Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Networking & Security • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
6 pending office actions • 4 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 6 patents granted in the last 365 days
State Grid Corporation of China has 6 pending office actions in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. These 6 actions are distributed among 6 distinct examiners and 4 distinct art units. Because each of the 6 pending office actions is assigned to a different examiner, the company faces a variety of individual examination styles across its active matters.
MILLER, BETHANY MACKENZIE is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, currently overseeing 1 pending office action. The distribution across 4 distinct art units indicates that the company's semiconductor and optics work is being reviewed by several different specialized departments. With 6 distinct examiners involved, the company must manage 6 separate prosecution timelines and sets of examiner preferences, even though the work is concentrated in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 only | 1 (17%) |
| §101 + other | 1 (17%) |
| §103 only | 1 (17%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MILLER, BETHANY MACKENZIE | 1 | 55.5% | +50.9% |
| PATEL, JIGNESHKUMAR C | 1 | 79.3% | +21.2% |
| YENINAS, STEVEN LEE | 1 | 73.5% | +5.4% |
| RODAK, LEE E | 1 | 72.2% | +34.1% |
| ROTARU, OCTAVIAN | 1 | 27.6% | +37.3% |
| LEMA LEMOS, LUIS GUILLERMO | 1 | 60.0% | +50.0% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18703743 | IRON CORE-ANNULAR ARRAY MULTI-RING MAGNETOSENSITIVE CURRENT SENSOR AND CURRENT MEASUREMENT METHOD | RODAK, LEE E | 22d overdue |
| 19007098 | MULTILAYER COMPOSITE INTUMESCENT FIRE-RETARDANT COATING MATERIAL, PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR, AND METHOD OF USING THE SAME | MILLER, BETHANY MACKENZIE | — |
| 18874115 | INTER-TURN PROTECTION METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONVERTER TRANSFORMER | PATEL, JIGNESHKUMAR C | — |
| 18717473 | MULTI-AIR-GAP MAGNETORESISTANCE CURRENT SENSOR FOR ALTERNATING CURRENT AND DIRECT CURRENT, AND CURRENT MEASURING METHOD | YENINAS, STEVEN LEE | — |
| 18557552 | RISK ASSESSMENT METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR WINDAGE YAW FLASHOVER, DEVICE, AND READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | ROTARU, OCTAVIAN | — |
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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18703743 | IRON CORE-ANNULAR ARRAY MULTI-RING MAGNETOSENSITIVE CURRENT SENSOR AND CURRENT MEASUREMENT METHOD | RODAK, LEE E | 22d overdue |
| 19007098 | MULTILAYER COMPOSITE INTUMESCENT FIRE-RETARDANT COATING MATERIAL, PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR, AND METHOD OF USING THE SAME | MILLER, BETHANY MACKENZIE | — |
| 18874115 | INTER-TURN PROTECTION METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONVERTER TRANSFORMER | PATEL, JIGNESHKUMAR C | — |
| 18557552 | RISK ASSESSMENT METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR WINDAGE YAW FLASHOVER, DEVICE, AND READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | ROTARU, OCTAVIAN | — |
| 18195392 | BEACON TIMESLOT ALLOCATION METHOD, APPARATUS, AND DEVICE | LEMA LEMOS, LUIS GUILLERMO | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2858 | 2 |
| 1787 | 1 |
| 3624 | 1 |
| 2419 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19007098 | MULTILAYER COMPOSITE INTUMESCENT FIRE-RETARDANT COATING MATERIAL, PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR, AND METHOD OF USING THE SAME | MILLER, BETHANY MACKENZIE | 1787 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 31, 2024 |
| 18874115 | INTER-TURN PROTECTION METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONVERTER TRANSFORMER | PATEL, JIGNESHKUMAR C | — | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 12, 2024 |
| 18717473 | MULTI-AIR-GAP MAGNETORESISTANCE CURRENT SENSOR FOR ALTERNATING CURRENT AND DIRECT CURRENT, AND CURRENT MEASURING METHOD | YENINAS, STEVEN LEE | 2858 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 07, 2024 |
| 18703743 | IRON CORE-ANNULAR ARRAY MULTI-RING MAGNETOSENSITIVE CURRENT SENSOR AND CURRENT MEASUREMENT METHOD | RODAK, LEE E | 2858 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 22d overdue | Pending | Apr 23, 2024 |
| 18557552 | RISK ASSESSMENT METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR WINDAGE YAW FLASHOVER, DEVICE, AND READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | ROTARU, OCTAVIAN | 3624 | §101§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 26, 2023 |
| 18195392 | BEACON TIMESLOT ALLOCATION METHOD, APPARATUS, AND DEVICE | LEMA LEMOS, LUIS GUILLERMO | 2419 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 10, 2023 |
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