Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Refeyn Ltd. maintains a patent portfolio focused on the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. The company currently manages 2 pending office actions. These actions are distributed across 2 distinct examiners, though they remain centralized within 1 distinct art unit. This structure suggests that while the technical subject matter is consistent enough to stay within a single art unit, the prosecution is being handled by multiple individuals at the patent office. This can lead to differing examiner perspectives on similar technical disclosures.
RUFUS L PHILLIPS is the busiest examiner associated with the portfolio. This examiner is currently handling 1 busiest examiner pending office action. Because there are 2 pending office actions in total across 2 distinct examiners, the workload is split, with each examiner managing an action. For practitioners, this means engagement is required with multiple examiners despite the singular art unit classification. Navigating this environment involves addressing the specific requirements of each examiner while maintaining a cohesive strategy for the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 only | 1 (50%) |
| §103 only | 1 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PHILLIPS, RUFUS L | 1 | 62.6% | +32.1% |
| RAHMAN, MD M | 1 | 92.3% | +12.1% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18579572 | METHOD OF DETERMINING THE IDENTITY OF A BIOMOLECULE | RAHMAN, MD M | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18294701 | INTERFEROMETRIC SCATTERING MICROSCOPY | PHILLIPS, RUFUS L | 43d overdue |
| 18579572 | METHOD OF DETERMINING THE IDENTITY OF A BIOMOLECULE | RAHMAN, MD M | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2877 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18294701 | INTERFEROMETRIC SCATTERING MICROSCOPY | PHILLIPS, RUFUS L | 2877 | §103 | Final Rejection | 43d overdue | Pending | Feb 02, 2024 |
| 18579572 | METHOD OF DETERMINING THE IDENTITY OF A BIOMOLECULE | RAHMAN, MD M | 2877 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 16, 2024 |
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