Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
4 pending office actions • 2 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Pacific Light & Hologram Inc. has 4 pending office actions in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. These actions are handled by 4 distinct examiners across 2 distinct art units. The distribution across 2 art units suggests the portfolio is focused on specific technical niches within the broader semiconductor and optics field.
LAVARIAS, ARNEL C is the busiest examiner for the company, with 1 busiest examiner pending action. With 4 distinct examiners each managing a single action, the prosecution workload is evenly distributed. This structure allows for individual attention to each of the 4 pending office actions by separate examiners.
The presence of 2 distinct art units for 4 pending office actions indicates a concentration of technical subject matter. Practitioners should be prepared to maintain consistency across the 4 distinct examiners while operating within these 2 specialized art units in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics area.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 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 | 1 (25%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (25%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAVARIAS, ARNEL C | 1 | 79.8% | +0.3% |
| PIERCE, DAMON JOSEPH | 1 | 75.7% | +28.4% |
| CHANG, AUDREY Y | 1 | 46.5% | +20.4% |
| DABBI, JYOTSNA V | 1 | 62.5% | +23.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18825370 | HOLOGRAPHIC AND DIFFRACTIVE OPTICAL ENCODING SYSTEMS | LAVARIAS, ARNEL C | — |
| 18235864 | RELAY SYSTEMS | CHANG, AUDREY Y | — |
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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18583310 | Light Field Display System for Video Games and Electronic Sports | PIERCE, DAMON JOSEPH | 38d overdue |
| 17889731 | HOLOGRAPHIC OBJECT RELAY FOR LIGHT FIELD DISPLAY | DABBI, JYOTSNA V | 34d |
| 18235864 | RELAY SYSTEMS | CHANG, AUDREY Y | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2872 | 2 |
| 3715 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18825370 | HOLOGRAPHIC AND DIFFRACTIVE OPTICAL ENCODING SYSTEMS | LAVARIAS, ARNEL C | — | §101§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 05, 2024 |
| 18583310 | Light Field Display System for Video Games and Electronic Sports | PIERCE, DAMON JOSEPH | 3715 | DP | Final Rejection | 38d overdue | Pending | Feb 21, 2024 |
| 18235864 | RELAY SYSTEMS | CHANG, AUDREY Y | 2872 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 20, 2023 |
| 17889731 | HOLOGRAPHIC OBJECT RELAY FOR LIGHT FIELD DISPLAY | DABBI, JYOTSNA V | 2872 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | 34d | Pending | Aug 17, 2022 |
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