Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
3 pending office actions • 2 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days
Leeno Industrial Inc. is currently addressing 2 pending office actions in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. These actions are handled by 2 distinct examiners across 2 distinct art units. This suggests that the company's filings are diverse enough to trigger reviews from different specialized groups within the patent office. The presence of 2 pending office actions indicates an active, albeit small, prosecution cycle. Because the company is working within 2 distinct art units, the technical requirements and prior art landscapes may vary significantly between the two matters.
TRINH, MINH N is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, with 1 of the 2 pending office actions under their review. With 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units for only 2 pending actions, there is no overlap in the personnel or the administrative units reviewing the company's work. This requires a flexible prosecution strategy that can adapt to the different expectations of multiple examiners in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics sector. Each action must be handled as a unique case with no examiner or art unit overlap to provide consistency in the review process. The company's success depends on navigating the specific preferences of both distinct examiners, including TRINH, MINH N, across these separate administrative divisions.
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.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANDREWS, BRENT J | 1 | 77.9% | +28.5% |
| TRINH, MINH N | 1 | 85.5% | +9.8% |
| ZHANG, HAIDONG | 1 | 81.1% | +12.5% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18619080 | TEST SOCKET AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME | ZHANG, HAIDONG | 51d overdue |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18849263 | TEST PROBE AND TEST DEVICE | ANDREWS, BRENT J | — |
| 18637294 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING CONTACT TIP AND ELECTROCONDUCTIVE PIN HAVING CONTACT TIP | TRINH, MINH N | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18619080 | TEST SOCKET AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME | ZHANG, HAIDONG | 51d overdue |
| 18849263 | TEST PROBE AND TEST DEVICE | ANDREWS, BRENT J | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2858 | 2 |
| 2841 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18849263 | TEST PROBE AND TEST DEVICE | ANDREWS, BRENT J | 2858 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 20, 2024 |
| 18637294 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING CONTACT TIP AND ELECTROCONDUCTIVE PIN HAVING CONTACT TIP | TRINH, MINH N | 2841 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 16, 2024 |
| 18619080 | TEST SOCKET AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME | ZHANG, HAIDONG | 2858 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 51d overdue | Pending | Mar 27, 2024 |
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