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 • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
Engineered Products Of Ohio LLC has 1 pending office action in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. This matter is processed through 1 distinct art unit, indicating a specific technical classification for the company's filing. The prosecution involves 1 distinct examiner, creating a focused interaction. The busiest examiner is TARDIF, DAVID P, who is responsible for 1 pending office action. This figure matches the total number of pending actions for the company.
Having 1 pending action in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics field allows for a dedicated prosecution effort. The alignment of 1 pending action with 1 examiner and 1 art unit suggests a highly streamlined path for this specific application. This concentrated activity allows the company to focus its resources on a single technical review at the patent office. Because the entire pending portfolio consists of 1 action, the company can dedicate its full attention to the specific requirements of this individual case. The presence of 1 art unit for 1 action indicates that the company's work is focused on a specific technical category within the broader field.
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 |
|---|---|
| §102 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| TARDIF, DAVID P | 1 | 72.0% | +10.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19086570 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRACKING PALLETS | TARDIF, DAVID P | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2876 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19086570 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRACKING PALLETS | TARDIF, DAVID P | 2876 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 21, 2025 |
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