Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
3 pending office actions • 2 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Digi International Inc. currently has 3 pending office actions within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. These actions are assigned to 3 distinct examiners, which means that every active matter in the portfolio is being reviewed by a different individual. This one-to-one ratio between actions and examiners requires a unique approach for each pending application.
The 3 pending office actions are spread across 2 distinct art units, indicating some technical overlap within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics field. CLARE, MARK C is the busiest examiner, managing 1 busiest examiner pending action. Since there are 3 distinct examiners in total, each handling one of the 3 pending office actions, the company's success is distributed across multiple personnel and 2 different art units, rather than being concentrated under a single official.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 2 (67%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (33%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLARE, MARK C | 1 | 14.2% | +19.9% |
| BRYANT, CHRISTIAN THOMAS | 1 | 80.6% | +23.5% |
| HAGOS, EYOB | 1 | 66.3% | +43.1% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18331884 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CAPTURE AND LOGGING OF FOOD SAFETY DATA | BRYANT, CHRISTIAN THOMAS | 91d overdue |
| 19011221 | TECHNIQUES FOR AN INTELLIGENT MONITORING DEVICE | CLARE, MARK C | — |
| 18178916 | WIRELESS NETWORK OF ENVIRONMENTAL SENSOR UNITS | HAGOS, EYOB | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18331884 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CAPTURE AND LOGGING OF FOOD SAFETY DATA | BRYANT, CHRISTIAN THOMAS | 91d overdue |
| 19011221 | TECHNIQUES FOR AN INTELLIGENT MONITORING DEVICE | CLARE, MARK C | — |
| 18178916 | WIRELESS NETWORK OF ENVIRONMENTAL SENSOR UNITS | HAGOS, EYOB | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2857 | 2 |
| 3628 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19011221 | TECHNIQUES FOR AN INTELLIGENT MONITORING DEVICE | CLARE, MARK C | 3628 | §101§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 06, 2025 |
| 18331884 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CAPTURE AND LOGGING OF FOOD SAFETY DATA | BRYANT, CHRISTIAN THOMAS | 2857 | §101DP | Final Rejection | 91d overdue | Pending | Jun 08, 2023 |
| 18178916 | WIRELESS NETWORK OF ENVIRONMENTAL SENSOR UNITS | HAGOS, EYOB | 2857 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 06, 2023 |
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