Technology area: Communications
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
The Broad Of Trustees Of The Leland Stanford Junior University has 1 pending office action in the Communications technology area. This single action is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, HANNETT, JAMES M, who is also the busiest examiner for the entity with 1 pending action. The prosecution is occurring within 1 distinct art unit. Because there is only 1 pending office action, the university's current communications-related patent efforts are highly concentrated.
The outcome of this specific matter rests solely with HANNETT, JAMES M. Practitioners should focus their efforts on understanding the specific requirements of this 1 art unit. The data shows no other pending actions, indicating a narrow current focus in this specific technology field. The alignment of 1 examiner and 1 art unit for the 1 pending action simplifies the administrative tracking of this portfolio. However, this lack of diversity in examiners means the university has no alternative paths if the current prosecution reaches an impasse. The focus on Communications suggests that the university is prioritizing specific digital or telecommunications assets. Every decision made by the single examiner will have a total impact on the university's active USPTO presence in this sector.
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 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HANNETT, JAMES M | 1 | 84.4% | +0.5% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19052997 | Joint metasurface optics/image processing co-design for ultra-thin computational sensors and imagers | HANNETT, JAMES M | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2637 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19052997 | Joint metasurface optics/image processing co-design for ultra-thin computational sensors and imagers | HANNETT, JAMES M | 2637 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 13, 2025 |
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Start Free TrialThe Broad Of Trustees Of The Leland Stanford Junior University has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
James M Hannett has the most, with 1 of The Broad Of Trustees Of The Leland Stanford Junior University's pending office actions.
Mostly Communications (USPTO Tech Center 2600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
