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 • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Multiwave Technologies AG is currently managing 2 pending office actions. These actions are located in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. The company's 2 pending office actions represent its current active engagement with the patent office in this technical field.
The prosecution of these matters involves 2 distinct examiners but is concentrated within 1 distinct art unit. This indicates that while different individuals are reviewing the cases, they are both part of the same administrative group. The use of 1 distinct art unit for 2 pending office actions suggests a degree of technical concentration between the filings in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics area.
TERRELL, EMILY C is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, handling 1 busiest examiner pending action. This 1 busiest examiner pending action is assigned to TERRELL, EMILY C, while the other of the 2 pending office actions is handled by a different examiner. Since the 2 pending office actions are split between 2 distinct examiners, the company must manage separate sets of examiner feedback.
Practitioners can benefit from the fact that both examiners are in 1 distinct art unit, as the internal policies and standards should be consistent. However, the presence of 2 distinct examiners means that the specific prosecution strategy for each case must be tailored to the individual. Success for Multiwave Technologies AG will depend on navigating the expectations of TERRELL, EMILY C and another assigned 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 |
|---|---|
| §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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| TERRELL, EMILY C | 1 | 58.7% | +35.7% |
| ZAKARIA, AKM | 1 | 82.6% | +16.1% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18705281 | MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ACQUIRING A MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGE | ZAKARIA, AKM | 38d overdue |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18705281 | MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ACQUIRING A MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGE | ZAKARIA, AKM | 38d overdue |
| 18855088 | METHOD FOR FORMING AN IMAGE OF A BODY BY MEANS OF AN MRI DEVICE | TERRELL, EMILY C | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2858 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18855088 | METHOD FOR FORMING AN IMAGE OF A BODY BY MEANS OF AN MRI DEVICE | TERRELL, EMILY C | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 08, 2024 |
| 18705281 | MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ACQUIRING A MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGE | ZAKARIA, AKM | 2858 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 38d overdue | Pending | Apr 26, 2024 |
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