Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 6 patents granted in the last 365 days
Aputure Imaging Industries Co., Ltd. has 2 pending office actions in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. These actions are split between 2 distinct examiners. The 2 pending office actions are located in 2 distinct art units. The distribution of actions across 2 distinct art units suggests that the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology being patented is diverse enough to fall under different examination groups.
KAKARLA, BHASKAR is the busiest examiner for the company, holding 1 pending office action. This accounts for half of the 2 pending office actions. The other action is handled by the second of the 2 distinct examiners. Practitioners must prepare for 2 separate prosecution tracks, as the 2 distinct examiners will likely have different approaches to the 2 pending office actions.
The one-to-one ratio of actions to examiners and actions to art units indicates a highly diverse prosecution landscape for a portfolio of this size. Each of the 2 pending office actions represents a unique interaction with the patent office. Because the actions are in different art units, they are subject to different group-level policies. This requires navigating different individual perspectives within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technical groups.
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) | 2 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KAKARLA, BHASKAR | 1 | 20.0% | +0.0% |
| GUSHI, ROSS N | 1 | 83.9% | +2.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18949963 | CONTROL METHOD FOR LIGHTING SYSTEM, LIGHTING SYSTEM AND STORAGE MEDIUM | KAKARLA, BHASKAR | — |
| 18525891 | Splicing Piece and Lighting Apparatus | GUSHI, ROSS N | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2877 | 1 |
| 2831 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18949963 | CONTROL METHOD FOR LIGHTING SYSTEM, LIGHTING SYSTEM AND STORAGE MEDIUM | KAKARLA, BHASKAR | 2877 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 15, 2024 |
| 18525891 | Splicing Piece and Lighting Apparatus | GUSHI, ROSS N | 2831 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 01, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialAputure Imaging Industries Co., Ltd. has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Bhaskar Kakarla has the most, with 1 of Aputure Imaging Industries Co., Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.