Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 15, 2026

Tekscend Photomask Corp.

8 pending office actions • 2 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

8
Total Pending OAs
5
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

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.

1
Overdue
1
Due this week
1
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

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.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (1)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (1)Due ≤ 60 days (1)

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 (12%)
6
Medium (75%)
1
Easy (12%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only6 (75%)
Double-patenting only1 (12%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (12%)

Industry Mix

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

6
Life Sciences
75% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
2
Business / Other
25% 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.

80 h
Manual time on pending OAs
16 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
28 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
FRASER, STEWART A 2 86.0% +14.3%
COSGROVE, JAYSON D 2 52.4% +33.1%
TRAYWICK, ANDREW PRESTON 1 71.0% +28.5%
EOFF, ANCA 1 80.0% +11.0%
ANGEBRANNDT, MARTIN J 1 55.4% +34.2%
VINEIS, FRANK J 1 39.9% +44.8%

Quick Wins (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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18276789 REFLECTIVE PHOTOMASK BLANK AND REFLECTIVE PHOTOMASK FRASER, STEWART A 22d
18727041 PHASE SHIFT MASK AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING PHASE SHIFT MASK FRASER, STEWART A

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
18031321 REFLECTIVE MASK AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING REFLECTIVE MASK EOFF, ANCA

Interview Candidates (8)

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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18271556 REFLECTIVE PHOTOMASK BLANK AND REFLECTIVE PHOTOMASK COSGROVE, JAYSON D 42d overdue
17772340 REFLECTIVE MASK AND PRODUCTION METHOD FOR REFLECTIVE MASK COSGROVE, JAYSON D 5d
18276789 REFLECTIVE PHOTOMASK BLANK AND REFLECTIVE PHOTOMASK FRASER, STEWART A 22d
18028159 REFLECTIVE PHOTOMASK BLANK AND REFLECTIVE PHOTOMASK ANGEBRANNDT, MARTIN J 48d
18727041 PHASE SHIFT MASK AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING PHASE SHIFT MASK FRASER, STEWART A
18570541 REFLECTIVE PHOTOMASK AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING REFLECTIVE PHOTOMASK TRAYWICK, ANDREW PRESTON
18031321 REFLECTIVE MASK AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING REFLECTIVE MASK EOFF, ANCA
17778402 REFLECTIVE PHOTOMASK BLANK AND REFLECTIVE PHOTOMASK VINEIS, FRANK J

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1737 5
1724 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18727041 PHASE SHIFT MASK AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING PHASE SHIFT MASK FRASER, STEWART A §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 05, 2024
18570541 REFLECTIVE PHOTOMASK AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING REFLECTIVE PHOTOMASK TRAYWICK, ANDREW PRESTON §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 14, 2023
18276789 REFLECTIVE PHOTOMASK BLANK AND REFLECTIVE PHOTOMASK FRASER, STEWART A 1724 §103 Final Rejection 22d Pending Aug 10, 2023
18271556 REFLECTIVE PHOTOMASK BLANK AND REFLECTIVE PHOTOMASK COSGROVE, JAYSON D 1737 §103 Final Rejection 42d overdue Pending Jul 10, 2023
18031321 REFLECTIVE MASK AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING REFLECTIVE MASK EOFF, ANCA 1737 §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 11, 2023
18028159 REFLECTIVE PHOTOMASK BLANK AND REFLECTIVE PHOTOMASK ANGEBRANNDT, MARTIN J 1737 §103 Non-Final OA 48d Pending Mar 23, 2023
17778402 REFLECTIVE PHOTOMASK BLANK AND REFLECTIVE PHOTOMASK VINEIS, FRANK J 1737 DP Non-Final OA Pending May 19, 2022
17772340 REFLECTIVE MASK AND PRODUCTION METHOD FOR REFLECTIVE MASK COSGROVE, JAYSON D 1737 §103 Final Rejection 5d Pending Apr 27, 2022

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