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
North China University of Water Resources and Electric Power has 1 pending office action in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. This matter is assigned to 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit. The university's current patent activity is focused on this single active case, which suggests a highly targeted approach to its intellectual property in this field. By operating within 1 distinct art unit, the applicant can focus on the specific procedural requirements and examination trends of that particular office division.
DESTA, ELIAS is the busiest examiner, managing 1 pending office action. As the only examiner for the 1 pending office action, this individual oversees the entire active portfolio. This concentration within one art unit and under one examiner simplifies the communication path for the applicant. Practitioners should prioritize understanding the specific preferences of this examiner, as their evaluation will determine the outcome for the entire active portfolio. The administrative requirements are simplified because the company only needs to navigate the procedural culture of one specific division.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DESTA, ELIAS | 1 | 84.0% | +10.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18522550 | ELLIPSOID-BASED METHOD FOR QUANTITATIVE DESCRIPTION OF FAULT AND FISSURE AND DETECTION SYSTEM THEREOF | DESTA, ELIAS | 21d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18522550 | ELLIPSOID-BASED METHOD FOR QUANTITATIVE DESCRIPTION OF FAULT AND FISSURE AND DETECTION SYSTEM THEREOF | DESTA, ELIAS | 21d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2857 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18522550 | ELLIPSOID-BASED METHOD FOR QUANTITATIVE DESCRIPTION OF FAULT AND FISSURE AND DETECTION SYSTEM THEREOF | DESTA, ELIAS | 2857 | §101 | Final Rejection | 21d | Pending | Nov 29, 2023 |
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