Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
6 pending office actions • 4 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 7 patents granted in the last 365 days
Danfoss Silicon Power GmbH is currently managing 5 pending office actions within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. These cases are spread across 3 distinct art units, which indicates a range of technical subject matter within the portfolio. The prosecution involves 5 distinct examiners, meaning that each pending action is being reviewed by a different person. This lack of examiner overlap suggests that the company must adapt its strategy to various sets of examiner preferences and backgrounds.
CHRISTOPHER P MCANDREW is identified as the busiest examiner for the company, currently handling 1 pending office action. This 1 pending office action indicates that the workload is evenly distributed, as no single examiner is managing a large cluster of cases. The 3 distinct art units involved suggest that the company's technology spans several specialized niches within the broader semiconductor field. With 5 pending office actions in progress, the company's success depends on navigating the specific requirements of multiple art units and examiners simultaneously. Practitioners should note that the various examiners will likely result in a variety of prosecution timelines.
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 | 3 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCANDREW, CHRISTOPHER P | 1 | 85.9% | +13.9% |
| YECHURI, SITARAMARAO S | 1 | 85.6% | -8.4% |
| CHOWDHARY, NIMARTA KAUR | 1 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| SRINIVASAN, SESHA SAIRAMAN | 1 | 67.3% | +27.4% |
| DINH, TUAN T | 1 | 78.8% | +22.1% |
| STEVENSON, ANDRE C | 1 | 89.5% | +7.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17781407 | POWER MODULE | STEVENSON, ANDRE C | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18654313 | POWER MODULE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A POWER MODULE | MCANDREW, CHRISTOPHER P | — |
| 18625482 | SEMICONDUCTOR POWER MODULE | YECHURI, SITARAMARAO S | — |
| 18577508 | LEADFRAME | CHOWDHARY, NIMARTA KAUR | — |
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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18654313 | POWER MODULE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A POWER MODULE | MCANDREW, CHRISTOPHER P | — |
| 18555751 | POWER MODULE WITH IMPROVED ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS | SRINIVASAN, SESHA SAIRAMAN | — |
| 17785091 | POWER MODULE WITH IMPROVED ELECTRICAL AND THERMAL CHARACTERISTICS | DINH, TUAN T | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2898 | 1 |
| 2812 | 1 |
| 2848 | 1 |
| 2899 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18654313 | POWER MODULE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A POWER MODULE | MCANDREW, CHRISTOPHER P | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 03, 2024 |
| 18625482 | SEMICONDUCTOR POWER MODULE | YECHURI, SITARAMARAO S | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 03, 2024 |
| 18577508 | LEADFRAME | CHOWDHARY, NIMARTA KAUR | 2898 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 08, 2024 |
| 18555751 | POWER MODULE WITH IMPROVED ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS | SRINIVASAN, SESHA SAIRAMAN | 2812 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 17, 2023 |
| 17785091 | POWER MODULE WITH IMPROVED ELECTRICAL AND THERMAL CHARACTERISTICS | DINH, TUAN T | 2848 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 14, 2022 |
| 17781407 | POWER MODULE | STEVENSON, ANDRE C | 2899 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 01, 2022 |
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