Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
16 pending office actions • 9 art units • 16 examiners • 0 of 16 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 34 patents granted in the last 365 days
Advanced Energy Industries Inc. maintains 15 pending office actions in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. These actions are distributed across 9 distinct art units. This wide distribution across art units suggests a complex portfolio with diverse technical applications within the semiconductor field. The presence of 9 distinct art units indicates that the company's innovations touch on multiple specialized examination groups.
The company deals with 15 distinct examiners, meaning every pending office action is assigned to a unique individual. RIOS RUSSO, RAUL J is the busiest examiner, though this individual only holds 1 pending office action. This parity between the 15 pending office actions and the 15 distinct examiners requires a highly individualized approach to each matter. No single examiner holds significant influence over the pending portfolio, which may make it more difficult to predict overall prosecution outcomes based on a single examiner's history.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 | 5 (31%) |
| §102 only | 3 (19%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (6%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 7 (44%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| RIOS RUSSO, RAUL J | 1 | 87.2% | +8.6% |
| PEREZ, BRYAN REYNALDO | 1 | 83.8% | +13.9% |
| TRAN, VINCENT HUY | 1 | 86.6% | +9.7% |
| NGUYEN, HIEU P | 1 | 92.1% | +5.1% |
| COTEY, PHILIP L | 1 | 83.9% | +21.3% |
| JENNISON, BRIAN W | 1 | 71.9% | +22.0% |
| CLARK, CHRISTOPHER JAY | 1 | 75.8% | +22.8% |
| REYES, JOSHUA NATHANIEL PI | 1 | 41.4% | +51.2% |
| AHMAD, SHAHZEB K | 1 | 79.7% | +4.2% |
| CHAN, WEI | 1 | 74.6% | +13.8% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18964989 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GROUND FAULT MONITORING | RIOS RUSSO, RAUL J | — |
| 18830709 | SURFACE CHARGE AND POWER FEEDBACK AND CONTROL USING A SWITCH MODE BIAS SYSTEM | PEREZ, BRYAN REYNALDO | — |
| 18633590 | CLASS D-H PREAMPLIFIER AND CASCODED HIGH-VOLTAGE AMPLIFIER | NGUYEN, HIEU P | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18159780 | MULTI-FILAR COIL | LIAN, MANG TIN BIK | 42d overdue |
| 18611945 | Optical Signal Transfer Mechanism For A Vacuum Compatible Spring Loaded Thermometry Probe | COTEY, PHILIP L | 27d |
| 18590299 | OVER-CURRENT PROTECTION FOR A POWER SUPPLY | CLARK, CHRISTOPHER JAY | 28d |
| 18811697 | MODEL REFERENCE ADAPTIVE CONTROL WITH SIGNUM PROJECTION TENSOR OPERATIONS | TRAN, VINCENT HUY | — |
| 18605486 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ARC DETECTION AND HANDLING USING IMPEDANCE DATA | JENNISON, BRIAN W | — |
| 18584816 | BIAS SUPPLY WITH RESONANT SWITCHING | REYES, JOSHUA NATHANIEL PI | — |
| 17749394 | SINGLE-TURN AND LAMINATED-WALL INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA SOURCES | ALEJANDRO MULERO, LUZ L | — |
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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18524437 | MATCH NETWORK WITH VARIABLE CAPACITANCE AND SWITCHABLE ARRAY OF SOLID-STATE CAPACITANCE | CHAN, WEI | 182d overdue |
| 18611945 | Optical Signal Transfer Mechanism For A Vacuum Compatible Spring Loaded Thermometry Probe | COTEY, PHILIP L | 27d |
| 18590299 | OVER-CURRENT PROTECTION FOR A POWER SUPPLY | CLARK, CHRISTOPHER JAY | 28d |
| 18830709 | SURFACE CHARGE AND POWER FEEDBACK AND CONTROL USING A SWITCH MODE BIAS SYSTEM | PEREZ, BRYAN REYNALDO | — |
| 18605486 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ARC DETECTION AND HANDLING USING IMPEDANCE DATA | JENNISON, BRIAN W | — |
| 18584816 | BIAS SUPPLY WITH RESONANT SWITCHING | REYES, JOSHUA NATHANIEL PI | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2838 | 3 |
| 2842 | 2 |
| 2115 | 1 |
| 2843 | 1 |
| 2855 | 1 |
| 2844 | 1 |
| 2633 | 1 |
| 2837 | 1 |
| 1716 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18964989 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GROUND FAULT MONITORING | RIOS RUSSO, RAUL J | — | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 02, 2024 |
| 18830709 | SURFACE CHARGE AND POWER FEEDBACK AND CONTROL USING A SWITCH MODE BIAS SYSTEM | PEREZ, BRYAN REYNALDO | 2838 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 11, 2024 |
| 18811697 | MODEL REFERENCE ADAPTIVE CONTROL WITH SIGNUM PROJECTION TENSOR OPERATIONS | TRAN, VINCENT HUY | 2115 | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 21, 2024 |
| 18633590 | CLASS D-H PREAMPLIFIER AND CASCODED HIGH-VOLTAGE AMPLIFIER | NGUYEN, HIEU P | 2843 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 12, 2024 |
| 18611945 | Optical Signal Transfer Mechanism For A Vacuum Compatible Spring Loaded Thermometry Probe | COTEY, PHILIP L | 2855 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 27d | Pending | Mar 21, 2024 |
| 18605486 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ARC DETECTION AND HANDLING USING IMPEDANCE DATA | JENNISON, BRIAN W | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 14, 2024 |
| 18590299 | OVER-CURRENT PROTECTION FOR A POWER SUPPLY | CLARK, CHRISTOPHER JAY | 2838 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 28d | Pending | Feb 28, 2024 |
| 18584816 | BIAS SUPPLY WITH RESONANT SWITCHING | REYES, JOSHUA NATHANIEL PI | — | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 22, 2024 |
| 18392169 | OPEN CIRCUIT AND BACK-SURGE PROTECTION FOR POWER SUPPLIES | AHMAD, SHAHZEB K | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 21, 2023 |
| 18524437 | MATCH NETWORK WITH VARIABLE CAPACITANCE AND SWITCHABLE ARRAY OF SOLID-STATE CAPACITANCE | CHAN, WEI | 2844 | §103 | Final Rejection | 182d overdue | Pending | Nov 30, 2023 |
| 18518840 | TRANSIENT CONTROL OF AN ASYMMETRIC WAVEFORM | CHEN, PATRICK C | 2842 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 24, 2023 |
| 18359840 | MATCH NETWORK DESIGN FOR USE WITH FREQUENCY SWEEPING | WELLS, KENNETH B | 2842 | §103 | Final Rejection | 56d | Pending | Jul 26, 2023 |
| 18304510 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF DETERMINING A LOAD VOLTAGE IN A POWER CONVERTER | SHAW, LAUREN ASHLEY | 2838 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 21, 2023 |
| 18302294 | MULTI-LEVEL PULSING SYSTEM | SINGH, AMNEET | 2633 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 18, 2023 |
| 18159780 | MULTI-FILAR COIL | LIAN, MANG TIN BIK | 2837 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 42d overdue | Pending | Jan 26, 2023 |
| 17749394 | SINGLE-TURN AND LAMINATED-WALL INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA SOURCES | ALEJANDRO MULERO, LUZ L | 1716 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 20, 2022 |
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