Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Hyundai Elevator Co., Ltd. has 1 pending office action within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. This matter is handled by 1 distinct examiner, indicating a very focused prosecution docket. The presence of 1 distinct art unit further suggests that the company's current semiconductor-related patenting activity is confined to a specific technical group. This narrow focus implies that the company is currently pursuing a specific technological path within the broader optics and circuits field. A single-point prosecution strategy like this can be efficient but lacks the risk-spreading benefits of a more diverse examiner pool.
DHAKAL, BICKEY is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, currently managing 1 pending office action. Because the busiest examiner pending count is 1, this individual is responsible for the entirety of the company's active office actions. This concentration in 1 examiner and 1 distinct art unit provides a singular channel for the company's current intellectual property prosecution. For the practitioner, this means that the current success of the portfolio relies on navigating the specific requirements and feedback of this 1 examiner. Understanding the specific preferences of DHAKAL, BICKEY is essential for advancing the company's active office action toward allowance.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DHAKAL, BICKEY | 1 | 84.3% | +16.4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18705025 | Elevator Input System and Method of Controlling the Same | DHAKAL, BICKEY | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18705025 | Elevator Input System and Method of Controlling the Same | DHAKAL, BICKEY | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2837 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18705025 | Elevator Input System and Method of Controlling the Same | DHAKAL, BICKEY | 2837 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 26, 2024 |
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