Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Flaxtec GmbH is currently managing 1 pending office action within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. This matter is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, WILLIAMS, JOSEPH L. The portfolio's prosecution activity is concentrated in 1 distinct art unit. WILLIAMS, JOSEPH L is the busiest examiner for the company, with 1 busiest examiner pending action.
The 1 pending office action represents the total current administrative count for the company's patent applications. Because there is only 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit, the prosecution process is focused. The 1 busiest examiner pending action held by WILLIAMS, JOSEPH L matches the total 1 pending office action, showing no other active examiners are involved.
For the practitioner, the 1 distinct art unit in Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics suggests a specialized technical area. The 1 distinct examiner, WILLIAMS, JOSEPH L, is the only individual the company must currently satisfy to advance its 1 pending office action. This interaction model simplifies the management of the company's current patent prosecution.
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 | 1 (100%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WILLIAMS, JOSEPH L | 1 | 82.8% | +15.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18713356 | GAS-DISCHARGE LAMP, LAMP ARRAY FOR HIGH OPERATING VOLTAGES, AND USE OF SUCH LAMPS | WILLIAMS, JOSEPH L | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18713356 | GAS-DISCHARGE LAMP, LAMP ARRAY FOR HIGH OPERATING VOLTAGES, AND USE OF SUCH LAMPS | WILLIAMS, JOSEPH L | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2875 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18713356 | GAS-DISCHARGE LAMP, LAMP ARRAY FOR HIGH OPERATING VOLTAGES, AND USE OF SUCH LAMPS | WILLIAMS, JOSEPH L | 2875 | §102Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 24, 2024 |
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