Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Thermo EGS Gauging LLC is currently addressing 2 pending office actions in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. These actions are assigned to 2 distinct examiners, yet they both fall within 1 distinct art unit. This concentration in a single art unit suggests a very specific technical focus for these filings despite the involvement of multiple examiners. The use of this art unit for all pending matters may allow for some consistency in the broad patentability standards applied to the portfolio.
The busiest examiner identified is RIDDICK, BLAKE CUTLER, who is responsible for 1 pending office action. Practitioners can expect a consistent environment due to the single art unit, even while navigating the individual preferences of the distinct examiners involved. Since RIDDICK, BLAKE CUTLER and the other examiner share the same art unit, there may be shared internal resources or supervisors influencing the pending office actions. This shared administrative oversight could be leveraged to ensure uniform claim constructions across the 2 pending office actions.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| RIDDICK, BLAKE CUTLER | 1 | 78.2% | +9.6% |
| TANINGCO, MARCUS H | 1 | 81.0% | +6.6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18812779 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MATCHING CALIBRATIONS OF DETECTORS IN A DETECTOR ARRAY | TANINGCO, MARCUS H | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19029690 | X-RAY APODIZATION FILTER | RIDDICK, BLAKE CUTLER | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2884 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19029690 | X-RAY APODIZATION FILTER | RIDDICK, BLAKE CUTLER | 2884 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 18812779 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MATCHING CALIBRATIONS OF DETECTORS IN A DETECTOR ARRAY | TANINGCO, MARCUS H | 2884 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 22, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialThermo EGS Gauging LLC has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 2 examiners.
Blake Cutler Riddick has the most, with 1 of Thermo EGS Gauging LLC's pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
