Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Berkem Developpement is currently navigating 1 pending office action within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. The prosecution of this portfolio is highly concentrated, involving only 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit. This indicates a singular focus for the company's current intellectual property development. The lack of multiple pending actions suggests a streamlined or very early-stage prosecution phase.
The busiest examiner for this company is MANUEL A RIVERA VARGAS, who is responsible for 1 busiest examiner pending office action. Since the total number of pending office actions is 1, this examiner manages the company's entire active docket. The prosecution path for Berkem Developpement is currently defined by the interactions with this specific individual. Any progress in the portfolio is contingent upon the decisions made by this examiner.
The use of 1 distinct art unit suggests that the pending technology falls within a specific niche of the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics field. Because there is only 1 distinct examiner, the company does not currently face varied examination styles across its portfolio. Success in the current cycle depends on addressing the 1 pending office action under the supervision of MANUEL A RIVERA VARGAS. Practitioners must be prepared to address the specific technical concerns of the art unit to move the application forward.
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 |
|---|---|
| §112 only | 1 (100%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| RIVERA VARGAS, MANUEL A | 1 | 81.1% | +11.9% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18485525 | INSECT PEST DETECTION SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED METHOD | RIVERA VARGAS, MANUEL A | — |
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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18485525 | INSECT PEST DETECTION SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED METHOD | RIVERA VARGAS, MANUEL A | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2857 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18485525 | INSECT PEST DETECTION SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED METHOD | RIVERA VARGAS, MANUEL A | 2857 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 12, 2023 |
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