Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
5 pending office actions • 3 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 9 patents granted in the last 365 days
Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche currently manages 4 pending office actions within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. These actions are distributed among 4 distinct examiners, which indicates that each pending matter is receiving an independent evaluation. This one-to-one ratio between actions and examiners suggests a lack of examiner-level concentration, potentially leading to varied prosecution experiences across the portfolio. The workload is concentrated within 2 distinct art units.
MAKIYA, DAVID J is identified as the busiest examiner for this portfolio, currently handling 1 busiest examiner pending action. Because the busiest examiner pending count is only 1, the workload is perfectly balanced among the 4 distinct examiners involved. This distribution across 2 distinct art units in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics sector suggests that practitioners should be prepared for different examiner styles even when dealing with similar technical subject matter. With 4 pending office actions total, the company has multiple opportunities to secure intellectual property rights, though the concentration in 2 distinct art units means that procedural consistency within those specific groups will be important for overall portfolio success.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 |
|---|---|
| §102 only | 1 (20%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (20%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (60%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MAKIYA, DAVID J | 1 | 43.0% | +54.6% |
| ZAKARIA, AKM | 1 | 82.6% | +16.1% |
| ALROBAYE, IDRISS N | 1 | 74.7% | +38.4% |
| SU-TOBON, QIWEN NMN | 1 | 66.7% | +66.7% |
| MIHALIOV, DMITRI | 1 | 73.3% | +34.8% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18350465 | A METHOD FOR GRAPHENE LAYER GROWTH AND SIMULTANEOUS MOLYBDENUM SILICIDE FORMATION ON A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE | MIHALIOV, DMITRI | 20d |
| 18998047 | MEASURING STRUCTURE FOR PET AND SPECT APPLICATIONS | MAKIYA, DAVID J | — |
| 18723664 | Method and Relative System for the Detection of a Viral Agent by Microwave Dielectric Spectroscopy | ZAKARIA, AKM | — |
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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18350465 | A METHOD FOR GRAPHENE LAYER GROWTH AND SIMULTANEOUS MOLYBDENUM SILICIDE FORMATION ON A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE | MIHALIOV, DMITRI | 20d |
| 18998047 | MEASURING STRUCTURE FOR PET AND SPECT APPLICATIONS | MAKIYA, DAVID J | — |
| 18723664 | Method and Relative System for the Detection of a Viral Agent by Microwave Dielectric Spectroscopy | ZAKARIA, AKM | — |
| 18414507 | QUANTUM VARIABLES IMPLEMENTATION | ALROBAYE, IDRISS N | — |
| 18275151 | EPIGENETIC SILENCING FOR TREATMENT OF CANCER | SU-TOBON, QIWEN NMN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2858 | 1 |
| 1636 | 1 |
| 2812 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18998047 | MEASURING STRUCTURE FOR PET AND SPECT APPLICATIONS | MAKIYA, DAVID J | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 23, 2025 |
| 18723664 | Method and Relative System for the Detection of a Viral Agent by Microwave Dielectric Spectroscopy | ZAKARIA, AKM | 2858 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 24, 2024 |
| 18414507 | QUANTUM VARIABLES IMPLEMENTATION | ALROBAYE, IDRISS N | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2024 |
| 18275151 | EPIGENETIC SILENCING FOR TREATMENT OF CANCER | SU-TOBON, QIWEN NMN | 1636 | §102§103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 31, 2023 |
| 18350465 | A METHOD FOR GRAPHENE LAYER GROWTH AND SIMULTANEOUS MOLYBDENUM SILICIDE FORMATION ON A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE | MIHALIOV, DMITRI | 2812 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 20d | Pending | Jul 11, 2023 |
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