Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
4 pending office actions • 1 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days
Guangyi Intelligent Tech (Suzhou) Co. Ltd. has 4 pending office actions in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. While the portfolio involves 4 distinct examiners, all of these actions are concentrated within 1 distinct art unit. This indicates that while the company is interacting with 4 individuals, the technical focus remains consistent within 1 administrative division of the office.
The busiest examiner, BROOME, SHARRIEF I, is responsible for 1 busiest examiner pending action. Since there are 4 pending office actions and 4 distinct examiners, each examiner is currently reviewing exactly 1 matter. The concentration in 1 distinct art unit is a significant factor for practitioners, as it suggests that the legal and technical standards applied to the portfolio may be more uniform than if the matters were spread across multiple units. Even with 4 distinct examiners, the shared environment of 1 art unit may lead to more consistent prosecution outcomes. Strategies should account for the specific practices of this 1 art unit while addressing the individual nuances of the 4 different examiners involved.
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 only | 1 (25%) |
| §102 only | 1 (25%) |
| Double-patenting only | 2 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BROOME, SHARRIEF I | 1 | 81.5% | +4.5% |
| FERGUSON, LAWRENCE D | 1 | 78.4% | +13.2% |
| DO, AN H | 1 | 90.5% | +7.0% |
| LAU, EDMOND C | 1 | 71.7% | +8.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18971916 | ELECTROCHROMIC FILM AND ELECTROCHROMIC GLASS | BROOME, SHARRIEF I | — |
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18972179 | ELECTROCHROMIC FILM AND ELECTROCHROMIC GLASS | FERGUSON, LAWRENCE D | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2871 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18971916 | ELECTROCHROMIC FILM AND ELECTROCHROMIC GLASS | BROOME, SHARRIEF I | — | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 06, 2024 |
| 18972179 | ELECTROCHROMIC FILM AND ELECTROCHROMIC GLASS | FERGUSON, LAWRENCE D | — | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 06, 2024 |
| 18644796 | CALIBRATION METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ELECTROCHROMIC DEVICE, AND ELECTROCHROMIC DEVICE | DO, AN H | — | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 24, 2024 |
| 18621395 | GEAR SWTICHING CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ELECTROCHROMIC DEVICE, AND ELECTROCHROMIC DEVICE | LAU, EDMOND C | 2871 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 29, 2024 |
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