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 • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Fermata Energy Ii LLC has 2 pending office actions in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. These matters involve 2 distinct examiners but are concentrated within 1 distinct art unit. This suggests that while the technical focus is narrow enough to fall under a single art unit, the workload is shared between different examiners.
The busiest examiner is TARDIF, DAVID P, who is currently managing 1 busiest_examiner_pending. This single action is one of the 2 pending office actions total for the company. With 2 distinct examiners assigned to the 1 distinct art unit, the company can expect some consistency in the supervisory environment even as they interact with different individuals.
Having 1 distinct art unit involved simplifies the prosecution by limiting the number of supervisory policies the company must follow. However, the 2 distinct examiners may still have different personal approaches to the 2 pending office actions. TARDIF, DAVID P is responsible for 1 busiest_examiner_pending, while the other action is handled by the second of the 2 distinct examiners.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 1 (50%) |
| §103 only | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| TARDIF, DAVID P | 1 | 72.0% | +10.3% |
| TORRES RUIZ, JOHALI ALEJANDRA | 1 | 54.4% | +23.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18244067 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR OPTIMIZATION OF DISPATCH SCHEDULES FOR DISCHARGING AND CHARGING OF ELECTRIC VEHICLES FOR USE IN VEHICLE-TO-GRID ACTIVITIES | TARDIF, DAVID P | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18244067 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR OPTIMIZATION OF DISPATCH SCHEDULES FOR DISCHARGING AND CHARGING OF ELECTRIC VEHICLES FOR USE IN VEHICLE-TO-GRID ACTIVITIES | TARDIF, DAVID P | — |
| 17500449 | METHODS OF USING BIDIRECTIONAL CHARGING TO SUPPLY BACK-UP POWER AND INCREASE RESILIENCY OF POWERED NETWORKS | TORRES RUIZ, JOHALI ALEJANDRA | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2859 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18244067 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR OPTIMIZATION OF DISPATCH SCHEDULES FOR DISCHARGING AND CHARGING OF ELECTRIC VEHICLES FOR USE IN VEHICLE-TO-GRID ACTIVITIES | TARDIF, DAVID P | — | §101§102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 08, 2023 |
| 17500449 | METHODS OF USING BIDIRECTIONAL CHARGING TO SUPPLY BACK-UP POWER AND INCREASE RESILIENCY OF POWERED NETWORKS | TORRES RUIZ, JOHALI ALEJANDRA | 2859 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 13, 2021 |
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