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 • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days
Cista System Corp. currently manages 1 pending office action in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. The portfolio's prosecution is concentrated within 1 distinct art unit, which suggests a focused approach to its technical filings. This structure limits the variety of procedural standards the company must meet, as all work is being funneled through a single administrative channel. Such a narrow focus can be advantageous for maintaining consistency in claim construction and technical disclosures across the portfolio.
The busiest examiner for the portfolio is LOHAKARE, PRATIKSHA JAYANT, who is handling 1 pending office action. Since there is only 1 distinct examiner involved, the prosecution results are currently tied to a person's review. This allows for a very targeted strategy focused on the specific tendencies of this examiner. Understanding the examiner's history within the semiconductor field will be crucial for the applicant, as this individual holds total influence over the portfolio's current pending status and future allowance potential. The lack of examiner diversity necessitates a highly tailored response to any office actions.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LOHAKARE, PRATIKSHA JAYANT | 1 | 82.3% | +15.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17897975 | CENTRALLY SYMMETRIC VERTICAL TRANSFER GATE | LOHAKARE, PRATIKSHA JAYANT | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17897975 | CENTRALLY SYMMETRIC VERTICAL TRANSFER GATE | LOHAKARE, PRATIKSHA JAYANT | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2818 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17897975 | CENTRALLY SYMMETRIC VERTICAL TRANSFER GATE | LOHAKARE, PRATIKSHA JAYANT | 2818 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 29, 2022 |
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