Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
1 pending office actions • 0 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days
Sekonix Co. Ltd. currently has 1 pending office actions. This action is assigned to 1 distinct examiners, which means the company is working with a single point of contact for its current prosecution. The data shows 0 distinct art units for this portfolio, which may indicate that the 1 pending office actions are not yet categorized within a specific art unit. This 0 distinct art units figure suggests a unique technological profile for the current filing.
WHALEN, DANIEL B is the busiest examiner for the company, currently managing 1 busiest examiner pending office action. Because there is 1 distinct examiners, WHALEN, DANIEL B is the only official reviewing the 1 pending office actions. The absence of 0 distinct art units suggests that the prosecution strategy should be highly personalized to the examiner's specific requirements. Success in this 1 busiest examiner pending action will depend on understanding the unique perspective of WHALEN, DANIEL B, as no broader art unit context is available to provide guidance.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WHALEN, DANIEL B | 1 | 80.2% | +15.9% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18614456 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING DISPLAY APPARATUS | WHALEN, DANIEL B | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18614456 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING DISPLAY APPARATUS | WHALEN, DANIEL B | — |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18614456 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING DISPLAY APPARATUS | WHALEN, DANIEL B | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 22, 2024 |
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