Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
3 pending office actions • 3 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 7 patents granted in the last 365 days
Somar Corporation manages 3 pending office actions in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. These 3 actions are distributed across 3 distinct examiners and 3 distinct art units. PAN, JIA X is the busiest examiner, responsible for 1 pending action. This ratio between actions, examiners, and art units suggests that the current pending matters are being prosecuted in separate environments.
For practitioners, the distribution across 3 distinct art units means that prosecution strategies must be customized for different technical standards. Because PAN, JIA X handles 1 pending action, no individual examiner dominates the current portfolio. This structure requires a case-by-case approach to each pending matter, as there is no overlap in the personnel or art units currently reviewing the company's applications.
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%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (67%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PAN, JIA X | 1 | 72.5% | +37.1% |
| LAU, EDMOND C | 1 | 71.7% | +8.5% |
| WANG, CHANG YU | 1 | 33.5% | +53.5% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18579612 | OPTICAL ELEMENT | LAU, EDMOND C | — |
| 16457308 | MATERIAL FOR TREATMENT OF BRAIN INJURY, METHOD FOR TREATMENT OF BRAIN INJURY, MATERIAL FOR REGENERATION OF BRAIN NEURONS, AND METHOD FOR REGENERATION OF BRAIN NEURONS | WANG, CHANG YU | — |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18719376 | LENS UNIT AND CAMERA MODULE | PAN, JIA X | — |
| 16457308 | MATERIAL FOR TREATMENT OF BRAIN INJURY, METHOD FOR TREATMENT OF BRAIN INJURY, MATERIAL FOR REGENERATION OF BRAIN NEURONS, AND METHOD FOR REGENERATION OF BRAIN NEURONS | WANG, CHANG YU | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2871 | 1 |
| 1781 | 1 |
| 1675 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18719376 | LENS UNIT AND CAMERA MODULE | PAN, JIA X | 2871 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 13, 2024 |
| 18579612 | OPTICAL ELEMENT | LAU, EDMOND C | 1781 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 16, 2024 |
| 16457308 | MATERIAL FOR TREATMENT OF BRAIN INJURY, METHOD FOR TREATMENT OF BRAIN INJURY, MATERIAL FOR REGENERATION OF BRAIN NEURONS, AND METHOD FOR REGENERATION OF BRAIN NEURONS | WANG, CHANG YU | 1675 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 28, 2019 |
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