Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Lasertec Corporation

5 pending office actions • 3 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 7 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

5
Total Pending OAs
2
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

0
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

Case Difficulty Mix

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.

3
Hard (60%)
2
Medium (40%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other2 (40%)
§103 only1 (20%)
Double-patenting + other1 (20%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (20%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
4
Semiconductors
80% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
1
Business / Other
20% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

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.

50 h
Manual time on pending OAs
10 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
18 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
AYUB, HINA F 1 84.9% +17.4%
KIM, PETER B 1 83.0% +9.2%
KAO, CHIH CHENG G 1 82.5% +9.6%
TOOHEY, RICHARD ORLANDO 1 84.8% +7.5%
CHANG, HANWAY 1 85.8% +7.9%

Quick Wins (2)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18943306 OPTICAL APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD OF OPTICAL APPARATUS KIM, PETER B
18458913 POSITION DETECTION APPARATUS, POSITION DETECTION METHOD AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM CHANG, HANWAY

Hard Cases (3)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18755453 PHOTODETECTOR KAO, CHIH CHENG G 22d
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

Interview Candidates (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
19013875 INSPECTION APPARATUS AND INSPECTION METHOD AYUB, HINA F

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2884 2
2882 1
2878 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
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 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 11, 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 Final Rejection Pending Feb 27, 2024
18458913 POSITION DETECTION APPARATUS, POSITION DETECTION METHOD AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM CHANG, HANWAY 2878 DPOther Final Rejection Pending Aug 30, 2023

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