Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
3 pending office actions • 3 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 6 patents granted in the last 365 days
Koh Young Technology Inc. has 3 pending office actions in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. These matters are assigned to 3 distinct examiners, which means that every active case is being reviewed by a different official. The portfolio is also spread across 3 distinct art units, indicating that each of the 3 pending office actions involves a different technical specialization within the semiconductor and optics fields.
GARBER, ERIN R is the busiest examiner for the company, currently handling 1 pending office action. Since there are 3 pending office actions in total, the workload is evenly distributed among the 3 distinct examiners. This lack of concentration means that no single examiner's style will dominate the company's prosecution results. Practitioners must prepare for separate sets of examiner preferences across the 3 distinct art units. Success will require a tailored approach for each individual examiner to address the specific technical requirements of the 3 distinct art units.
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) | 3 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GARBER, ERIN R | 1 | 82.7% | +17.7% |
| VARGAS MONTALVO, DIXOMARA | 1 | 92.6% | +8.4% |
| CHANG, AUDREY Y | 1 | 46.5% | +20.4% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19115667 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL SHAPE INSPECTION DEVICE AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL SHAPE INSPECTION METHOD | GARBER, ERIN R | — |
| 18863766 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING LOCATION OF SUBJECT OR SURGICAL TOOL | VARGAS MONTALVO, DIXOMARA | — |
| 18846217 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DEPTH-OF-FIELD EXPANSION | CHANG, AUDREY Y | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19115667 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL SHAPE INSPECTION DEVICE AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL SHAPE INSPECTION METHOD | GARBER, ERIN R | — |
| 18846217 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DEPTH-OF-FIELD EXPANSION | CHANG, AUDREY Y | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2878 | 1 |
| 3798 | 1 |
| 2872 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19115667 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL SHAPE INSPECTION DEVICE AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL SHAPE INSPECTION METHOD | GARBER, ERIN R | 2878 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 26, 2025 |
| 18863766 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING LOCATION OF SUBJECT OR SURGICAL TOOL | VARGAS MONTALVO, DIXOMARA | 3798 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 07, 2024 |
| 18846217 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DEPTH-OF-FIELD EXPANSION | CHANG, AUDREY Y | 2872 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 11, 2024 |
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