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 • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
At&S (Chongqing) Company Limited has 2 pending office actions in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. These actions are being reviewed by 2 distinct examiners. Despite the involvement of multiple examiners, all 2 pending office actions are contained within 1 distinct art unit, providing a point of administrative consistency for the portfolio. This concentration in 1 distinct art unit suggests the pending actions are closely related in technical subject matter.
The busiest examiner is POLLEY, CHRISTOPHER M, who is responsible for 1 pending office action. This represents 1 of the current pending workload. Because the 2 pending office actions are split between 2 distinct examiners within the same art unit, the company may encounter different individual styles while dealing with a single set of art unit policies. This allows for some synergy in understanding the art unit's general approach to the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics field.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| POLLEY, CHRISTOPHER M | 1 | 72.9% | +26.4% |
| WINTERS, SEAN AYERS | 1 | 88.2% | +19.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17656373 | Method of Manufacturing Component Carriers With Removable Plate in Core | WINTERS, SEAN AYERS | 26d |
| 18932966 | Solder Mask Arrangement for a Component Carrier | POLLEY, CHRISTOPHER M | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17656373 | Method of Manufacturing Component Carriers With Removable Plate in Core | WINTERS, SEAN AYERS | 26d |
| 18932966 | Solder Mask Arrangement for a Component Carrier | POLLEY, CHRISTOPHER M | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2892 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18932966 | Solder Mask Arrangement for a Component Carrier | POLLEY, CHRISTOPHER M | — | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 31, 2024 |
| 17656373 | Method of Manufacturing Component Carriers With Removable Plate in Core | WINTERS, SEAN AYERS | 2892 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 26d | Pending | Mar 24, 2022 |
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