Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
3 pending office actions • 1 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Fiber Sense Limited currently has 3 pending office actions within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. All these actions are concentrated within 1 distinct art unit, which suggests a high degree of technical focus in the company's current patent filings. For a practitioner, this concentration in the art unit means that the examiners are likely working within the same specialized framework and may apply consistent prior art references. This unity of art unit classification can be leveraged to create a cohesive prosecution strategy.
The pending office actions are being handled by 3 distinct examiners. Despite being in the same unit, each action is assigned to a different individual, introducing various examiner styles into the prosecution process. NATH, SUMAN KUMAR is the busiest examiner for the company, currently managing 1 pending office action. This examiner is among the group of distinct examiners who are each responsible for a pending action. The distribution of 3 pending office actions across three different individuals requires the legal team to adapt to multiple negotiation styles.
The strategy for Fiber Sense Limited involves navigating the pending office actions through 1 distinct art unit. While the technical field is narrow, the involvement of multiple examiners means that the legal team must still prepare for different individual approaches. NATH, SUMAN KUMAR and the other examiners each hold a pending office action, making the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics portfolio a study in how different examiners within the same unit handle similar subject matter. Practitioners should monitor the 3 pending office actions for any cross-case implications.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 1 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (67%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NATH, SUMAN KUMAR | 1 | 82.7% | +22.5% |
| DESTA, ELIAS | 1 | 84.0% | +10.0% |
| LE, JOHN H | 1 | 87.8% | +6.9% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18280652 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS PROVIDING EARTHQUAKE INFORMATION WITH DISTRIBUTED FIBER-OPTIC SENSING | LE, JOHN H | 10d overdue |
| 18864885 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DISTRIBUTED FIBER OPTIC SENSING | NATH, SUMAN KUMAR | — |
| 18634720 | SCALABLE TELECOMMUNICATIONS GEOTECHNICAL SURVEYING | DESTA, ELIAS | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18864885 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DISTRIBUTED FIBER OPTIC SENSING | NATH, SUMAN KUMAR | — |
| 18634720 | SCALABLE TELECOMMUNICATIONS GEOTECHNICAL SURVEYING | DESTA, ELIAS | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2857 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18864885 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DISTRIBUTED FIBER OPTIC SENSING | NATH, SUMAN KUMAR | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 11, 2024 |
| 18634720 | SCALABLE TELECOMMUNICATIONS GEOTECHNICAL SURVEYING | DESTA, ELIAS | — | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 12, 2024 |
| 18280652 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS PROVIDING EARTHQUAKE INFORMATION WITH DISTRIBUTED FIBER-OPTIC SENSING | LE, JOHN H | 2857 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 10d overdue | Pending | Sep 06, 2023 |
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