Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
UNITEST INC currently has 2 pending office actions in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. These actions are split across 2 distinct art units and involve 2 distinct examiners. ISLA, RICHARD is noted as the busiest examiner, though they are only responsible for 1 pending office action. This distribution shows that the current workload is divided among the assigned personnel.
The involvement of 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units suggests a varied prosecution environment within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics field. For practitioners, this means that the 2 pending office actions are subject to different examination styles and departmental guidelines. ISLA, RICHARD manages a portion of the portfolio, but the overall strategy must account for the independent review processes of both examiners. This structure requires a flexible approach to address the specific requirements of each distinct art unit involved in the prosecution.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ISLA, RICHARD | 1 | 77.1% | +15.5% |
| MOUNTAIN, JEFFREY WIGHTMAN | 1 | 90.5% | +12.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18777490 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR FOR SUPPLYING UTILITY | MOUNTAIN, JEFFREY WIGHTMAN | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19008312 | TEST BOARD FOR BURN-IN TEST | ISLA, RICHARD | — |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19008312 | TEST BOARD FOR BURN-IN TEST | ISLA, RICHARD | — |
| 18777490 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR FOR SUPPLYING UTILITY | MOUNTAIN, JEFFREY WIGHTMAN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2858 | 1 |
| 2834 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19008312 | TEST BOARD FOR BURN-IN TEST | ISLA, RICHARD | 2858 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 02, 2025 |
| 18777490 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR FOR SUPPLYING UTILITY | MOUNTAIN, JEFFREY WIGHTMAN | 2834 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 18, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialUNITEST INC has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Richard Isla has the most, with 1 of UNITEST INC's pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
