Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
3 pending office actions • 2 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 15 patents granted in the last 365 days
Artilux Inc. has 3 pending office actions within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. The portfolio is handled by 3 distinct examiners across 2 distinct art units. This suggests that at least some examiners are operating within the same art unit for these specific filings. Such a concentration within 2 art units indicates that the company's current prosecution is focused on a narrow range of technical classifications within the broader semiconductor and optics field.
HA, NATHAN W is the busiest examiner for the company, with 1 pending office action under their review. With 3 distinct examiners for 3 total actions, the workload is evenly distributed across the assigned personnel. This distribution means that the applicant must navigate the individual styles of 3 different examiners. However, the overlap in 2 art units may allow for some consistency in the prior art cited or the general examination approach applied to the 3 pending office 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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 1 (33%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (33%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HA, NATHAN W | 1 | 91.3% | +7.7% |
| BERRY, PAUL ANTHONY | 1 | 90.2% | -1.3% |
| MCCALL SHEPARD, SONYA D | 1 | 92.8% | +3.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18775960 | HIGH-SPEED LIGHT SENSING APPARATUS | HA, NATHAN W | — |
| 18732147 | Optical Sensor Integration | BERRY, PAUL ANTHONY | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18592054 | Optical Sensor Device | MCCALL SHEPARD, SONYA D | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2814 | 1 |
| 2898 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18775960 | HIGH-SPEED LIGHT SENSING APPARATUS | HA, NATHAN W | 2814 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 17, 2024 |
| 18732147 | Optical Sensor Integration | BERRY, PAUL ANTHONY | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 03, 2024 |
| 18592054 | Optical Sensor Device | MCCALL SHEPARD, SONYA D | 2898 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 29, 2024 |
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