Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
8 pending office actions • 3 art units • 8 examiners • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 28 patents granted in the last 365 days
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 1 (12%) |
| §103 only | 2 (25%) |
| §102 only | 1 (12%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (12%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (38%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SANGHERA, JAS A | 1 | 94.5% | +5.0% |
| FREDERIKSEN, DAVID B | 1 | 86.2% | +12.7% |
| FORTICH, ALVARO E | 1 | 85.9% | +14.5% |
| RODAK, LEE E | 1 | 72.2% | +34.1% |
| HRNJIC, ADIN | 1 | 66.1% | +9.7% |
| TOOHEY, RICHARD ORLANDO | 1 | 82.6% | +11.1% |
| GIBSON, RANDY W | 1 | 75.7% | +22.2% |
| KOLB, NATHANIEL J | 1 | 62.3% | +35.1% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18941379 | RELIABLE POSITION SENSOR | FREDERIKSEN, DAVID B | — |
| 18415296 | CURRENT SENSOR DEVICE | FORTICH, ALVARO E | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19016234 | CURRENT SENSOR DEVICE | SANGHERA, JAS A | — |
| 18539586 | METHOD OF DIAGNOSING, AND A SENSOR DEVICE WITH SELF-DIAGNOSTIC FUNCTION | RODAK, LEE E | — |
| 18924302 | THERMAL SENSOR ARRAY DEVICE, METHOD OF MEASURING A TEMPERATURE GRADIENT AND METHOD OF MEASURING A TEMPERATURE | TOOHEY, RICHARD ORLANDO | — |
| 18791697 | SEMICONDUCTOR PRESSURE SENSOR | KOLB, NATHANIEL 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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18941379 | RELIABLE POSITION SENSOR | FREDERIKSEN, DAVID B | — |
| 18415296 | CURRENT SENSOR DEVICE | FORTICH, ALVARO E | — |
| 18539586 | METHOD OF DIAGNOSING, AND A SENSOR DEVICE WITH SELF-DIAGNOSTIC FUNCTION | RODAK, LEE E | — |
| 18924302 | THERMAL SENSOR ARRAY DEVICE, METHOD OF MEASURING A TEMPERATURE GRADIENT AND METHOD OF MEASURING A TEMPERATURE | TOOHEY, RICHARD ORLANDO | — |
| 18905840 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE TEMPERATURE OF A LIGHTING DEVICE | GIBSON, RANDY W | — |
| 18791697 | SEMICONDUCTOR PRESSURE SENSOR | KOLB, NATHANIEL J | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2858 | 1 |
| 2853 | 1 |
| 2817 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19016234 | CURRENT SENSOR DEVICE | SANGHERA, JAS A | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 10, 2025 |
| 18941379 | RELIABLE POSITION SENSOR | FREDERIKSEN, DAVID B | — | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 08, 2024 |
| 18415296 | CURRENT SENSOR DEVICE | FORTICH, ALVARO E | 2858 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2024 |
| 18539586 | METHOD OF DIAGNOSING, AND A SENSOR DEVICE WITH SELF-DIAGNOSTIC FUNCTION | RODAK, LEE E | 2853 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 14, 2023 |
| 18327331 | CURRENT SENSOR | HRNJIC, ADIN | 2817 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 01, 2023 |
| 18924302 | THERMAL SENSOR ARRAY DEVICE, METHOD OF MEASURING A TEMPERATURE GRADIENT AND METHOD OF MEASURING A TEMPERATURE | TOOHEY, RICHARD ORLANDO | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 23, 2024 |
| 18905840 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE TEMPERATURE OF A LIGHTING DEVICE | GIBSON, RANDY W | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 03, 2024 |
| 18791697 | SEMICONDUCTOR PRESSURE SENSOR | KOLB, NATHANIEL J | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 01, 2024 |
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