Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
3 pending office actions • 2 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
HiViz, LLC is currently managing 3 pending office actions in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. These 3 actions are assigned to 3 distinct examiners, ensuring that each pending matter is under the review of a different individual. The portfolio's current prosecution activity is situated within 2 distinct art units, showing some technical concentration within the broader optics and circuits field. Navigating 2 distinct art units requires an understanding of different technical standards within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics sector.
The busiest examiner for this company is GYLLSTROM, BRYON T, who is handling 1 busiest examiner pending office action. Because there are 3 distinct examiners, the workload is split across multiple individuals. Practitioners should be prepared for varied feedback across the 2 distinct art units, even though the total number of 3 pending office actions is relatively small. The 3 distinct examiners will each bring a unique perspective to the pending office actions currently being prosecuted. This distribution suggests that the company must maintain a flexible strategy to address the specific preferences of multiple examiners while operating within a limited number of art units.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 (67%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (33%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GYLLSTROM, BRYON T | 1 | 67.8% | +7.5% |
| HAN, JASON | 1 | 68.1% | +32.1% |
| NGUYEN, THONG Q | 1 | 67.8% | +12.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18691836 | GLARE REDUCTION SYSTEM | NGUYEN, THONG Q | 30d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18639229 | LIGHTBAR AND BEACON WARNING LIGHT | HAN, JASON | 28d overdue |
| 18691836 | GLARE REDUCTION SYSTEM | NGUYEN, THONG Q | 30d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2875 | 2 |
| 2872 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18908630 | FLIP-UP RACK ILLUMINATION SYSTEM | GYLLSTROM, BRYON T | 2875 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 14d | Pending | Oct 07, 2024 |
| 18639229 | LIGHTBAR AND BEACON WARNING LIGHT | HAN, JASON | 2875 | §103 | Final Rejection | 28d overdue | Pending | Apr 18, 2024 |
| 18691836 | GLARE REDUCTION SYSTEM | NGUYEN, THONG Q | 2872 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 30d | Pending | Mar 13, 2024 |
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