Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 6 patents granted in the last 365 days
Epirus Inc. operates within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area and currently has 2 pending office actions. These actions are split between 2 distinct examiners, which means each examiner is reviewing a separate application. This structure allows for independent progress on each matter within the portfolio.
The prosecution is centralized within 1 distinct art unit. This indicates that the semiconductor technologies being patented are technically similar enough to fall under the same administrative group at the patent office. HYTREK, ASHLEY LYNN is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, with 1 pending office action. This examiner's workload is equal to that of the other examiner involved.
Since the busiest examiner manages 1 of the 2 total pending actions, the workload is balanced across the 2 distinct examiners. This parity suggests that the applicant's success is not overly dependent on a single individual's examination style. Instead, the prosecution strategy must account for the distinct approaches of two different examiners working within 1 distinct art unit. This balance provides a stable environment for managing the company's current semiconductor patents.
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 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HYTREK, ASHLEY LYNN | 1 | 89.6% | +12.2% |
| JALALI, AMIR A. | 1 | 78.5% | +22.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18801300 | STACKING COLOR AND MOTION SIGNAL TO DETECT TINY OBJECTS | HYTREK, ASHLEY LYNN | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18801300 | STACKING COLOR AND MOTION SIGNAL TO DETECT TINY OBJECTS | HYTREK, ASHLEY LYNN | — |
| 18742940 | ELECTRONIC SYSTEM ASSEMBLY | JALALI, AMIR A. | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2835 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18801300 | STACKING COLOR AND MOTION SIGNAL TO DETECT TINY OBJECTS | HYTREK, ASHLEY LYNN | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 12, 2024 |
| 18742940 | ELECTRONIC SYSTEM ASSEMBLY | JALALI, AMIR A. | 2835 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 13, 2024 |
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