Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Nissin Pulse Electronics Co. Ltd. is currently managing 1 pending office action in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. This action is being handled by 1 distinct examiner, concentrating the company's active prosecution efforts with a single individual. This focus means that the company's immediate patent goals are subject to the review and discretion of this 1 examiner. Practitioners should focus on the specific examination style of this individual to advance the pending application.
The portfolio is active in 1 distinct art unit, which corresponds to the 1 pending action. This indicates that the company's current legal activity is confined to 1 specialized administrative group within the patent office. Practitioners can focus their strategy on the specific guidelines and examination trends prevalent in this art unit. This singular administrative focus allows for a more streamlined approach to managing the company's active patent matters.
MCDONNOUGH, COURTNEY G is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, holding 1 pending office action. Because there is only 1 pending action in total, this examiner is responsible for the company's active matters. This concentration makes the interaction with this specific examiner the most critical element of the company's current prosecution landscape. The company's immediate success in this sector depends on the resolution of this 1 matter.
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 | 1 (100%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCDONNOUGH, COURTNEY G | 1 | 81.7% | +17.9% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19109552 | INVERTER PULSE INSULATION TEST DEVICE | MCDONNOUGH, COURTNEY G | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19109552 | INVERTER PULSE INSULATION TEST DEVICE | MCDONNOUGH, COURTNEY G | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2858 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19109552 | INVERTER PULSE INSULATION TEST DEVICE | MCDONNOUGH, COURTNEY G | 2858 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 06, 2025 |
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Start Free TrialNissin Pulse Electronics Co. Ltd. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Courtney G Mcdonnough has the most, with 1 of Nissin Pulse Electronics Co. Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.