Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Magwerks Vision Inc. operates a patent portfolio in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. The company currently has 2 pending office actions, both of which are being handled by 1 distinct examiner. These actions are also concentrated within 1 distinct art unit, indicating a very specific technical and administrative focus. The concentration in 1 distinct art unit suggests that the company's current filings are closely related in subject matter.
COLIN J CATTANACH is the busiest examiner for the company, managing 2 pending office actions. This means that the company's current pending workload is entirely under the supervision of this single examiner. Such concentration under 1 distinct examiner simplifies the prosecution process by centralizing all feedback. The involvement of only 1 distinct examiner, COLIN J CATTANACH, allows for a direct and singular focus on the feedback provided by the examiner in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics field.
With 2 pending office actions, the portfolio's current activity is modest but highly focused. Practitioners can focus their efforts on the specific requirements and tendencies of this 1 distinct examiner within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics field. The alignment of the technology area with 1 distinct art unit reflects a highly specialized filing strategy. The company's immediate prosecution goals are tied to the current pending workload under the review of the 1 distinct examiner.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CATTANACH, COLIN J | 2 | 59.0% | +19.9% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19052855 | Optics for Regulated Vehicle Lighting Applications | CATTANACH, COLIN J | 6d |
| 19052887 | Single Optic Producing Non-Symmetrical Illumination Pattern for Vehicle Lighting Applications | CATTANACH, COLIN J | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19052855 | Optics for Regulated Vehicle Lighting Applications | CATTANACH, COLIN J | 6d |
| 19052887 | Single Optic Producing Non-Symmetrical Illumination Pattern for Vehicle Lighting Applications | CATTANACH, COLIN J | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2875 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19052855 | Optics for Regulated Vehicle Lighting Applications | CATTANACH, COLIN J | 2875 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 6d | Pending | Feb 13, 2025 |
| 19052887 | Single Optic Producing Non-Symmetrical Illumination Pattern for Vehicle Lighting Applications | CATTANACH, COLIN J | 2875 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 13, 2025 |
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