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 • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Sentea NV operates within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area, where it currently has 1 pending office action. This 1 action is being handled by 1 distinct examiner, reflecting a focused prosecution profile. The work is also confined to 1 distinct art unit, suggesting a specific technical focus within the broader semiconductor field.
The busiest examiner for Sentea NV is CHU, CHRIS H, who is currently managing 1 busiest examiner pending office action. Since there is 1 distinct examiner for the entire portfolio, CHU, CHRIS H is the point of contact for the company's current pending matters. This 1 pending office action constitutes the entirety of the active examiner engagement reported.
For a practitioner, the concentration of 1 pending office action in 1 distinct art unit under 1 distinct examiner simplifies the current strategy. The outcome of the 1 busiest examiner pending action will be the primary determinant of progress for the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics portfolio. This streamlined activity allows for a dedicated response to the specific concerns of CHU, CHRIS H.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHU, CHRIS H | 1 | 53.2% | +9.4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18556117 | IMPROVED PHOTONIC PACKAGING | CHU, CHRIS H | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2874 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18556117 | IMPROVED PHOTONIC PACKAGING | CHU, CHRIS H | 2874 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 19, 2023 |
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