Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Shanghai Tianxun Electronic Equipment Co. Ltd. has 2 pending office actions in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. Both of these matters are assigned to 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit. This concentration means that a single examiner is responsible for the entirety of the company's active pending workload, creating a significant point of focus for the prosecution team.
David M Schindler is the busiest examiner for the company, currently overseeing the active matters. Because there is only 1 distinct examiner for the 2 pending actions, the prosecution strategy is entirely dependent on this individual's review within the assigned art unit. This allows for a very direct and focused dialogue between the applicant and the examiner, as there are no other competing examiner perspectives to manage.
The reliance on a single art unit and a single examiner means that the company's success in this technology area hinges on overcoming the specific hurdles raised in the active cases. Any progress made with this examiner will directly impact the entire active portfolio. Practitioners should prioritize understanding this examiner's specific concerns to resolve the pending matters efficiently.
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 |
|---|---|
| Double-patenting + other | 2 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SCHINDLER, DAVID M | 2 | 40.5% | +23.4% |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19001592 | METAL DETECTOR | SCHINDLER, DAVID M | — |
| 19001590 | METAL DETECTOR | SCHINDLER, DAVID M | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2858 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19001592 | METAL DETECTOR | SCHINDLER, DAVID M | 2858 | §102§103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 26, 2024 |
| 19001590 | METAL DETECTOR | SCHINDLER, DAVID M | 2858 | §102§103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 26, 2024 |
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