Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 9 patents granted in the last 365 days
Zumtobel Lighting GmbH has 2 pending office actions in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. These matters are assigned to 2 distinct examiners, meaning each examiner is responsible for one action. The prosecution is also divided between 2 distinct art units, indicating that the company's lighting-related technologies are being reviewed by different specialized groups. ANDERSON, AMARA is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, currently handling a pending office action.
For a practitioner, this requires navigating two different sets of examiner expectations and two different art unit environments. The use of 2 distinct art units within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics area suggests that the 2 pending office actions may involve different technical aspects of lighting or circuitry. This requires a versatile prosecution strategy that addresses the specific nuances of each examiner's approach. Because the 2 pending office actions are evenly split between examiners, the company avoids over-reliance on any single individual at the USPTO.
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 |
|---|---|
| §112 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANDERSON, AMARA | 1 | 87.3% | +15.2% |
| QUIGLEY, THOMAS K | 1 | 73.3% | +20.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18849812 | BUSBAR AND TRUNKING RAIL FOR LUMINAIRES OR OTHER ELECTRICAL DEVICES | ANDERSON, AMARA | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18849812 | BUSBAR AND TRUNKING RAIL FOR LUMINAIRES OR OTHER ELECTRICAL DEVICES | ANDERSON, AMARA | — |
| 18706412 | SUPPORT PROFILE RAIL ELEMENT WITH CONNECTION TERMINAL | QUIGLEY, THOMAS K | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2831 | 1 |
| 2834 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18849812 | BUSBAR AND TRUNKING RAIL FOR LUMINAIRES OR OTHER ELECTRICAL DEVICES | ANDERSON, AMARA | 2831 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 23, 2024 |
| 18706412 | SUPPORT PROFILE RAIL ELEMENT WITH CONNECTION TERMINAL | QUIGLEY, THOMAS K | 2834 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 01, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialZumtobel Lighting GmbH has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Amara Anderson has the most, with 1 of Zumtobel Lighting GmbH's pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
