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 • 7 patents granted in the last 365 days
Autosystems currently manages 3 pending office actions in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. These actions are distributed among 3 distinct examiners across 2 distinct art units. KRYUKOVA, ERIN is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, with 1 pending office action.
The presence of 3 distinct examiners for 3 pending office actions indicates that each matter is being reviewed by a different person. The involvement of 2 distinct art units suggests the portfolio touches on different specialized sub-fields within the broader semiconductor category. Practitioners must navigate multiple examiner preferences despite the small docket size.
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 | 2 (67%) |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KRYUKOVA, ERIN | 1 | 64.3% | +29.0% |
| DUNAY, CHRISTOPHER E | 1 | 76.4% | +14.0% |
| ZHU, SHENG-BAI | 1 | 62.3% | +6.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19416570 | VEHICLE HEADLIGHT | KRYUKOVA, ERIN | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19416570 | VEHICLE HEADLIGHT | KRYUKOVA, ERIN | — |
| 19074939 | VEHICLE HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLY WITH MULTI-ASPECT RATIO SOURCE PROJECTOR | DUNAY, CHRISTOPHER E | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2875 | 2 |
| 2897 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19416570 | VEHICLE HEADLIGHT | KRYUKOVA, ERIN | 2875 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 11, 2025 |
| 19074939 | VEHICLE HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLY WITH MULTI-ASPECT RATIO SOURCE PROJECTOR | DUNAY, CHRISTOPHER E | 2875 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 10, 2025 |
| 17891493 | WAVELENGTH CONVERSION OPTICS FOR CONTROLLED LIGHT DISTRIBUTION | ZHU, SHENG-BAI | 2897 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 19, 2022 |
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