Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days
Tomey Corporation is currently navigating 1 pending office action in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. This case is assigned to a distinct examiner and a distinct art unit, which centralizes the company's prosecution efforts. Such a focused profile allows the applicant to concentrate their strategy on a single set of technical challenges and examiner concerns.
The busiest examiner for this portfolio is KING, GEORGE G, who is responsible for the 1 pending office action. Because this examiner is the only one currently reviewing the company's work, their feedback is the primary factor in the portfolio's development. There is no diversity in examiners or art units to provide alternative opportunities for allowance at this time.
The alignment of the pending action with KING, GEORGE G within a single art unit simplifies the management of the company's intellectual property. Practitioners should focus on building a clear record with this examiner to resolve the outstanding issues efficiently. This streamlined prosecution environment is ideal for addressing the specific requirements of the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics sector without administrative distractions.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KING, GEORGE G | 1 | 57.9% | +37.7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18847988 | ESTIMATION SYSTEM, ESTIMATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM | KING, GEORGE G | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18847988 | ESTIMATION SYSTEM, ESTIMATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM | KING, GEORGE G | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2872 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18847988 | ESTIMATION SYSTEM, ESTIMATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM | KING, GEORGE G | 2872 | §101§102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 17, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialTomey Corporation has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
George G King has the most, with 1 of Tomey Corporation's pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
