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 • 30 patents granted in the last 365 days
NIDEC INSTRUMENTS Corporation has 4 pending office actions within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. These matters are assigned to 4 distinct examiners, ensuring that each active matter is reviewed by a different individual. Despite the variety of examiners, all prosecution activity is concentrated within 1 distinct art unit, which suggests a specific technical focus for the current filings.
HASAN, MOHAMMED A is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, with 1 pending office action under their review. Because the 4 distinct examiners are all operating within the same 1 distinct art unit, the company may encounter consistent interpretations of prior art and examination guidelines. The legal team can focus its efforts on the specific standards of this single art unit while managing 4 separate examiner relationships. This structure allows for a specialized prosecution strategy tailored to the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics field without the complexity of navigating multiple art unit cultures.
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 | 2 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HASAN, MOHAMMED A | 1 | 90.3% | +5.1% |
| CHANG, AUDREY Y | 1 | 46.5% | +20.4% |
| NGUYEN, LAUREN | 1 | 54.8% | +34.3% |
| WOODS, BRANDON SEAN | 1 | 82.9% | +5.7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18747449 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE | WOODS, BRANDON SEAN | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18875155 | LENS UNIT | HASAN, MOHAMMED A | — |
| 18826132 | OPTICAL UNIT | NGUYEN, LAUREN | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18857815 | OPTICAL MEMBER AND LENS UNIT | CHANG, AUDREY Y | — |
| 18826132 | OPTICAL UNIT | NGUYEN, LAUREN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2845 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18875155 | LENS UNIT | HASAN, MOHAMMED A | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 15, 2024 |
| 18857815 | OPTICAL MEMBER AND LENS UNIT | CHANG, AUDREY Y | — | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 18, 2024 |
| 18826132 | OPTICAL UNIT | NGUYEN, LAUREN | — | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 05, 2024 |
| 18747449 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE | WOODS, BRANDON SEAN | 2845 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 19, 2024 |
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