Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
The Indium Corporation Of America has 2 pending office actions in Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics. The matters involve 2 distinct examiners within 1 distinct art unit, creating a common technical placement but separate examiner relationships.
ROBITAILLE, JOHN P is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending action. Counsel can use the shared art-unit context for technical consistency while preserving separate strategies for each examiner interaction.
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 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ROBITAILLE, JOHN P | 1 | 62.5% | +22.1% |
| NEWTON, VALERIE N | 1 | 84.2% | +5.9% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18415074 | PHASE CHANGING THERMAL INTERFACE MATERIAL ALLOY CREATED IN-SITU | NEWTON, VALERIE N | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18633203 | BUILD PLATE WITH INTERCHANGEABLE INSERT TO REDUCE LIFT-UP DURING METAL 3D PRINTING | ROBITAILLE, JOHN P | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18633203 | BUILD PLATE WITH INTERCHANGEABLE INSERT TO REDUCE LIFT-UP DURING METAL 3D PRINTING | ROBITAILLE, JOHN P | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2897 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18633203 | BUILD PLATE WITH INTERCHANGEABLE INSERT TO REDUCE LIFT-UP DURING METAL 3D PRINTING | ROBITAILLE, JOHN P | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 11, 2024 |
| 18415074 | PHASE CHANGING THERMAL INTERFACE MATERIAL ALLOY CREATED IN-SITU | NEWTON, VALERIE N | 2897 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialThe Indium Corporation Of America has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 2 examiners.
John P Robitaille has the most, with 1 of The Indium Corporation Of America's pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
