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 • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Intangles Lab Pvt Ltd. currently has 1 pending office action in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. This matter is assigned to 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit, indicating a concentrated effort in a specific technical field. The presence of 1 distinct art unit suggests that the company's current semiconductor or optical innovations are being evaluated by a single specialized group. This focus allows the company to tailor its prosecution strategy to the specific expectations and technical standards of that particular art unit.
NGHIEM, MICHAEL P is the busiest examiner for the company, managing the 1 pending office action. Since this is the only pending action in the portfolio, this examiner's specific tendencies will be the primary factor in the prosecution outcome. With 1 pending office action total, the current administrative workload is low, focusing all attention on this single technical review. The involvement of only 1 distinct examiner means that the company's immediate patenting success depends on successfully navigating the requirements of this individual official.
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 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NGHIEM, MICHAEL P | 1 | 67.5% | +24.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18397028 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CLOGGED INJECTORS DIAGNOSTICS USING FUEL TRIMS | NGHIEM, MICHAEL P | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18397028 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CLOGGED INJECTORS DIAGNOSTICS USING FUEL TRIMS | NGHIEM, MICHAEL P | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2857 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18397028 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CLOGGED INJECTORS DIAGNOSTICS USING FUEL TRIMS | NGHIEM, MICHAEL P | 2857 | §101§102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 27, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialIntangles Lab Pvt Ltd. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Michael P Nghiem has the most, with 1 of Intangles Lab Pvt Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.