Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
4 pending office actions • 3 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 15 patents granted in the last 365 days
Regal Beloit America Inc. currently manages 4 pending office actions within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. These actions are distributed among 4 distinct examiners, meaning each official is handling exactly 1 pending office action. This lack of examiner overlap suggests that prosecution tactics must be tailored individually for every pending application in the portfolio, as no single official's previous rulings can be used to predict the outcome of another case.
The portfolio spans 3 distinct art units, reflecting a concentrated but not singular technical focus within the semiconductor sector. IMTIAZ, ZOHEB S is identified as the busiest examiner with 1 pending office action, matching the workload of the other officials. With 4 pending actions across 3 art units, the company faces a relatively diverse set of examination environments despite the small overall number of open matters. This distribution indicates that the 4 distinct examiners are operating across a nearly equal number of departmental silos.
Practitioners should note that the presence of 3 distinct art units suggests that the technical subject matter is varied enough to trigger different internal USPTO review processes. Consequently, the strategy for each of the 4 pending actions should be developed independently to address the specific nuances of the different departments involved. The goal is to satisfy the individual requirements of each examiner while adhering to the broader standards of the semiconductor and optics divisions.
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 | 2 (50%) |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOUZIANE, SAID | 1 | 77.0% | +10.9% |
| IMTIAZ, ZOHEB S | 1 | 81.0% | +13.8% |
| GOLIK, ARTHUR PAUL | 1 | 69.9% | +45.3% |
| LAUGHLIN, CHARLES S | 1 | 76.5% | +9.6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18935775 | CONTROLLER AND DRIVE CIRCUIT FOR ELECTRIC MOTORS | IMTIAZ, ZOHEB S | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18935787 | CONTROLLER AND DRIVE CIRCUIT FOR ELECTRIC MOTORS | BOUZIANE, SAID | — |
| 18767454 | STALL MARGIN IMPROVEMENT OF ROTOR FAN FOR A VANEAXIAL BLOWER SYSTEM | GOLIK, ARTHUR PAUL | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18935787 | CONTROLLER AND DRIVE CIRCUIT FOR ELECTRIC MOTORS | BOUZIANE, SAID | — |
| 18935775 | CONTROLLER AND DRIVE CIRCUIT FOR ELECTRIC MOTORS | IMTIAZ, ZOHEB S | — |
| 18767454 | STALL MARGIN IMPROVEMENT OF ROTOR FAN FOR A VANEAXIAL BLOWER SYSTEM | GOLIK, ARTHUR PAUL | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2837 | 2 |
| 3745 | 1 |
| 2846 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18935787 | CONTROLLER AND DRIVE CIRCUIT FOR ELECTRIC MOTORS | BOUZIANE, SAID | 2837 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 04, 2024 |
| 18935775 | CONTROLLER AND DRIVE CIRCUIT FOR ELECTRIC MOTORS | IMTIAZ, ZOHEB S | 2837 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 04, 2024 |
| 18767454 | STALL MARGIN IMPROVEMENT OF ROTOR FAN FOR A VANEAXIAL BLOWER SYSTEM | GOLIK, ARTHUR PAUL | 3745 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 09, 2024 |
| 18300269 | KIT FOR BYPASSING A COMPRESSOR OR FAN | LAUGHLIN, CHARLES S | 2846 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 13, 2023 |
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