Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
4 pending office actions • 1 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 12 patents granted in the last 365 days
HyperLight Corporation is active in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area, where it currently has 4 pending office actions. These cases are distributed among 4 distinct examiners, which suggests that the company's prosecution strategy involves interacting with a variety of individual examiner styles. This distribution requires careful coordination to ensure that consistent arguments are maintained across the different files.
The portfolio is concentrated within 1 distinct art unit, suggesting that the technical evaluation remains focused within a specialized group. CONNELLY, MICHELLE R is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, currently overseeing 1 busiest examiner pending office action. This specific workload is part of the broader activity within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics sector.
For a practitioner, the presence of 4 distinct examiners within the single art unit presents a specific challenge. It requires navigating technical standards while addressing the individual preferences of the various examiners involved. The workload is spread across the 4 pending office actions, which may simplify the management of deadlines since no single examiner holds a majority of the cases.
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 (25%) |
| §102 only | 1 (25%) |
| §112 only | 1 (25%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (25%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CONNELLY, MICHELLE R | 1 | 79.9% | +13.2% |
| MANHEIM, MARC ETIENNE | 1 | 83.0% | +19.6% |
| WONG, TINA MEI SENG | 1 | 84.3% | +14.4% |
| GAGNON, GRANT A | 1 | 82.8% | +7.8% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19397685 | INTEGRATION OF LITHIUM NIOBATE PHOTONICS DEVICES | MANHEIM, MARC ETIENNE | — |
| 19334623 | CMOS-POCKELS EFFECT MATERIAL INTEGRATED PHOTONICS DEVICES | WONG, TINA MEI SENG | — |
| 18946784 | DIFFERENTIAL DRIVE AND BINARY WEIGHTED MODULATORS | GAGNON, GRANT A | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19446800 | THIN FILM LITHIUM-CONTAINING COMPACT ELECTRO-OPTIC DEVICES | CONNELLY, MICHELLE R | — |
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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19446800 | THIN FILM LITHIUM-CONTAINING COMPACT ELECTRO-OPTIC DEVICES | CONNELLY, MICHELLE R | — |
| 19397685 | INTEGRATION OF LITHIUM NIOBATE PHOTONICS DEVICES | MANHEIM, MARC ETIENNE | — |
| 19334623 | CMOS-POCKELS EFFECT MATERIAL INTEGRATED PHOTONICS DEVICES | WONG, TINA MEI SENG | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2874 | 3 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19446800 | THIN FILM LITHIUM-CONTAINING COMPACT ELECTRO-OPTIC DEVICES | CONNELLY, MICHELLE R | 2874 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 12, 2026 |
| 19397685 | INTEGRATION OF LITHIUM NIOBATE PHOTONICS DEVICES | MANHEIM, MARC ETIENNE | 2874 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 21, 2025 |
| 19334623 | CMOS-POCKELS EFFECT MATERIAL INTEGRATED PHOTONICS DEVICES | WONG, TINA MEI SENG | 2874 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 19, 2025 |
| 18946784 | DIFFERENTIAL DRIVE AND BINARY WEIGHTED MODULATORS | GAGNON, GRANT A | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 13, 2024 |
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