Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
4 pending office actions • 3 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days
AMS-OSRAM AG has 4 pending office actions categorized under the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. Each of these 4 actions is assigned to a different person, resulting in 4 distinct examiners across the portfolio. This distribution means that even with a small number of pending matters, the company must navigate 4 different examination perspectives simultaneously.
The workload is spread across 3 distinct art units, showing that the company's semiconductor and optics innovations are being evaluated by several different technical groups. BLOCH, MICHAEL RYAN is the busiest examiner, although they are only handling 1 pending office action. Because there are 4 pending actions and 4 distinct examiners, there is no overlap in the individuals reviewing the cases. This lack of concentration across 3 distinct art units requires the company to manage multiple examiner relationships even for a relatively small number of pending actions.
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 + other | 1 (25%) |
| §103 only | 1 (25%) |
| §112 only | 1 (25%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (25%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BLOCH, MICHAEL RYAN | 1 | 50.0% | +54.6% |
| LAUTURE, JOSEPH J | 1 | 95.0% | +0.9% |
| AYUB, HINA F | 1 | 84.9% | +17.4% |
| NICOLAS, FREDERICK C | 1 | 81.3% | +12.7% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18862397 | OPTOFLUIDIC SENSOR, WATER-CONDUCTING HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCE AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING A CONCENTRATION | AYUB, HINA F | — |
| 18842522 | FLUID ANALYSIS SYSTEM, WATER-CONDUCTING HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCE AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING A CONCENTRATION | NICOLAS, FREDERICK C | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19106554 | BIOIMPEDANCE MEASUREMENT CIRCUIT, METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | BLOCH, MICHAEL RYAN | — |
| 18868133 | ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTER AND CASCADED ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTER | LAUTURE, JOSEPH 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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19106554 | BIOIMPEDANCE MEASUREMENT CIRCUIT, METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | BLOCH, MICHAEL RYAN | — |
| 18862397 | OPTOFLUIDIC SENSOR, WATER-CONDUCTING HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCE AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING A CONCENTRATION | AYUB, HINA F | — |
| 18842522 | FLUID ANALYSIS SYSTEM, WATER-CONDUCTING HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCE AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING A CONCENTRATION | NICOLAS, FREDERICK C | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2845 | 1 |
| 2877 | 1 |
| 3754 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19106554 | BIOIMPEDANCE MEASUREMENT CIRCUIT, METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | BLOCH, MICHAEL RYAN | — | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 25, 2025 |
| 18868133 | ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTER AND CASCADED ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTER | LAUTURE, JOSEPH J | 2845 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 21, 2024 |
| 18862397 | OPTOFLUIDIC SENSOR, WATER-CONDUCTING HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCE AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING A CONCENTRATION | AYUB, HINA F | 2877 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 01, 2024 |
| 18842522 | FLUID ANALYSIS SYSTEM, WATER-CONDUCTING HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCE AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING A CONCENTRATION | NICOLAS, FREDERICK C | 3754 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 29, 2024 |
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