Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Nihon Tokushu Toryo Co. Ltd. currently maintains 1 pending office action within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. This matter is assigned to 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit. OLSON, JENNIFER MAR B is the busiest examiner, responsible for 1 pending office action. The prosecution is currently limited to this single examiner and art unit, representing a highly focused point of engagement with the patent office.
The presence of 1 distinct examiner for the 1 pending action means that the company's immediate success in this technology area depends on the review of OLSON, JENNIFER MAR B. Because the action is situated in 1 distinct art unit, the technical scope is clearly defined within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics field. This simple prosecution structure avoids the need for coordinating across different examiners or art units, allowing the applicant to focus their resources on a single set of examiner expectations.
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 |
|---|---|
| §112 only | 1 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PAPE, JOSEPH | 1 | 88.3% | +3.8% |
| OLSON, JENNIFER MAR B | 1 | 54.5% | +19.4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18729537 | VEHICULAR COMPARTMENT SOUNDPROOFING STRUCTURE | PAPE, JOSEPH | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18729530 | VEHICULAR COMPARTMENT SOUNDPROOFING STRUCTURE | OLSON, JENNIFER MAR B | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18729530 | VEHICULAR COMPARTMENT SOUNDPROOFING STRUCTURE | OLSON, JENNIFER MAR B | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2837 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18729537 | VEHICULAR COMPARTMENT SOUNDPROOFING STRUCTURE | PAPE, JOSEPH | — | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 18, 2025 |
| 18729530 | VEHICULAR COMPARTMENT SOUNDPROOFING STRUCTURE | OLSON, JENNIFER MAR B | 2837 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 17, 2024 |
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