Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Communications • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
7 pending office actions • 4 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 10 patents granted in the last 365 days
NIPPON CHEMI-CON Corporation has 7 pending office actions currently active in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. These 7 pending office actions are distributed among 7 distinct examiners, which means every active matter is being reviewed by a different individual. This distribution requires the applicant to navigate unique sets of examiner preferences and interpretations.
The portfolio is spread across 4 distinct art units, suggesting that the pending office actions involve a variety of sub-technologies. SINCLAIR, DAVID M is the busiest examiner with 1 pending office action, reflecting the total lack of examiner overlap. This distribution across 4 distinct art units and the various examiners means that the prosecution team must be prepared for a variety of examination styles and unit-specific requirements. Practitioners must manage the art units carefully, as each may have different internal guidelines or timelines.
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 | 3 (43%) |
| §102 only | 2 (29%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (14%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (14%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SINCLAIR, DAVID M | 1 | 68.4% | +19.5% |
| TORRES, TIMOTHY JOSEPH | 1 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| HELLNER, MARK | 1 | 90.4% | +8.5% |
| TRAN, MAI THI NGOC | 1 | 86.6% | +4.1% |
| VO, JIMMY | 1 | 73.6% | +21.9% |
| TERRELL, EMILY C | 1 | 58.7% | +35.7% |
| RAMASWAMY, ARUN | 1 | 84.7% | +12.3% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18881426 | ELECTROLYTIC CAPACITOR | TORRES, TIMOTHY JOSEPH | — |
| 18904216 | ToF SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM, AND ToF APPARATUS | HELLNER, MARK | — |
| 18730559 | SENSOR MODULE, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR, AND SENSOR SYSTEM | TRAN, MAI THI NGOC | — |
| 17916361 | SOLID ELECTROLYTE CAPACITOR AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME | RAMASWAMY, ARUN | — |
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.
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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19051873 | ELECTRODE BODY, ELECTROLYTIC CAPACITOR PROVIDED WITH ELECTRODE BODY, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING ELECTRODE BODY | SINCLAIR, DAVID M | — |
| 18681050 | SOLID ELECTROLYTE, ELECTRICITY STORAGE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SOLID ELECTROLYTE | VO, JIMMY | — |
| 18244522 | DETECTION SYSTEM, DETECTION METHOD, PROGRAM, AND DETECTION MODULE | TERRELL, EMILY C | — |
| 17916361 | SOLID ELECTROLYTE CAPACITOR AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME | RAMASWAMY, ARUN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2847 | 1 |
| 2878 | 1 |
| 2666 | 1 |
| 2848 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19051873 | ELECTRODE BODY, ELECTROLYTIC CAPACITOR PROVIDED WITH ELECTRODE BODY, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING ELECTRODE BODY | SINCLAIR, DAVID M | — | §103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 12, 2025 |
| 18881426 | ELECTROLYTIC CAPACITOR | TORRES, TIMOTHY JOSEPH | 2847 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 06, 2025 |
| 18904216 | ToF SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM, AND ToF APPARATUS | HELLNER, MARK | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 02, 2024 |
| 18730559 | SENSOR MODULE, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR, AND SENSOR SYSTEM | TRAN, MAI THI NGOC | 2878 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 19, 2024 |
| 18681050 | SOLID ELECTROLYTE, ELECTRICITY STORAGE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SOLID ELECTROLYTE | VO, JIMMY | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 03, 2024 |
| 18244522 | DETECTION SYSTEM, DETECTION METHOD, PROGRAM, AND DETECTION MODULE | TERRELL, EMILY C | 2666 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 11, 2023 |
| 17916361 | SOLID ELECTROLYTE CAPACITOR AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME | RAMASWAMY, ARUN | 2848 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 30, 2022 |
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