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
State Grid Sichuan Electric Power Research Institute currently manages 1 pending office action within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. This 1 pending office action is handled by 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit, showing a concentrated focus for the company's optical or circuit filings. This structure in 1 distinct art unit indicates a specific technological application within the semiconductors sector. The firm can focus on a set of regulatory requirements.
The busiest examiner is QUIGLEY, KYLE ROBERT, who handles 1 busiest examiner pending office action. This 1 busiest examiner pending office action matches the total workload for the company. Since there is only 1 distinct examiner, the practitioner can develop a targeted approach based on the specific examination style of this individual. Resolving the 1 pending office action requires navigating the specific standards of the 1 distinct art unit.
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 + other | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| QUIGLEY, KYLE ROBERT | 1 | 53.3% | +34.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18561278 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROTECTING HIGH-VOLTAGE DIRECT-CURRENT LINE, DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM | QUIGLEY, KYLE ROBERT | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18561278 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROTECTING HIGH-VOLTAGE DIRECT-CURRENT LINE, DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM | QUIGLEY, KYLE ROBERT | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2857 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18561278 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROTECTING HIGH-VOLTAGE DIRECT-CURRENT LINE, DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM | QUIGLEY, KYLE ROBERT | 2857 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 15, 2023 |
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