Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
3 pending office actions • 1 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 8 patents granted in the last 365 days
NextNav LLC maintains 2 pending office actions in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. These actions are distributed across 2 distinct examiners, including KNOX, KALERIA, who handles 1 pending action as the busiest examiner for this portfolio. Despite the involvement of 2 distinct examiners, all pending matters are situated within 1 distinct art unit. This structure suggests that the overarching examination environment remains consistent across the company's current pending applications.
The presence of 2 distinct examiners within 1 distinct art unit provides a specific prosecution scenario. While the internal policies of the art unit will be uniform, the practitioner must navigate the individual nuances of both examiners, including KNOX, KALERIA. With 2 pending office actions to manage, the strategy should balance the consistency of the art unit's standards with the specific feedback received from the examiners to ensure cohesive portfolio development in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics field.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 only | 1 (33%) |
| §103 only | 1 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (33%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KNOX, KALERIA | 1 | 68.2% | +25.3% |
| PARK, HYUN D | 1 | 41.7% | +22.8% |
| ISHIZUKA, YOSHIHISA | 1 | 68.8% | +19.5% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18599901 | Altitude Contextualization for Calibrating a Barometric Pressure Sensor of a Mobile Device | KNOX, KALERIA | — |
| 18174986 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR POSITIONING DURING ATYPICAL ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS | PARK, HYUN D | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18157428 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING, BROADCASTING AND USING REFERENCE ATMOSPHERIC DATA IN A NETWORK OF TRANSMITTERS | ISHIZUKA, YOSHIHISA | 14d |
| 18599901 | Altitude Contextualization for Calibrating a Barometric Pressure Sensor of a Mobile Device | KNOX, KALERIA | — |
| 18174986 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR POSITIONING DURING ATYPICAL ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS | PARK, HYUN D | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2857 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18599901 | Altitude Contextualization for Calibrating a Barometric Pressure Sensor of a Mobile Device | KNOX, KALERIA | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 08, 2024 |
| 18174986 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR POSITIONING DURING ATYPICAL ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS | PARK, HYUN D | 2857 | §101Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 27, 2023 |
| 18157428 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING, BROADCASTING AND USING REFERENCE ATMOSPHERIC DATA IN A NETWORK OF TRANSMITTERS | ISHIZUKA, YOSHIHISA | 2857 | §103 | Final Rejection | 14d | Pending | Jan 20, 2023 |
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