Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution has 2 pending office actions in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. Both matters are concentrated within 1 distinct art unit and are assigned to 1 distinct examiner. This indicates a high level of consistency in the examination environment for the institution's current filings. With 2 pending office actions, the institution's prosecution activity is focused on a specific technical niche within the optics and circuits domain.
CARLSON, JOSHUA MICHAEL is the busiest examiner for the company, managing 2 pending office actions. This individual is responsible for the entirety of the institution's active docket. Prosecution success depends on navigating the specific feedback and requirements of this single examiner across multiple applications. Because the busiest examiner pending count is 2, this examiner handles every open matter for the institution. This concentration within 1 distinct art unit and 1 distinct examiner means that the institution's current patent strategy is entirely dependent on the review and interpretations of this one official.
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 |
|---|---|
| §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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CARLSON, JOSHUA MICHAEL | 2 | 60.0% | +38.9% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18753904 | Methods and Apparatus for Direct Calibration | CARLSON, JOSHUA MICHAEL | 30d overdue |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18753768 | Methods and Apparatus for Direct Calibration | CARLSON, JOSHUA MICHAEL | 60d overdue |
| 18753904 | Methods and Apparatus for Direct Calibration | CARLSON, JOSHUA MICHAEL | 30d overdue |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2877 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18753768 | Methods and Apparatus for Direct Calibration | CARLSON, JOSHUA MICHAEL | 2877 | §103Other | Final Rejection | 60d overdue | Pending | Jun 25, 2024 |
| 18753904 | Methods and Apparatus for Direct Calibration | CARLSON, JOSHUA MICHAEL | 2877 | §102§103§112Other | Final Rejection | 30d overdue | Pending | Jun 25, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialWoods Hole Oceanographic Institution has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Joshua Michael Carlson has the most, with 2 of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution's pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
