Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Nac International Inc. is managing 1 pending office action in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. This action involves 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit. LI, LARRY is the busiest examiner, with 1 busiest examiner pending action. This 1 busiest examiner pending action is the only one currently pending for the company. The alignment of 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit suggests a narrow focus for the company's current semiconductor-related patent filings.
Because there is only 1 pending office action, the company's immediate patent strategy is concentrated on a single point of contact within the USPTO. This lack of diversification in examiners or art units means that the company's current patent prospects are tied to the evaluation of LI, LARRY within that 1 distinct art unit. Practitioners should focus on the specific preferences and history of this 1 distinct examiner. The focus on 1 distinct art unit suggests a specific semiconductor application is currently being evaluated by the USPTO. This 1 pending office action represents the total workload for Nac International Inc.
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) | 1 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LI, LARRY | 1 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
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.
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2881 | 1 |
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