Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
12 pending office actions • 7 art units • 11 examiners • 0 of 12 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 18 patents granted in the last 365 days
Renishaw PLC currently faces 10 pending office actions within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. This volume of active prosecution is distributed across 9 distinct examiners and 6 distinct art units. The distribution suggests a range of technologies being patented within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics sector, requiring engagement with multiple specialized patent office teams. This level of diversity in examiners and art units is present for this set of 10 pending office actions.
The busiest examiner for the portfolio is GUADALUPE, YARITZA, who is currently overseeing 2 busiest examiner pending actions. With 6 distinct art units involved, the company must manage various examination styles and timelines. The presence of 9 distinct examiners for the active applications indicates that many matters are being reviewed by different individuals. This ratio of examiners to actions helps manage the risk associated with any individual examiner's review process.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 + other | 1 (8%) |
| §103 only | 2 (17%) |
| §112 only | 1 (8%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (8%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (8%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 5 (42%) |
| No statute on record | 1 (8%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GUADALUPE, YARITZA | 2 | 82.2% | +15.0% |
| WILLIAMS, DON J | 1 | 83.9% | +5.1% |
| CAMERON, ATTICUS A | 1 | 80.0% | +9.1% |
| DONDERO, WILLIAM E | 1 | 73.6% | +16.5% |
| LEE, HWA S | 1 | 72.3% | +3.1% |
| CARLSON, JOSHUA MICHAEL | 1 | 59.1% | +39.5% |
| HINZE, LEO T | 1 | 52.7% | +10.4% |
| BENNETT, GEORGE B | 1 | 79.5% | +10.7% |
| MALEKZADEH, SEYED MASOUD | 1 | 67.1% | +31.9% |
| COURSON, TANIA C | 1 | 65.0% | +27.6% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19139464 | ENCODER APPARATUS | WILLIAMS, DON J | — |
| 18690648 | MEASUREMENT STRUT | GUADALUPE, YARITZA | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18016726 | MEASUREMENT METHOD | COURSON, TANIA C | 104d overdue |
| 18838745 | OPTICAL APPARATUS | LEE, HWA S | 44d overdue |
| 18996128 | COORDINATE POSITIONING MACHINE | CAMERON, ATTICUS A | — |
| 18844554 | COORDINATE POSITIONING MACHINE | GUADALUPE, YARITZA | — |
| 18835098 | AN ULTRASOUND INSPECTION PROBE FOR A MACHINE TOOL | HINZE, LEO T | — |
| 17431406 | ULTRASOUND METHOD AND APPARATUS | SPLIT, JAMES GERALD | — |
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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18750156 | ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING APPARATUS AND METHOD | MALEKZADEH, SEYED MASOUD | 126d overdue |
| 18016726 | MEASUREMENT METHOD | COURSON, TANIA C | 104d overdue |
| 18838759 | OPTICAL APPARATUS | CARLSON, JOSHUA MICHAEL | 9d |
| 18926410 | SELECTIVE LASER SOLIDIFICATION APPARATUS AND METHOD | DONDERO, WILLIAM E | — |
| 18844554 | COORDINATE POSITIONING MACHINE | GUADALUPE, YARITZA | — |
| 18835098 | AN ULTRASOUND INSPECTION PROBE FOR A MACHINE TOOL | HINZE, LEO T | — |
| 18778558 | COORDINATE POSITIONING MACHINE | BENNETT, GEORGE B | — |
| 18690648 | MEASUREMENT STRUT | GUADALUPE, YARITZA | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2877 | 2 |
| 2855 | 2 |
| 2878 | 1 |
| 3658 | 1 |
| 3993 | 1 |
| 1754 | 1 |
| 2858 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19139464 | ENCODER APPARATUS | WILLIAMS, DON J | 2878 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 16, 2025 |
| 18996128 | COORDINATE POSITIONING MACHINE | CAMERON, ATTICUS A | 3658 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 18926410 | SELECTIVE LASER SOLIDIFICATION APPARATUS AND METHOD | DONDERO, WILLIAM E | 3993 | Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 25, 2024 |
| 18844554 | COORDINATE POSITIONING MACHINE | GUADALUPE, YARITZA | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 06, 2024 |
| 18838745 | OPTICAL APPARATUS | LEE, HWA S | 2877 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 44d overdue | Pending | Aug 15, 2024 |
| 18838759 | OPTICAL APPARATUS | CARLSON, JOSHUA MICHAEL | 2877 | §103 | Final Rejection | 9d | Pending | Aug 15, 2024 |
| 18835098 | AN ULTRASOUND INSPECTION PROBE FOR A MACHINE TOOL | HINZE, LEO T | — | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 01, 2024 |
| 18778558 | COORDINATE POSITIONING MACHINE | BENNETT, GEORGE B | — | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 19, 2024 |
| 18750156 | ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING APPARATUS AND METHOD | MALEKZADEH, SEYED MASOUD | 1754 | §103§112DP | Final Rejection | 126d overdue | Pending | Jun 21, 2024 |
| 18690648 | MEASUREMENT STRUT | GUADALUPE, YARITZA | 2855 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 08, 2024 |
| 18016726 | MEASUREMENT METHOD | COURSON, TANIA C | 2855 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 104d overdue | Pending | Jan 18, 2023 |
| 17431406 | ULTRASOUND METHOD AND APPARATUS | SPLIT, JAMES GERALD | 2858 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 16, 2021 |
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