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
Fortior Technology (Shanghai) Co. Ltd. currently has 1 pending office action under review. This single action is handled by a distinct examiner, LAUGHLIN, CHARLES S, who is also the busiest examiner with 1 pending office action. The data shows 0 distinct art units for this portfolio. With only the pending action and a single examiner, prosecution is highly centralized for this entity.
Because there is only the pending office action and a distinct examiner, the company's entire prosecution strategy is focused on a single individual. The presence of 0 distinct art units means that there is no fragmentation in the current portfolio. Practitioners should focus exclusively on the preferences of the examiner to resolve the pending office action. This lack of complexity allows for a highly targeted approach to the single pending case.
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 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAUGHLIN, CHARLES S | 1 | 76.7% | +9.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19020780 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND DEVICE FOR DECODING ROTARY TRANSFORMER, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | LAUGHLIN, CHARLES S | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2837 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19020780 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND DEVICE FOR DECODING ROTARY TRANSFORMER, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | LAUGHLIN, CHARLES S | 2837 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 14, 2025 |
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Start Free TrialFortior Technology (Shanghai) Co. Ltd. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Charles S Laughlin has the most, with 1 of Fortior Technology (Shanghai) Co. Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.