Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
7 pending office actions • 6 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 27 patents granted in the last 365 days
Jiangsu Dongcheng Tools Technology Co. Ltd. manages 7 pending office actions within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. These actions are distributed across 7 distinct examiners and 6 distinct art units. This ratio of examiners to actions suggests that the company's current prosecution is decentralized, with each matter receiving independent review.
BHASKAR KAKARLA is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending office action. Because there are 7 pending office actions and 7 distinct examiners, the workload is balanced. No single examiner has more than one active matter. The 6 distinct art units involved indicate that the 7 pending office actions span a variety of technical sub-fields within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics area.
For a practitioner, the fact that 7 distinct examiners are involved means that prosecution strategies must be tailored to different individuals. Although there are 6 distinct art units, the 7 pending office actions are largely independent in their examination. The busiest examiner, BHASKAR KAKARLA, only handles 1 pending office action, reinforcing the observation that the company's portfolio is currently spread across the USPTO's examining corps.
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 only | 1 (14%) |
| §101 + other | 1 (14%) |
| §102 only | 1 (14%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (57%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KAKARLA, BHASKAR | 1 | 33.3% | +0.0% |
| AGARED, GABRIEL T | 1 | 83.0% | +19.1% |
| DINH, THAI T | 1 | 86.1% | +0.2% |
| ANDREWS, MICHAEL | 1 | 64.5% | +24.0% |
| DO, NHAT CHIEU Q | 1 | 64.0% | +48.9% |
| HUTCHINS, CATHLEEN R | 1 | 83.9% | +7.9% |
| MCNULTY, SEAMUS PATRICK | 1 | 42.9% | +32.1% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18303547 | BATTERY PACK | MCNULTY, SEAMUS PATRICK | 23d overdue |
| 18398246 | PUSH ROD MECHANISM AND LAWNMOWER HAVING THE SAME | HUTCHINS, CATHLEEN R | 12d |
| 18859646 | SAFETY CONTROL METHOD AND INTELLIGENT DEVICE | KAKARLA, BHASKAR | — |
| 18852545 | ROTOR CONTROL METHOD, ROTOR CONTROL DEVICE, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | AGARED, GABRIEL T | — |
| 18837570 | POWER TOOL SYSTEM AND DETECTION METHOD | DINH, THAI T | — |
| 18700279 | Dust Collecting Device | DO, NHAT CHIEU Q | — |
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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18303547 | BATTERY PACK | MCNULTY, SEAMUS PATRICK | 23d overdue |
| 18852545 | ROTOR CONTROL METHOD, ROTOR CONTROL DEVICE, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | AGARED, GABRIEL T | — |
| 18724639 | MOTOR | ANDREWS, MICHAEL | — |
| 18700279 | Dust Collecting Device | DO, NHAT CHIEU Q | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2837 | 1 |
| 2846 | 1 |
| 2834 | 1 |
| 3724 | 1 |
| 3672 | 1 |
| 1752 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18859646 | SAFETY CONTROL METHOD AND INTELLIGENT DEVICE | KAKARLA, BHASKAR | — | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 24, 2024 |
| 18852545 | ROTOR CONTROL METHOD, ROTOR CONTROL DEVICE, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | AGARED, GABRIEL T | 2837 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 30, 2024 |
| 18837570 | POWER TOOL SYSTEM AND DETECTION METHOD | DINH, THAI T | 2846 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 09, 2024 |
| 18724639 | MOTOR | ANDREWS, MICHAEL | 2834 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 27, 2024 |
| 18700279 | Dust Collecting Device | DO, NHAT CHIEU Q | 3724 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 11, 2024 |
| 18398246 | PUSH ROD MECHANISM AND LAWNMOWER HAVING THE SAME | HUTCHINS, CATHLEEN R | 3672 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 12d | Pending | Dec 28, 2023 |
| 18303547 | BATTERY PACK | MCNULTY, SEAMUS PATRICK | 1752 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 23d overdue | Pending | Apr 19, 2023 |
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