Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days
Ncx Corporation manages 2 pending office actions in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. These matters are assigned to 2 distinct examiners across 2 distinct art units. YUN, JURIE is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, currently handling 1 busiest examiner pending matter. The 2 pending office actions are split between 2 distinct art units, suggesting that the company's technology spans different specialized areas of electronics and optics.
Because there are 2 distinct examiners involved, the company must navigate two different examination styles simultaneously. YUN, JURIE manages 1 busiest examiner pending action, which represents a portion of the current active portfolio. This structure indicates that the company is engaging with multiple individuals at the patent office to advance its 2 pending office actions. Managing 2 distinct examiners across 2 distinct art units requires attention to how different divisions interpret technical standards. The 1 busiest examiner pending case is a primary focus for the company's current prosecution efforts. The 2 pending office actions constitute the full extent of the company's active examination pipeline.
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%) |
| §102 only | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| YUN, JURIE | 1 | 87.4% | +10.2% |
| VAN, LUAN V | 1 | 34.3% | +40.4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18554873 | X-RAY SOURCE WITH ANODE EXCHANGE ARRANGEMENT, AND ASSOCIATED METHOD | YUN, JURIE | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18247266 | METHODS FOR FORMING CARBON NANOTUBE/METAL COMPOSITE FILMS AND FIELD EMISSION CATHODES THEREFROM | VAN, LUAN V | 55d |
| 18554873 | X-RAY SOURCE WITH ANODE EXCHANGE ARRANGEMENT, AND ASSOCIATED METHOD | YUN, JURIE | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2884 | 1 |
| 1795 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18554873 | X-RAY SOURCE WITH ANODE EXCHANGE ARRANGEMENT, AND ASSOCIATED METHOD | YUN, JURIE | 2884 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 11, 2023 |
| 18247266 | METHODS FOR FORMING CARBON NANOTUBE/METAL COMPOSITE FILMS AND FIELD EMISSION CATHODES THEREFROM | VAN, LUAN V | 1795 | §103 | Final Rejection | 55d | Pending | Mar 29, 2023 |
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