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 • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days
Nicor Inc. maintains 1 pending office action within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. This matter is being handled by 1 distinct examiner. The portfolio is located in 1 distinct art unit. SINGH, GURBIR is the busiest examiner for the company. This examiner is responsible for 1 busiest examiner pending action. With only 1 pending office action, the company's current engagement with the patent office is minimal. The focus on 1 distinct art unit suggests a specific application within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics field.
SINGH, GURBIR manages the total pending workload for the entity. Practitioners should note that all current prosecution outcomes depend on this single examiner. The presence of 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit indicates a highly centralized strategy. This avoids the complexity of managing different examiner preferences across multiple art units. SINGH, GURBIR is the sole individual assigned to the 1 busiest examiner pending action. The data reflects a prosecution environment where all active matters are consolidated under one examiner. This structure provides a clear and direct path for the company's current patent applications.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SINGH, GURBIR | 1 | 71.8% | +14.0% |
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.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19312838 | UNDERGROUND MONOPOLE ANTENNA SHELL | SINGH, GURBIR | — |
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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19312838 | UNDERGROUND MONOPOLE ANTENNA SHELL | SINGH, GURBIR | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2845 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19312838 | UNDERGROUND MONOPOLE ANTENNA SHELL | SINGH, GURBIR | 2845 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 28, 2025 |
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