Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
15 pending office actions • 7 art units • 15 examiners • 0 of 15 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 11 patents granted in the last 365 days
Enphase Energy Inc. maintains 13 pending office actions within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. These actions are distributed across 13 distinct examiners, meaning every pending matter is currently being reviewed by a different individual. This high level of examiner diversity suggests that the company's prosecution experience is broad and not dependent on the tendencies of any single examiner. Such a spread requires a strategy that can handle many different sets of examiner-specific data points.
The portfolio spans 6 distinct art units, indicating that the company's semiconductor and optics innovations are categorized into several different technical specialties. CRUM, GAGE STEPHEN is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, though this examiner is responsible for only 1 pending office action. With many pending actions and various distinct examiners, the prosecution strategy requires managing unique relationships within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics sector. This distribution across 6 distinct art units suggests that the company's intellectual property covers a wide range of technical applications, necessitating a multifaceted approach to patent office interactions.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 2 (13%) |
| §103 only | 5 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 8 (53%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CRUM, GAGE STEPHEN | 1 | 56.9% | +30.1% |
| CAIN, ZACHARY ANDREW | 1 | 75.0% | +50.0% |
| SMITH, COURTNEY L | 1 | 85.5% | +12.0% |
| COMAS TORRES, YAHVEH | 1 | 87.5% | -6.9% |
| VAN OUDENAREN, MATTHEW W | 1 | 77.6% | +11.8% |
| GEISS, BRIAN BUTLER | 1 | 69.6% | +26.3% |
| ZEMUI, NATHANAEL T | 1 | 56.0% | +24.1% |
| LE, THIEN MINH | 1 | 88.2% | +8.1% |
| SUN, XIUQIN | 1 | 72.5% | +4.2% |
| BICKIYA, AIMAN AMIR | 1 | 42.9% | +53.5% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18748651 | SWITCHING METHODS AND APPARATUS CONFIGURED FOR USE WITH CYCLOCONVERTERS | COMAS TORRES, YAHVEH | 9d overdue |
| 19044837 | ADAPTABLE CLIP DESIGN FOR PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD/PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD ASSEMBLY LOCKING | CRUM, GAGE STEPHEN | — |
| 18916038 | ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS | CAIN, ZACHARY ANDREW | — |
| 18911822 | APPARATUS FOR BUSBAR CONDUCTION COOLING | SMITH, COURTNEY L | — |
| 18623274 | STORAGE SYSTEM CONFIGURED FOR USE WITH AN ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM | GEISS, BRIAN BUTLER | — |
| 18416312 | BATTERY SYSTEMS WTH MODULAR BATTERY PACKS | ZEMUI, NATHANAEL T | — |
| 18409432 | PORTABLE ENERGY SYSTEM | LE, THIEN MINH | — |
| 18397316 | ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS | SUN, XIUQIN | — |
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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19044837 | ADAPTABLE CLIP DESIGN FOR PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD/PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD ASSEMBLY LOCKING | CRUM, GAGE STEPHEN | — |
| 18916038 | ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS | CAIN, ZACHARY ANDREW | — |
| 18911822 | APPARATUS FOR BUSBAR CONDUCTION COOLING | SMITH, COURTNEY L | — |
| 18638869 | ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS | VAN OUDENAREN, MATTHEW W | — |
| 18623274 | STORAGE SYSTEM CONFIGURED FOR USE WITH AN ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM | GEISS, BRIAN BUTLER | — |
| 18416312 | BATTERY SYSTEMS WTH MODULAR BATTERY PACKS | ZEMUI, NATHANAEL T | — |
| 18519932 | STORAGE SYSTEM CONFIGURED FOR USE WITH AN ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM | BICKIYA, AIMAN AMIR | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2838 | 1 |
| 2857 | 1 |
| 1726 | 1 |
| 1725 | 1 |
| 2859 | 1 |
| 1724 | 1 |
| 2836 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19044837 | ADAPTABLE CLIP DESIGN FOR PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD/PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD ASSEMBLY LOCKING | CRUM, GAGE STEPHEN | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 04, 2025 |
| 18916038 | ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS | CAIN, ZACHARY ANDREW | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 15, 2024 |
| 18911822 | APPARATUS FOR BUSBAR CONDUCTION COOLING | SMITH, COURTNEY L | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 10, 2024 |
| 18748651 | SWITCHING METHODS AND APPARATUS CONFIGURED FOR USE WITH CYCLOCONVERTERS | COMAS TORRES, YAHVEH | 2838 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 9d overdue | Pending | Jun 20, 2024 |
| 18638869 | ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS | VAN OUDENAREN, MATTHEW W | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 18, 2024 |
| 18623274 | STORAGE SYSTEM CONFIGURED FOR USE WITH AN ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM | GEISS, BRIAN BUTLER | — | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 01, 2024 |
| 18416312 | BATTERY SYSTEMS WTH MODULAR BATTERY PACKS | ZEMUI, NATHANAEL T | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 18, 2024 |
| 18409432 | PORTABLE ENERGY SYSTEM | LE, THIEN MINH | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 10, 2024 |
| 18397316 | ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS | SUN, XIUQIN | 2857 | §101§102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 27, 2023 |
| 18519932 | STORAGE SYSTEM CONFIGURED FOR USE WITH AN ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM | BICKIYA, AIMAN AMIR | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 27, 2023 |
| 18377346 | CHASSIS CONFIGURED FOR USE WITH PRISMATIC BATTERY CELLS | LIANG, JACKIE | 1726 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 06, 2023 |
| 18196061 | STORAGE SYSTEM CONFIGURED FOR USE WITH AN ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM | CHENG, VIVIAN S | 1725 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 11, 2023 |
| 18142249 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING CHARGING-RELATED BENEFITS TO AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE USER | KOTOWSKI, LISA MICHELLE | 2859 | §103 | Final Rejection | 8d | Pending | May 02, 2023 |
| 18140875 | PORTABLE AND MODULAR BATTERY SYSTEM | GREENE, PATRICK MARSHALL | 1724 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 28, 2023 |
| 18125296 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING DISTRIBUTED ENERGY RESOURCES | KESSIE, DANIEL | 2836 | §103 | Final Rejection | 30d overdue | Pending | Mar 23, 2023 |
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