Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
4 pending office actions • 2 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 6 patents granted in the last 365 days
Rogers Germany GmbH manages a portfolio in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. There are 4 pending office actions currently on record. These actions are distributed among 4 distinct examiners, meaning every pending action is being reviewed by a different person.
The portfolio spans 2 distinct art units. MUIR, MATTHEW SINCLAIR is the busiest examiner, though this examiner only has 1 busiest examiner pending action. This reflects an even distribution of the 4 pending office actions across the 4 distinct examiners.
For a practitioner, this distribution in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics area suggests a diverse range of examiner interactions despite the small number of 2 distinct art units. No single examiner dominates the current workload, as shown by the 1 busiest examiner pending action for MUIR, MATTHEW SINCLAIR. Strategies must be tailored to the individual preferences of all 4 distinct examiners involved in the 4 pending office actions.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (100%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MUIR, MATTHEW SINCLAIR | 1 | 69.9% | +30.4% |
| OJEH, NDUKA E | 1 | 89.8% | -2.2% |
| BURNS, TREMESHA WILLIS | 1 | 78.2% | +17.2% |
| CARTER, JONATHAN LANGDON | 1 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18697158 | Metal-ceramic substrate and method for producing a metal ceramic substrate | BURNS, TREMESHA WILLIS | 9d |
| 18849669 | PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD, METAL-CERAMIC SUBSTRATE AS AN INSERT, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD | MUIR, MATTHEW SINCLAIR | — |
| 18718949 | CARRIER SUBSTRATE FOR ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SUCH A CARRIER SUBSTRATE | OJEH, NDUKA E | — |
| 18279993 | METHOD FOR PROCESSING A METAL-CERAMIC SUBSTRATE, AND METAL-CERAMIC SUBSTRATE | CARTER, JONATHAN LANGDON | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18697158 | Metal-ceramic substrate and method for producing a metal ceramic substrate | BURNS, TREMESHA WILLIS | 9d |
| 18849669 | PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD, METAL-CERAMIC SUBSTRATE AS AN INSERT, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD | MUIR, MATTHEW SINCLAIR | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2847 | 1 |
| 3799 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18849669 | PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD, METAL-CERAMIC SUBSTRATE AS AN INSERT, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD | MUIR, MATTHEW SINCLAIR | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 23, 2024 |
| 18718949 | CARRIER SUBSTRATE FOR ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SUCH A CARRIER SUBSTRATE | OJEH, NDUKA E | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 12, 2024 |
| 18697158 | Metal-ceramic substrate and method for producing a metal ceramic substrate | BURNS, TREMESHA WILLIS | 2847 | §102§112 | Final Rejection | 9d | Pending | Mar 29, 2024 |
| 18279993 | METHOD FOR PROCESSING A METAL-CERAMIC SUBSTRATE, AND METAL-CERAMIC SUBSTRATE | CARTER, JONATHAN LANGDON | 3799 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 01, 2023 |
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