Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
9 pending office actions • 5 art units • 8 examiners • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
View Operating Corporation has 9 pending office actions in Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics. The portfolio involves 8 distinct examiners and 5 distinct art units, showing wide examiner distribution with some concentration among technical groups.
PINKNEY, DAWAYNE is the busiest examiner, handling 2 pending matters. Counsel should review those matters for potentially recurring examination themes, while preserving separate analysis for the other assignments. A coordinated approach to terminology and technical disclosure can improve consistency across the five art units without treating the matters as procedurally identical.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 only | 2 (22%) |
| §101 + other | 2 (22%) |
| §103 only | 3 (33%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (11%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (11%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PINKNEY, DAWAYNE | 2 | 80.6% | +18.0% |
| LEI, JIE | 1 | 73.1% | +16.8% |
| MARTINEZ, JOSEPH P | 1 | 86.0% | +3.2% |
| WANG, ZHIPENG | 1 | 80.8% | +23.6% |
| OTT, PATRICK S | 1 | 68.0% | +23.7% |
| TRAN, HAI V | 1 | 79.1% | +18.7% |
| DINH, JACK | 1 | 85.0% | +6.5% |
| BENNETT, JENNIFER D | 1 | 73.6% | +18.2% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19026565 | CONNECTORS FOR SMART WINDOWS | MARTINEZ, JOSEPH P | — |
| 19026575 | FASTER SWITCHING LOW-DEFECT ELECTROCHROMIC WINDOWS | PINKNEY, DAWAYNE | — |
| 19028726 | PREDICTIVE MODELING FOR TINTABLE WINDOWS | WANG, ZHIPENG | — |
| 19020149 | ELECTROCHROMIC LAMINATES | DINH, JACK | — |
| 19017123 | ELECTROCHROMIC WINDOW FABRICATION METHODS | PINKNEY, DAWAYNE | — |
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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19025816 | FABRICATION OF LOW DEFECTIVITY ELECTROCHROMIC DEVICES | OTT, PATRICK S | 5d overdue |
| 18797098 | MULTI-SENSOR | BENNETT, JENNIFER D | 27d |
| 19028668 | ANGLED BUS BAR | LEI, JIE | — |
| 19026575 | FASTER SWITCHING LOW-DEFECT ELECTROCHROMIC WINDOWS | PINKNEY, DAWAYNE | — |
| 19028726 | PREDICTIVE MODELING FOR TINTABLE WINDOWS | WANG, ZHIPENG | — |
| 19021594 | WINDOW ANTENNAS | TRAN, HAI V | — |
| 19017123 | ELECTROCHROMIC WINDOW FABRICATION METHODS | PINKNEY, DAWAYNE | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2872 | 5 |
| 2115 | 1 |
| 1794 | 1 |
| 2845 | 1 |
| 2878 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19028668 | ANGLED BUS BAR | LEI, JIE | 2872 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 19026565 | CONNECTORS FOR SMART WINDOWS | MARTINEZ, JOSEPH P | 2872 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 19026575 | FASTER SWITCHING LOW-DEFECT ELECTROCHROMIC WINDOWS | PINKNEY, DAWAYNE | 2872 | §101DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 19028726 | PREDICTIVE MODELING FOR TINTABLE WINDOWS | WANG, ZHIPENG | 2115 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 19025816 | FABRICATION OF LOW DEFECTIVITY ELECTROCHROMIC DEVICES | OTT, PATRICK S | 1794 | §103Other | Final Rejection | 5d overdue | Pending | Jan 16, 2025 |
| 19021594 | WINDOW ANTENNAS | TRAN, HAI V | 2845 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 15, 2025 |
| 19020149 | ELECTROCHROMIC LAMINATES | DINH, JACK | 2872 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 14, 2025 |
| 19017123 | ELECTROCHROMIC WINDOW FABRICATION METHODS | PINKNEY, DAWAYNE | 2872 | §101DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 10, 2025 |
| 18797098 | MULTI-SENSOR | BENNETT, JENNIFER D | 2878 | DP | Final Rejection | 27d | Pending | Aug 07, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialView Operating Corporation has 9 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 5 art units and 8 examiners.
Dawayne Pinkney has the most, with 2 of View Operating Corporation's pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
