Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
7 pending office actions • 2 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 8 patents granted in the last 365 days
Lasertec Corporation has 7 pending office actions in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. These actions are distributed among 6 distinct examiners, with some examiners handling more than one matter. The portfolio is concentrated within 2 distinct art units, suggesting a focused technical scope despite the number of examiners involved in the process.
The busiest examiner, KIM, PETER B, is currently managing 2 pending office actions. With 7 pending actions and only 2 distinct art units, the company is likely dealing with multiple examiners within the same specialized groups. This concentration in the specified art units can help the company develop a more consistent prosecution strategy by focusing on the specific practices and precedents of these administrative divisions.
Interacting with 6 distinct examiners across a limited number of art units means that the company's legal team can focus on a narrow set of technical standards. While they must still address the individual preferences of the examiners, the shared art unit environment may lead to more predictable outcomes. This balance of examiner variety and art unit concentration allows for a specialized approach to their semiconductor and optics applications.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 2 (29%) |
| §103 only | 2 (29%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (14%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (29%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KIM, PETER B | 2 | 83.0% | +9.5% |
| RIDDLE, CHRISTINA A | 1 | 81.0% | +13.9% |
| AYUB, HINA F | 1 | 84.9% | +17.4% |
| GUNBERG, EDWIN C | 1 | 78.0% | +6.8% |
| KAO, CHIH CHENG G | 1 | 82.6% | +9.5% |
| TOOHEY, RICHARD ORLANDO | 1 | 83.1% | +10.5% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19080524 | OPTICAL APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD OF OPTICAL APPARATUS | RIDDLE, CHRISTINA A | — |
| 18894572 | LIGHT SOURCE APPARATUS, INSPECTION APPARATUS, EXPOSURE APPARATUS, LIGHT SOURCE CONTROL METHOD, INSPECTION METHOD, AND EXPOSURE METHOD | KIM, PETER B | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18755453 | PHOTODETECTOR | KAO, CHIH CHENG G | 22d |
| 19013875 | INSPECTION APPARATUS AND INSPECTION METHOD | AYUB, HINA F | — |
| 18943306 | OPTICAL APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD OF OPTICAL APPARATUS | KIM, PETER B | — |
| 18588756 | POSITION DETECTION APPARATUS, POSITION DETECTION METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM STORING POSITION DETECTION PROGRAM | TOOHEY, RICHARD ORLANDO | — |
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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19080524 | OPTICAL APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD OF OPTICAL APPARATUS | RIDDLE, CHRISTINA A | — |
| 19013875 | INSPECTION APPARATUS AND INSPECTION METHOD | AYUB, HINA F | — |
| 18588756 | POSITION DETECTION APPARATUS, POSITION DETECTION METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM STORING POSITION DETECTION PROGRAM | TOOHEY, RICHARD ORLANDO | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2884 | 3 |
| 2882 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19080524 | OPTICAL APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD OF OPTICAL APPARATUS | RIDDLE, CHRISTINA A | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 14, 2025 |
| 19013875 | INSPECTION APPARATUS AND INSPECTION METHOD | AYUB, HINA F | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 08, 2025 |
| 18943306 | OPTICAL APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD OF OPTICAL APPARATUS | KIM, PETER B | 2882 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 11, 2024 |
| 18894572 | LIGHT SOURCE APPARATUS, INSPECTION APPARATUS, EXPOSURE APPARATUS, LIGHT SOURCE CONTROL METHOD, INSPECTION METHOD, AND EXPOSURE METHOD | KIM, PETER B | — | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 24, 2024 |
| 18765608 | INSPECTION APPARATUS AND INSPECTION METHOD | GUNBERG, EDWIN C | 2884 | §103 | Final Rejection | 35d | Pending | Jul 08, 2024 |
| 18755453 | PHOTODETECTOR | KAO, CHIH CHENG G | 2884 | §101§102§103 | Final Rejection | 22d | Pending | Jun 26, 2024 |
| 18588756 | POSITION DETECTION APPARATUS, POSITION DETECTION METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM STORING POSITION DETECTION PROGRAM | TOOHEY, RICHARD ORLANDO | 2884 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 27, 2024 |
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