Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Networking & Security • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
10 pending office actions • 5 art units • 10 examiners • 0 of 10 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 21 patents granted in the last 365 days
Sagemcom Energy & Telecom Sas manages 11 pending office actions in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. These actions are distributed among 11 distinct examiners and 6 distinct art units. This indicates that several examiners are working within the same art units for this portfolio. Specifically, the use of 6 distinct art units for 11 actions means that some technical groups are handling multiple applications for the company, which may lead to shared technical standards across those filings.
WOODWARD, NATHANIEL T is the busiest examiner for the company, handling 1 pending office action. With 11 distinct examiners for 11 pending actions, the workload is spread such that no examiner is managing more than 1 pending matter at this time. This high degree of examiner variety means that the company must navigate 11 different individual review styles. However, the concentration within 6 art units may provide some consistency in the technical standards and prior art applied across the 11 pending office actions.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 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. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 3 (30%) |
| §102 only | 1 (10%) |
| §112 only | 3 (30%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (30%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WOODWARD, NATHANIEL T | 1 | 84.7% | +14.2% |
| PRETLOW, DEMETRIUS R | 1 | 86.4% | +8.5% |
| SANTOS, FRANCESCA LIMA | 1 | 85.7% | +20.0% |
| RAJAPUTRA, SURESH KS | 1 | 83.6% | +13.3% |
| HOPKINS, BRANDI N | 1 | 85.4% | +12.1% |
| LE, THIEN MINH | 1 | 88.2% | +8.1% |
| YUN, JURIE | 1 | 87.4% | +10.2% |
| OLAMIT, JUSTIN N | 1 | 62.0% | +9.4% |
| CELANI, NICHOLAS P | 1 | 45.8% | +42.3% |
| WORKU, SARON MATTHEWOS | 1 | 59.1% | +58.3% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18750931 | DATA TRANSMISSION METHODS, COMMUNICATION DEVICES AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEM | SANTOS, FRANCESCA LIMA | 4d overdue |
| 18760509 | DETECTING HUMIDITY BY MEASURING IMPEDANCE BETWEEN TWO TRACKS | PRETLOW, DEMETRIUS R | — |
| 18744019 | Detection of a crossed connection on a single-phase meter | RAJAPUTRA, SURESH KS | — |
| 18735531 | FLUID METER DETECTING AND DISTINGUISHING A LEAK AND AN OFFSET PROBLEM | HOPKINS, BRANDI N | — |
| 18733662 | METHOD FOR ESTABLISHING ELECTRICAL CONSUMPTION OF AN ELECTRICAL INSTALLATION | LE, THIEN MINH | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18415241 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AND SWITCHING FIRMWARE | CELANI, NICHOLAS P | 6d |
| 18775527 | QUALIMETRY EVALUATED BY A FLUID METER | WOODWARD, NATHANIEL T | — |
| 18732115 | OPTICAL DETECTION OF THE OPENING OF A HOUSING | YUN, JURIE | — |
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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18750931 | DATA TRANSMISSION METHODS, COMMUNICATION DEVICES AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEM | SANTOS, FRANCESCA LIMA | 4d overdue |
| 18415241 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AND SWITCHING FIRMWARE | CELANI, NICHOLAS P | 6d |
| 18775527 | QUALIMETRY EVALUATED BY A FLUID METER | WOODWARD, NATHANIEL T | — |
| 18744019 | Detection of a crossed connection on a single-phase meter | RAJAPUTRA, SURESH KS | — |
| 18735531 | FLUID METER DETECTING AND DISTINGUISHING A LEAK AND AN OFFSET PROBLEM | HOPKINS, BRANDI N | — |
| 18732115 | OPTICAL DETECTION OF THE OPENING OF A HOUSING | YUN, JURIE | — |
| 18168094 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING METER DATA AND DEVICES IMPLEMENTING SAID METHODS | WORKU, SARON MATTHEWOS | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2858 | 1 |
| 2468 | 1 |
| 2853 | 1 |
| 2449 | 1 |
| 2408 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18775527 | QUALIMETRY EVALUATED BY A FLUID METER | WOODWARD, NATHANIEL T | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 17, 2024 |
| 18760509 | DETECTING HUMIDITY BY MEASURING IMPEDANCE BETWEEN TWO TRACKS | PRETLOW, DEMETRIUS R | 2858 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 01, 2024 |
| 18750931 | DATA TRANSMISSION METHODS, COMMUNICATION DEVICES AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEM | SANTOS, FRANCESCA LIMA | 2468 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 4d overdue | Pending | Jun 21, 2024 |
| 18744019 | Detection of a crossed connection on a single-phase meter | RAJAPUTRA, SURESH KS | — | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 14, 2024 |
| 18735531 | FLUID METER DETECTING AND DISTINGUISHING A LEAK AND AN OFFSET PROBLEM | HOPKINS, BRANDI N | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 06, 2024 |
| 18733662 | METHOD FOR ESTABLISHING ELECTRICAL CONSUMPTION OF AN ELECTRICAL INSTALLATION | LE, THIEN MINH | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 04, 2024 |
| 18732115 | OPTICAL DETECTION OF THE OPENING OF A HOUSING | YUN, JURIE | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 03, 2024 |
| 18589069 | DUST FILTER FOR GAS METER | OLAMIT, JUSTIN N | 2853 | §112 | Final Rejection | 23d | Pending | Feb 27, 2024 |
| 18415241 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AND SWITCHING FIRMWARE | CELANI, NICHOLAS P | 2449 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 6d | Pending | Jan 17, 2024 |
| 18168094 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING METER DATA AND DEVICES IMPLEMENTING SAID METHODS | WORKU, SARON MATTHEWOS | 2408 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 13, 2023 |
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