Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
4 pending office actions • 2 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Autobio Labtec Instruments Co. Ltd. has 4 pending office actions within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. These actions are being handled by 4 distinct examiners, but they are concentrated within only 2 distinct art units. This concentration suggests that while the examiners vary, the technical subject matter of the 4 pending office actions is closely related. The focus on 2 distinct art units allows for a more consistent application of technical standards across the portfolio. These 4 pending office actions represent the company's current prosecution activity.
DELEON, DARIO ANTONIO is the busiest examiner for the company, currently managing 1 pending office action. With 4 distinct examiners each handling a portion of the 4 pending office actions, the company faces a variety of individual examiner preferences. However, the limitation to 2 distinct art units may provide some predictability in the examination process. Practitioners should focus on the specific requirements of the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics area while managing the individual feedback from the 4 distinct examiners. The 2 distinct art units involved will likely share similar examination protocols.
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 |
|---|---|
| §102 only | 1 (25%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (75%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DELEON, DARIO ANTONIO | 1 | 65.0% | +31.5% |
| WALSH, RYAN D | 1 | 86.9% | +5.6% |
| NGUYEN, KIET TUAN | 1 | 88.9% | +0.0% |
| THOMPSON, CURTIS A | 1 | 60.8% | +52.7% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18725130 | CONVEYING TRACK | WALSH, RYAN D | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18038230 | AUTOMATIC LOADING SYSTEM FOR EXTRACTION STRIP | THOMPSON, CURTIS A | 31d overdue |
| 18845900 | SAMPLE REFRIGERATION STORAGE DEVICE AND SAMPLE FLOW-LINE ANALYSIS SYSTEM | DELEON, DARIO ANTONIO | — |
| 18552695 | ION SCREENING METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MASS SPECTROMETER, HIGH-VOLTAGE PULSE CIRCUIT, AND SELECTION CIRCUIT | NGUYEN, KIET TUAN | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18038230 | AUTOMATIC LOADING SYSTEM FOR EXTRACTION STRIP | THOMPSON, CURTIS A | 31d overdue |
| 18845900 | SAMPLE REFRIGERATION STORAGE DEVICE AND SAMPLE FLOW-LINE ANALYSIS SYSTEM | DELEON, DARIO ANTONIO | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2881 | 1 |
| 1798 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18845900 | SAMPLE REFRIGERATION STORAGE DEVICE AND SAMPLE FLOW-LINE ANALYSIS SYSTEM | DELEON, DARIO ANTONIO | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 11, 2024 |
| 18725130 | CONVEYING TRACK | WALSH, RYAN D | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 28, 2024 |
| 18552695 | ION SCREENING METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MASS SPECTROMETER, HIGH-VOLTAGE PULSE CIRCUIT, AND SELECTION CIRCUIT | NGUYEN, KIET TUAN | 2881 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 27, 2023 |
| 18038230 | AUTOMATIC LOADING SYSTEM FOR EXTRACTION STRIP | THOMPSON, CURTIS A | 1798 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 31d overdue | Pending | May 23, 2023 |
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