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 • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
Nissin Ion Equipment Co., Ltd. is currently managing 2 pending office actions within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. Both of these actions are concentrated within 1 distinct art units, indicating a specific technical focus for the company's current patent applications. The workload is divided between 2 distinct examiners, meaning that each of the 2 pending office actions is being reviewed by a different individual.
SATHIRAJU, SRINIVAS is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, responsible for 1 pending office action. This accounts for one of the company's 2 pending office actions, with the other action assigned to a second examiner. Despite the concentration in 1 distinct art units, the use of 2 distinct examiners suggests that the company will encounter two different examination styles. This requires a prosecution strategy that can adapt to different individual preferences within the same technical division.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 1 (50%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SATHIRAJU, SRINIVAS | 1 | 88.9% | +6.2% |
| VANORE, DAVID A | 1 | 88.9% | +7.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19197199 | VAPORIZER, METHOD, AND ION SOURCE INCLUDING VAPORIZER | SATHIRAJU, SRINIVAS | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18612254 | ION IMPLANTER AND ION IMPLANTATION METHOD | VANORE, DAVID A | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2878 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19197199 | VAPORIZER, METHOD, AND ION SOURCE INCLUDING VAPORIZER | SATHIRAJU, SRINIVAS | — | §102DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 02, 2025 |
| 18612254 | ION IMPLANTER AND ION IMPLANTATION METHOD | VANORE, DAVID A | 2878 | §101§102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 21, 2024 |
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