Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Apoha Limited has 2 pending office actions in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. These actions are handled by 2 distinct examiners but are located within 1 distinct art unit. The use of 1 art unit for multiple examiners indicates a specific technical focus for the company's pending applications. This structure allows the company to concentrate its prosecution efforts within a single administrative department, potentially leading to more consistent results across its 2 pending matters.
MOHAMED DOUMBIA is the busiest examiner with 1 pending office action. Given that there are 2 pending actions and 2 distinct examiners, each examiner is responsible for 1 pending office action. This distribution requires the company to manage 2 separate examiner relationships within the same 1 art unit. Practitioners should monitor how these 2 distinct examiners interpret the technical requirements of the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics area, as their individual decisions will impact the entirety of the company's current pending portfolio. The focus on 1 art unit suggests that the company's innovation is highly specialized within this technology sector, requiring precise navigation of a single departmental standard.
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 |
|---|---|
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DOUMBIA, MOHAMED | 1 | 72.9% | +29.6% |
| FRITCHMAN, JOSEPH C | 1 | 76.0% | +30.7% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18994754 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING SURFACE WAVE DATA IN LIQUIDS | DOUMBIA, MOHAMED | — |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18994754 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING SURFACE WAVE DATA IN LIQUIDS | DOUMBIA, MOHAMED | — |
| 18609312 | SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE WITH LIPID INTERFACE | FRITCHMAN, JOSEPH C | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2877 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18994754 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING SURFACE WAVE DATA IN LIQUIDS | DOUMBIA, MOHAMED | 2877 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 15, 2025 |
| 18609312 | SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE WITH LIPID INTERFACE | FRITCHMAN, JOSEPH C | — | §103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 19, 2024 |
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