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 • 7 patents granted in the last 365 days
Japan Electronic Materials Corporation has 2 pending office actions in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. These actions are split between 2 distinct examiners, but both are located within 1 distinct art unit. This suggests that while different individuals are reviewing the applications, they are working within the same technical and administrative framework. This concentration in 1 distinct art unit may provide some consistency in the technical standards and prior art used for both of the 2 pending actions.
The busiest examiner, SCHINDLER, DAVID M, is responsible for 1 pending office action. This busiest examiner pending count of 1 indicates that the 2 pending actions are distributed equally between the 2 distinct examiners. The concentration in 1 distinct art unit implies that the examiners likely share similar prior art resources and internal guidelines for the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics field. Practitioners should look for commonalities in the feedback received from the 2 distinct examiners to develop a more efficient response strategy. The resolution of these 2 pending office actions will depend on addressing the specific concerns of each examiner within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. The shared art unit environment allows for a more coordinated approach than if the 2 actions were in different units. Successful prosecution will require balancing the unique preferences of the 2 distinct examiners.
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 |
|---|---|
| §102 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SCHINDLER, DAVID M | 1 | 40.5% | +23.4% |
| PATEL, PARESH H | 1 | 79.5% | -1.1% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18004767 | PROBE OF PROBE CARD USE INCLUDING DEFORMATION REGIONS, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME | PATEL, PARESH H | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18847269 | PROBE CARD | SCHINDLER, DAVID M | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2858 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18847269 | PROBE CARD | SCHINDLER, DAVID M | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 28, 2025 |
| 18004767 | PROBE OF PROBE CARD USE INCLUDING DEFORMATION REGIONS, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME | PATEL, PARESH H | 2858 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 09, 2023 |
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