Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days
Sentec E&E Co. Ltd. currently manages 2 pending office actions within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. This portfolio is distributed across 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units, indicating a spread of intellectual property across different specialized review groups. The presence of multiple examiners for these actions suggests that each matter is being handled by a different individual.
HALL, VICTORIA KATHLEEN is identified as the busiest examiner for this portfolio, currently overseeing 1 pending office action. Because the busiest examiner is responsible for 1 out of the 2 total pending actions, the workload is split among the distinct examiners involved. Practitioners should note that with 2 distinct art units in play, the prosecution strategy might need to account for different internal guidelines within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics sector.
The distribution of the pending office actions across multiple art units suggests that the underlying technologies involve different sub-specialties. Managing the distinct examiners requires attention to the specific preferences of HALL, VICTORIA KATHLEEN and the other assigned professional. This decentralized approach to the 2 pending office actions means that no single examiner holds a majority of the current workload.
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 |
|---|---|
| §112 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HALL, VICTORIA KATHLEEN | 1 | 83.8% | +19.1% |
| TURNER, BRIAN | 1 | 83.4% | +4.4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18381598 | Heat-Electricity Discrete Power Module Including Two-Way Heat-Dissipation Ceramic Substrates and Manufacturing method of the Same | HALL, VICTORIA KATHLEEN | 67d overdue |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18377765 | POWER APPARATUS | TURNER, BRIAN | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18381598 | Heat-Electricity Discrete Power Module Including Two-Way Heat-Dissipation Ceramic Substrates and Manufacturing method of the Same | HALL, VICTORIA KATHLEEN | 67d overdue |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2897 | 1 |
| 2818 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18381598 | Heat-Electricity Discrete Power Module Including Two-Way Heat-Dissipation Ceramic Substrates and Manufacturing method of the Same | HALL, VICTORIA KATHLEEN | 2897 | §112 | Final Rejection | 67d overdue | Pending | Oct 18, 2023 |
| 18377765 | POWER APPARATUS | TURNER, BRIAN | 2818 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 06, 2023 |
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