Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
7 pending office actions • 5 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 13 patents granted in the last 365 days
EV Group E. Thallner GmbH is currently prosecuting 7 pending office actions in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. These matters are distributed across 5 distinct art units and are being reviewed by 7 distinct examiners. WHITESELL, STEVEN H is the busiest examiner for the company, currently handling 1 pending office action.
The portfolio shows examiner diversity, as the 7 pending office actions are assigned to 7 distinct examiners. This means that every active matter is being reviewed by a different individual, such as WHITESELL, STEVEN H. The 5 distinct art units involved suggest that the company's work in Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics spans several different technical specializations at the patent office.
Managing 7 pending office actions across the assigned examiners requires coordination to ensure consistency. Since WHITESELL, STEVEN H is the busiest examiner with 1 pending office action, the workload is spread across the entire group. The 5 distinct art units further indicate that the company's innovations are being evaluated by multiple technical groups within the patent office. This variety of art units requires the applicant to address a range of technical standards across the current matters.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 2 (29%) |
| Double-patenting only | 2 (29%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (43%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WHITESELL, STEVEN H | 1 | 81.9% | +12.9% |
| ZARNEKE, DAVID A | 1 | 71.0% | +11.2% |
| MANN, WILLIAM ROBERT | 1 | — | — |
| BLACKWELL, ASHLEY NICOLE | 1 | 97.2% | -1.1% |
| AMARA, MOHAMED K | 1 | 75.8% | +29.8% |
| RAIMUND, CHRISTOPHER W | 1 | 72.4% | +24.0% |
| DILLON, DANIEL P | 1 | 26.2% | +29.9% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18597134 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR BONDING OF SUBSTRATES | BLACKWELL, ASHLEY NICOLE | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17918224 | CARRIER SUBSTRATE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING A CARRIER SUBSTRATE, AND METHOD FOR TRANSFERRING A TRANSFER LAYER FROM A CARRIER SUBSTRATE TO A PRODUCT SUBSTRATE | DILLON, DANIEL P | 72d |
| 19095107 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PRODUCING MICRO- AND/OR NANOSTRUCTURES | WHITESELL, STEVEN H | — |
| 18691561 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PRODUCING AND PREPARING ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS | MANN, WILLIAM ROBERT | — |
| 18686473 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR COMPENSATING FOR DISTORTIONS | AMARA, MOHAMED K | — |
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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18201225 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR BONDING SUBSTRATES | RAIMUND, CHRISTOPHER W | 12d |
| 17918224 | CARRIER SUBSTRATE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING A CARRIER SUBSTRATE, AND METHOD FOR TRANSFERRING A TRANSFER LAYER FROM A CARRIER SUBSTRATE TO A PRODUCT SUBSTRATE | DILLON, DANIEL P | 72d |
| 19095107 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PRODUCING MICRO- AND/OR NANOSTRUCTURES | WHITESELL, STEVEN H | — |
| 18818988 | METHOD FOR PERMANENT CONNECTION OF TWO METAL SURFACES | ZARNEKE, DAVID A | — |
| 18686473 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR COMPENSATING FOR DISTORTIONS | AMARA, MOHAMED K | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2897 | 1 |
| 2813 | 1 |
| 2899 | 1 |
| 1746 | 1 |
| 1783 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19095107 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PRODUCING MICRO- AND/OR NANOSTRUCTURES | WHITESELL, STEVEN H | — | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 31, 2025 |
| 18818988 | METHOD FOR PERMANENT CONNECTION OF TWO METAL SURFACES | ZARNEKE, DAVID A | — | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 29, 2024 |
| 18691561 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PRODUCING AND PREPARING ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS | MANN, WILLIAM ROBERT | 2897 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 13, 2024 |
| 18597134 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR BONDING OF SUBSTRATES | BLACKWELL, ASHLEY NICOLE | 2813 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 06, 2024 |
| 18686473 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR COMPENSATING FOR DISTORTIONS | AMARA, MOHAMED K | 2899 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 26, 2024 |
| 18201225 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR BONDING SUBSTRATES | RAIMUND, CHRISTOPHER W | 1746 | DP | Non-Final OA | 12d | Pending | May 24, 2023 |
| 17918224 | CARRIER SUBSTRATE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING A CARRIER SUBSTRATE, AND METHOD FOR TRANSFERRING A TRANSFER LAYER FROM A CARRIER SUBSTRATE TO A PRODUCT SUBSTRATE | DILLON, DANIEL P | 1783 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 72d | Pending | Oct 11, 2022 |
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