Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days
Voyant Photonics Inc. is managing 2 pending office actions within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. These actions are distributed across 2 distinct examiners, indicating a lack of concentration at the examiner level. The prosecution is also spread across 2 distinct art units, suggesting that the company is pursuing multiple distinct technological paths within the sector. This distribution requires the company to address the specific concerns of two different examiners in two separate organizational units.
CLOUSER, BENJAMIN WADE is identified as the busiest examiner, with a busiest_examiner_pending count of 1. Since the total number of pending office actions is 2, this means each examiner is responsible for exactly one action. This distribution across 2 distinct art units and examiners requires the company to manage multiple prosecution tracks simultaneously within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics area. Practitioners should be prepared for diverse feedback, as the company's current patenting efforts are not centralized under a single reviewer or art unit.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLOUSER, BENJAMIN WADE | 1 | 51.6% | +39.3% |
| CONNELLY, MICHELLE R | 1 | 80.0% | +13.1% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18508750 | FMCW LIDAR SIGNAL DISAMBIGUATION SAMPLING AND PROCESSING | CLOUSER, BENJAMIN WADE | — |
| 18177246 | INTEGRATED POLARIZATION CONTROLLER SYSTEMS | CONNELLY, MICHELLE R | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18508750 | FMCW LIDAR SIGNAL DISAMBIGUATION SAMPLING AND PROCESSING | CLOUSER, BENJAMIN WADE | — |
| 18177246 | INTEGRATED POLARIZATION CONTROLLER SYSTEMS | CONNELLY, MICHELLE R | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 4100 | 1 |
| 2874 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18508750 | FMCW LIDAR SIGNAL DISAMBIGUATION SAMPLING AND PROCESSING | CLOUSER, BENJAMIN WADE | 4100 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 14, 2023 |
| 18177246 | INTEGRATED POLARIZATION CONTROLLER SYSTEMS | CONNELLY, MICHELLE R | 2874 | §102§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 02, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialVoyant Photonics Inc. has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Benjamin Wade Clouser has the most, with 1 of Voyant Photonics Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
