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 • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days
Pictiva Displays International Limited has 1 pending office action in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. This matter is being processed by a distinct examiner within a distinct art unit. The company's current patent prosecution is focused on a single technical challenge rather than being spread across multiple examiners, which suggests a very specific research and development focus.
The busiest examiner, SEHAR, FAKEHA, is currently managing the 1 pending office action. As the examiner involved in the portfolio, this individual's interpretations of prior art and patentability will be the primary factor in the outcome of the application. Strategy should be tailored to the specific examination history of this person. The examiner's past actions in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics field should be reviewed to anticipate potential rejections.
The involvement of the distinct art unit means that the company is dealing with a consistent set of examination standards. This concentration reduces the complexity of managing the active office action. The portfolio's current activity is limited to this point of engagement within the USPTO, allowing for a dedicated focus on securing this particular set of patent rights.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SEHAR, FAKEHA | 1 | 83.5% | +18.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17711660 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING AN OPTOELECTRONIC COMPONENT, OPTOELECTRONIC COMPONENT AND PROTECTIVE LAYER | SEHAR, FAKEHA | 104d overdue |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17711660 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING AN OPTOELECTRONIC COMPONENT, OPTOELECTRONIC COMPONENT AND PROTECTIVE LAYER | SEHAR, FAKEHA | 104d overdue |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2893 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17711660 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING AN OPTOELECTRONIC COMPONENT, OPTOELECTRONIC COMPONENT AND PROTECTIVE LAYER | SEHAR, FAKEHA | 2893 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 104d overdue | Pending | Apr 01, 2022 |
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