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 • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
Globalfoundries Dresden Module One Limited Liability Company & Co. Kg is currently managing 2 pending office actions in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. These actions are handled by 2 distinct examiners but are both located within 1 distinct art unit. This suggests that while the company is dealing with different personnel, the technology remains focused within a single administrative department.
The busiest examiner for the company is LEE, DA WEI, who is responsible for 1 busiest examiner pending action. This is 1 of the 2 pending office actions currently active for the firm. The involvement of 2 distinct examiners means the company must adapt to 2 different examination styles, even though the technology is concentrated in 1 distinct art unit.
The focus on Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics aligns with the company's industrial specialization. With 2 pending office actions total, the prosecution workload is relatively light but requires coordination across 2 separate examiner interactions. The 1 distinct art unit designation may help in maintaining some level of consistency in the administrative handling of the applications.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LEE, DA WEI | 1 | 80.4% | +15.4% |
| HOANG, DZUNG T | 1 | 75.0% | +0.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18734527 | BIPOLAR TRANSISTOR WITH FERROELECTRIC MATERIAL | LEE, DA WEI | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18734527 | BIPOLAR TRANSISTOR WITH FERROELECTRIC MATERIAL | LEE, DA WEI | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2898 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18734527 | BIPOLAR TRANSISTOR WITH FERROELECTRIC MATERIAL | LEE, DA WEI | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 05, 2024 |
| 18453390 | STRUCTURE WITH GUARD RING BETWEEN TERMINALS OF SINGLE PHOTON AVALANCHE DIODE PHOTODETECTOR AND RELATED METHOD | HOANG, DZUNG T | 2898 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 22, 2023 |
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