Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
3 pending office actions • 2 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 10 patents granted in the last 365 days
Aichi Steel Corporation is currently managing 3 pending office actions within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. These 3 pending office actions are distributed among 3 distinct examiners, meaning each examiner is responsible for a single action. The workload is spread across 2 distinct art units, indicating some technical variety within their primary field. This decentralized approach within 2 distinct art units is a key feature of their current prosecution profile.
CHRISTOPHER E MAHONEY is identified as the busiest examiner for the company, though he is currently handling only 1 pending office action. This highlights the even distribution of the portfolio, as all 3 distinct examiners share the workload equally. With 3 pending office actions and 3 distinct examiners, the company is engaging with a diverse set of examiner perspectives. The presence of 2 distinct art units suggests that the company's innovations in Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics span multiple technical classifications.
Managing the current pending workload across 3 distinct examiners requires the company to adapt to multiple individual examination styles. Practitioners should be prepared for different procedural requirements across the 2 distinct art units. This profile reflects a small but technically varied set of active patent applications. The company's immediate prosecution goals are tied to the 3 pending office actions currently under review by the 3 distinct examiners.
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) | 3 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MAHONEY, CHRISTOPHER E | 1 | 83.0% | +11.8% |
| YENINAS, STEVEN LEE | 1 | 73.5% | +5.4% |
| LEWANDROSKI, SARA J | 1 | 81.0% | +9.0% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19103269 | MAGNETIC SENSOR DEVICE | MAHONEY, CHRISTOPHER E | — |
| 18880396 | MAGNETIC DETECTOR | YENINAS, STEVEN LEE | — |
| 18878195 | VEHICULAR SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD | LEWANDROSKI, SARA J | — |
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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19103269 | MAGNETIC SENSOR DEVICE | MAHONEY, CHRISTOPHER E | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2858 | 1 |
| 3661 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19103269 | MAGNETIC SENSOR DEVICE | MAHONEY, CHRISTOPHER E | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 12, 2025 |
| 18880396 | MAGNETIC DETECTOR | YENINAS, STEVEN LEE | 2858 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 31, 2024 |
| 18878195 | VEHICULAR SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD | LEWANDROSKI, SARA J | 3661 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 23, 2024 |
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