Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 08, 2026

Empower Semiconductor Inc.

2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 9 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

2
Total Pending OAs
1
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Case Difficulty Mix

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.

1
Hard (50%)
0
Medium (0%)
1
Easy (50%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
Double-patenting only1 (50%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (50%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
2
Semiconductors
100% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

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.

20 h
Manual time on pending OAs
4 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
7 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.2 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
FINCH III, FRED E 1 80.3% +17.8%
TRAN, TONY 1 70.7% +33.7%

Quick Wins (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18954325 AUTOMATIC CHARGE BALANCING BETWEEN PHASES USING VOLTAGE CONTROL LOOP IN MULTIPHASE CONVERTER FINCH III, FRED E

Hard Cases (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
17451596 CONFIGURABLE CAPACITOR TRAN, TONY

Interview Candidates (2)

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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18954325 AUTOMATIC CHARGE BALANCING BETWEEN PHASES USING VOLTAGE CONTROL LOOP IN MULTIPHASE CONVERTER FINCH III, FRED E
17451596 CONFIGURABLE CAPACITOR TRAN, TONY

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2838 1
2893 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18954325 AUTOMATIC CHARGE BALANCING BETWEEN PHASES USING VOLTAGE CONTROL LOOP IN MULTIPHASE CONVERTER FINCH III, FRED E 2838 DP Non-Final OA Pending Nov 20, 2024
17451596 CONFIGURABLE CAPACITOR TRAN, TONY 2893 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Oct 20, 2021

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