Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
3 pending office actions • 1 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days
Bradford White Corporation currently has 3 pending office actions in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. These actions are assigned to a matching number of distinct examiners, meaning each pending matter is handled by a different individual. Despite the multiple examiners, all prosecution activity is concentrated within 1 distinct art unit, indicating a specific technical focus for these applications.
HA, NGUYEN Q is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, with 1 pending office action currently under review. Since there are 3 distinct examiners for the matters, the workload is evenly distributed. The fact that all matters are situated in 1 distinct art unit suggests that the company is interacting with a single specialized department at the patent office, even though multiple examiners are involved.
Practitioners should note that while the matters are spread across multiple examiners, the shared art unit may lead to consistent examination themes. The presence of 3 distinct examiners provides some insulation against the specific tendencies of any one individual. This portfolio's 3 pending office actions represent the entirety of its current active prosecution in this technology area.
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 only | 1 (33%) |
| §103 only | 1 (33%) |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HA, NGUYEN Q | 1 | 80.4% | +4.1% |
| BRAWNER, CHARLES RILEY | 1 | 75.9% | +11.2% |
| ANDERSON II, STEVEN S | 1 | 66.0% | +35.4% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18887300 | Scale Alarm System and Method | HA, NGUYEN Q | — |
| 18659698 | SECURING BRACKET FOR MAINTAINING A POSITION OF FLEXIBLE CONDUIT WITHIN A WATER HEATING APPLIANCE | BRAWNER, CHARLES RILEY | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18659698 | SECURING BRACKET FOR MAINTAINING A POSITION OF FLEXIBLE CONDUIT WITHIN A WATER HEATING APPLIANCE | BRAWNER, CHARLES RILEY | — |
| 18659685 | OUTER ENCLOSURE FOR A WATER HEATING APPLIANCE HAVING SEPARABLE JUNCTION BOX FOR MAINTENANCE ACCESS | ANDERSON II, STEVEN S | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2853 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18887300 | Scale Alarm System and Method | HA, NGUYEN Q | 2853 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 17, 2024 |
| 18659698 | SECURING BRACKET FOR MAINTAINING A POSITION OF FLEXIBLE CONDUIT WITHIN A WATER HEATING APPLIANCE | BRAWNER, CHARLES RILEY | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 09, 2024 |
| 18659685 | OUTER ENCLOSURE FOR A WATER HEATING APPLIANCE HAVING SEPARABLE JUNCTION BOX FOR MAINTENANCE ACCESS | ANDERSON II, STEVEN S | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 09, 2024 |
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