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 • 9 patents granted in the last 365 days
Hanwha Precision Machinery Co. Ltd. maintains a patent portfolio within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. The data shows 2 pending office actions currently active for the company. These actions are distributed among 2 distinct examiners and 1 distinct art unit. The busiest examiner for this portfolio is ZERVIGON, RUDY, who is responsible for 1 busiest examiner pending action.
The alignment of 2 pending office actions with 2 distinct examiners within 1 distinct art unit indicates a focused examination process. For practitioners, this means that while the technical scope stays within 1 distinct art unit, the company is interacting with 2 distinct examiners. The workload consists of 2 pending office actions requiring attention. The presence of 2 distinct examiners ensures that the pending office actions are not concentrated under a lone examiner. This structure within 1 distinct art unit suggests a specific technical focus for the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics portfolio.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (100%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ZERVIGON, RUDY | 1 | 66.8% | -5.4% |
| KENDALL, BENJAMIN R | 1 | 33.4% | +21.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17775427 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING DEVICE HAVING HEAT HOLE | KENDALL, BENJAMIN R | 7d |
| 18652303 | SHOWERHEAD AND SUBSTRATE TREATMENT APPARATUS INCLUDING SAME | ZERVIGON, RUDY | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17775427 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING DEVICE HAVING HEAT HOLE | KENDALL, BENJAMIN R | 7d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2896 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18652303 | SHOWERHEAD AND SUBSTRATE TREATMENT APPARATUS INCLUDING SAME | ZERVIGON, RUDY | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 01, 2024 |
| 17775427 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING DEVICE HAVING HEAT HOLE | KENDALL, BENJAMIN R | 2896 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 7d | Pending | May 09, 2022 |
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