Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Computing & Software • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
4 pending office actions • 3 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Operation Technology Inc. is currently managing 3 pending office actions within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. These cases are distributed across 3 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units, showing a moderate level of diversification in its prosecution pipeline. This spread indicates that the company's intellectual property in Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics is being evaluated by multiple reviewers.
The busiest examiner for the company is TOKUTA, SHEAN S, who is responsible for 1 pending office action. Because the busiest examiner pending count is 1 and there are 3 pending office actions in total, the workload is balanced across the 3 distinct examiners. Each of the 3 distinct examiners is handling exactly 1 case, which are situated within the 2 distinct art units involved.
For practitioners, this data suggests that Operation Technology Inc. must manage relationships with 3 distinct examiners simultaneously. The use of 2 distinct art units implies that the technical subject matter may span different specialized groups within the patent office. With 3 pending office actions, the company maintains a steady but focused presence in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics sector.
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 + other | 1 (25%) |
| §103 only | 2 (50%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (25%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ROSARIO BENITEZ, GUSTAVO A | 1 | 81.4% | +24.9% |
| TOKUTA, SHEAN S | 1 | 79.7% | +16.2% |
| FORRISTALL, JOSHUA L | 1 | 63.9% | +17.1% |
| TAN, ALVIN H | 1 | 57.0% | +19.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19079248 | MODEL DRIVEN ESTIMATION OF FAULTED AREA IN ELECTRIC DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS | ROSARIO BENITEZ, GUSTAVO A | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17466763 | PROGRAMMABLE MICROGRID CONTROL SYSTEM | TAN, ALVIN H | 59d overdue |
| 19079248 | MODEL DRIVEN ESTIMATION OF FAULTED AREA IN ELECTRIC DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS | ROSARIO BENITEZ, GUSTAVO A | — |
| 18813939 | UTLITY NETWORK PROJECT MODELING AND MANAGEMENT | TOKUTA, SHEAN S | — |
| 17702615 | REPRESENTATION AND UTILIZATION OF CONSTANT ARC ENERGY OR INCIDENT ENERGY IN TIME-CURRENT CHARACTERISTICS | FORRISTALL, JOSHUA L | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2836 | 1 |
| 2857 | 1 |
| 2118 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19079248 | MODEL DRIVEN ESTIMATION OF FAULTED AREA IN ELECTRIC DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS | ROSARIO BENITEZ, GUSTAVO A | 2836 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 13, 2025 |
| 18813939 | UTLITY NETWORK PROJECT MODELING AND MANAGEMENT | TOKUTA, SHEAN S | — | §102§103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 23, 2024 |
| 17702615 | REPRESENTATION AND UTILIZATION OF CONSTANT ARC ENERGY OR INCIDENT ENERGY IN TIME-CURRENT CHARACTERISTICS | FORRISTALL, JOSHUA L | 2857 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 23, 2022 |
| 17466763 | PROGRAMMABLE MICROGRID CONTROL SYSTEM | TAN, ALVIN H | 2118 | §103 | Final Rejection | 59d overdue | Pending | Sep 03, 2021 |
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