Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
4 pending office actions • 1 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 12 patents granted in the last 365 days
Powertech Technology Inc. has 4 pending office actions in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. These matters are distributed among 3 distinct examiners. The prosecution is currently confined to 1 distinct art unit, which suggests a focused technical alignment for the company's pending applications.
The busiest examiner is VU, DAVID, who is responsible for 2 pending office actions. This represents half of the total 4 pending office actions for the company. The remaining 2 pending actions are split between the other 2 distinct examiners, creating a concentration of work under a single individual while still involving multiple perspectives.
Because all 4 pending office actions are located within 1 distinct art unit, the company is likely dealing with a consistent set of internal policies and supervisory oversight. The concentration of 2 actions under VU, DAVID provides an opportunity to coordinate arguments across those specific cases. The use of 3 distinct examiners for 4 actions indicates that while there is some overlap, the company still faces multiple individual perspectives during prosecution.
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 |
|---|---|
| §102 only | 1 (25%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (75%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| VU, DAVID | 2 | 77.3% | +18.0% |
| ARROYO, TERESA M | 1 | 71.9% | +23.2% |
| NGUYEN, DAO H | 1 | 91.4% | +5.7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18455609 | IMAGE SENSOR AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF | VU, DAVID | 4d overdue |
| 18632221 | PACKAGE STRUCTURE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF | ARROYO, TERESA M | — |
| 18350459 | PACKAGE STRUCTURE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF | NGUYEN, DAO H | — |
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.
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2818 | 3 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18632221 | PACKAGE STRUCTURE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF | ARROYO, TERESA M | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 10, 2024 |
| 18427834 | PACKAGE STRUCTURE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF | VU, DAVID | 2818 | §102Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 31, 2024 |
| 18455609 | IMAGE SENSOR AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF | VU, DAVID | 2818 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 4d overdue | Pending | Aug 24, 2023 |
| 18350459 | PACKAGE STRUCTURE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF | NGUYEN, DAO H | 2818 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 11, 2023 |
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