Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days
Everbright Institute Of Semiconductor Photonics Co. Ltd. currently manages 2 pending office actions within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. This portfolio is distributed across 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units, suggesting a focused but divided examination path. For practitioners, this distribution means that prosecution strategies must be tailored to the specific nuances of 2 different art units, even with a small number of active cases. The presence of 2 distinct examiners means the company faces different examiner behaviors and preferences.
LEE, HWA S is identified as the busiest examiner for this company, currently handling 1 pending office action. This 1 pending office action represents a portion of the total 2 pending office actions for the portfolio. Because the workload is split between 2 distinct examiners, the company faces a diverse set of examiner behaviors. Monitoring the specific tendencies of LEE, HWA S will be critical for predicting the timeline and outcome of 1 pending office action, while the other action remains under a different examiner's jurisdiction. The 2 distinct art units further suggest that the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics filings may cover different technical sub-sectors.
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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LEE, HWA S | 1 | 72.3% | +3.1% |
| HAGAN, SEAN P | 1 | 39.4% | +30.4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19148709 | METHOD FOR PERFORMANCE EVALUATION AND STRUCTURE OPTIMIZATION OF HIGH-POWER SEMICONDUCTOR LASER CHIP, AND SYSTEM FOR PERFORMANCE EVALUATION | LEE, HWA S | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18572689 | HIGH-EFFICIENCY ACTIVE LAYER AND SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE AND PREPARATION METHOD | HAGAN, SEAN P | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2877 | 1 |
| 2828 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19148709 | METHOD FOR PERFORMANCE EVALUATION AND STRUCTURE OPTIMIZATION OF HIGH-POWER SEMICONDUCTOR LASER CHIP, AND SYSTEM FOR PERFORMANCE EVALUATION | LEE, HWA S | 2877 | §102§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 17, 2025 |
| 18572689 | HIGH-EFFICIENCY ACTIVE LAYER AND SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE AND PREPARATION METHOD | HAGAN, SEAN P | 2828 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2023 |
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