Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
7 pending office actions • 5 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days
Swiss Krono Tec AG is managing 7 pending office actions in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. These actions are distributed across 7 distinct examiners and 5 distinct art units. This indicates that each of the 7 pending office actions is being reviewed by a different examiner, and these examiners are spread across 5 different technical groups.
The busiest examiner is VO, ANH T N, who is currently handling 1 of the 7 pending office actions. Because there are 7 distinct examiners for 7 actions, every examiner is responsible for exactly 1 pending case. This high degree of examiner diversity means that the company must adapt to 7 different prosecution styles. Practitioners should expect varied examination experiences across the 7 pending office actions.
The involvement of 5 distinct art units for only 7 pending office actions suggests a broad technical range within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics area. Practitioners should expect varied examination experiences, as the 7 distinct examiners are likely to apply the standards of their 5 different art units. The lack of any examiner handling more than 1 action, including VO, ANH T N, emphasizes the need for a case-by-case strategy for all 7 pending office actions. Navigating 5 distinct art units requires a flexible approach to meet the specific requirements of each technical division.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 4 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. 4 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 | 1 (14%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (14%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 5 (71%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| VO, ANH T N | 1 | 90.0% | +4.6% |
| VO, HAI | 1 | 57.1% | +72.5% |
| MCLEAN, NEIL R | 1 | 79.9% | +10.4% |
| MCMILLION, TRACEY M | 1 | 88.0% | +2.2% |
| KRUER, KEVIN R | 1 | 26.6% | +29.5% |
| VALENCIA, ALEJANDRO | 1 | 42.7% | +6.2% |
| BROWN, JARED O | 1 | 74.0% | +39.2% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18728647 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING DECORATIVE PAPER | MCMILLION, TRACEY M | 39d |
| 18860317 | METHOD FOR PRINTING A PAPER, AND DIGITAL PRINTING DEVICE | VO, ANH T N | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18286891 | BINDER COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A WOOD MATERIAL, AND WOOD MATERIAL | KRUER, KEVIN R | 46d overdue |
| 18254988 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRINTING A SURFACE OF A PAPER | VALENCIA, ALEJANDRO | 43d overdue |
| 18792067 | STAINABLE SURFACE | VO, HAI | 19d |
| 18730111 | METHOD FOR PRINTING ON A PAPER WEB | MCLEAN, NEIL R | — |
| 18032646 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PRODUCING WOOD SHAVINGS | BROWN, JARED O | — |
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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18286891 | BINDER COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A WOOD MATERIAL, AND WOOD MATERIAL | KRUER, KEVIN R | 46d overdue |
| 18792067 | STAINABLE SURFACE | VO, HAI | 19d |
| 18730111 | METHOD FOR PRINTING ON A PAPER WEB | MCLEAN, NEIL R | — |
| 18032646 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PRODUCING WOOD SHAVINGS | BROWN, JARED O | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2853 | 3 |
| 1788 | 1 |
| 2681 | 1 |
| 1787 | 1 |
| 3725 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18860317 | METHOD FOR PRINTING A PAPER, AND DIGITAL PRINTING DEVICE | VO, ANH T N | 2853 | DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 25, 2024 |
| 18792067 | STAINABLE SURFACE | VO, HAI | 1788 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 19d | Pending | Aug 01, 2024 |
| 18730111 | METHOD FOR PRINTING ON A PAPER WEB | MCLEAN, NEIL R | 2681 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 18, 2024 |
| 18728647 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING DECORATIVE PAPER | MCMILLION, TRACEY M | 2853 | §103 | Final Rejection | 39d | Pending | Jul 12, 2024 |
| 18286891 | BINDER COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A WOOD MATERIAL, AND WOOD MATERIAL | KRUER, KEVIN R | 1787 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 46d overdue | Pending | Oct 13, 2023 |
| 18254988 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRINTING A SURFACE OF A PAPER | VALENCIA, ALEJANDRO | 2853 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 43d overdue | Pending | May 30, 2023 |
| 18032646 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PRODUCING WOOD SHAVINGS | BROWN, JARED O | 3725 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 19, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialSwiss Krono Tec AG has 7 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 5 art units and 7 examiners.
Anh T N Vo has the most, with 1 of Swiss Krono Tec AG's pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
