Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
5 pending office actions • 4 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Smart Modular Technologies Inc. is managing active matters within the Semiconductors, Circuits and Optics technology area. The portfolio currently includes 5 pending office actions, which are distributed among 5 distinct examiners. This one-to-one distribution indicates that the company is receiving feedback from a range of perspectives within the USPTO. The use of 5 distinct examiners suggests that no single individual's tendencies will dominate the portfolio's overall success.
The active applications are spread across 4 distinct art units, reflecting a technical footprint within the semiconductor sector. KRIM, PETER is identified as the busiest examiner, though they are only responsible for 1 pending office action. This parity across the examiner pool means that the company must manage 5 different prosecution styles simultaneously. For practitioners, this requires a strategy that can adapt to the requirements of 4 different art units. The presence of 5 pending office actions across this group of examiners highlights the task of maintaining consistency in claim language and disclosure across the entire Semiconductors, Circuits and Optics portfolio.
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 | 4 (80%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (20%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KRIM, PETER | 1 | 82.2% | +4.3% |
| RODAK, LEE E | 1 | 72.2% | +34.1% |
| CRUM, GAGE STEPHEN | 1 | 56.9% | +30.1% |
| SUL, STEPHEN SANGJIN | 1 | 80.4% | +26.1% |
| FIGUEROA, FELIX O | 1 | 57.9% | +14.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18904392 | MEMORY MODULE MOUNTING FRAME | KRIM, PETER | — |
| 18240402 | MEMORY MODULES INCLUDING ACTIVE COOLING DEVICES AND RELATED METHODS | SUL, STEPHEN SANGJIN | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18389247 | ENERGY SOURCE FOR MEMORY DEVICE | CRUM, GAGE STEPHEN | — |
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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18520843 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TESTING THERMAL CONDITIONING OF AN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT (IC) | RODAK, LEE E | — |
| 18389247 | ENERGY SOURCE FOR MEMORY DEVICE | CRUM, GAGE STEPHEN | — |
| 18240402 | MEMORY MODULES INCLUDING ACTIVE COOLING DEVICES AND RELATED METHODS | SUL, STEPHEN SANGJIN | — |
| 18087198 | SINGLE-SLOT PCIE CARD WITH EXPANDED MEMORY | FIGUEROA, FELIX O | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2841 | 2 |
| 2858 | 1 |
| 2835 | 1 |
| 2831 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18904392 | MEMORY MODULE MOUNTING FRAME | KRIM, PETER | 2841 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 02, 2024 |
| 18520843 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TESTING THERMAL CONDITIONING OF AN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT (IC) | RODAK, LEE E | 2858 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 28, 2023 |
| 18389247 | ENERGY SOURCE FOR MEMORY DEVICE | CRUM, GAGE STEPHEN | 2841 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 14, 2023 |
| 18240402 | MEMORY MODULES INCLUDING ACTIVE COOLING DEVICES AND RELATED METHODS | SUL, STEPHEN SANGJIN | 2835 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 31, 2023 |
| 18087198 | SINGLE-SLOT PCIE CARD WITH EXPANDED MEMORY | FIGUEROA, FELIX O | 2831 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 22, 2022 |
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