Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
7 pending office actions • 5 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 19 patents granted in the last 365 days
Shenzhen Microbt Electronics Technology Co. Ltd. currently has 6 pending office actions in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. These actions are distributed across 5 distinct examiners and 5 distinct art units. This distribution indicates that the company's semiconductor-related filings are being reviewed by a diverse group of examiners across multiple specialized units. The presence of these art units suggests that the 6 pending office actions cover a wide range of technical sub-fields.
The busiest examiner is CRUM, GAGE STEPHEN, who is managing 2 pending office actions. The other pending office actions are spread among the other distinct examiners. This level of dispersion across the various art units means that the company must manage multiple prosecution tracks simultaneously. With the pending office actions and examiners, the portfolio is not heavily concentrated with any single individual, although CRUM, GAGE STEPHEN handles 2 pending office actions. Practitioners should be prepared for varied feedback across the technical areas 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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 1 (14%) |
| §103 only | 3 (43%) |
| §102 only | 1 (14%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (29%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CRUM, GAGE STEPHEN | 2 | 56.9% | +30.1% |
| DANIELS, ANTHONY J | 1 | 79.8% | +16.7% |
| HASSAN, AURANGZEB | 1 | 80.3% | +17.0% |
| HUANG, MIN | 1 | 90.3% | +9.8% |
| NGUYEN, HAI L | 1 | 87.2% | +9.4% |
| TAT, BINH C | 1 | 87.3% | +14.2% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18848442 | DATA SELECTION APPARATUS FOR SRAM ARRAY, STORAGE SYSTEM, AND SYSTEM ON CHIP | HUANG, MIN | — |
| 18245466 | LAYOUT DESIGN METHOD, INTEGRATED CIRCUIT, OPERATION CHIP, AND COMPUTING DEVICE | TAT, BINH C | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19106486 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND OPERATING METHOD THEREFOR, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | DANIELS, ANTHONY J | — |
| 18996095 | DATA ACCESS DEVICE FOR SRAM ARRAY, SYSTEM, METHOD, APPARATUS, CHIP AND MEDIUM | HASSAN, AURANGZEB | — |
| 18724348 | INTEGRATED CIRCUIT INCLUDING PARALLEL DYNAMIC REGISTERS, OPERATION CHIP, AND COMPUTING APPARATUS | NGUYEN, HAI L | — |
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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17801302 | LIQUID COOLING PLATE SUITABLE FOR LIQUID COOLING HEAT DISSIPATION OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND HEAT DISSIPATION UNIT | CRUM, GAGE STEPHEN | 26d |
| 19106486 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND OPERATING METHOD THEREFOR, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | DANIELS, ANTHONY J | — |
| 18996095 | DATA ACCESS DEVICE FOR SRAM ARRAY, SYSTEM, METHOD, APPARATUS, CHIP AND MEDIUM | HASSAN, AURANGZEB | — |
| 18245466 | LAYOUT DESIGN METHOD, INTEGRATED CIRCUIT, OPERATION CHIP, AND COMPUTING DEVICE | TAT, BINH C | — |
| 17917702 | LIQUID COOLING PLATE RADIATOR AND COMPUTING DEVICE | CRUM, GAGE STEPHEN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2841 | 2 |
| 2184 | 1 |
| 2827 | 1 |
| 2836 | 1 |
| 2851 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19106486 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND OPERATING METHOD THEREFOR, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | DANIELS, ANTHONY J | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 25, 2025 |
| 18996095 | DATA ACCESS DEVICE FOR SRAM ARRAY, SYSTEM, METHOD, APPARATUS, CHIP AND MEDIUM | HASSAN, AURANGZEB | 2184 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 18848442 | DATA SELECTION APPARATUS FOR SRAM ARRAY, STORAGE SYSTEM, AND SYSTEM ON CHIP | HUANG, MIN | 2827 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 18, 2024 |
| 18724348 | INTEGRATED CIRCUIT INCLUDING PARALLEL DYNAMIC REGISTERS, OPERATION CHIP, AND COMPUTING APPARATUS | NGUYEN, HAI L | 2836 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 26, 2024 |
| 18245466 | LAYOUT DESIGN METHOD, INTEGRATED CIRCUIT, OPERATION CHIP, AND COMPUTING DEVICE | TAT, BINH C | 2851 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 15, 2023 |
| 17917702 | LIQUID COOLING PLATE RADIATOR AND COMPUTING DEVICE | CRUM, GAGE STEPHEN | 2841 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 07, 2022 |
| 17801302 | LIQUID COOLING PLATE SUITABLE FOR LIQUID COOLING HEAT DISSIPATION OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND HEAT DISSIPATION UNIT | CRUM, GAGE STEPHEN | 2841 | §103 | Final Rejection | 26d | Pending | Aug 22, 2022 |
IP Author helps IP teams respond to office actions faster with AI-generated responses, examiner analytics, and prosecution intelligence.
Start Free Trial