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 • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
Legrand Dpc LLC has 1 pending office action in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. This single action is assigned to 1 distinct examiner within 1 distinct art unit. The current prosecution activity is concentrated in this one specific area. The presence of 1 distinct art unit simplifies the administrative requirements for the practitioner by centralizing the technical review process.
The busiest examiner is PARRIES, DRU M, who is responsible for 1 busiest examiner pending action. This matches the total volume of 1 pending office action for the portfolio. As a result, the company's immediate patent prospects are tied to the review of this single examiner. The 1 busiest examiner pending action under PARRIES, DRU M represents the entirety of the company's current pending workload.
Practitioners should focus on the 1 busiest examiner pending action by understanding the specific examination style of PARRIES, DRU M. This singular focus allows for a deep dive into the examiner's specific preferences to resolve the 1 pending office action. Understanding the specific requirements of the 1 distinct examiner is essential for success in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics sector. This focused approach may lead to more consistent outcomes.
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 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PARRIES, DRU M | 1 | 62.9% | +13.4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18601574 | RACK AUTOMATIC TRANSFER SWITCH WITH ELECTRONIC BYPASS | PARRIES, DRU M | 30d overdue |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2836 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18601574 | RACK AUTOMATIC TRANSFER SWITCH WITH ELECTRONIC BYPASS | PARRIES, DRU M | 2836 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 30d overdue | Pending | Mar 11, 2024 |
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