Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Varsity Music Inc. maintains a patent portfolio with 1 pending office action in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. This matter is currently being reviewed by 1 distinct examiner, CHAI, RAYMOND REI-YANG. The prosecution is localized within 1 distinct art unit, indicating a specific technical focus for the company's current patent applications. This structure simplifies the management of the portfolio by limiting the number of active examiner relationships.
As the busiest examiner, CHAI, RAYMOND REI-YANG is handling 1 pending office action, which represents the total volume of pending actions for the company. The concentration in 1 distinct art unit and the involvement of only 1 distinct examiner means that the company's current success at the USPTO depends on the examiner's review. Practitioners should tailor their approach to the specific requirements of the pending office action and the art unit involved. Researching the examiner's past decisions in the Semiconductors area may provide valuable insights for the response.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHAI, RAYMOND REI-YANG | 1 | 75.0% | +15.9% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19039634 | MULTI-MODAL PROGRAMMABLE SOUND-RESPONSIVE LIGHTING UNIT AND APPLICATION | CHAI, RAYMOND REI-YANG | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2844 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19039634 | MULTI-MODAL PROGRAMMABLE SOUND-RESPONSIVE LIGHTING UNIT AND APPLICATION | CHAI, RAYMOND REI-YANG | 2844 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 28, 2025 |
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Start Free TrialVarsity Music Inc. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Raymond Rei-Yang Chai has the most, with 1 of Varsity Music Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
