Technology areas: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
VERTILITE CO., LTD. holds 2 pending office actions in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems. These are handled by 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units. ISMAIL, MAHMOUD S is the busiest examiner, overseeing 1 pending office action. The workload is evenly split across different examiners and art units, which prevents a concentration of prosecution risk under a single official. This 2 pending office actions represent the company's current active inventory.
The presence of 2 distinct art units and 2 distinct examiners indicates that the 2 pending office actions are being reviewed independently within different technical groups. Because the busiest examiner, ISMAIL, MAHMOUD S, only manages 1 pending office action, the company must manage separate prosecution tracks. This structure requires a strategy that accounts for the unique requirements of 2 distinct examiners. The 2 pending office actions suggest a variety of technical subject matter within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems field.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ISMAIL, MAHMOUD S | 1 | 88.5% | +11.6% |
| FORDE, DELMA ROSA | 1 | 76.7% | +14.8% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18693593 | GIANT CAVITY SURFACE-EMITTING LASER | ISMAIL, MAHMOUD S | — |
| 18571880 | VERTICAL CAVITY SURFACE EMITTING LASER | FORDE, DELMA ROSA | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18693593 | GIANT CAVITY SURFACE-EMITTING LASER | ISMAIL, MAHMOUD S | — |
| 18571880 | VERTICAL CAVITY SURFACE EMITTING LASER | FORDE, DELMA ROSA | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3662 | 1 |
| 2828 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18693593 | GIANT CAVITY SURFACE-EMITTING LASER | ISMAIL, MAHMOUD S | 3662 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 20, 2024 |
| 18571880 | VERTICAL CAVITY SURFACE EMITTING LASER | FORDE, DELMA ROSA | 2828 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 19, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialVERTILITE CO., LTD. has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Mahmoud S Ismail has the most, with 1 of VERTILITE CO., LTD.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
