Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Networking & Security • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Lightpath Technologies Inc. operates in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. The company has 2 pending office actions. These actions are distributed between 2 distinct examiners, meaning each action is handled by a different individual.
The prosecution is spread across 2 distinct art units, reflecting technical diversity within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics portfolio. CASTELLON JR, MANUEL SALVADOR is the busiest examiner, managing 1 busiest examiner pending action. This indicates that the 2 pending office actions are distributed among the 2 distinct examiners.
With 2 pending office actions in 2 distinct art units, the company's current filings are being reviewed by different specialized groups. The involvement of 2 distinct examiners requires the company to manage two separate prosecution tracks within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics area.
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 | 2 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CASTELLON JR, MANUEL SALVADOR | 1 | 89.7% | +12.5% |
| KURIEN, CHRISTEN A | 1 | 57.0% | +26.9% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18741788 | BROADBAND CAMERA FOR INSPECTION OF HIGH-TEMPERATURE PROCESSING ENVIRONMENT | CASTELLON JR, MANUEL SALVADOR | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18741788 | BROADBAND CAMERA FOR INSPECTION OF HIGH-TEMPERATURE PROCESSING ENVIRONMENT | CASTELLON JR, MANUEL SALVADOR | — |
| 18651613 | THERMAL IMAGING INCLUDING AN EXTENDED SHORT WAVE INFRARED LIGHT SOURCE TO IDENTIFY AN OBJECT | KURIEN, CHRISTEN A | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2855 | 1 |
| 2421 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18741788 | BROADBAND CAMERA FOR INSPECTION OF HIGH-TEMPERATURE PROCESSING ENVIRONMENT | CASTELLON JR, MANUEL SALVADOR | 2855 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 13, 2024 |
| 18651613 | THERMAL IMAGING INCLUDING AN EXTENDED SHORT WAVE INFRARED LIGHT SOURCE TO IDENTIFY AN OBJECT | KURIEN, CHRISTEN A | 2421 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 30, 2024 |
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