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 • 19 patents granted in the last 365 days
Sainstore Technology Co. Ltd. has 2 pending office actions in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. These actions are concentrated in 1 distinct art unit, indicating a focused technical scope for the company's semiconductor applications. This concentration in 1 distinct art unit provides a unified administrative path for the pending matters. With 2 pending office actions active, the company maintains a focused presence in this technical sector.
Prosecution is split between 2 distinct examiners. ALEXANDER D SHENDEROV is the busiest examiner, responsible for 1 pending office action. Practitioners must manage 2 separate examiner relationships for these 2 pending office actions. Because there are 2 distinct examiners involved, the company cannot rely on 1 official's feedback to resolve both cases. Each of the 2 pending office actions requires a unique strategy. Practitioners should coordinate their approach to maintain consistency within the 1 distinct art unit while addressing the individual styles of the 2 distinct examiners. ALEXANDER D SHENDEROV handles 1 pending office action, matching the workload of the second official.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHENDEROV, ALEXANDER D | 1 | 90.2% | +6.2% |
| QUIGLEY, THOMAS K | 1 | 73.2% | +20.2% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18985623 | DTF CONTINUOUS INK SUPPLY DEVICE WITH BUILT-IN STIRRING FUNCTION | SHENDEROV, ALEXANDER D | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18603528 | DESIGN STRUCTURE OF MACHINE-WASHABLE TEMPERATURE CONTROLLER | QUIGLEY, THOMAS K | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18603528 | DESIGN STRUCTURE OF MACHINE-WASHABLE TEMPERATURE CONTROLLER | QUIGLEY, THOMAS K | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2834 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18985623 | DTF CONTINUOUS INK SUPPLY DEVICE WITH BUILT-IN STIRRING FUNCTION | SHENDEROV, ALEXANDER D | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 18, 2024 |
| 18603528 | DESIGN STRUCTURE OF MACHINE-WASHABLE TEMPERATURE CONTROLLER | QUIGLEY, THOMAS K | 2834 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 13, 2024 |
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