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
Shelby Korpi has 1 pending office action in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. This matter is handled by 1 distinct examiner, STEPHEN SANGJIN SUL, within 1 distinct art unit. STEPHEN SANGJIN SUL is the busiest examiner, with 1 busiest examiner pending action. The prosecution of this 1 pending office action is currently the only active matter for this entity.
The 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit assigned to this Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics matter represent the full scope of the current pending workload. STEPHEN SANGJIN SUL, as the busiest examiner, is responsible for the 1 busiest examiner pending action, meaning there are no other examiners to consider in the current strategy. This singular focus allows for a direct and streamlined communication channel with the patent office. Practitioners should note that the success of the current portfolio depends entirely on the 1 pending office action being handled by this specific examiner within their assigned art unit.
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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SUL, STEPHEN SANGJIN | 1 | 80.4% | +26.1% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18514988 | SYSTEM FOR HARNESSING HEAT GENERATED BY INTENSIVE PROCESSES | SUL, STEPHEN SANGJIN | 58d overdue |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18514988 | SYSTEM FOR HARNESSING HEAT GENERATED BY INTENSIVE PROCESSES | SUL, STEPHEN SANGJIN | 58d overdue |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2835 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18514988 | SYSTEM FOR HARNESSING HEAT GENERATED BY INTENSIVE PROCESSES | SUL, STEPHEN SANGJIN | 2835 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 58d overdue | Pending | Nov 20, 2023 |
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