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 • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
Liminal Insights Inc. is currently managing 2 pending office actions within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. These active matters are distributed across 2 distinct examiners and 1 distinct art unit. This indicates a focused technical scope within a single art unit, although the matters are being reviewed by different individuals. The 2 pending office actions represent the current active prosecution front for the company's semiconductor developments.
The busiest examiner for this portfolio is SUMAN KUMAR NATH, who is responsible for 1 pending office action. Because the 2 pending office actions are split between 2 distinct examiners, the workload is balanced. Practitioners should account for the potential for different examiner styles even when operating within 1 distinct art unit. Navigating 2 distinct examiners requires a strategy that remains consistent with the art unit's standards while adapting to individual preferences. The presence of 2 pending office actions across 2 distinct examiners provides the company with multiple concurrent paths for patent acquisition in the optics field.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NATH, SUMAN KUMAR | 1 | 82.7% | +22.5% |
| DEHERRERA, KRISTINA M | 1 | 73.3% | +28.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18784051 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ACOUSTIC ANALYSIS OF SEI FORMATION IN BATTERIES | NATH, SUMAN KUMAR | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18431153 | CYCLE LIFE PERFORMANCE DETERMINATION FOR BATTERIES USING ACOUSTIC SIGNAL ANALYSIS | DEHERRERA, KRISTINA M | 28d |
| 18784051 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ACOUSTIC ANALYSIS OF SEI FORMATION IN BATTERIES | NATH, SUMAN KUMAR | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2855 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18784051 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ACOUSTIC ANALYSIS OF SEI FORMATION IN BATTERIES | NATH, SUMAN KUMAR | — | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 25, 2024 |
| 18431153 | CYCLE LIFE PERFORMANCE DETERMINATION FOR BATTERIES USING ACOUSTIC SIGNAL ANALYSIS | DEHERRERA, KRISTINA M | 2855 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 28d | Pending | Feb 02, 2024 |
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