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 • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Hoymiles Power Electronics Inc. has 2 pending office actions in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. These actions are both located within 1 distinct art unit. The prosecution involves 2 distinct examiners, with each examiner responsible for 1 action. This concentration of 2 pending office actions in 1 distinct art unit suggests a very specific technical focus for the company's current filings in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics area.
LAXTON, GARY L is the busiest examiner, currently managing 1 pending office action. While there are 2 distinct examiners, their work within the same 1 distinct art unit may lead to similar examination outcomes. Practitioners should coordinate their responses to the 2 pending office actions to ensure consistency, as the 2 distinct examiners are likely working under the same supervisory guidelines. The 2 pending actions represent a focused effort to secure intellectual property in a specific technical niche.
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%) |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAXTON, GARY L | 1 | 86.5% | +5.8% |
| BARRON, JEREMIAH JOHN | 1 | 78.8% | +4.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18711958 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING INSULATION IMPEDANCE OF DIRECT CURRENT SIDE OF PHOTOVOLTAIC INVERTER | BARRON, JEREMIAH JOHN | 22d |
| 18938329 | DC/AC CONVERSION CIRCUIT AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND MODULATION METHOD FOR CYCLOCONVERTER | LAXTON, GARY L | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2858 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18938329 | DC/AC CONVERSION CIRCUIT AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND MODULATION METHOD FOR CYCLOCONVERTER | LAXTON, GARY L | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 06, 2024 |
| 18711958 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING INSULATION IMPEDANCE OF DIRECT CURRENT SIDE OF PHOTOVOLTAIC INVERTER | BARRON, JEREMIAH JOHN | 2858 | §101 | Final Rejection | 22d | Pending | May 21, 2024 |
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