Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Communications • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
6 pending office actions • 5 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 10 patents granted in the last 365 days
Position Imaging Inc. is currently managing 6 pending office actions within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. These 6 actions are distributed among 6 distinct examiners, meaning no two pending matters are being reviewed by the same person. Furthermore, these actions are spread across 5 distinct art units, indicating a broad and diverse administrative footprint for the company's semiconductor portfolio. This high level of fragmentation suggests that the company's technology is being evaluated by a wide variety of technical specialists.
SALEH, ZAID MUHAMMAD is the busiest examiner for the company, with 1 busiest examiner pending action. The high number of 5 distinct art units relative to the 6 pending office actions suggests that the company's technology is being examined across a wide range of technical specialties. This diversity requires a flexible prosecution strategy that can adapt to the varying standards of different units and examiners. Practitioners must be prepared for a wide range of feedback, as the lack of overlap in art units and examiners minimizes the opportunity for consistent administrative outcomes. Managing the pending office actions across 5 distinct art units requires a coordinated effort to ensure that the overall patent strategy remains coherent despite the fragmented review process.
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 (17%) |
| §103 only | 1 (17%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 2 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (33%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SALEH, ZAID MUHAMMAD | 1 | 65.0% | +46.7% |
| NGUYEN, CHUONG P | 1 | 79.1% | +13.4% |
| ERB, NATHAN | 1 | 51.4% | +0.1% |
| PENDLETON, DIONNE | 1 | 69.8% | +15.7% |
| GAWORECKI, MARK R | 1 | 90.6% | +6.9% |
| PEREZ, JULIO R | 1 | 83.2% | +9.3% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18737409 | PACKAGE TRACKING SYSTEMS AND METHODS | ERB, NATHAN | 28d |
| 18674120 | PACKAGE DIMENSIONING AT A KIOSK | GAWORECKI, MARK R | — |
| 18477943 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PERSONALIZED NAVIGATION INSIDE A BUSINESS ENTERPRISE | PEREZ, JULIO R | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18679772 | TRACKING SYSTEM WITH MOBILE READER | PENDLETON, DIONNE | 14d |
| 19010515 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CALIBRATING A DIRECTIONAL LIGHT SOURCE RELATIVE TO A CAMERA'S FIELD OF VIEW | SALEH, ZAID MUHAMMAD | — |
| 18805974 | POSITION TRACKING SYSTEM AND METHOD USING RADIO SIGNALS AND INERTIAL SENSING | NGUYEN, CHUONG P | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2844 | 1 |
| 3628 | 1 |
| 2689 | 1 |
| 2884 | 1 |
| 2644 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19010515 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CALIBRATING A DIRECTIONAL LIGHT SOURCE RELATIVE TO A CAMERA'S FIELD OF VIEW | SALEH, ZAID MUHAMMAD | 2844 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 06, 2025 |
| 18805974 | POSITION TRACKING SYSTEM AND METHOD USING RADIO SIGNALS AND INERTIAL SENSING | NGUYEN, CHUONG P | — | §112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 15, 2024 |
| 18737409 | PACKAGE TRACKING SYSTEMS AND METHODS | ERB, NATHAN | 3628 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 28d | Pending | Jun 07, 2024 |
| 18679772 | TRACKING SYSTEM WITH MOBILE READER | PENDLETON, DIONNE | 2689 | §112DP | Final Rejection | 14d | Pending | May 31, 2024 |
| 18674120 | PACKAGE DIMENSIONING AT A KIOSK | GAWORECKI, MARK R | 2884 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 24, 2024 |
| 18477943 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PERSONALIZED NAVIGATION INSIDE A BUSINESS ENTERPRISE | PEREZ, JULIO R | 2644 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 29, 2023 |
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