Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
6 pending office actions • 5 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 14 patents granted in the last 365 days
S&C Electric Company is currently managing 6 pending office actions within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. These actions are distributed among 6 distinct examiners, meaning that every pending matter is assigned to a different individual. This high level of examiner diversity suggests that the company must manage unique prosecution styles across its active portfolio.
The portfolio is further spread across 5 distinct art units, indicating that the company's innovations in Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics are being reviewed by several different specialized groups. This breadth of 5 distinct art units can lead to varying examination timelines for the 6 pending office actions. The busiest examiner, PATEL, DHARTI HARIDAS, is responsible for 1 busiest examiner pending action.
Because the busiest examiner only handles 1 of the total pending actions, the workload is distributed with no concentration of cases under a single official. This lack of overlap requires a broad strategy to address the diverse requirements of the distinct examiners and art units involved in the current prosecution cycle.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 4 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. 4 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 (50%) |
| §102 only | 1 (17%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (33%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PATEL, DHARTI HARIDAS | 1 | 87.4% | +7.7% |
| DECKER, JAMIL ALEXANDER | 1 | 41.6% | +39.0% |
| ALONZO MILLER, RHADAMES J | 1 | 67.1% | +4.7% |
| RODAK, LEE E | 1 | 72.2% | +34.1% |
| NGUYEN, DANNY | 1 | 90.1% | +6.5% |
| BECKER, BRANDON J | 1 | 53.7% | +11.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17853974 | HIGH-VOLTAGE TRIGGERED PULSECLOSER WITH ADAPTIVE CIRCUIT TESTING | NGUYEN, DANNY | 706d overdue |
| 19064806 | SERIES Z-SOURCE CIRCUIT BREAKER WITH PULSE-TESTING CAPABILITY | PATEL, DHARTI HARIDAS | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17677890 | LOADING CALCULATION | BECKER, BRANDON J | 219d overdue |
| 18438737 | TRAVELING WAVES FOR SELECTIVE UNDERGROUND FAULT INTERRUPTION | RODAK, LEE E | 113d 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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17677890 | LOADING CALCULATION | BECKER, BRANDON J | 219d overdue |
| 18438737 | TRAVELING WAVES FOR SELECTIVE UNDERGROUND FAULT INTERRUPTION | RODAK, LEE E | 113d overdue |
| 18676335 | ADJUSTABLE SWITCHGEAR FOR RETROFIT APPLICATIONS AND METHOD | DECKER, JAMIL ALEXANDER | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2835 | 1 |
| 2847 | 1 |
| 2858 | 1 |
| 2838 | 1 |
| 2857 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19064806 | SERIES Z-SOURCE CIRCUIT BREAKER WITH PULSE-TESTING CAPABILITY | PATEL, DHARTI HARIDAS | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 27, 2025 |
| 18676335 | ADJUSTABLE SWITCHGEAR FOR RETROFIT APPLICATIONS AND METHOD | DECKER, JAMIL ALEXANDER | 2835 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 28, 2024 |
| 18438733 | DESICCANT FOR ALTERNATIVE DIELECTRIC GAS BLENDS IN ELECTRIC SWITCHGEAR | ALONZO MILLER, RHADAMES J | 2847 | §103 | Final Rejection | 114d overdue | Pending | Feb 12, 2024 |
| 18438737 | TRAVELING WAVES FOR SELECTIVE UNDERGROUND FAULT INTERRUPTION | RODAK, LEE E | 2858 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 113d overdue | Pending | Feb 12, 2024 |
| 17853974 | HIGH-VOLTAGE TRIGGERED PULSECLOSER WITH ADAPTIVE CIRCUIT TESTING | NGUYEN, DANNY | 2838 | §103 | Final Rejection | 706d overdue | Pending | Jun 30, 2022 |
| 17677890 | LOADING CALCULATION | BECKER, BRANDON J | 2857 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 219d overdue | Pending | Feb 22, 2022 |
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