Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 04, 2026

Paragraf Limited

Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics

7 pending office actions • 4 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

7
Total Pending OAs
6
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

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.

0
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
1
Due later

Case Difficulty Mix

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.

4
Hard (57%)
3
Medium (43%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only3 (43%)
Multi-statute (no §101)4 (57%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

1
Life Sciences
14% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
5
Semiconductors
71% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
1
Business / Other
14% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

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.

70 h
Manual time on pending OAs
14 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
24 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
CRAWFORD EASON, LATANYA N 2 78.4% +0.4%
EMPIE, NATHAN H 1 43.5% +43.1%
LEE, DA WEI 1 80.4% +15.4%
ELLIOTT, DANIEL KURT 1 — —
CHEN, JACK S J 1 76.7% +5.6%
YECHURI, SITARAMARAO S 1 85.6% -8.4%

Quick Wins (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18268567 METHOD OF PRODUCING AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE PRECURSOR YECHURI, SITARAMARAO S 77d

Hard Cases (4)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18258174 GRAPHENE HALL SENSOR, FABRICATION AND USE THEREOF CRAWFORD EASON, LATANYA N 55d
18837634 A TRANSISTOR AND A METHOD FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF A TRANSISTOR LEE, DA WEI —
18702555 A METHOD OF PRODUCING AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE PRECURSOR ELLIOTT, DANIEL KURT —
18556269 A PHOTODETECTOR AND METHOD OF FORMING THE SAME CRAWFORD EASON, LATANYA N —

Interview Candidates (2)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18858092 A GRAPHENE-CONTAINING LAMINATE EMPIE, NATHAN H —
18837634 A TRANSISTOR AND A METHOD FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF A TRANSISTOR LEE, DA WEI —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2893 2
2813 2
1784 1
2899 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18858092 A GRAPHENE-CONTAINING LAMINATE EMPIE, NATHAN H 1784 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 18, 2024
18837634 A TRANSISTOR AND A METHOD FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF A TRANSISTOR LEE, DA WEI — §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 12, 2024
18702555 A METHOD OF PRODUCING AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE PRECURSOR ELLIOTT, DANIEL KURT 2899 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 18, 2024
18577827 A GRAPHENE SUBSTRATE AND METHOD OF FORMING THE SAME CHEN, JACK S J 2893 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 09, 2024
18556269 A PHOTODETECTOR AND METHOD OF FORMING THE SAME CRAWFORD EASON, LATANYA N 2813 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 19, 2023
18268567 METHOD OF PRODUCING AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE PRECURSOR YECHURI, SITARAMARAO S 2893 §103 Final Rejection 77d Pending Jun 20, 2023
18258174 GRAPHENE HALL SENSOR, FABRICATION AND USE THEREOF CRAWFORD EASON, LATANYA N 2813 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 55d Pending Jun 16, 2023

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