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
Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd. has 1 pending office action in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. This action is assigned to 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit. MERLIN, JESSICA M is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending office action. The company's current activity in the semiconductor sector is focused on 1 pending office action. This single action is being reviewed by 1 distinct examiner in 1 distinct art unit, representing a very specific point of prosecution.
The involvement of 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit for 1 pending office action means that the company's current patent strategy is highly concentrated. This singular focus allows the company to address the specific requirements of the 1 distinct examiner without the need to coordinate across multiple files. With only 1 pending office action, the company's current prosecution profile is defined by this single administrative and individual interaction.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MERLIN, JESSICA M | 1 | 61.7% | +24.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18655686 | OPTICAL SYSTEM, IMAGE PROJECTION DEVICE AND IMAGING DEVICE | MERLIN, JESSICA M | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18655686 | OPTICAL SYSTEM, IMAGE PROJECTION DEVICE AND IMAGING DEVICE | MERLIN, JESSICA M | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2871 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18655686 | OPTICAL SYSTEM, IMAGE PROJECTION DEVICE AND IMAGING DEVICE | MERLIN, JESSICA M | 2871 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 06, 2024 |
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