Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
5 pending office actions • 1 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
Rectorseal LLC currently manages 5 pending office actions within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. This portfolio demonstrates concentration, as all active matters are consolidated within 1 distinct art unit. This focus suggests that the company's current patenting efforts are technically specialized within a specific regulatory subgroup at the USPTO. The presence of 5 pending office actions within a single unit indicates active dialogue with that specific group's supervisory staff.
The workload is distributed among 3 distinct examiners, with MCFADDEN, MICHAEL P serving as the busiest examiner for the portfolio. This individual is responsible for 2 of the pending office actions. For a practitioner, this concentration in 1 distinct art unit means that prosecution strategies can be highly tailored to the specific tendencies and precedents of that unit. The fact that 3 distinct examiners are involved despite the single art unit indicates that while the technology is focused, the portfolio is being reviewed by a diverse set of perspectives within that group. Managing 2 actions under MCFADDEN, MICHAEL P provides an opportunity for consistency in arguments across those specific matters.
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 (20%) |
| Double-patenting only | 3 (60%) |
| No statute on record | 1 (20%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCFADDEN, MICHAEL P | 2 | 86.4% | +19.7% |
| FERGUSON, DION | 2 | 87.0% | +8.2% |
| EGOAVIL, GUILLERMO J | 1 | 89.8% | +8.5% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19031339 | HARD START KIT FOR MULTIPLE REPLACEMENT APPLICATIONS | EGOAVIL, GUILLERMO J | — |
| 19030699 | CAPACITOR WITH MULTIPLE ELEMENTS FOR MULTIPLE REPLACEMENT APPLICATIONS | MCFADDEN, MICHAEL P | — |
| 19031203 | Power Factor Correction Capacitors | FERGUSON, DION | — |
| 19003300 | CAPACITOR WITH MULTIPLE ELEMENTS FOR MULTIPLE REPLACEMENT APPLICATIONS | MCFADDEN, MICHAEL 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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19030699 | CAPACITOR WITH MULTIPLE ELEMENTS FOR MULTIPLE REPLACEMENT APPLICATIONS | MCFADDEN, MICHAEL P | — |
| 19003300 | CAPACITOR WITH MULTIPLE ELEMENTS FOR MULTIPLE REPLACEMENT APPLICATIONS | MCFADDEN, MICHAEL P | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2847 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19031339 | HARD START KIT FOR MULTIPLE REPLACEMENT APPLICATIONS | EGOAVIL, GUILLERMO J | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 18, 2025 |
| 19030699 | CAPACITOR WITH MULTIPLE ELEMENTS FOR MULTIPLE REPLACEMENT APPLICATIONS | MCFADDEN, MICHAEL P | — | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 19031203 | Power Factor Correction Capacitors | FERGUSON, DION | — | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 19003300 | CAPACITOR WITH MULTIPLE ELEMENTS FOR MULTIPLE REPLACEMENT APPLICATIONS | MCFADDEN, MICHAEL P | — | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 27, 2024 |
| 18791787 | Capacitor for Multiple Replacement Applications | FERGUSON, DION | 2847 | Other | Non-Final OA | 3d overdue | Pending | Aug 01, 2024 |
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