Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Communications • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 8 patents granted in the last 365 days
Sonion Nederland B.V. has 1 pending office action in the Communications technology area. This action is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, SABRINA DIAZ, in 1 distinct art unit. DIAZ is the busiest examiner with 1 pending office action. The company's current prosecution activity is focused on this unique pending matter, indicating a specific interest in the communications sector.
With only 1 distinct examiner and art unit involved, the prosecution process is highly centralized and straightforward. DIAZ's role as the busiest examiner is due to the portfolio currently having only one active case. This allows the company to focus its resources on understanding DIAZ's specific examination style and the technical standards of the unique art unit assigned to the case. Practitioners should prioritize a detailed analysis of DIAZ's history and the art unit's typical outcomes to develop a highly tailored strategy for this unique pending office action, as there are no other active matters to coordinate.
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) | 2 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ZHANG, LEI | 1 | 15.4% | +100.0% |
| DIAZ, SABRINA | 1 | 73.8% | +22.9% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18875572 | OPTICAL DETERMINATION OF A BIOMETRIC PARAMETER | ZHANG, LEI | — |
| 18874954 | OBLONG MINIATURE RECEIVER FOR HEARING DEVICES | DIAZ, SABRINA | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18875572 | OPTICAL DETERMINATION OF A BIOMETRIC PARAMETER | ZHANG, LEI | — |
| 18874954 | OBLONG MINIATURE RECEIVER FOR HEARING DEVICES | DIAZ, SABRINA | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3798 | 1 |
| 2693 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18875572 | OPTICAL DETERMINATION OF A BIOMETRIC PARAMETER | ZHANG, LEI | 3798 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 16, 2024 |
| 18874954 | OBLONG MINIATURE RECEIVER FOR HEARING DEVICES | DIAZ, SABRINA | 2693 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 13, 2024 |
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