Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
19 pending office actions • 10 art units • 19 examiners • 3 of 19 (16%) have an AI response strategy ready • 41 patents granted in the last 365 days
Ibiden Co., Ltd. has 19 pending office actions within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. These 19 pending office actions are assigned to 19 distinct examiners, which indicates that every pending matter is being handled by a different individual. This creates a broad range of examiner interactions for the company to manage, as there is no examiner overlap across the 19 pending office actions.
The portfolio spans 10 distinct art units, showing technical breadth within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics fields. MICHAEL P WIECZOREK is the busiest examiner for the company, currently overseeing 1 pending office action. Despite the volume of 19 pending office actions, the lack of examiner overlap means the company must tailor its prosecution strategy to 19 different individual styles across 10 distinct art units. For practitioners, this requires a management approach to ensure that the 19 pending office actions are prosecuted effectively according to the specific requirements of the 19 distinct examiners.
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 | 10 (53%) |
| §102 only | 1 (5%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 2 (11%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 6 (32%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WIECZOREK, MICHAEL P | 1 | 55.2% | +16.8% |
| IMANI, ELIZABETH MARY COLE | 1 | 33.5% | +25.0% |
| TSO, STANLEY | 1 | 75.5% | +34.3% |
| THOMPSON, CAMIE S | 1 | 73.8% | +10.4% |
| ELNAKIB, AHMED | 1 | 78.6% | +8.7% |
| MINSKEY, JACOB T | 1 | 69.3% | +33.1% |
| EGOAVIL, GUILLERMO J | 1 | 89.8% | +8.5% |
| OTERO, KENNETH MAX | 1 | 52.4% | +43.3% |
| CAPUTO, LISA M | 1 | 37.7% | +5.8% |
| GUGGER, SEAN A | 1 | 64.9% | +23.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18753385 | PRINTED WIRING BOARD | EGOAVIL, GUILLERMO J | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18275098 | ASSEMBLED BATTERY AND BATTERY PACK | RASSOULI, LILI | 26d |
| 19089043 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING WIRING SUBSTRATE | WIECZOREK, MICHAEL P | — |
| 18786655 | COIL SUBSTRATE, MOTOR COIL SUBSTRATE, AND MOTOR | ELNAKIB, AHMED | — |
| 18718999 | BATTERY PROTECTION SHEET AND BATTERY PACK MODULE | OTERO, KENNETH MAX | — |
| 18408629 | WIRING SUBSTRATE | SAWYER, STEVEN T | — |
| 18272238 | HEAT TRANSFER SUPPRESSION SHEET FOR BATTERY PACK, AND BATTERY PACK | PILLAY, DEVINA | — |
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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18605882 | COIL SUBSTRATE, MOTOR COIL SUBSTRATE, AND MOTOR | GUGGER, SEAN A | 9d |
| 19089043 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING WIRING SUBSTRATE | WIECZOREK, MICHAEL P | — |
| 19110098 | MAT MATERIAL, EXHAUST GAS PURIFICATION DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING MAT MATERIAL | IMANI, ELIZABETH MARY COLE | — |
| 18882148 | WIRING SUBSTRATE | TSO, STANLEY | — |
| 18842028 | MAT MATERIAL, EXHAUST GAS PURIFICATION DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING MAT MATERIAL | THOMPSON, CAMIE S | — |
| 18730788 | PAPERMAKING MAT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING PAPER MAKING MAT | MINSKEY, JACOB T | — |
| 18718999 | BATTERY PROTECTION SHEET AND BATTERY PACK MODULE | OTERO, KENNETH MAX | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2847 | 4 |
| 2834 | 3 |
| 1712 | 1 |
| 1748 | 1 |
| 2874 | 1 |
| 1795 | 1 |
| 1728 | 1 |
| 1726 | 1 |
| 3729 | 1 |
| 3762 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19089043 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING WIRING SUBSTRATE | WIECZOREK, MICHAEL P | 1712 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 25, 2025 |
| 19110098 | MAT MATERIAL, EXHAUST GAS PURIFICATION DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING MAT MATERIAL | IMANI, ELIZABETH MARY COLE | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 10, 2025 |
| 18882148 | WIRING SUBSTRATE | TSO, STANLEY | 2847 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 11, 2024 |
| 18842028 | MAT MATERIAL, EXHAUST GAS PURIFICATION DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING MAT MATERIAL | THOMPSON, CAMIE S | — | §103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 27, 2024 |
| 18786655 | COIL SUBSTRATE, MOTOR COIL SUBSTRATE, AND MOTOR | ELNAKIB, AHMED | 2834 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 29, 2024 |
| 18730788 | PAPERMAKING MAT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING PAPER MAKING MAT | MINSKEY, JACOB T | 1748 | §103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 22, 2024 |
| 18753385 | PRINTED WIRING BOARD | EGOAVIL, GUILLERMO J | 2847 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 25, 2024 |
| 18718999 | BATTERY PROTECTION SHEET AND BATTERY PACK MODULE | OTERO, KENNETH MAX | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 12, 2024 |
| 18632346 | WIRING SUBSTRATE | CAPUTO, LISA M | 2874 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 11, 2024 |
| 18605882 | COIL SUBSTRATE, MOTOR COIL SUBSTRATE, AND MOTOR | GUGGER, SEAN A | 2834 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 9d | AI Ready | Mar 15, 2024 |
| 18408629 | WIRING SUBSTRATE | SAWYER, STEVEN T | 2847 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 10, 2024 |
| 18537853 | PRINTED WIRING BOARD | FREAL, JOHN BRENDAN | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 13, 2023 |
| 18365453 | WIRING SUBSTRATE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING WIRING SUBSTRATE | TRAN, BINH BACH THANH | 1795 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 04, 2023 |
| 18275098 | ASSEMBLED BATTERY AND BATTERY PACK | RASSOULI, LILI | 1728 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 26d | Pending | Jul 31, 2023 |
| 18272238 | HEAT TRANSFER SUPPRESSION SHEET FOR BATTERY PACK, AND BATTERY PACK | PILLAY, DEVINA | 1726 | §103§112Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 13, 2023 |
| 18338661 | PRINTED WIRING BOARD | LEGASPI, EUGENE REY DEVERA | 3729 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | AI Ready | Jun 21, 2023 |
| 18307055 | WIRING SUBSTRATE | BURNS, TREMESHA WILLIS | 2847 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 63d | AI Ready | Apr 26, 2023 |
| 17988758 | PLATE-SHAPED HEAT INSULATOR, COMBUSTION CHAMBER, BOILER AND WATER HEATER | LAU, JASON | 3762 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 17, 2022 |
| 17488769 | COIL SUBSTRATE, MOTOR COIL SUBSTRATE, AND MOTOR | RODRIGUEZ, JOSHUA KIEL MIGUEL | 2834 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 29, 2021 |
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