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
Durst Group AG manages 1 pending office action in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. This action is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, VALENCIA, ALEJANDRO, within 1 distinct art unit. The focus on a single art unit indicates a specific technological scope for the current pending matter.
VALENCIA, ALEJANDRO is identified as the busiest examiner for the company, managing 1 busiest examiner pending action. Because there is only 1 pending office action in total, this examiner is responsible for the entire active portfolio. Practitioners should note the direct relationship between the company and this specific examiner within the identified technology area.
The presence of 1 pending office action in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics sector suggests a highly targeted prosecution effort. With only 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit involved, the company can focus its resources on this single interaction to advance its patent goals.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| VALENCIA, ALEJANDRO | 1 | 42.7% | +6.0% |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2853 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18844289 | PRINTING SYSTEM WITH A FIRST AND SECOND RECEIVING MEANS | VALENCIA, ALEJANDRO | 2853 | §103 | Final Rejection | 2d overdue | Pending | Sep 05, 2024 |
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