Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Communications • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
9 pending office actions • 5 art units • 8 examiners • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 14 patents granted in the last 365 days
Cognex Corporation has 9 pending office actions in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. These 9 actions are distributed across 5 distinct art units and 8 distinct examiners. Charles S Chang is the busiest examiner, managing 2 pending office actions. The 2 pending actions with the busiest examiner are a portion of the 9 pending office actions. The 8 distinct examiners indicate that almost every matter is handled by a different individual. This requires a strategy that accounts for 8 different examiner styles. The 5 distinct art units reflect a variety of technical focuses within the sector.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 | 4 (44%) |
| §102 only | 2 (22%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (11%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (22%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHANG, CHARLES S | 2 | 78.3% | +17.7% |
| WU, MING HAN | 1 | 76.8% | +23.6% |
| GARCES-RIVERA, ANGEL L | 1 | 81.6% | +10.5% |
| MILLER, RONDE LEE | 1 | 73.7% | +22.1% |
| VAZ, JANICE EZVI | 1 | 77.0% | +18.5% |
| HANCE, ROBERT J | 1 | 66.5% | +21.5% |
| HUANG, WEN | 1 | 81.8% | +23.2% |
| YANG, JIANXUN | 1 | 74.1% | +19.3% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19028780 | Systems and Methods for Stitching Sequential Images of an Object | GARCES-RIVERA, ANGEL L | — |
| 18417651 | Lens Assembly and Thermal Correction for Machine Vision System | HUANG, WEN | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18791159 | OPTICAL SYSTEMS WITH ADAPTABLE VIEWING ANGLE CONTROL | CHANG, CHARLES S | 29d |
| 18864217 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FIELD CALIBRATION OF A VISION SYSTEM | VAZ, JANICE EZVI | — |
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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17850802 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ASSIGNING A SYMBOL TO AN OBJECT | YANG, JIANXUN | 8d overdue |
| 18791159 | OPTICAL SYSTEMS WITH ADAPTABLE VIEWING ANGLE CONTROL | CHANG, CHARLES S | 29d |
| 18424316 | OPTICAL SYSTEMS WITH IMPROVED ADAPTABLE VIEWING ANGLE CONTROL | CHANG, CHARLES S | 29d |
| 19032355 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EXTRACTING AND MEASURING SHAPES OF OBJECTS HAVING CURVED SURFACES WITH A VISION SYSTEM | WU, MING HAN | — |
| 19028780 | Systems and Methods for Stitching Sequential Images of an Object | GARCES-RIVERA, ANGEL L | — |
| 18864223 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMIC TESTING OF A MACHINE VISION SYSTEM | MILLER, RONDE LEE | — |
| 18864217 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FIELD CALIBRATION OF A VISION SYSTEM | VAZ, JANICE EZVI | — |
| 18891849 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) INSPECTION | HANCE, ROBERT J | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2871 | 2 |
| 2637 | 1 |
| 3992 | 1 |
| 2872 | 1 |
| 2662 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19032355 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EXTRACTING AND MEASURING SHAPES OF OBJECTS HAVING CURVED SURFACES WITH A VISION SYSTEM | WU, MING HAN | — | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 20, 2025 |
| 19028780 | Systems and Methods for Stitching Sequential Images of an Object | GARCES-RIVERA, ANGEL L | 2637 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 18864223 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMIC TESTING OF A MACHINE VISION SYSTEM | MILLER, RONDE LEE | — | §102Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 08, 2024 |
| 18864217 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FIELD CALIBRATION OF A VISION SYSTEM | VAZ, JANICE EZVI | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 08, 2024 |
| 18891849 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) INSPECTION | HANCE, ROBERT J | 3992 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 20, 2024 |
| 18791159 | OPTICAL SYSTEMS WITH ADAPTABLE VIEWING ANGLE CONTROL | CHANG, CHARLES S | 2871 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 29d | Pending | Jul 31, 2024 |
| 18424316 | OPTICAL SYSTEMS WITH IMPROVED ADAPTABLE VIEWING ANGLE CONTROL | CHANG, CHARLES S | 2871 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 29d | Pending | Jan 26, 2024 |
| 18417651 | Lens Assembly and Thermal Correction for Machine Vision System | HUANG, WEN | 2872 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 19, 2024 |
| 17850802 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ASSIGNING A SYMBOL TO AN OBJECT | YANG, JIANXUN | 2662 | §103 | Final Rejection | 8d overdue | Pending | Jun 27, 2022 |
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