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 • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
Power Master Semiconductor Co. Ltd. has 1 pending office action in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. This matter is assigned to MAI, ANH D, who is the busiest examiner for the company. The portfolio is currently concentrated under 1 distinct examiner and a single distinct art unit.
This indicates a very focused prosecution effort in the semiconductor field. The outcome of this 1 pending office action will be critical for the company's immediate patent objectives in this technology area. Practitioners should monitor the historical tendencies of MAI, ANH D to optimize the response for the active matter.
The reliance on a single examiner means that the firm's patent strategy is highly sensitive to the individual requirements of that official. The concentration in one art unit suggests a specialized technical focus that has not yet branched into related optical or circuit disciplines. Future filings may eventually diversify the portfolio across more units as the company expands its intellectual property footprint.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MAI, ANH D | 1 | 37.7% | +9.6% |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2893 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18224110 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE HAVING SEGMENTED RESURF REGION ENTIRELY COVERING SUPER JUNCTION P-N PILLARS | MAI, ANH D | 2893 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 45d overdue | Pending | Jul 20, 2023 |
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