Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
7 pending office actions • 2 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 7 patents granted in the last 365 days
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 |
|---|---|
| §102 only | 2 (29%) |
| §112 only | 1 (14%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (57%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| RODAK, LEE E | 2 | 72.2% | +34.1% |
| AURORA, REENA | 1 | 87.1% | -13.4% |
| MILLER, DANIEL R | 1 | 82.6% | +20.8% |
| HOLLINGTON, JERMELE M | 1 | 86.1% | -15.2% |
| RIOS RUSSO, RAUL J | 1 | 87.2% | +8.7% |
| HARRISON, MICHAEL A | 1 | 88.9% | +2.7% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19059116 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTION APPARATUS | AURORA, REENA | — |
| 18817786 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTING APPARATUS | HARRISON, MICHAEL A | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19059123 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTION APPARATUS | MILLER, DANIEL R | — |
| 19052235 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTION APPARATUS | HOLLINGTON, JERMELE M | — |
| 18992880 | PROBE APPARATUS | RODAK, LEE E | — |
| 18719782 | PROBE CARD AND INSPECTION SYSTEM | RIOS RUSSO, RAUL J | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19059123 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTION APPARATUS | MILLER, DANIEL R | — |
| 18996441 | PROBE APPARATUS | RODAK, LEE E | — |
| 18992880 | PROBE APPARATUS | RODAK, LEE E | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2858 | 1 |
| 2852 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19059116 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTION APPARATUS | AURORA, REENA | — | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 20, 2025 |
| 19059123 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTION APPARATUS | MILLER, DANIEL R | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 20, 2025 |
| 19052235 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTION APPARATUS | HOLLINGTON, JERMELE M | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 12, 2025 |
| 18996441 | PROBE APPARATUS | RODAK, LEE E | 2858 | §102Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 18992880 | PROBE APPARATUS | RODAK, LEE E | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 09, 2025 |
| 18719782 | PROBE CARD AND INSPECTION SYSTEM | RIOS RUSSO, RAUL J | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2024 |
| 18817786 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTING APPARATUS | HARRISON, MICHAEL A | 2852 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 28, 2024 |
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