Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Sderotech Inc. currently has a focused prosecution profile in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area, with 1 pending office action. This 1 pending office action is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, SINGH, GURBIR. Because there is 1 pending office action, SINGH, GURBIR is also the busiest examiner, holding 1 busiest examiner pending action. This represents the entirety of the company's current active workload in this sector.
The prosecution is concentrated within 1 distinct art unit, which simplifies the administrative landscape for this portfolio. With the active matter to manage, the company can focus its resources on the specific requirements of this group. The lack of multiple distinct examiners or art units means that there are no conflicting examination styles or procedural variations to navigate at this time.
For a patent practitioner, the 1 distinct examiner provides a clear path for advocacy. The strategy for the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics portfolio is currently synonymous with the strategy for the 1 pending office action assigned to the examiner. Practitioners can dedicate their efforts to understanding the specific tendencies of the 1 distinct examiner and the standards of the 1 distinct art unit involved, as there are no other active matters to divert attention.
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) | 1 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SINGH, GURBIR | 1 | 71.8% | +14.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18234343 | IMPROVING SCANNING TIME OF AN ANTENNA | SINGH, GURBIR | 31d 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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18234343 | IMPROVING SCANNING TIME OF AN ANTENNA | SINGH, GURBIR | 31d overdue |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2845 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18234343 | IMPROVING SCANNING TIME OF AN ANTENNA | SINGH, GURBIR | 2845 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 31d overdue | Pending | Aug 15, 2023 |
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