Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
3 pending office actions • 2 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
Drs Network & Imaging Systems LLC currently has 3 pending office actions in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. These actions are distributed among 3 distinct examiners, including MUSE, ISMAIL A, who is responsible for 1 pending office action. The portfolio is spread across 2 distinct art units.
The involvement of 3 distinct examiners for the pending office actions indicates a decentralized prosecution process. Each pending matter is being reviewed by a different individual, requiring the applicant to manage separate examiner relationships. This distribution can lead to varied feedback and requires a flexible prosecution strategy to address the different styles of the examiners.
Furthermore, the presence of 2 distinct art units suggests that the company's technology is being examined across different specialized divisions of the USPTO. While MUSE, ISMAIL A is the busiest examiner with 1 pending office action, the workload is distributed among the examiners. Practitioners must navigate the procedural nuances of the art units while managing the pending office actions.
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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MUSE, ISMAIL A | 1 | 86.9% | +7.9% |
| GBLENDE, JEFFREY A | 1 | 85.7% | +8.7% |
| GREWAL, HEIM KIRIN | 1 | 90.2% | +2.4% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18802277 | HIGH-DENSITY CAPACITOR FOR FOCAL PLANE ARRAYS | MUSE, ISMAIL A | — |
| 18530100 | ENHANCED AREA GETTER ARCHITECTURE FOR WAFER-LEVEL VACUUM PACKAGED UNCOOLED FOCAL PLANE ARRAY | GREWAL, HEIM KIRIN | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18738933 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MODULATION INDEX CONTROL OF A DC-TO-AC INVERTER | GBLENDE, JEFFREY A | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2838 | 1 |
| 2812 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18802277 | HIGH-DENSITY CAPACITOR FOR FOCAL PLANE ARRAYS | MUSE, ISMAIL A | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 13, 2024 |
| 18738933 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MODULATION INDEX CONTROL OF A DC-TO-AC INVERTER | GBLENDE, JEFFREY A | 2838 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 10, 2024 |
| 18530100 | ENHANCED AREA GETTER ARCHITECTURE FOR WAFER-LEVEL VACUUM PACKAGED UNCOOLED FOCAL PLANE ARRAY | GREWAL, HEIM KIRIN | 2812 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 05, 2023 |
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