Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Soundskrit Inc. currently has 1 pending office action. This action is assigned to LAEKEMARIAM, YOSEF K, who is the busiest examiner for the portfolio with 1 pending office action. The data shows a distinct examiner and 0 distinct art units involved in the current prosecution. This indicates a singular focus for the company's immediate patent efforts, where the primary objective is addressing the specific concerns raised by this examiner in the pending office action.
The involvement of a distinct examiner and 0 distinct art units suggests a streamlined prosecution process. Practitioners should focus on the specific feedback from LAEKEMARIAM, YOSEF K to advance the application. Because there is only a pending office action, the company can dedicate its full attention to this matter without the need to coordinate across multiple examiners or art units. The lack of art units reported may indicate a unique classification for the technology, requiring the applicant to be diligent in navigating the matter.
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 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAEKEMARIAM, YOSEF K | 1 | 82.4% | +14.1% |
| CULBERT, CHRISTOPHER A | 1 | 42.2% | +7.7% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18991949 | GASKET WITH SHARED SOUND PORT | LAEKEMARIAM, YOSEF K | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17908461 | MEMS FLOW MICROPHONE WITH EQUAL ACOUSTIC PATH LENGTHS | CULBERT, CHRISTOPHER A | — |
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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18991949 | GASKET WITH SHARED SOUND PORT | LAEKEMARIAM, YOSEF K | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2815 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18991949 | GASKET WITH SHARED SOUND PORT | LAEKEMARIAM, YOSEF K | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 23, 2024 |
| 17908461 | MEMS FLOW MICROPHONE WITH EQUAL ACOUSTIC PATH LENGTHS | CULBERT, CHRISTOPHER A | 2815 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 31, 2022 |
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