Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
4 pending office actions • 1 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 6 patents granted in the last 365 days
Nalux Co. Ltd. is currently navigating 4 pending office actions within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. All of these actions are concentrated within 1 distinct art unit, which suggests a narrow technical focus for the company's current patent applications. Despite this concentration, the company is working with 4 distinct examiners. This means that while the technical field is consistent, the prosecution team must address the specific requirements of four different individuals.
The busiest examiner, CATTANACH, COLIN J, is handling 1 pending office action. Since there are 4 pending office actions and 4 distinct examiners, each examiner is responsible for exactly one matter. This arrangement within 1 distinct art unit means that the company can focus its technical arguments within one specialized group while managing separate examiner relationships. Concentrating all 4 pending office actions within 1 distinct art unit may allow the company to leverage consistent technical arguments across all its current filings.
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 |
|---|---|
| §112 only | 1 (25%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (75%) |
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 | 1 | 59.0% | +19.9% |
| RAMOS, NICOLE N | 1 | 81.4% | +9.9% |
| AHVAZI, BIJAN | 1 | 63.2% | +47.3% |
| WONG, TINA MEI SENG | 1 | 84.3% | +14.4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19010569 | METHOD OF MACHINING MOLD FOR MICROLENS ARRAY | RAMOS, NICOLE N | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19345449 | DISPLAY DEVICE | CATTANACH, COLIN J | — |
| 18940077 | THIN FILM TYPE FILTER FOR ATTENUATING LIGHT AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME | AHVAZI, BIJAN | — |
| 18904545 | OPTICAL SYSTEM PROVIDED WITH ATTENUATING AREA AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME | WONG, TINA MEI SENG | — |
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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19345449 | DISPLAY DEVICE | CATTANACH, COLIN J | — |
| 18940077 | THIN FILM TYPE FILTER FOR ATTENUATING LIGHT AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME | AHVAZI, BIJAN | — |
| 18904545 | OPTICAL SYSTEM PROVIDED WITH ATTENUATING AREA AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME | WONG, TINA MEI SENG | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2875 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19345449 | DISPLAY DEVICE | CATTANACH, COLIN J | 2875 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 30, 2025 |
| 19010569 | METHOD OF MACHINING MOLD FOR MICROLENS ARRAY | RAMOS, NICOLE N | — | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 06, 2025 |
| 18940077 | THIN FILM TYPE FILTER FOR ATTENUATING LIGHT AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME | AHVAZI, BIJAN | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 07, 2024 |
| 18904545 | OPTICAL SYSTEM PROVIDED WITH ATTENUATING AREA AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME | WONG, TINA MEI SENG | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 02, 2024 |
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