Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Computing & Software
3 pending office actions • 2 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 8 patents granted in the last 365 days
Oti Lumionics Inc. has 1 pending office action in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. This case is distributed to 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit, focusing the company's current legal efforts within a single administrative path. This focused approach indicates that the company is prioritizing a specific chemical innovation within its active docket. The pending office action represents the current boundary of the company's efforts to expand its intellectual property in this sector.
The busiest examiner for the portfolio is KAHN, RACHEL, who handles 1 busiest examiner pending office action. With the pending action active, the company's prosecution strategy is currently centered on the review process of this specific official. Practitioners should analyze the examiner's history within the Chemistry & Materials field to anticipate potential rejections or requirements. The progress of the portfolio is currently tied to the individual standards and procedural preferences of this examiner. Successful prosecution will require a tailored approach that addresses the specific technical concerns raised by the official in charge of the case.
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 |
|---|---|
| §112 only | 1 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (67%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| YUSHIN, NIKOLAY K | 1 | 93.3% | +2.1% |
| SANKS, SCHYLER S | 1 | 72.8% | +16.0% |
| KAHN, RACHEL | 1 | 27.9% | +17.4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18805441 | LAYERED SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE HAVING COMMON CONDUCTIVE COATING ACROSS LONGITUDINAL DISCONTINUITIES | YUSHIN, NIKOLAY K | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18486967 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SOLVING A PROBLEM ON A QUANTUM COMPUTER | SANKS, SCHYLER S | — |
| 18001461 | COMPOUNDS FOR FORMING A PATTERNING COATING AND DEVICES INCORPORATING SAME | KAHN, RACHEL | — |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18486967 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SOLVING A PROBLEM ON A QUANTUM COMPUTER | SANKS, SCHYLER S | — |
| 18001461 | COMPOUNDS FOR FORMING A PATTERNING COATING AND DEVICES INCORPORATING SAME | KAHN, RACHEL | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2129 | 1 |
| 1787 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18805441 | LAYERED SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE HAVING COMMON CONDUCTIVE COATING ACROSS LONGITUDINAL DISCONTINUITIES | YUSHIN, NIKOLAY K | — | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 14, 2024 |
| 18486967 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SOLVING A PROBLEM ON A QUANTUM COMPUTER | SANKS, SCHYLER S | 2129 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 13, 2023 |
| 18001461 | COMPOUNDS FOR FORMING A PATTERNING COATING AND DEVICES INCORPORATING SAME | KAHN, RACHEL | 1787 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 09, 2022 |
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