Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
6 pending office actions • 1 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 17 patents granted in the last 365 days
Montres Breguet S.A. maintains a patent portfolio in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. The company currently has 6 pending office actions, indicating a reported level of activity. These 6 pending office actions are distributed among 3 distinct examiners, which suggests a concentrated but shared workload across the examining staff. This volume of activity requires a coordinated strategy to manage multiple responses simultaneously.
All prosecution activity is focused within 1 distinct art unit. This indicates a narrow technical specialization for the company's current filings within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics field. KAYES, SEAN PHILLIP is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, handling 2 pending office actions. Since there are 6 pending office actions in total and 3 distinct examiners, the workload is spread across several individuals within the same unit. This structure requires a strategy that addresses the specific requirements of 1 distinct art unit while managing interactions with 3 different examiners.
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 |
|---|---|
| §102 only | 1 (17%) |
| §112 only | 1 (17%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KAYES, SEAN PHILLIP | 2 | 69.8% | +22.3% |
| COLLINS, JASON M | 2 | 74.8% | +13.0% |
| HWANG, MATTHEW DANIEL | 2 | 84.2% | +7.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18006409 | SYMPATHETIC TIMEPIECE ASSEMBLY | HWANG, MATTHEW DANIEL | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18973416 | COMPOSITE COMPONENT OF A HOROLOGICAL REGULATING MECHANISM COMPRISING A MASS | KAYES, SEAN PHILLIP | — |
| 18966725 | ONE-PIECE, DOUBLE-TOOTHING WHEEL SET FOR A HOROLOGICAL MOVEMENT | COLLINS, JASON M | — |
| 18953639 | ARRANGEMENT OF A DISPLAY MODULE ON A PLATE | HWANG, MATTHEW DANIEL | — |
| 18904714 | DISPLAY DEVICE COMPRISING A MECHANISM FOR COUPLING TO A WATCH MOVEMENT | KAYES, SEAN PHILLIP | — |
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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18973416 | COMPOSITE COMPONENT OF A HOROLOGICAL REGULATING MECHANISM COMPRISING A MASS | KAYES, SEAN PHILLIP | — |
| 18966725 | ONE-PIECE, DOUBLE-TOOTHING WHEEL SET FOR A HOROLOGICAL MOVEMENT | COLLINS, JASON M | — |
| 18920181 | MAGNETIC INDEXING SYSTEM FOR A DISPLAY | COLLINS, JASON M | — |
| 18904714 | DISPLAY DEVICE COMPRISING A MECHANISM FOR COUPLING TO A WATCH MOVEMENT | KAYES, SEAN PHILLIP | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2831 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18973416 | COMPOSITE COMPONENT OF A HOROLOGICAL REGULATING MECHANISM COMPRISING A MASS | KAYES, SEAN PHILLIP | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 09, 2024 |
| 18966725 | ONE-PIECE, DOUBLE-TOOTHING WHEEL SET FOR A HOROLOGICAL MOVEMENT | COLLINS, JASON M | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 03, 2024 |
| 18953639 | ARRANGEMENT OF A DISPLAY MODULE ON A PLATE | HWANG, MATTHEW DANIEL | — | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 20, 2024 |
| 18920181 | MAGNETIC INDEXING SYSTEM FOR A DISPLAY | COLLINS, JASON M | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 18, 2024 |
| 18904714 | DISPLAY DEVICE COMPRISING A MECHANISM FOR COUPLING TO A WATCH MOVEMENT | KAYES, SEAN PHILLIP | — | §102§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 02, 2024 |
| 18006409 | SYMPATHETIC TIMEPIECE ASSEMBLY | HWANG, MATTHEW DANIEL | 2831 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 23, 2023 |
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