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
Fuenteblandor Holding S L currently manages 1 pending office action within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. This specific filing is being processed by ETHAN WESLEY EDWARDS, who is the busiest examiner for the portfolio. The prosecution is concentrated in a distinct art unit, which suggests a specialized technical focus for the company's current intellectual property efforts. Having the entire active portfolio assigned to a distinct examiner allows for a very specific prosecution strategy tailored to that individual's tendencies.
The presence of 1 pending office action indicates that the company's current engagement with the patent office is highly focused. Since the busiest examiner is also handling this case, the relationship with ETHAN WESLEY EDWARDS is the primary factor in their current prosecution success. The fact that the work is limited to a distinct art unit further simplifies the procedural landscape. Practitioners should focus on the specific requirements of this art unit and the examiner's history to navigate the pending action successfully. This concentrated profile means that the outcome of this case will have a significant impact on the company's standing in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics sector.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| EDWARDS, ETHAN WESLEY | 1 | 68.2% | +15.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18707598 | MONITORING AND MAINTENANCE SYSTEM FOR COMPENSATED OVERHEAD CONTACT LINES | EDWARDS, ETHAN WESLEY | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18707598 | MONITORING AND MAINTENANCE SYSTEM FOR COMPENSATED OVERHEAD CONTACT LINES | EDWARDS, ETHAN WESLEY | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2857 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18707598 | MONITORING AND MAINTENANCE SYSTEM FOR COMPENSATED OVERHEAD CONTACT LINES | EDWARDS, ETHAN WESLEY | 2857 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 05, 2024 |
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