Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
11 pending office actions • 5 art units • 10 examiners • 0 of 11 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 8 patents granted in the last 365 days
SiLC Technologies Inc. manages 12 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These actions are distributed among 10 distinct examiners and 5 distinct art units. The fact that there are 12 actions but only 10 examiners indicates that some examiners are handling more than one application for the company. This concentration suggests that certain reviewers may have a broader influence over the portfolio's direction.
THATCHER, CLINT A is the busiest examiner, with 2 pending office actions. The 5 distinct art units involved show that the portfolio covers a variety of mechanical and system-based technologies. This distribution requires the company to manage relationships across 10 different examiners, which may lead to varying prosecution timelines. With 12 pending office actions in the system, the company must ensure that its arguments remain consistent even when presented to 10 distinct examiners across 5 different units.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 | 3 (27%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (9%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 7 (64%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| RODRIGUEZ, VICENTE M | 2 | 77.2% | +15.8% |
| HAUT, EVAN HARRISON | 1 | 57.1% | +0.0% |
| MANG, LAL C | 1 | 76.0% | +17.2% |
| GARDINER, JOSH CHARLES | 1 | — | — |
| DECARIA, MICHAEL ALEX | 1 | — | — |
| THATCHER, CLINT A | 1 | 79.7% | +12.6% |
| TAVLYKAEV, ROBERT FUATOVICH | 1 | 60.6% | +12.5% |
| CHILTON, CLARA GRACE | 1 | 54.5% | +12.7% |
| NAPIER, JAMES WILBURN | 1 | 88.9% | +22.2% |
| RICHTER, KARA MARIE | 1 | 54.5% | +32.9% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18104770 | SCANNING MULTIPLE LIDAR SYSTEM OUTPUT SIGNALS | THATCHER, CLINT A | 60d overdue |
| 18072666 | CONTROL OF SIGNAL CHIRP IN LIDAR SYSTEMS | CHILTON, CLARA GRACE | 50d overdue |
| 18660141 | INCREASING RANGE OF IMAGING SYSTEMS | HAUT, EVAN HARRISON | — |
| 18644030 | IMAGING SYSTEM WITH INCREASED EFFICIENCY | GARDINER, JOSH CHARLES | — |
| 18595334 | DEVICE DETECTION SYSTEM | RODRIGUEZ, VICENTE M | — |
| 18539251 | AMPLIFICATION OF SIGNALS IN IMAGING SYSTEMS | DECARIA, MICHAEL ALEX | — |
| 17970508 | IDENTIFICATION OF CHIRP RATES | NAPIER, JAMES WILBURN | — |
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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18104770 | SCANNING MULTIPLE LIDAR SYSTEM OUTPUT SIGNALS | THATCHER, CLINT A | 60d overdue |
| 18072666 | CONTROL OF SIGNAL CHIRP IN LIDAR SYSTEMS | CHILTON, CLARA GRACE | 50d overdue |
| 18097261 | OPTICAL BRIDGES FOR PHOTONIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS | TAVLYKAEV, ROBERT FUATOVICH | 30d overdue |
| 18655189 | CONCURRENT LIDAR MEASUREMENTS OF A REGION IN A FIELD OF VIEW | MANG, LAL C | — |
| 18595334 | DEVICE DETECTION SYSTEM | RODRIGUEZ, VICENTE M | — |
| 17970508 | IDENTIFICATION OF CHIRP RATES | NAPIER, JAMES WILBURN | — |
| 17465835 | USE OF MULTIPLE STEERING MECHANISMS IN SCANNING | RICHTER, KARA MARIE | — |
| 17221770 | USE OF CIRCULATOR IN LIDAR SYSTEM | RODRIGUEZ, VICENTE M | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3645 | 4 |
| 2857 | 1 |
| 4100 | 1 |
| 2896 | 1 |
| 3642 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18660141 | INCREASING RANGE OF IMAGING SYSTEMS | HAUT, EVAN HARRISON | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 09, 2024 |
| 18655189 | CONCURRENT LIDAR MEASUREMENTS OF A REGION IN A FIELD OF VIEW | MANG, LAL C | 2857 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 03, 2024 |
| 18644030 | IMAGING SYSTEM WITH INCREASED EFFICIENCY | GARDINER, JOSH CHARLES | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 23, 2024 |
| 18595334 | DEVICE DETECTION SYSTEM | RODRIGUEZ, VICENTE M | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 04, 2024 |
| 18539251 | AMPLIFICATION OF SIGNALS IN IMAGING SYSTEMS | DECARIA, MICHAEL ALEX | 4100 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 13, 2023 |
| 18104770 | SCANNING MULTIPLE LIDAR SYSTEM OUTPUT SIGNALS | THATCHER, CLINT A | 3645 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 60d overdue | Pending | Feb 01, 2023 |
| 18097261 | OPTICAL BRIDGES FOR PHOTONIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS | TAVLYKAEV, ROBERT FUATOVICH | 2896 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 30d overdue | Pending | Jan 15, 2023 |
| 18072666 | CONTROL OF SIGNAL CHIRP IN LIDAR SYSTEMS | CHILTON, CLARA GRACE | 3645 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 50d overdue | Pending | Nov 30, 2022 |
| 17970508 | IDENTIFICATION OF CHIRP RATES | NAPIER, JAMES WILBURN | 3645 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 20, 2022 |
| 17465835 | USE OF MULTIPLE STEERING MECHANISMS IN SCANNING | RICHTER, KARA MARIE | 3645 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 02, 2021 |
| 17221770 | USE OF CIRCULATOR IN LIDAR SYSTEM | RODRIGUEZ, VICENTE M | 3642 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 02, 2021 |
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