Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
3 pending office actions • 1 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days
Shanghai Xizhi Technology Co. Ltd. is managing 3 pending office actions within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. These actions are distributed across 3 distinct examiners, yet they are all concentrated within 1 distinct art unit. This suggests that while the company must navigate different examiner preferences, the technical focus of its filings is very consistent. The concentration in 1 art unit indicates a specific technical specialty within the semiconductor field.
RAHLL, JERRY T is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, currently handling 1 pending office action. With 3 distinct examiners for 3 total actions, the workload is distributed across the different individuals. Practitioners should note that the company can maintain a consistent technical strategy within the 1 distinct art unit while managing the individual requirements of the 3 distinct examiners involved.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 1 (33%) |
| §102 only | 1 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (33%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| RAHLL, JERRY T | 1 | 89.8% | +8.3% |
| YANG, NAN-YING | 1 | 77.9% | +8.6% |
| WONG, TINA MEI SENG | 1 | 84.3% | +14.4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18399030 | CHIP PACKAGE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF | WONG, TINA MEI SENG | 15d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18849041 | ELECTRO-OPTICAL MODULATOR AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF | RAHLL, JERRY T | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18399030 | CHIP PACKAGE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF | WONG, TINA MEI SENG | 15d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2874 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18849041 | ELECTRO-OPTICAL MODULATOR AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF | RAHLL, JERRY T | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 20, 2024 |
| 18842042 | PACKAGING STRUCTURE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, AND PHOTONIC INTEGRATED CIRCUIT CHIP | YANG, NAN-YING | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 28, 2024 |
| 18399030 | CHIP PACKAGE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF | WONG, TINA MEI SENG | 2874 | §103 | Final Rejection | 15d | Pending | Dec 28, 2023 |
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