Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
4 pending office actions • 2 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days
Auckland UniServices Limited is currently managing 4 pending office actions in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. These actions are distributed across 4 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units. This indicates that the company's current patent applications are being reviewed by four different individuals, even though they are concentrated within two specific technical groups at the patent office.
KUO, JONATHAN T serves as the busiest examiner for the portfolio, currently overseeing 1 pending office action. Given that there are 4 pending office actions and 4 distinct examiners, each examiner is responsible for exactly 1 case. This lack of examiner concentration suggests that the company's current prosecution efforts are spread evenly across the 4 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units involved.
For practitioners, the involvement of 2 distinct art units for the 4 pending office actions may allow for some technical synergy in the prosecution strategy. However, the fact that 4 distinct examiners are reviewing the cases means that each application will be subject to individual interpretation. Careful coordination is required to ensure that the 1 pending office action handled by KUO, JONATHAN T remains consistent with the rest of the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics portfolio.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 1 (25%) |
| §103 only | 1 (25%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KUO, JONATHAN T | 1 | 72.3% | +28.3% |
| KATAKAM, SUDHAKAR | 1 | 74.7% | +23.3% |
| BEHM, HARRY RAYMOND | 1 | 79.6% | +7.4% |
| TOWNSLEY, SARA ELIZABETH | 1 | 25.5% | +49.1% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18261794 | DUTY CYCLE CONTROL IN POLYPHASE WIRELESS POWER TRANSFER SYSTEMS | BEHM, HARRY RAYMOND | 71d overdue |
| 18246100 | NOVEL AMINOPYRIDINES AND THEIR USE IN TREATING CANCER | TOWNSLEY, SARA ELIZABETH | 1d overdue |
| 18860357 | HEART TISSUE IDENTIFICATION IN THE CONTEXT OF ATRIAL FIBRILLATION | KUO, JONATHAN T | — |
| 18682626 | LIPIDATED POLYMYXIN ANALOGUES | KATAKAM, SUDHAKAR | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18246100 | NOVEL AMINOPYRIDINES AND THEIR USE IN TREATING CANCER | TOWNSLEY, SARA ELIZABETH | 1d overdue |
| 18860357 | HEART TISSUE IDENTIFICATION IN THE CONTEXT OF ATRIAL FIBRILLATION | KUO, JONATHAN T | — |
| 18682626 | LIPIDATED POLYMYXIN ANALOGUES | KATAKAM, SUDHAKAR | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2838 | 1 |
| 1629 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18860357 | HEART TISSUE IDENTIFICATION IN THE CONTEXT OF ATRIAL FIBRILLATION | KUO, JONATHAN T | — | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 25, 2024 |
| 18682626 | LIPIDATED POLYMYXIN ANALOGUES | KATAKAM, SUDHAKAR | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 09, 2024 |
| 18261794 | DUTY CYCLE CONTROL IN POLYPHASE WIRELESS POWER TRANSFER SYSTEMS | BEHM, HARRY RAYMOND | 2838 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 71d overdue | Pending | Jul 17, 2023 |
| 18246100 | NOVEL AMINOPYRIDINES AND THEIR USE IN TREATING CANCER | TOWNSLEY, SARA ELIZABETH | 1629 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 1d overdue | Pending | Mar 21, 2023 |
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