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
Conn-Selmer Inc. maintains 1 pending office action within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. This activity level shows a focused engagement with the patent office regarding its current technical filings. The presence of only 1 pending office action suggests a streamlined portfolio with specific immediate objectives in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics sector.
The prosecution of these assets is handled by 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit. The alignment within 1 distinct art unit indicates that the technical subject matter is categorized consistently by the patent office. This concentration allows for a unified legal approach, as the company does not have to manage differing standards across multiple art units.
KIMBERLY R LOCKETT is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, managing 1 busiest examiner pending office action. This examiner is responsible for the total pending workload identified in the data. Because 1 distinct examiner oversees the pending action, the prosecution strategy can be tailored to the specific review style and requirements of this individual to facilitate the progress of the application.
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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LOCKETT, KIMBERLY R | 1 | 82.5% | +11.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18142360 | PISTON FOR WIND INSTRUMENTS | LOCKETT, KIMBERLY R | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18142360 | PISTON FOR WIND INSTRUMENTS | LOCKETT, KIMBERLY R | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2837 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18142360 | PISTON FOR WIND INSTRUMENTS | LOCKETT, KIMBERLY R | 2837 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 02, 2023 |
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