Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
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
Koloma Inc. is currently managing 2 pending office actions within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. These 2 pending office actions are spread across 2 distinct art units, suggesting that the company's innovations in semiconductors and optics are being evaluated by different specialized groups. The involvement of multiple art units for the pending actions indicates a lack of administrative overlap in the current prosecution phase. For a practitioner, this requires familiarity with the specific guidelines of each distinct art unit.
The pending office actions are being reviewed by 2 distinct examiners. This means that each of the pending office actions is assigned to a different individual, providing two separate examiner perspectives. DINH, LYNDA is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, currently overseeing 1 pending office action. This examiner is one of the distinct examiners who are each responsible for a pending action. The distribution of the workload ensures that no single examiner has a dominant influence over the entire pending portfolio.
For practitioners, the pending office actions across the distinct art units and examiners require a tailored approach for each case. DINH, LYNDA and the other examiner each hold 1 pending office action, so there is no central point of contact for the portfolio. The Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics focus provides the technical context for these actions, even as the art units and examiners remain distinct. Success in this environment depends on the ability to navigate different examiner styles while maintaining technical consistency across the 2 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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 1 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (67%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DINH, LYNDA | 1 | 73.9% | +28.5% |
| MOUDOU, EILEEN QI-YUN | 1 | 66.7% | +0.0% |
| FIORITO, JAMES A | 1 | 71.6% | +27.9% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18943774 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EVALUATING HYDROGEN GENERATION POTENTIAL USING MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY AND GRAVITY MEASUREMENTS FOR NATURAL HYDROGEN EXPLORATION | DINH, LYNDA | — |
| 18264920 | PRODUCTION OF RENEWABLE AMMONIA | MOUDOU, EILEEN QI-YUN | — |
| 18206938 | INTEGRATION OF NATURAL HYDROGEN RESERVOIR STORAGE CAPACITY OR SUITABLE SUBSURFACE RESERVOIRS WITH OTHER HYDROGEN SOURCES AND SINKS | FIORITO, JAMES A | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18943774 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EVALUATING HYDROGEN GENERATION POTENTIAL USING MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY AND GRAVITY MEASUREMENTS FOR NATURAL HYDROGEN EXPLORATION | DINH, LYNDA | — |
| 18206938 | INTEGRATION OF NATURAL HYDROGEN RESERVOIR STORAGE CAPACITY OR SUITABLE SUBSURFACE RESERVOIRS WITH OTHER HYDROGEN SOURCES AND SINKS | FIORITO, JAMES A | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2857 | 1 |
| 1738 | 1 |
| 1731 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18943774 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EVALUATING HYDROGEN GENERATION POTENTIAL USING MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY AND GRAVITY MEASUREMENTS FOR NATURAL HYDROGEN EXPLORATION | DINH, LYNDA | 2857 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 11, 2024 |
| 18264920 | PRODUCTION OF RENEWABLE AMMONIA | MOUDOU, EILEEN QI-YUN | 1738 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 09, 2023 |
| 18206938 | INTEGRATION OF NATURAL HYDROGEN RESERVOIR STORAGE CAPACITY OR SUITABLE SUBSURFACE RESERVOIRS WITH OTHER HYDROGEN SOURCES AND SINKS | FIORITO, JAMES A | 1731 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 07, 2023 |
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