Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
4 pending office actions • 1 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 7 patents granted in the last 365 days
Rimac Technology LLC has 4 pending office actions in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. These actions are distributed across 4 distinct examiners, yet they are all contained within 1 distinct art unit. SANGHERA, JAS A is identified as the busiest examiner with 1 pending action. The fact that 4 different examiners are working within a single art unit indicates internal consistency regarding the technical subject matter being reviewed. For the applicant, this means that while they must navigate the individual preferences of 4 distinct examiners, the underlying art unit policies will likely remain uniform across the 4 pending office actions.
This distribution presents a challenge for practitioners, as they must adapt to 4 distinct examiner styles while addressing the same art unit's standards. Since SANGHERA, JAS A is the busiest examiner with only 1 pending action, the workload is distributed across the 4 distinct examiners. This lack of examiner overlap means that no single individual's tendencies will dominate the prosecution of the 4 pending office actions. Instead, the applicant must maintain a strategy that accounts for the collective oversight of the 1 distinct art unit while tailoring arguments to the different examiners involved. This scenario requires a versatile approach to prosecution within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics field.
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 (25%) |
| §112 only | 1 (25%) |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SANGHERA, JAS A | 1 | 94.5% | +5.0% |
| LO, KENNETH M | 1 | 43.1% | +35.5% |
| CHAPA MILLS, NICOLAS ALDEN | 1 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| GATEWOOD, DANIEL S | 1 | 77.9% | +18.8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18963202 | METHOD FOR DIAGNOSTIC ENERGY SHIFTING | SANGHERA, JAS A | — |
| 18778910 | MULTILEVEL MODULATION | CHAPA MILLS, NICOLAS ALDEN | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18821969 | Controlling an energy storage system | LO, KENNETH M | — |
| 18531386 | MOUNTED BATTERY SYSTEM | GATEWOOD, DANIEL S | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18821969 | Controlling an energy storage system | LO, KENNETH M | — |
| 18531386 | MOUNTED BATTERY SYSTEM | GATEWOOD, DANIEL S | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2838 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18963202 | METHOD FOR DIAGNOSTIC ENERGY SHIFTING | SANGHERA, JAS A | — | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 27, 2024 |
| 18821969 | Controlling an energy storage system | LO, KENNETH M | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 30, 2024 |
| 18778910 | MULTILEVEL MODULATION | CHAPA MILLS, NICOLAS ALDEN | 2838 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 19, 2024 |
| 18531386 | MOUNTED BATTERY SYSTEM | GATEWOOD, DANIEL S | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 06, 2023 |
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