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
Kun-Hsien Cheng has 1 pending office action in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. This action is handled by 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit. CARLSON, JOSHUA MICHAEL is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, overseeing 1 pending office action.
Because there is only 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit, the prosecution is highly centralized. Practitioners should focus on the specific examination patterns of CARLSON, JOSHUA MICHAEL. The data suggests a focused approach to securing patent rights in the semiconductor sector. With all activity limited to 1 art unit, the technical scope of the current prosecution is narrow. This streamlined profile allows for a very specific and targeted legal strategy. The active patent strategy is currently concentrated on this single matter under the review of the assigned examiner. This concentration of resources ensures that the individual can dedicate attention to the feedback provided by the assigned examiner.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CARLSON, JOSHUA MICHAEL | 1 | 59.1% | +39.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19003580 | SUBSTRATE MODIFICATION REGION MEASUREMENT APPARATUS AND METHOD | CARLSON, JOSHUA MICHAEL | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19003580 | SUBSTRATE MODIFICATION REGION MEASUREMENT APPARATUS AND METHOD | CARLSON, JOSHUA MICHAEL | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2877 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19003580 | SUBSTRATE MODIFICATION REGION MEASUREMENT APPARATUS AND METHOD | CARLSON, JOSHUA MICHAEL | 2877 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 27, 2024 |
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