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 • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Louisiana Tech Research Corporation has 3 pending office actions in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. These actions are distributed among 3 distinct examiners, meaning each of the 3 pending matters is being reviewed by a different individual. This one-to-one ratio shows a decentralized prosecution workload across the current portfolio. This distribution suggests that the corporation's semiconductor research is subject to the individual interpretations of 3 different examiners, requiring a highly adaptable prosecution strategy for each application.
The corporation's matters are spread across 2 distinct art units. With 3 pending office actions, the work is concentrated within 2 specialized divisions of the patent office. This presence in 2 art units indicates that the corporation's semiconductor research falls into a narrow range of technical classifications. The ratio of 3 actions to 2 art units shows that the corporation's filings are technically focused, allowing for a more specialized examination process within those specific groups of the patent office.
EDWYN LABAZE is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, currently handling 1 pending office action. As all 3 distinct examiners are managing exactly 1 action each, the workload is uniform across the 3 pending matters. The management of 3 pending actions in 2 art units reflects the corporation's current patent activity. This balanced distribution across 3 examiners and 2 art units highlights the focused nature of the corporation's ongoing research and development efforts in the semiconductor sector.
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 |
|---|---|
| Double-patenting 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LABAZE, EDWYN | 1 | 89.4% | +9.4% |
| OLADAPO, TAIWO | 1 | 52.9% | +11.8% |
| BRYANT, REBECCA CAROLE | 1 | 64.8% | +32.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19418486 | COUNTERFEIT DETECTION AND PROVENANCE WITH GRATING INTERFEROMETRY, BLOCKCHAIN, AND SMART CONTRACTS | LABAZE, EDWYN | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18913376 | METAL CARBIDE-BASED CATALYST SYSTEMS FOR PLASTIC RECYCLING | OLADAPO, TAIWO | — |
| 18755085 | CHEMICAL SENSORS USING COPPER HIGH-ASPECT STRUCTURES (CuHARS) AND METHODS FOR USING SAME | BRYANT, REBECCA CAROLE | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18913376 | METAL CARBIDE-BASED CATALYST SYSTEMS FOR PLASTIC RECYCLING | OLADAPO, TAIWO | — |
| 18755085 | CHEMICAL SENSORS USING COPPER HIGH-ASPECT STRUCTURES (CuHARS) AND METHODS FOR USING SAME | BRYANT, REBECCA CAROLE | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2876 | 1 |
| 2877 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19418486 | COUNTERFEIT DETECTION AND PROVENANCE WITH GRATING INTERFEROMETRY, BLOCKCHAIN, AND SMART CONTRACTS | LABAZE, EDWYN | 2876 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 12, 2025 |
| 18913376 | METAL CARBIDE-BASED CATALYST SYSTEMS FOR PLASTIC RECYCLING | OLADAPO, TAIWO | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 11, 2024 |
| 18755085 | CHEMICAL SENSORS USING COPPER HIGH-ASPECT STRUCTURES (CuHARS) AND METHODS FOR USING SAME | BRYANT, REBECCA CAROLE | 2877 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 26, 2024 |
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