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
Team Green Light currently has 1 pending office action in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. This single action is assigned to 1 distinct examiner and a single distinct art unit, representing a focused prosecution effort. Such a concentrated profile suggests that the company is prioritizing a specific semiconductor or optical innovation in its current dealings with the patent office.
The busiest examiner, MASKELL, MICHAEL P, is handling the pending action. With only the 1 pending office action in the entire portfolio, the company's current patent strategy is concentrated on a single application, making the specific examiner's feedback the primary factor in their immediate prosecution timeline. Practitioners should note that the reliance on a single examiner within the 1 distinct art unit means the company's immediate success in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics sector depends entirely on the outcome of this examination, with no other pending matters to provide alternative paths for protection.
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 |
|---|---|
| §102 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MASKELL, MICHAEL P | 1 | 86.1% | +9.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18293524 | METHOD FOR ANTIFUNGAL TREATMENT OF TURF | MASKELL, MICHAEL P | 14d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2878 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18293524 | METHOD FOR ANTIFUNGAL TREATMENT OF TURF | MASKELL, MICHAEL P | 2878 | §102 | Final Rejection | 14d | Pending | Jan 30, 2024 |
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