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
Jiangsu Conant Optical Co. Ltd. is currently navigating 2 pending office actions within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. These actions are distributed across 2 distinct examiners, yet they remain contained within 1 distinct art unit. This concentration suggests that while different individuals are reviewing the applications, the subject matter remains within a specific regulatory niche.
The busiest examiner for this portfolio is MERLIN, JESSICA M, who is responsible for 1 busiest examiner pending action. Given that there are 2 pending office actions in total, the 2 distinct examiners share the current pending workload. The remaining action is managed by the other examiner identified in the data.
The allocation of the pending office actions to examiners within 1 distinct art unit indicates a streamlined prosecution landscape. Practitioners can focus their strategy on the specific standards of this art unit while addressing the individual preferences of the 2 distinct examiners. This data highlights an examination process where the primary variable is the individual examiner rather than the departmental setting in Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 2 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MERLIN, JESSICA M | 1 | 61.7% | +24.0% |
| GROSS, ALEXANDER P | 1 | 59.1% | +20.9% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18495658 | MINIATURE MULTIFUNCTIONAL VR RESIN LENS AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF | GROSS, ALEXANDER P | 7d |
| 18495670 | MULTIFUNCTIONAL RESIN LENS FOR AR GLASSES CAPABLE OF CORRECTING VISION AND FABRICATION METHOD THEREOF | MERLIN, JESSICA M | 40d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2871 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18495670 | MULTIFUNCTIONAL RESIN LENS FOR AR GLASSES CAPABLE OF CORRECTING VISION AND FABRICATION METHOD THEREOF | MERLIN, JESSICA M | 2871 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 40d | Pending | Oct 26, 2023 |
| 18495658 | MINIATURE MULTIFUNCTIONAL VR RESIN LENS AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF | GROSS, ALEXANDER P | 2871 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 7d | Pending | Oct 26, 2023 |
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