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 • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Curvebeam LLC has 1 pending office action within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. This workload is managed by 1 distinct examiner, which shows a concentrated prosecution effort for the company's current applications. The involvement of 1 distinct art unit further indicates that the company's legal challenges are focused within a specific technical division of the patent office.
The busiest examiner for the portfolio is SONG, HOON K, who handles 1 busiest examiner pending office action. Since there is only 1 pending office action in total, this individual is responsible for the entire active workload. This concentration means the company's immediate success in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics sector depends on the outcome of this 1 pending office action. With 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit, the prosecution environment is highly focused, requiring a precise strategy to address the 1 busiest examiner pending office action.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SONG, HOON K | 1 | 86.3% | +8.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18903063 | COOLED ROTATING ANODE X-RAY SOURCE | SONG, HOON K | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2884 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18903063 | COOLED ROTATING ANODE X-RAY SOURCE | SONG, HOON K | 2884 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 01, 2024 |
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