Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
6 pending office actions • 4 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 10 patents granted in the last 365 days
Evident Corporation is managing 5 pending office actions in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. These actions are assigned to 5 distinct examiners, indicating that every pending matter is under review by a different individual. This distribution requires the legal team to adapt to 5 unique examiner styles and preferences across the portfolio.
The 5 pending office actions are located within 3 distinct art units. This variety suggests that the company's semiconductor and optics innovations span multiple technical sub-specialties. Practitioners must navigate the specific technical and procedural standards of 3 distinct art units to successfully prosecute the filings in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics field.
HA, NGUYEN Q is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, currently holding 1 pending office action. Since HA, NGUYEN Q is one of the distinct examiners who each have 1 action, the workload is not concentrated with any single individual. Success in these 5 pending office actions will require a decentralized strategy that addresses the specific requirements of 5 different examiners and 3 distinct art units.
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 |
|---|---|
| §102 only | 2 (33%) |
| §112 only | 1 (17%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (17%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (33%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HA, NGUYEN Q | 1 | 80.4% | +4.1% |
| SPLIT, JAMES GERALD | 1 | 61.9% | +34.8% |
| BUTLER, KEVIN C | 1 | 89.5% | +8.8% |
| RAEVIS, ROBERT R | 1 | 83.3% | +15.3% |
| ARMSTRONG, JONATHAN D | 1 | 55.1% | +3.6% |
| ZHONG, XIN Y | 1 | 76.3% | +15.5% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18691251 | ENHANCED COVERAGE LOCAL IMMERSION FOR NON-DESTRUCTIVE TEST (NDT) | RAEVIS, ROBERT R | 27d |
| 18895029 | PHASE-BASED APPROACH FOR ULTRASONIC INSPECTION | HA, NGUYEN Q | — |
| 18691773 | NON-DESTRUCTIVE INSPECTION ADAPTABLE HEAD FOR MULTIPLE PROFILES | BUTLER, KEVIN C | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18837641 | ROBOTIC WEDGE MANIPULATION FOR DEPOSIT OR REMOVAL | SPLIT, JAMES GERALD | — |
| 18547632 | SMALL-FOOTPRINT ACQUISITION SCHEME FOR ACOUSTIC INSPECTION | ZHONG, XIN Y | — |
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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18691251 | ENHANCED COVERAGE LOCAL IMMERSION FOR NON-DESTRUCTIVE TEST (NDT) | RAEVIS, ROBERT R | 27d |
| 18837641 | ROBOTIC WEDGE MANIPULATION FOR DEPOSIT OR REMOVAL | SPLIT, JAMES GERALD | — |
| 18547632 | SMALL-FOOTPRINT ACQUISITION SCHEME FOR ACOUSTIC INSPECTION | ZHONG, XIN Y | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2855 | 2 |
| 2853 | 1 |
| 2852 | 1 |
| 3645 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18895029 | PHASE-BASED APPROACH FOR ULTRASONIC INSPECTION | HA, NGUYEN Q | 2853 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 24, 2024 |
| 18837641 | ROBOTIC WEDGE MANIPULATION FOR DEPOSIT OR REMOVAL | SPLIT, JAMES GERALD | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 12, 2024 |
| 18691773 | NON-DESTRUCTIVE INSPECTION ADAPTABLE HEAD FOR MULTIPLE PROFILES | BUTLER, KEVIN C | 2852 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 13, 2024 |
| 18691251 | ENHANCED COVERAGE LOCAL IMMERSION FOR NON-DESTRUCTIVE TEST (NDT) | RAEVIS, ROBERT R | 2855 | §112 | Final Rejection | 27d | Pending | Mar 12, 2024 |
| 18555764 | CONTEMPORANEOUS FIRING SCHEME FOR ACOUSTIC INSPECTION | ARMSTRONG, JONATHAN D | 3645 | §102 | Non-Final OA | 29d | Pending | Oct 17, 2023 |
| 18547632 | SMALL-FOOTPRINT ACQUISITION SCHEME FOR ACOUSTIC INSPECTION | ZHONG, XIN Y | 2855 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 23, 2023 |
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