Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
17 pending office actions • 5 art units • 15 examiners • 0 of 17 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 18 patents granted in the last 365 days
Goertek Optical Technology Co., Ltd. faces 17 pending office actions within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. These actions are distributed across 15 distinct examiners and 5 distinct art units, showing a broad examiner engagement relative to the number of art units. The busiest examiner, MEBRAHTU, EPHREM ZERU, is managing 2 pending office actions, which is the highest count for any single examiner in this portfolio. This distribution implies that the company is dealing with a wide variety of examiner perspectives across a relatively small number of technical groups.
The presence of 17 pending office actions across 5 distinct art units suggests that multiple examiners are working within the same art units. While 15 distinct examiners are involved, the concentration of 2 pending office actions with MEBRAHTU, EPHREM ZERU indicates that most examiners are only handling a single matter. This structure requires the company to navigate various examiner styles. For a practitioner, this means that while the technical subject matter is concentrated, the prosecution strategy must be tailored to many different individuals. The high ratio of examiners to art units suggests that consistency in prosecution may be a challenge.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 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 | 7 (41%) |
| §112 only | 1 (6%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (6%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 8 (47%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MEBRAHTU, EPHREM ZERU | 2 | 74.7% | +8.8% |
| LAMB II, CHRISTOPHER A | 2 | 71.8% | +12.6% |
| PINKNEY, DAWAYNE | 1 | 80.7% | +17.9% |
| LEE, MATTHEW Y | 1 | 81.5% | +18.3% |
| BOURQUINE, MACKENZI TATE | 1 | 78.8% | +15.5% |
| CROCKETT, RYAN M | 1 | 78.8% | +5.4% |
| HAKALA, ALAN GREGORY | 1 | — | — |
| DEAN, RAY ALEXANDER | 1 | 79.1% | +17.0% |
| SMITH, MAURICE C | 1 | 84.5% | -4.0% |
| LAVARIAS, ARNEL C | 1 | 79.8% | +0.3% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18853233 | WAVEGUIDE MEASUREMENT DEVICE | SMITH, MAURICE C | 4d overdue |
| 18998186 | OPTICAL MODULE AND HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAY DEVICE | PINKNEY, DAWAYNE | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18995256 | OPTICAL SYSTEM AND AUGMENTED REALITY DEVICE | LEE, MATTHEW Y | — |
| 18879850 | OPTICAL MODULE AND HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAY DEVICE | BOURQUINE, MACKENZI TATE | — |
| 18870746 | PROJECTION LENS AND PROJECTION DEVICE | MEBRAHTU, EPHREM ZERU | — |
| 18861259 | ZOOM PROJECTION LENS AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | DEAN, RAY ALEXANDER | — |
| 18844676 | OPTICAL PROJECTION SYSTEM AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | LAMB II, CHRISTOPHER A | — |
| 18783893 | PROJECTION LIGHT MACHINE | LAMB II, CHRISTOPHER A | — |
| 18725887 | DETECTION LENS AND DETECTION METHOD FOR HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAY | WILKES, ZACHARY W | — |
| 18697233 | LENS ASSEMBLY AND PROJECTOR | MERLIN, JESSICA M | — |
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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18998186 | OPTICAL MODULE AND HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAY DEVICE | PINKNEY, DAWAYNE | — |
| 18995256 | OPTICAL SYSTEM AND AUGMENTED REALITY DEVICE | LEE, MATTHEW Y | — |
| 18879850 | OPTICAL MODULE AND HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAY DEVICE | BOURQUINE, MACKENZI TATE | — |
| 18861259 | ZOOM PROJECTION LENS AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | DEAN, RAY ALEXANDER | — |
| 18844676 | OPTICAL PROJECTION SYSTEM AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | LAMB II, CHRISTOPHER A | — |
| 18783893 | PROJECTION LIGHT MACHINE | LAMB II, CHRISTOPHER A | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2872 | 3 |
| 2871 | 2 |
| 2617 | 1 |
| 2877 | 1 |
| 2882 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18998186 | OPTICAL MODULE AND HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAY DEVICE | PINKNEY, DAWAYNE | 2872 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 24, 2025 |
| 18995256 | OPTICAL SYSTEM AND AUGMENTED REALITY DEVICE | LEE, MATTHEW Y | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 16, 2025 |
| 18879850 | OPTICAL MODULE AND HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAY DEVICE | BOURQUINE, MACKENZI TATE | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 30, 2024 |
| 18880196 | GRATING STRUCTURE AND PROCESSING METHOD THEREFOR, LENS AND HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAY DEVICE | CROCKETT, RYAN M | 2871 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 30, 2024 |
| 18870782 | PROJECTION SYSTEM AND HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAY | MEBRAHTU, EPHREM ZERU | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 02, 2024 |
| 18870746 | PROJECTION LENS AND PROJECTION DEVICE | MEBRAHTU, EPHREM ZERU | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 02, 2024 |
| 18870754 | OPTICAL MODULE AND HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAY DEVICE | HAKALA, ALAN GREGORY | 2617 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 02, 2024 |
| 18861259 | ZOOM PROJECTION LENS AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | DEAN, RAY ALEXANDER | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 29, 2024 |
| 18853233 | WAVEGUIDE MEASUREMENT DEVICE | SMITH, MAURICE C | 2877 | §103 | Final Rejection | 4d overdue | Pending | Oct 01, 2024 |
| 18850673 | OPTICAL MODULE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | LAVARIAS, ARNEL C | — | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 25, 2024 |
| 18844676 | OPTICAL PROJECTION SYSTEM AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | LAMB II, CHRISTOPHER A | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 06, 2024 |
| 18837728 | OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE SYSTEM AND AUGMENTED REALITY DEVICE | NGUYEN, DUNG T | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 12, 2024 |
| 18783893 | PROJECTION LIGHT MACHINE | LAMB II, CHRISTOPHER A | 2882 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 25, 2024 |
| 18783960 | PRISM FIXING STRUCTURE OF OPTICAL MACHINE AND PROJECTION OPTICAL MACHINE | RICKEL, ALEX PARK | — | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 25, 2024 |
| 18725887 | DETECTION LENS AND DETECTION METHOD FOR HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAY | WILKES, ZACHARY W | 2872 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 01, 2024 |
| 18697233 | LENS ASSEMBLY AND PROJECTOR | MERLIN, JESSICA M | 2871 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 29, 2024 |
| 18246993 | OPTICAL SYSTEM AND HEAD MOUNTED DISPLAY | NGUYEN, THONG Q | 2872 | DP | Non-Final OA | 50d overdue | Pending | Mar 28, 2023 |
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