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 • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Persol Avc Technology Co. Ltd. currently has 1 pending office action in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. This action is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, KIRKLAND III, FREDDIE, who is the busiest examiner for the company with 1 pending case. The prosecution is situated within 1 distinct art unit, representing a focused effort on a single semiconductor patent application that requires a targeted prosecution strategy.
With only 1 pending office action, the company's immediate patent goals are concentrated on a single application. KIRKLAND III, FREDDIE is the sole individual responsible for the current review, making their past prosecution history a vital resource for the practitioner. The involvement of only 1 distinct art unit suggests that the subject matter is highly specialized within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics field. Practitioners should prioritize a detailed response that addresses the specific technical hurdles identified by the 1 distinct examiner. This centralized prosecution model allows for a dedicated focus on the 1 pending action, ensuring that all legal and technical arguments are optimized for the specific requirements of the assigned art unit. The outcome of this single action will be the primary indicator of the company's current success in the patent office.
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 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KIRKLAND III, FREDDIE | 1 | 84.4% | +10.4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18852261 | TIRE GROOVE MEASURING DEVICE, TIRE GROOVE MEASURING SYSTEM, AND TRIE GROOVE MEASURING METHOD | KIRKLAND III, FREDDIE | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18852261 | TIRE GROOVE MEASURING DEVICE, TIRE GROOVE MEASURING SYSTEM, AND TRIE GROOVE MEASURING METHOD | KIRKLAND III, FREDDIE | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2855 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18852261 | TIRE GROOVE MEASURING DEVICE, TIRE GROOVE MEASURING SYSTEM, AND TRIE GROOVE MEASURING METHOD | KIRKLAND III, FREDDIE | 2855 | §101§102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 27, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialPersol Avc Technology Co. Ltd. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Freddie Kirkland III has the most, with 1 of Persol Avc Technology Co. Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.