Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 14 patents granted in the last 365 days
The Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science maintains a portfolio focused on Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics. Currently, the organization faces 2 pending office actions distributed across 2 distinct examiners. This distribution indicates that each examiner is handling a single active matter, preventing a concentration of workload with any one individual.
All pending matters are contained within 1 distinct art unit, suggesting a highly specialized prosecution focus within the technology area. JASON L MCCORMACK is identified as the busiest examiner for this portfolio, though he is responsible for only 1 busiest examiner pending action. This suggests that the prosecution strategy is centralized within a specific administrative group at the patent office despite the involvement of multiple examiners.
Practitioners should note that the pending office actions represent the entirety of the current workload. Because the distinct examiners are operating within the same art unit, the institute may experience consistent examination standards across its pending applications. This narrow focus simplifies the tracking of examiner behavior and potential trends for the applicant.
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) | 2 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCCORMACK, JASON L | 1 | 84.6% | +8.1% |
| KALISZEWSKI, ALINA ROSE | 1 | 84.4% | +23.8% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18941597 | OBJECTIVE LENS COVER AND CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME | MCCORMACK, JASON L | — |
| 18519810 | CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM APPARATUS | KALISZEWSKI, ALINA ROSE | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18519810 | CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM APPARATUS | KALISZEWSKI, ALINA ROSE | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2881 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18941597 | OBJECTIVE LENS COVER AND CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME | MCCORMACK, JASON L | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 08, 2024 |
| 18519810 | CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM APPARATUS | KALISZEWSKI, ALINA ROSE | 2881 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 27, 2023 |
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