Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
15 pending office actions • 4 art units • 13 examiners • 0 of 15 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 16 patents granted in the last 365 days
Innomotics GmbH maintains a robust prosecution presence in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area with 15 pending office actions. These actions are distributed across 4 distinct art units, indicating a diverse range of technical applications within the semiconductor sector. The company interacts with 13 distinct examiners, which suggests that its patent strategy requires managing a wide variety of examiner perspectives and negotiation styles.
The busiest examiner for the portfolio is JOHNSON, ERIC, who is currently handling 2 pending office actions. This relatively low concentration of cases per examiner, with 13 distinct examiners for 15 actions, implies that the company's prosecution is highly decentralized. Practitioners must prepare for a broad array of examiner behaviors rather than focusing on a single influential official. The presence of 4 distinct art units further confirms that the portfolio spans several specialized technical niches, requiring tailored arguments for each unit's specific standards. This high volume of pending actions suggests an active and ongoing expansion of the company's intellectual property.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 1 (7%) |
| §103 only | 4 (27%) |
| §102 only | 1 (7%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 9 (60%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| JOHNSON, ERIC | 2 | 62.3% | +22.7% |
| MANN JR, CHARLIE FRANK | 2 | 72.4% | +28.6% |
| VO, ETHAN NGUYEN | 1 | 79.0% | +10.1% |
| SUBRAMANIAN, VISWANATHAN | 1 | 81.0% | +20.3% |
| LAUGHLIN, CHARLES S | 1 | 76.5% | +9.6% |
| MATES, ROBERT E | 1 | 57.0% | +35.0% |
| TANG, MICHAEL XUEFEI | 1 | 83.6% | +18.9% |
| CHANG, MINKI | 1 | 71.6% | +10.1% |
| SCHLAK, DANIEL KEITH | 1 | 75.0% | +33.3% |
| KIM, PAUL D | 1 | 87.7% | +6.7% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18696718 | ELECTRIC MACHINE COMPRISING A HOUSING | CHANG, MINKI | 41d |
| 18876548 | HOUSING-FREE DYNAMOELECTRIC ROTARY MACHINE HAVING ADD-ON ELEMENTS | JOHNSON, ERIC | — |
| 18864770 | Rotor of a Squirrel-Cage Motor, and Method for Producing the Motor | VO, ETHAN NGUYEN | — |
| 18858379 | Electric Motor | SUBRAMANIAN, VISWANATHAN | — |
| 18703617 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OBSERVING A CEMENT KILN PROCESS | TANG, MICHAEL XUEFEI | — |
| 18684456 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A ROTOR OF A PERMANENTLY EXCITED DYNAMO-ELECTRIC MACHINE | SCHLAK, DANIEL KEITH | — |
| 18574426 | Sliding Cover, Method for Mounting the Sliding Cover, and Tool for Implementing the Method | KIM, PAUL D | — |
| 18276205 | INTEGRATING MODEL FOR A TECHNICAL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING SAID MODEL | SANDERS, JOSHUA T | — |
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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18695549 | ELECTRIC MACHINE WITH ONE HOUSING | JOHNSON, ERIC | 7d |
| 18696718 | ELECTRIC MACHINE COMPRISING A HOUSING | CHANG, MINKI | 41d |
| 18876548 | HOUSING-FREE DYNAMOELECTRIC ROTARY MACHINE HAVING ADD-ON ELEMENTS | JOHNSON, ERIC | — |
| 18867312 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A STATOR OF A DYNAMOELECTRIC MACHINE | MANN JR, CHARLIE FRANK | — |
| 18864770 | Rotor of a Squirrel-Cage Motor, and Method for Producing the Motor | VO, ETHAN NGUYEN | — |
| 18858379 | Electric Motor | SUBRAMANIAN, VISWANATHAN | — |
| 18847048 | Electric Motor | MANN JR, CHARLIE FRANK | — |
| 18720296 | ATTACHMENT COOLER OF A DYNAMO-ELECTRIC MACHINE WITH PLATE COOLERS | MATES, ROBERT E | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2834 | 8 |
| 2115 | 1 |
| 2119 | 1 |
| 1787 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18876548 | HOUSING-FREE DYNAMOELECTRIC ROTARY MACHINE HAVING ADD-ON ELEMENTS | JOHNSON, ERIC | 2834 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 18, 2024 |
| 18867312 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A STATOR OF A DYNAMOELECTRIC MACHINE | MANN JR, CHARLIE FRANK | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 19, 2024 |
| 18864770 | Rotor of a Squirrel-Cage Motor, and Method for Producing the Motor | VO, ETHAN NGUYEN | 2834 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 11, 2024 |
| 18858379 | Electric Motor | SUBRAMANIAN, VISWANATHAN | — | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 21, 2024 |
| 18849282 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OBTAINING COOLANT FLOW RATE(S) FOR A POWER CELL OF A VARIABLE FREQUENCY DRIVE | LAUGHLIN, CHARLES S | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 20, 2024 |
| 18847048 | Electric Motor | MANN JR, CHARLIE FRANK | 2834 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 13, 2024 |
| 18720296 | ATTACHMENT COOLER OF A DYNAMO-ELECTRIC MACHINE WITH PLATE COOLERS | MATES, ROBERT E | 2834 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 14, 2024 |
| 18703617 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OBSERVING A CEMENT KILN PROCESS | TANG, MICHAEL XUEFEI | 2115 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 22, 2024 |
| 18696718 | ELECTRIC MACHINE COMPRISING A HOUSING | CHANG, MINKI | 2834 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 41d | Pending | Mar 28, 2024 |
| 18695549 | ELECTRIC MACHINE WITH ONE HOUSING | JOHNSON, ERIC | 2834 | §103 | Final Rejection | 7d | Pending | Mar 26, 2024 |
| 18684456 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A ROTOR OF A PERMANENTLY EXCITED DYNAMO-ELECTRIC MACHINE | SCHLAK, DANIEL KEITH | 2834 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 16, 2024 |
| 18574426 | Sliding Cover, Method for Mounting the Sliding Cover, and Tool for Implementing the Method | KIM, PAUL D | — | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 27, 2023 |
| 18276205 | INTEGRATING MODEL FOR A TECHNICAL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING SAID MODEL | SANDERS, JOSHUA T | 2119 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 07, 2023 |
| 17052770 | Electric Insulation System of an Electric Motor, and Associated Manufacturing Process | MULLINS, BURTON S | 2834 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 03, 2020 |
| 15576917 | Resistance Covering For A Corona Shield Of An Electric Machine | JACKSON, MONIQUE R | 1787 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 27, 2017 |
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