18471160 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONSTRAINING AN OPTICAL FIBER IN A DRAW TOWER | DEHGHAN, QUEENIE S | 1741 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 16d overdue | Pending | Sep 20, 2023 |
| 18169261 | ACCESS NETWORK DISCOVERY AND SELECTION | LALCHINTHANG, VANNEILIAN | 2414 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 169d overdue | Pending | Feb 15, 2023 |
| 18165998 | AERIAL DROP OPTICAL FIBRE CABLE | THOMASON, DARBY MARGARET | 2874 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 40d | Pending | Feb 08, 2023 |
| 18147159 | Single Pair Ethernet Cable | NGUYEN, CHAU N | 2841 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 28, 2022 |
| 18081509 | LOW WEIGHT OPTICAL FIBER CABLE | LEPISTO, RYAN A | 2874 | §103 | Final Rejection | 52d overdue | Pending | Dec 14, 2022 |
| 17214857 | OPTICAL FIBRE DRAW FURNACE | HERRING, LISA L | 1741 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 78d overdue | Pending | Mar 27, 2021 |
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Start Free TrialSterlite Technologies Limited has 14 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 4 art units and 12 examiners.
Jerry T Rahll has the most, with 3 of Sterlite Technologies Limited's pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.