Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Computing & Software • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
4 pending office actions • 3 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 8 patents granted in the last 365 days
Flosfia Inc. is managing 4 pending office actions in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. These actions are spread across 4 distinct examiners, meaning each case has a unique reviewer. The workload is also distributed across 3 distinct art units, indicating that the company's semiconductor innovations cover several specialized classifications.
SMITH, SAMUEL JONATHAN is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, currently handling 1 pending office action. This accounts for one of the 4 pending office actions for the company. With multiple distinct examiners and 3 distinct art units, the applicant must manage a variety of examiner preferences and art unit guidelines.
This distribution suggests a range of technical challenges within the semiconductor sector. The presence of 4 distinct examiners ensures that each application receives an independent review. Strategy must be tailored to the specific requirements of 3 distinct art units to ensure broad protection across the entire portfolio. The small number of pending actions allows for a highly attentive prosecution approach. This structure requires the legal team to stay versatile and responsive to a variety of technical and procedural requirements.
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 (25%) |
| §103 only | 1 (25%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SMITH, SAMUEL JONATHAN | 1 | 83.7% | +5.7% |
| GUMEDZOE, PENIEL M | 1 | 83.2% | +3.6% |
| WINTERS, SEAN AYERS | 1 | 88.2% | +19.3% |
| ALHIJA, SAIF A | 1 | 72.4% | +19.8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18106095 | SEMICONDUCTOR ELEMENT INCLUDING A CONDUCTIVE SUBSTRATE CONTAINING AT LEAST A FIRST METAL AND A SECOND METAL DIFFERENT FROM THE FIRST METAL IN COEFFICIENT OF LINER THERMAL EXPANSION, AND A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE INCLUDING THE SEMICONDUCTOR ELEMENT | WINTERS, SEAN AYERS | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18787102 | MULTILAYER STRUCTURE, SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND SEMICONDUCTOR APPARATUS | SMITH, SAMUEL JONATHAN | — |
| 18603969 | LAMINATED STRUCTURE AND SEMICONDUCTOR ELEMENT | GUMEDZOE, PENIEL M | — |
| 18089883 | DESIGN SUPPORT APPARATUS, DESIGN SUPPORT PROGRAM, AND DESIGN SUPPORT METHOD | ALHIJA, SAIF A | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18106095 | SEMICONDUCTOR ELEMENT INCLUDING A CONDUCTIVE SUBSTRATE CONTAINING AT LEAST A FIRST METAL AND A SECOND METAL DIFFERENT FROM THE FIRST METAL IN COEFFICIENT OF LINER THERMAL EXPANSION, AND A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE INCLUDING THE SEMICONDUCTOR ELEMENT | WINTERS, SEAN AYERS | — |
| 18089883 | DESIGN SUPPORT APPARATUS, DESIGN SUPPORT PROGRAM, AND DESIGN SUPPORT METHOD | ALHIJA, SAIF A | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2899 | 1 |
| 2892 | 1 |
| 2186 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18787102 | MULTILAYER STRUCTURE, SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND SEMICONDUCTOR APPARATUS | SMITH, SAMUEL JONATHAN | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 29, 2024 |
| 18603969 | LAMINATED STRUCTURE AND SEMICONDUCTOR ELEMENT | GUMEDZOE, PENIEL M | 2899 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 13, 2024 |
| 18106095 | SEMICONDUCTOR ELEMENT INCLUDING A CONDUCTIVE SUBSTRATE CONTAINING AT LEAST A FIRST METAL AND A SECOND METAL DIFFERENT FROM THE FIRST METAL IN COEFFICIENT OF LINER THERMAL EXPANSION, AND A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE INCLUDING THE SEMICONDUCTOR ELEMENT | WINTERS, SEAN AYERS | 2892 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 06, 2023 |
| 18089883 | DESIGN SUPPORT APPARATUS, DESIGN SUPPORT PROGRAM, AND DESIGN SUPPORT METHOD | ALHIJA, SAIF A | 2186 | §101§102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 28, 2022 |
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