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
Hangzhou Hfc Semiconductor Co. is currently managing 4 pending office actions within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. These actions are distributed among 4 distinct examiners, yet they are all contained within 1 distinct art unit. This indicates a high degree of examiner diversity within a single technical review group. The concentration in 1 distinct art unit provides a unified technical environment for the prosecution.
PROSTOR, ANDREW VICTOR is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending office action. Although there are 4 pending office actions in total, each is handled by a different examiner. This requires the company to navigate the specific preferences of 4 distinct examiners while operating within the standards of the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics area.
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 | 2 (50%) |
| §102 only | 1 (25%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (25%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PROSTOR, ANDREW VICTOR | 1 | 95.1% | +6.9% |
| SRINIVASAN, SESHA SAIRAMAN | 1 | 67.3% | +27.4% |
| YECHURI, SITARAMARAO S | 1 | 85.6% | -8.4% |
| SEDOROOK, DAVID PAUL | 1 | 91.5% | +7.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18732960 | PDSOI TRANSISTOR AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING SAME | PROSTOR, ANDREW VICTOR | — |
| 18530719 | SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING SAME | SEDOROOK, DAVID PAUL | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18649493 | FLASH MEMORY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING SAME | YECHURI, SITARAMARAO S | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18657762 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME | SRINIVASAN, SESHA SAIRAMAN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2812 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18732960 | PDSOI TRANSISTOR AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING SAME | PROSTOR, ANDREW VICTOR | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 04, 2024 |
| 18657762 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME | SRINIVASAN, SESHA SAIRAMAN | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 07, 2024 |
| 18649493 | FLASH MEMORY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING SAME | YECHURI, SITARAMARAO S | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 29, 2024 |
| 18530719 | SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING SAME | SEDOROOK, DAVID PAUL | 2812 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 06, 2023 |
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