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
Augury Systems Ltd. is currently managing 2 pending office actions in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. These 2 pending office actions are assigned to 2 distinct examiners, meaning that each pending matter is being reviewed by a different individual. The prosecution involves 1 distinct art unit, which indicates a highly focused technical scope for the company's semiconductor and optical innovations. LEE, BYUNG RO is the busiest examiner for the company, overseeing 1 pending action. This distribution reflects a prosecution strategy that is concentrated within a single specialized group at the USPTO.
For a patent practitioner, the presence of 2 pending office actions across 1 distinct art unit requires a strategy tailored to the specific standards of that group. With 2 distinct examiners involved, the company faces some variability in examiner behavior, even within the same art unit. LEE, BYUNG RO, as the busiest examiner with 1 pending action, handles 1 of the 2 pending office actions. This focused prosecution landscape ensures that the company's patent prospects are not entirely dependent on the decisions of a single individual, despite the concentration in 1 distinct art unit. The fact that 2 distinct examiners are handling 2 pending office actions suggests a decentralized approach at the examiner level within a single technical niche.
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 (50%) |
| Double-patenting only | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LEE, BYUNG RO | 1 | 75.8% | +14.5% |
| LAU, TUNG S | 1 | 83.0% | +14.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18715190 | CONDITION MONITORING OF ELECTRICAL DEVICES | LAU, TUNG S | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19407556 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING OF MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL MACHINES | LEE, BYUNG RO | — |
| 18715190 | CONDITION MONITORING OF ELECTRICAL DEVICES | LAU, TUNG S | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2858 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19407556 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING OF MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL MACHINES | LEE, BYUNG RO | 2858 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 03, 2025 |
| 18715190 | CONDITION MONITORING OF ELECTRICAL DEVICES | LAU, TUNG S | — | §101§102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 31, 2024 |
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