Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
4 pending office actions • 1 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 6 patents granted in the last 365 days
Reald Spark LLC currently manages 4 pending office actions within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. These actions are distributed across 4 distinct examiners, indicating a broad spread of individual review despite the portfolio being concentrated within 1 distinct art unit. The presence of the distinct examiners for the pending actions means that every case is being handled by a different person. This lack of examiner overlap requires a strategy that addresses multiple individual perspectives simultaneously.
The busiest examiner for this portfolio is HUNTER, MISHAWN N, who is responsible for 1 pending office action. This distribution shows that every pending matter is handled by a different examiner, even though the prosecution activity is localized to the distinct art unit. For the practitioner, this suggests that while the technical focus is narrow, the prosecution experience will vary based on the individual preferences of the distinct examiners involved. Navigating the pending office actions will require addressing the specific requirements of each assigned examiner within the 1 distinct art unit.
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 (25%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (25%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HUNTER, MISHAWN N | 1 | 78.2% | +14.3% |
| QURESHI, MARIAM | 1 | 75.5% | +22.3% |
| GROSS, ALEXANDER P | 1 | 59.1% | +20.9% |
| THOMAS, BRANDI N | 1 | 82.6% | +7.8% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18734193 | Anamorphic directional illumination device | THOMAS, BRANDI N | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19264570 | WIDE ANGLE IMAGING DIRECTIONAL BACKLIGHTS | HUNTER, MISHAWN N | — |
| 18947149 | Reflective optical stack for switchable directional display | GROSS, ALEXANDER P | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19264570 | WIDE ANGLE IMAGING DIRECTIONAL BACKLIGHTS | HUNTER, MISHAWN N | — |
| 18956938 | Observer-tracked privacy display | QURESHI, MARIAM | — |
| 18947149 | Reflective optical stack for switchable directional display | GROSS, ALEXANDER P | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2872 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19264570 | WIDE ANGLE IMAGING DIRECTIONAL BACKLIGHTS | HUNTER, MISHAWN N | — | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 09, 2025 |
| 18956938 | Observer-tracked privacy display | QURESHI, MARIAM | — | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 22, 2024 |
| 18947149 | Reflective optical stack for switchable directional display | GROSS, ALEXANDER P | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 14, 2024 |
| 18734193 | Anamorphic directional illumination device | THOMAS, BRANDI N | 2872 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 05, 2024 |
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