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
Enteligent Inc. holds a company patent portfolio in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. At present, there is 1 pending office action in the portfolio. This action is assigned to 1 distinct art unit, indicating a focused technical direction for the company's current patenting activities within the semiconductor and optics fields.
The prosecution of this portfolio is handled by 1 distinct examiner, MCFARLAND, DANIEL PATRICK. As the busiest examiner for the portfolio, MCFARLAND, DANIEL PATRICK is currently managing 1 busiest examiner pending office action. This 1 pending action is the only active matter for Enteligent Inc., suggesting a highly concentrated prosecution effort.
For practitioners, the involvement of 1 pending office action and 1 distinct examiner in 1 distinct art unit simplifies the strategic approach. The firm can focus entirely on the examination style and procedural preferences of MCFARLAND, DANIEL PATRICK. This singular focus within Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics allows for an efficient use of resources to address the 1 pending office action and move the application toward a final disposition.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCFARLAND, DANIEL PATRICK | 1 | 27.8% | +1.3% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18305416 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BI-DIRECTIONAL DIRECT CURRENT CHARGING IN ELECTRIC VEHICLE SUPPLY EQUIPMENT | MCFARLAND, DANIEL PATRICK | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2859 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18305416 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BI-DIRECTIONAL DIRECT CURRENT CHARGING IN ELECTRIC VEHICLE SUPPLY EQUIPMENT | MCFARLAND, DANIEL PATRICK | 2859 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 24, 2023 |
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