Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days
Dana Motion Systems Italia S R L is currently prosecuting a patent portfolio in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. The portfolio contains 2 pending office actions, which are distributed among 2 distinct examiners. This indicates that each pending application is being reviewed by a different individual, providing a variety of examiner perspectives within the portfolio. This distribution can be beneficial as it prevents the entire portfolio's progress from being dependent on the decisions of a single person.
Despite the presence of multiple examiners, the prosecution is centralized within 1 distinct art unit. The busiest examiner is LAZO, THOMAS E, who is responsible for 1 pending office action. This means that while the technical focus remains within a single art unit, the workload is split between the examiners. Practitioners should note that the company's filings in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area are currently facing a diversified review process across multiple examiners. This allows for a comparison of examiner behaviors within the same technical group, which can inform future prosecution tactics for the company.
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 |
|---|---|
| §112 only | 1 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAZO, THOMAS E | 1 | 86.8% | +8.9% |
| MONSUR, NASIMA | 1 | 78.5% | +26.7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18662348 | SYSTEMS FOR A BRAKE SYSTEM | LAZO, THOMAS E | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18652034 | WIRE BASED POSITION SENSOR | MONSUR, NASIMA | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2858 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18662348 | SYSTEMS FOR A BRAKE SYSTEM | LAZO, THOMAS E | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 13, 2024 |
| 18652034 | WIRE BASED POSITION SENSOR | MONSUR, NASIMA | 2858 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 01, 2024 |
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