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
Knorr-Bremse Commercial Vehicle Systems Japan Ltd. has 1 pending office action in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. This action is reviewed by 1 distinct examiner in a distinct art unit. PHAM, LEDA T is the busiest examiner, managing 1 pending office action. The portfolio currently shows a very narrow prosecution focus.
The pending office action is situated in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. Because there is a distinct examiner and a distinct art unit involved, the company's current interactions with the USPTO are highly centralized. PHAM, LEDA T is the only examiner identified in the data, managing the prosecution. This singular focus means that the outcome of the company's current patenting efforts depends entirely on the review of this individual. Practitioners should prioritize understanding the specific preferences and past decisions of this examiner within the assigned art unit to effectively navigate the process.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PHAM, LEDA T | 1 | 74.8% | +11.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18710754 | MOTOR-INTEGRATED ELECTRONIC CONTROL DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING MOTOR-INTEGRATED ELECTRONIC CONTROL DEVICE | PHAM, LEDA T | 7d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18710754 | MOTOR-INTEGRATED ELECTRONIC CONTROL DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING MOTOR-INTEGRATED ELECTRONIC CONTROL DEVICE | PHAM, LEDA T | 7d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2834 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18710754 | MOTOR-INTEGRATED ELECTRONIC CONTROL DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING MOTOR-INTEGRATED ELECTRONIC CONTROL DEVICE | PHAM, LEDA T | 2834 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 7d | Pending | May 16, 2024 |
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