Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
G3 Enterprises Inc. currently manages 2 pending office actions in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. These actions are assigned to 2 distinct examiners, showing that each pending application is being reviewed by a different official. The portfolio is focused within 1 distinct art unit, which suggests that the technical review of these semiconductor-related matters is occurring within a single specialized division of the patent office. This allows for a concentrated prosecution strategy within that specific technical group.
The busiest examiner for the portfolio is RIVERA VARGAS, MANUEL A, who is responsible for 1 pending office action. Since the total number of pending office actions is 2, the workload is shared equally between the two assigned examiners. Practitioners should focus on the technical standards of the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics area while adapting to the individual feedback from each examiner. The involvement of only one art unit provides a stable technical environment for the prosecution of these matters, even as different examiners provide their own perspectives on the individual applications.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 1 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| RIVERA VARGAS, MANUEL A | 1 | 81.1% | +11.9% |
| KHLOK, BONITA | 1 | 49.1% | +48.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18774657 | GONDOLA MONITORING SYSTEMS AND RELATED METHODS | RIVERA VARGAS, MANUEL A | 41d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18499898 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING JUICE PRESS CUT PRODUCTION | KHLOK, BONITA | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18774657 | GONDOLA MONITORING SYSTEMS AND RELATED METHODS | RIVERA VARGAS, MANUEL A | 41d |
| 18499898 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING JUICE PRESS CUT PRODUCTION | KHLOK, BONITA | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2857 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18774657 | GONDOLA MONITORING SYSTEMS AND RELATED METHODS | RIVERA VARGAS, MANUEL A | 2857 | §103 | Final Rejection | 41d | Pending | Jul 16, 2024 |
| 18499898 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING JUICE PRESS CUT PRODUCTION | KHLOK, BONITA | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 01, 2023 |
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