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 • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Ideon Technologies Inc. has 2 pending office actions within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. These actions are distributed across 2 distinct examiners, meaning each pending matter is being reviewed by a different individual. The portfolio is concentrated within 1 distinct art unit, suggesting that while the examiners differ, the technical subject matter is closely related.
Gordon G Liu is the busiest examiner for the company, currently managing 1 pending office action. This 1 pending office action represents half of the total 2 pending office actions for the portfolio. Because both examiners are working within 1 distinct art unit, practitioners can expect a consistent set of technical standards. The presence of 2 distinct examiners for 2 pending office actions ensures a variety of perspectives even within a single art unit.
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 (50%) |
| §112 only | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LIU, GORDON G | 1 | 82.9% | +14.8% |
| HO, ALLEN C | 1 | 86.9% | +17.6% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19063319 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND PROCESS FOR MUON TOMOGRAPHY FOR BLOCK CAVING | LIU, GORDON G | — |
| 18643944 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD REGARDING BOREHOLE MUON DETECTOR FOR MUON RADIOGRAPHY AND TOMOGRAPHY | HO, ALLEN C | — |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19063319 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND PROCESS FOR MUON TOMOGRAPHY FOR BLOCK CAVING | LIU, GORDON G | — |
| 18643944 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD REGARDING BOREHOLE MUON DETECTOR FOR MUON RADIOGRAPHY AND TOMOGRAPHY | HO, ALLEN C | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2884 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19063319 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND PROCESS FOR MUON TOMOGRAPHY FOR BLOCK CAVING | LIU, GORDON G | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 26, 2025 |
| 18643944 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD REGARDING BOREHOLE MUON DETECTOR FOR MUON RADIOGRAPHY AND TOMOGRAPHY | HO, ALLEN C | 2884 | §112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 23, 2024 |
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