Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
5 pending office actions • 3 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days
BenQ Materials Corporation manages 6 pending office actions in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. These actions are distributed among 6 distinct examiners and 4 distinct art units. This spread indicates a diverse prosecution landscape where each of the 6 pending office actions is being evaluated by a different examiner. The involvement of 4 distinct art units further suggests that the company's patent applications span several different technical sub-groups within the semiconductors and optics field.
IMANI, ELIZABETH MARY COLE is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, currently handling 1 pending office action. With 6 distinct examiners for 6 pending office actions, the workload is spread, meaning no single examiner has a disproportionate impact on the portfolio's progress. Practitioners should be prepared to navigate the specific preferences of 6 different examiners across 4 distinct art units, which may require a varied set of prosecution tactics than a more concentrated portfolio would demand.
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 (40%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (60%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| IMANI, ELIZABETH MARY COLE | 1 | 33.5% | +25.0% |
| DELCOTTO, GREGORY R | 1 | 54.0% | +75.8% |
| SHAH, SAMIR | 1 | 36.4% | +34.9% |
| ROLDAN RAMOS, CHRISTIAN | 1 | 69.4% | +15.7% |
| WEST, ROBERT GENE | 1 | 74.8% | +24.4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18823641 | WATER-BASED HOT-MELT ADHESIVE AND NONWOVEN COATED WITH THE WATER-BASED HOT-MELT ADHESIVE | IMANI, ELIZABETH MARY COLE | — |
| 18607382 | ANTI-GLARE FILM AND POLARIZER WITH THE SAME | SHAH, SAMIR | — |
| 18476867 | HIGH THERMAL-STABILITY SEPARATOR AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THEREOF | WEST, ROBERT GENE | — |
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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18823641 | WATER-BASED HOT-MELT ADHESIVE AND NONWOVEN COATED WITH THE WATER-BASED HOT-MELT ADHESIVE | IMANI, ELIZABETH MARY COLE | — |
| 18804290 | CONTACT LENS PACKAGING SOLUTION AND CONTACT LENS PRODUCT COMPRISING THE SAME | DELCOTTO, GREGORY R | — |
| 18607382 | ANTI-GLARE FILM AND POLARIZER WITH THE SAME | SHAH, SAMIR | — |
| 18480622 | LOW THERMAL SHRINKAGE SEPARATOR AND A METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THEREOF | ROLDAN RAMOS, CHRISTIAN | — |
| 18476867 | HIGH THERMAL-STABILITY SEPARATOR AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THEREOF | WEST, ROBERT GENE | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2872 | 1 |
| 1723 | 1 |
| 1721 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18823641 | WATER-BASED HOT-MELT ADHESIVE AND NONWOVEN COATED WITH THE WATER-BASED HOT-MELT ADHESIVE | IMANI, ELIZABETH MARY COLE | — | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 03, 2024 |
| 18804290 | CONTACT LENS PACKAGING SOLUTION AND CONTACT LENS PRODUCT COMPRISING THE SAME | DELCOTTO, GREGORY R | — | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 14, 2024 |
| 18607382 | ANTI-GLARE FILM AND POLARIZER WITH THE SAME | SHAH, SAMIR | 2872 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 15, 2024 |
| 18480622 | LOW THERMAL SHRINKAGE SEPARATOR AND A METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THEREOF | ROLDAN RAMOS, CHRISTIAN | 1723 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 04, 2023 |
| 18476867 | HIGH THERMAL-STABILITY SEPARATOR AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THEREOF | WEST, ROBERT GENE | 1721 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 28, 2023 |
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