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
Rf Controls LLC has 2 pending office actions within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. These actions are assigned to 2 distinct examiners and are both located within 1 distinct art unit. Windrich, Marcus E is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, currently holding 1 pending office action. This distribution means the company must manage multiple examiner relationships within the same art unit environment.
The presence of 2 distinct examiners suggests that the company's technology is being evaluated by different individuals even within a single art unit. Practitioners should focus on the specific preferences of Windrich, Marcus E, while also monitoring the progress of the other pending matter. Because the prosecution is limited to a single art unit, the company can tailor its strategy to the specific examination standards and historical trends of that unit. This focused approach may allow for more efficient resolution of the 2 pending office actions compared to portfolios spread across multiple units. Maintaining a unified argument across both cases is essential for success in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics sector.
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 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WINDRICH, MARCUS E | 1 | 79.2% | +7.1% |
| ELLIS, SUEZU Y | 1 | 76.8% | +21.6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18230070 | WIDE AREA RFID TARGET ACQUISITION AND LOCATION SYSTEM FOR PROGRAMMING RFID DEVICES | ELLIS, SUEZU Y | 5d overdue |
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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18230070 | WIDE AREA RFID TARGET ACQUISITION AND LOCATION SYSTEM FOR PROGRAMMING RFID DEVICES | ELLIS, SUEZU Y | 5d overdue |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2876 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18934668 | SYNCHRONOUS DUAL BAND SIGNAL ACQUISITION AND SOURCE LOCATION SYSTEM | WINDRICH, MARCUS E | — | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 01, 2024 |
| 18230070 | WIDE AREA RFID TARGET ACQUISITION AND LOCATION SYSTEM FOR PROGRAMMING RFID DEVICES | ELLIS, SUEZU Y | 2876 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 5d overdue | Pending | Aug 03, 2023 |
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