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
Kai Systems has 1 pending office action in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. This matter is assigned to examiner MERCADO, ALEXANDER A. The portfolio involves 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit. MERCADO, ALEXANDER A is the busiest examiner, overseeing 1 busiest examiner pending action.
The involvement of 1 distinct art unit and 1 distinct examiner indicates that the company's current USPTO activity is concentrated. For a practitioner, this means that the outcome of the pending portfolio depends on the decisions of MERCADO, ALEXANDER A. The 1 pending office action represents the total current workload for this entity at the office. This 1 to 1 ratio between the action and the examiner simplifies the communication chain but increases the impact of that specific examiner's perspective.
Managing the 1 busiest examiner pending action requires a strategy focused on the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics sector. The presence of 1 distinct examiner across the portfolio ensures a consistent point of contact for the pending matter. The 1 distinct art unit involved suggests a narrow technical focus for the current applications. Practitioners should monitor the 1 pending office action for developments that may affect the company's broader goals in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics field.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MERCADO, ALEXANDER A | 1 | 69.4% | +19.6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18584836 | INTERNAL TUBE FOULING SENSORS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS | MERCADO, ALEXANDER A | 18d overdue |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18584836 | INTERNAL TUBE FOULING SENSORS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS | MERCADO, ALEXANDER A | 18d overdue |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2855 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18584836 | INTERNAL TUBE FOULING SENSORS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS | MERCADO, ALEXANDER A | 2855 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 18d overdue | Pending | Feb 22, 2024 |
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