Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
10 pending office actions • 9 art units • 10 examiners • 0 of 10 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 24 patents granted in the last 365 days
Amotech Co., Ltd. is currently managing 10 pending office actions within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. These actions are distributed across 9 distinct art units, indicating that the company's semiconductor and optics technologies are varied. Furthermore, the prosecution involves 10 distinct examiners, with each handling a separate action.
JOSEPH S HERRMANN is the busiest examiner for the company, and he is responsible for 1 pending office action. This reflects a distribution where the distinct examiners each oversee a portion of the workload. With 9 distinct art units involved, the company must navigate a range of examination cultures and technical standards to resolve the 10 pending office actions.
The high ratio of 9 distinct art units to 10 pending office actions suggests that Amotech Co., Ltd. is pursuing a broad array of specialized innovations. Because 10 distinct examiners are involved, there is no single point of contact that dominates the prosecution. This diversity requires a strategy that can adapt to 9 different art unit environments while managing the separate examiner relationships.
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 | 4 (40%) |
| §112 only | 1 (10%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 5 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HERRMANN, JOSEPH S | 1 | 63.7% | +40.4% |
| ELAHMADI, ZAKARIA | 1 | 76.0% | +11.9% |
| ELNAKIB, AHMED | 1 | 78.6% | +8.7% |
| SINCLAIR, DAVID M | 1 | 68.4% | +19.5% |
| RAMASWAMY, ARUN | 1 | 84.7% | +12.3% |
| ANDERSON, JOSHUA D | 1 | 82.9% | +30.3% |
| JOHNSON, ERIC | 1 | 62.3% | +22.7% |
| AFZALI, SARANG | 1 | 73.4% | +44.6% |
| ZIMMER, ANTHONY J | 1 | 74.6% | +20.5% |
| BACK, AUSTIN M | 1 | 78.7% | +24.2% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18725761 | MULTILAYER CERAMIC CAPACITOR | RAMASWAMY, ARUN | 49d overdue |
| 19144957 | MOTOR DRIVING DEVICE AND HOLLOW SWIVEL ACTUATOR USING SAME | ELAHMADI, ZAKARIA | — |
| 19066475 | SLIM DISK DRIVE DEVICE FOR FRICTION GENERATOR | ELNAKIB, AHMED | — |
| 18721364 | CERAMIC CAPACITOR AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME | ANDERSON, JOSHUA D | — |
| 18550924 | METHOD FOR PREPARING SILICON NITRIDE POWDER FOR MANUFACTURING SUBSTRATE AND SILICON NITRIDE POWDER PREPARED THEREBY | ZIMMER, ANTHONY 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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18725761 | MULTILAYER CERAMIC CAPACITOR | RAMASWAMY, ARUN | 49d overdue |
| 18725788 | MULTILAYERED CERAMIC CAPACITOR AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME | SINCLAIR, DAVID M | 30d |
| 19153959 | AXIAL GAP-TYPE ELECTRIC MOTOR INCLUDING INTEGRATED STATOR CORE, AND WATER PUMP USING SAME | HERRMANN, JOSEPH S | — |
| 19144957 | MOTOR DRIVING DEVICE AND HOLLOW SWIVEL ACTUATOR USING SAME | ELAHMADI, ZAKARIA | — |
| 18721364 | CERAMIC CAPACITOR AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME | ANDERSON, JOSHUA D | — |
| 18716686 | ELECTRIC SEAT DRIVING DEVICE | JOHNSON, ERIC | — |
| 18285845 | WINDING APPARATUS AND ANTENNA COIL MANUFACTURED THEREBY | AFZALI, SARANG | — |
| 18550924 | METHOD FOR PREPARING SILICON NITRIDE POWDER FOR MANUFACTURING SUBSTRATE AND SILICON NITRIDE POWDER PREPARED THEREBY | ZIMMER, ANTHONY J | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3746 | 1 |
| 3618 | 1 |
| 2848 | 1 |
| 2847 | 1 |
| 3729 | 1 |
| 2834 | 1 |
| 3726 | 1 |
| 1736 | 1 |
| 2845 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19153959 | AXIAL GAP-TYPE ELECTRIC MOTOR INCLUDING INTEGRATED STATOR CORE, AND WATER PUMP USING SAME | HERRMANN, JOSEPH S | 3746 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 05, 2025 |
| 19144957 | MOTOR DRIVING DEVICE AND HOLLOW SWIVEL ACTUATOR USING SAME | ELAHMADI, ZAKARIA | 3618 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 30, 2025 |
| 19066475 | SLIM DISK DRIVE DEVICE FOR FRICTION GENERATOR | ELNAKIB, AHMED | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 28, 2025 |
| 18725788 | MULTILAYERED CERAMIC CAPACITOR AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME | SINCLAIR, DAVID M | 2848 | §103 | Final Rejection | 30d | Pending | Jun 30, 2024 |
| 18725761 | MULTILAYER CERAMIC CAPACITOR | RAMASWAMY, ARUN | 2847 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 49d overdue | Pending | Jun 29, 2024 |
| 18721364 | CERAMIC CAPACITOR AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME | ANDERSON, JOSHUA D | 3729 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 18, 2024 |
| 18716686 | ELECTRIC SEAT DRIVING DEVICE | JOHNSON, ERIC | 2834 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 05, 2024 |
| 18285845 | WINDING APPARATUS AND ANTENNA COIL MANUFACTURED THEREBY | AFZALI, SARANG | 3726 | §112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 05, 2023 |
| 18550924 | METHOD FOR PREPARING SILICON NITRIDE POWDER FOR MANUFACTURING SUBSTRATE AND SILICON NITRIDE POWDER PREPARED THEREBY | ZIMMER, ANTHONY J | 1736 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 15, 2023 |
| 17797100 | COMBO ANTENNA MODULE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME | BACK, AUSTIN M | 2845 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 02, 2022 |
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