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 • 11 patents granted in the last 365 days
Hitachi Power Semiconductor Device, Ltd. maintains a company patent portfolio within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. The portfolio currently features 2 pending office actions, which are distributed across 2 distinct examiners. This distribution means that the company must manage the individual preferences and review styles of 2 distinct examiners simultaneously. Furthermore, these matters are spread across 2 distinct art units, suggesting that the company's innovations span multiple specialized sub-fields within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics sector.
ANDERSON, ERIK ARTHUR is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, currently managing 1 busiest examiner pending action. Since there are 2 pending office actions in total, the workload is spread across the 2 distinct examiners, with no single individual handling more than 1 action. For patent practitioners, the involvement of 2 distinct art units adds complexity, as each unit may have its own specific procedural tendencies and standards. The presence of 2 distinct examiners for 2 pending office actions ensures that the company's progress is not overly dependent on the timeline or decision-making of a single individual. This diversified structure requires a flexible prosecution strategy that can adapt to the varying requirements of 2 distinct art units and their respective examiners.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 1 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANDERSON, ERIK ARTHUR | 1 | 94.8% | +12.0% |
| HUTSON, NICHOLAS LELAND | 1 | 67.7% | +7.7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18566691 | POWER SEMICONDUCTOR MODULE | ANDERSON, ERIK ARTHUR | 9d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18566691 | POWER SEMICONDUCTOR MODULE | ANDERSON, ERIK ARTHUR | 9d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2812 | 1 |
| 2818 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18566691 | POWER SEMICONDUCTOR MODULE | ANDERSON, ERIK ARTHUR | 2812 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 9d | Pending | Dec 04, 2023 |
| 18253611 | POWER SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE | HUTSON, NICHOLAS LELAND | 2818 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 19, 2023 |
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