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 • 21 patents granted in the last 365 days
Nuctech Company Limited has 2 pending office actions in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. These matters are assigned to 2 distinct examiners, and prosecution is currently focused within 1 distinct art unit. MALEVIC, DJURA is the busiest examiner, managing 1 pending office action.
While the company works with 2 distinct examiners, the use of 1 distinct art unit indicates a narrow technical scope for these pending cases. This concentration within the art unit allows for a more unified technical strategy, even though different examiners are reviewing the 2 pending office actions. MALEVIC, DJURA is responsible for the pending office action, which is half of the company's current total in this technology area.
The involvement of distinct examiners means that the company must adapt to different individual review styles. However, the art unit ensures that the underlying technical standards remain consistent. Practitioners should carefully monitor the pending office action assigned to MALEVIC, DJURA, as well as the action handled by the other examiner, to ensure that arguments remain cohesive within the single art unit.
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 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MALEVIC, DJURA | 1 | 78.1% | +9.8% |
| TANINGCO, ALEXANDER H | 1 | 74.1% | +0.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18698356 | INSPECTION DEVICE USED FOR SCANNING AND INSPECTING OBJECT TO BE INSPECTED | TANINGCO, ALEXANDER H | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2884 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18879690 | AUTONOMOUS INSPECTION SYSTEM HAVING INSPECTION REGION | MALEVIC, DJURA | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 27, 2024 |
| 18698356 | INSPECTION DEVICE USED FOR SCANNING AND INSPECTING OBJECT TO BE INSPECTED | TANINGCO, ALEXANDER H | 2884 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 03, 2024 |
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