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 • 7 patents granted in the last 365 days
HSP Hochspannungsgeräte GmbH currently manages a portfolio featuring 3 pending office actions within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. These 3 pending office actions are distributed across 2 distinct art units, which suggests that the company's technical filings are concentrated within a few specialized examination groups. This level of focus in 2 distinct art units can allow for a more streamlined prosecution strategy as the company becomes familiar with the specific procedural tendencies of these units.
The 3 pending office actions are assigned to 3 distinct examiners, ensuring that each individual matter is receiving an independent evaluation. PHAN, MINH Q is identified as the busiest examiner for this portfolio, currently responsible for 1 pending office action. Because each of the 3 distinct examiners is only handling a single case, there is no significant concentration of work with any one individual. Practitioners should be prepared to address the unique preferences of 3 distinct examiners while navigating the technical standards of the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics sector.
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 | 3 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PHAN, MINH Q | 1 | 75.8% | -4.7% |
| MAYO III, WILLIAM H | 1 | 77.0% | -3.9% |
| NGUYEN, TUYEN T | 1 | 81.6% | +1.2% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18018994 | CURRENT TRANSFORMER | NGUYEN, TUYEN T | 77d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2841 | 1 |
| 2837 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18877774 | Micro-Optics Module for Evaluating Optical Current Sensors and Method for its Manufacture | PHAN, MINH Q | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2024 |
| 18714847 | Cable Joint | MAYO III, WILLIAM H | 2841 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 31, 2024 |
| 18018994 | CURRENT TRANSFORMER | NGUYEN, TUYEN T | 2837 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 77d | Pending | Jan 31, 2023 |
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