Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
3 pending office actions • 2 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days
E-Vision Smart Optics Inc. has 3 pending office actions in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. These actions involve 3 distinct examiners and are located within 2 distinct art units. YANG, NAN-YING is the busiest examiner for the company, with 1 pending office action. The use of 3 distinct examiners for 3 pending office actions shows that no single examiner is handling multiple matters for the company. The 2 distinct art units indicate some technical overlap among the 3 pending office actions. YANG, NAN-YING is responsible for 1 pending office action, contributing to the total of 3 currently active.
The 2 distinct art units provide the technical context for the 3 pending office actions in the optics sector. With 3 distinct examiners, the company receives feedback from three different perspectives within the patent office. The Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area covers all 3 pending office actions, maintaining a consistent focus on high-tech components. Having 2 distinct art units suggests that the 3 pending office actions are grouped into two specific technical categories. YANG, NAN-YING is one of the 3 distinct examiners currently reviewing the company's applications. The 3 pending office actions represent the current workload for the company's patent prosecution team.
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 (33%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (33%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| YANG, NAN-YING | 1 | 77.9% | +8.6% |
| NGUYEN, DUNG T | 1 | 82.2% | +0.9% |
| LOPEZ, LESLIE ANN | 1 | 65.5% | +34.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18813354 | Electro-Active Sporting Glasses | NGUYEN, DUNG T | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18382543 | Systems, Devices, and/or Methods for Managing Implantable Devices | LOPEZ, LESLIE ANN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2872 | 1 |
| 3774 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18938853 | ELECTRO-ACTIVE LENSES WITH MULTIPLE ELECTRODE LAYERS | YANG, NAN-YING | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 06, 2024 |
| 18813354 | Electro-Active Sporting Glasses | NGUYEN, DUNG T | 2872 | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 23, 2024 |
| 18382543 | Systems, Devices, and/or Methods for Managing Implantable Devices | LOPEZ, LESLIE ANN | 3774 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 23, 2023 |
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