Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Institut D'Optique Theorique Et Appliquee manages a portfolio in Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics with 2 pending office actions. These 2 pending office actions are distributed among 2 distinct examiners. This distribution suggests a broader spread of examination compared to portfolios where a single examiner handles all pending matters. It requires the applicant to navigate the different perspectives of 2 distinct examiners within the patent office.
The prosecution spans 2 distinct art units, indicating that the pending applications may cover different technical sub-specialties within the optics field. The busiest examiner is JONES, ERIC W, who is handling 1 busiest examiner pending office action. Since there are 2 pending office actions in total, the workload is split, with another examiner handling the remaining action. This distribution means that the company's success in the current cycle is not tied to a single examiner's desk, but rather depends on independent reviews across 2 distinct art units and 2 distinct examiners.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 1 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| JONES, ERIC W | 1 | 62.1% | +17.5% |
| MONTANARI, DAVID A | 1 | 64.7% | +49.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18374889 | CELLULAR MICROCOMPARTMENT AND PREPARATION PROCESSES | MONTANARI, DAVID A | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18573817 | LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE COMPRISING A COOLING SYSTEM | JONES, ERIC W | 15d |
| 18374889 | CELLULAR MICROCOMPARTMENT AND PREPARATION PROCESSES | MONTANARI, DAVID A | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2892 | 1 |
| 1632 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18573817 | LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE COMPRISING A COOLING SYSTEM | JONES, ERIC W | 2892 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 15d | Pending | Dec 22, 2023 |
| 18374889 | CELLULAR MICROCOMPARTMENT AND PREPARATION PROCESSES | MONTANARI, DAVID A | 1632 | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 29, 2023 |
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