Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Lessmüller Lasertechnik GmbH is managing 2 pending office actions in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. These actions are being handled by 2 distinct examiners. Despite the involvement of multiple examiners, the prosecution is contained within 1 distinct art unit, suggesting a consistent technical focus for the company's applications at the USPTO.
ELLIOTT, TOPAZ L is the busiest examiner for the company, with 1 pending office action. Since there are 2 pending office actions in total, the workload is evenly divided between the 2 distinct examiners. The fact that both examiners are located within 1 distinct art unit suggests a consistent technical focus for the portfolio's current applications, which may lead to a more uniform application of technical standards across the 2 pending office actions.
Practitioners should observe that while the company interacts with 2 distinct examiners, the shared art unit may lead to similar examination styles or internal policy applications. The 2 pending office actions represent the total active challenges for the portfolio. With 1 pending office action assigned to the busiest examiner, the company must coordinate two separate responses within a single technical division. Effectively managing these 2 distinct examiners is essential for advancing the portfolio through the 1 distinct art unit.
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 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELLIOTT, TOPAZ L | 1 | 82.7% | +10.7% |
| COOK, JONATHON | 1 | 81.6% | +17.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18201469 | METHOD, MEASURING DEVICE, MACHINING SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR DETERMINING A CORRECTED HEIGHT SIGNAL FROM MEASUREMENT DATA OBTAINED WITH OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY | COOK, JONATHON | 31d overdue |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18375288 | MEASURING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING MEASUREMENTS ON A WORKPIECE AS WELL AS MACHINING SYSTEM AND WELDING METHOD | ELLIOTT, TOPAZ L | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18201469 | METHOD, MEASURING DEVICE, MACHINING SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR DETERMINING A CORRECTED HEIGHT SIGNAL FROM MEASUREMENT DATA OBTAINED WITH OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY | COOK, JONATHON | 31d overdue |
| 18375288 | MEASURING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING MEASUREMENTS ON A WORKPIECE AS WELL AS MACHINING SYSTEM AND WELDING METHOD | ELLIOTT, TOPAZ L | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2877 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18375288 | MEASURING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING MEASUREMENTS ON A WORKPIECE AS WELL AS MACHINING SYSTEM AND WELDING METHOD | ELLIOTT, TOPAZ L | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 29, 2023 |
| 18201469 | METHOD, MEASURING DEVICE, MACHINING SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR DETERMINING A CORRECTED HEIGHT SIGNAL FROM MEASUREMENT DATA OBTAINED WITH OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY | COOK, JONATHON | 2877 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 31d overdue | Pending | May 24, 2023 |
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