Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 8 patents granted in the last 365 days
Spectricity currently manages a streamlined patent prosecution pipeline within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. The portfolio shows 1 pending office action, which is being handled by a specific examiner, GARBER, ERIN R. This concentration in a distinct art unit suggests that the company's current filings are technically focused and do not span multiple specialized groups within the patent office. The applicant can expect a highly specialized review that stays within the bounds of this technical niche.
Because GARBER, ERIN R is identified as the busiest examiner with 1 pending office action, the entirety of the company's active prosecution rests with this individual. This allows for a targeted legal strategy, as the applicant only needs to address the specific rejections or objections raised by a distinct examiner. The absence of multiple pending actions across different examiners reduces the complexity of maintaining consistency in claim language across the portfolio. It also simplifies the task of monitoring examiner-specific allowance rates and behavior.
The data reflects a highly specific engagement with the USPTO, characterized by a pending office action in a technical field. For a company in Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics, this singular focus under a distinct art unit simplifies the tracking of examiner-specific trends. The prosecution team can dedicate their resources to resolving the pending matter without the distraction of competing deadlines or varying examiner styles. This streamlined approach is ideal for maintaining a clear and cohesive intellectual property strategy.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GARBER, ERIN R | 1 | 82.7% | +17.7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17646386 | HYPERSPECTRAL SENSOR MODULE HAVING A PLURALITY OF FILTER LAYERS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE | GARBER, ERIN R | 40d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17646386 | HYPERSPECTRAL SENSOR MODULE HAVING A PLURALITY OF FILTER LAYERS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE | GARBER, ERIN R | 40d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2878 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17646386 | HYPERSPECTRAL SENSOR MODULE HAVING A PLURALITY OF FILTER LAYERS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE | GARBER, ERIN R | 2878 | §103 | Final Rejection | 40d | Pending | Dec 29, 2021 |
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