Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 9 patents granted in the last 365 days
Guangzhou University is currently prosecuting applications in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. The university has 2 pending office actions. These actions are handled by 2 distinct examiners. This separation of duties suggests that each pending application is receiving an independent review from a different examiner.
The 2 pending office actions are further divided across 2 distinct art units. This indicates that the university's research and patenting efforts in Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics are categorized into different technical specialties by the patent office. The busiest examiner for this portfolio is LEE, SANGKYUNG, who is assigned 1 pending office action.
With 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units for 2 pending office actions, the portfolio is decentralized. No single examiner or art unit dominates the current prosecution landscape. This variety requires a flexible approach to prosecution, as the university must navigate the specific requirements and standards of two different specialized units within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics field.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 only | 1 (50%) |
| §101 + other | 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, SANGKYUNG | 1 | 60.1% | +10.3% |
| GAVIA, NYLA EMANI ANN | 1 | 78.8% | +16.7% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18272918 | Method for Extracting Black-Odorous Water Body Based on Cart Classification Model | GAVIA, NYLA EMANI ANN | 153d overdue |
| 18361823 | SPECTRAL INFORMATION SEPARATION AND AGGREGATION METHOD | LEE, SANGKYUNG | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18272918 | Method for Extracting Black-Odorous Water Body Based on Cart Classification Model | GAVIA, NYLA EMANI ANN | 153d overdue |
| 18361823 | SPECTRAL INFORMATION SEPARATION AND AGGREGATION METHOD | LEE, SANGKYUNG | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2858 | 1 |
| 2857 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18361823 | SPECTRAL INFORMATION SEPARATION AND AGGREGATION METHOD | LEE, SANGKYUNG | 2858 | §101 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 29, 2023 |
| 18272918 | Method for Extracting Black-Odorous Water Body Based on Cart Classification Model | GAVIA, NYLA EMANI ANN | 2857 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | 153d overdue | Pending | Jul 18, 2023 |
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