Technology areas: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
6 pending office actions • 3 clients • 6 examiners • 6 art units • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 10 patents granted in the last 365 days
Sanders Pianowski has managed 124 career applications in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. The firm maintains a resolved allowance rate of 92.13 percent. Currently, there are 5 pending office actions in their docket.
The average of 1.37 office actions per allowance across its 124 career applications indicates the examination path. This average of 1.37, combined with the 92.13 percent allowance rate, defines the firm's prosecution history in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics sector. The 5 pending office actions represent the firm's workload.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 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 | 3 (50%) |
| §103 only | 1 (17%) |
| §102 only | 1 (17%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (17%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PONTIUS, JAMES M | 1 | 79.1% | +9.4% |
| NEAL, TIMOTHY JAY | 1 | 78.0% | +13.2% |
| EIDE, ERIC T | 1 | 67.0% | +21.9% |
| HURLEY, KEVIN | 1 | 86.1% | +11.2% |
| SAHLE, MAHIDERE S | 1 | 79.5% | +13.1% |
| SHARMA, NABIN KUMAR | 1 | 52.6% | +49.6% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19095187 | Weight Distribution Hitch | HURLEY, KEVIN | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19235419 | RETINA IMAGING APPARATUS | PONTIUS, JAMES M | — |
| 19173566 | WIRELESS LAPAROSCOPIC DEVICE WITH GIMBALLED CAMERA | NEAL, TIMOTHY JAY | — |
| 18910886 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIA RELATED TO CORRECTION OF VISION DEFECTS USING A VISUAL DISPLAY | SAHLE, MAHIDERE S | — |
| 18766933 | QUICK CONNECT BALL COUPLER | SHARMA, NABIN KUMAR | — |
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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19097392 | Linear Lighting and Retaining System | EIDE, ERIC T | 119d overdue |
| 19173566 | WIRELESS LAPAROSCOPIC DEVICE WITH GIMBALLED CAMERA | NEAL, TIMOTHY JAY | — |
| 19095187 | Weight Distribution Hitch | HURLEY, KEVIN | — |
| 18910886 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIA RELATED TO CORRECTION OF VISION DEFECTS USING A VISUAL DISPLAY | SAHLE, MAHIDERE S | — |
| 18766933 | QUICK CONNECT BALL COUPLER | SHARMA, NABIN KUMAR | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| Raytrx, LLC | 3 |
| Gen-Y Creations | 2 |
| ABC Marketing, Inc. | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2488 | 1 |
| 3795 | 1 |
| 2875 | 1 |
| 3611 | 1 |
| 2872 | 1 |
| 3612 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19235419 | RETINA IMAGING APPARATUS | Raytrx, LLC | PONTIUS, JAMES M | 2488 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 11, 2025 |
| 19173566 | WIRELESS LAPAROSCOPIC DEVICE WITH GIMBALLED CAMERA | Raytrx, LLC | NEAL, TIMOTHY JAY | 3795 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 08, 2025 |
| 19097392 | Linear Lighting and Retaining System | Abc Marketing, Inc. | EIDE, ERIC T | 2875 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 119d overdue | Pending | Apr 01, 2025 |
| 19095187 | Weight Distribution Hitch | Gen-Y Creations, LLC | HURLEY, KEVIN | 3611 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 31, 2025 |
| 18910886 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIA RELATED TO CORRECTION OF VISION DEFECTS USING A VISUAL DISPLAY | Raytrx, LLC | SAHLE, MAHIDERE S | 2872 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 09, 2024 |
| 18766933 | QUICK CONNECT BALL COUPLER | Gen-Y Creations, LLC | SHARMA, NABIN KUMAR | 3612 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 09, 2024 |
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Start Free Trial92.1% of resolved applications prosecuted by Sanders Pianowski were allowed, across 124 applications in USPTO records.
1.37 office actions per allowed application on average.
6 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 3 clients, before 6 examiners in 6 art units.
