Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 15 patents granted in the last 365 days
Cgg Services SAS currently has 2 pending office actions in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. These actions are distributed among 2 distinct examiners, which allows for multiple perspectives on the company's current patent applications. Engaging with different examiners can provide the company with a broader understanding of how its semiconductor technology is perceived by the office.
The portfolio's active prosecution is centralized within 1 distinct art unit. This indicates that while different examiners are involved, the technical review remains within 1 administrative division of the patent office. This centralization can be beneficial for maintaining a uniform approach to technical definitions and prior art across different applications.
FERRELL, CARTER W is the busiest examiner for the company, managing 1 busiest examiner pending action. With a total of 2 pending office actions and 2 distinct examiners, the current workload is split across the assigned examiners. This distribution prevents any single examiner from having a dominant influence over the company's pending semiconductor portfolio.
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 + other | 1 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FERRELL, CARTER W | 1 | 62.3% | +45.8% |
| NGO, STEVEN | 1 | 69.3% | +28.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18630066 | JOINT PRECONDITIONING FOR TIME-LAPSE FULL WAVEFORM INVERSION METHOD AND SYSTEM | FERRELL, CARTER W | — |
| 18540434 | APPARATUS FOR FLUID IMMERSION COOLING | NGO, STEVEN | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18630066 | JOINT PRECONDITIONING FOR TIME-LAPSE FULL WAVEFORM INVERSION METHOD AND SYSTEM | FERRELL, CARTER W | — |
| 18540434 | APPARATUS FOR FLUID IMMERSION COOLING | NGO, STEVEN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2835 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18630066 | JOINT PRECONDITIONING FOR TIME-LAPSE FULL WAVEFORM INVERSION METHOD AND SYSTEM | FERRELL, CARTER W | — | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 09, 2024 |
| 18540434 | APPARATUS FOR FLUID IMMERSION COOLING | NGO, STEVEN | 2835 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 14, 2023 |
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