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
Tech180 Corporation has 1 pending office action in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. This action is handled by 1 distinct examiner, HUYNH, PHUONG, in 1 distinct art unit. HUYNH, PHUONG is also the busiest examiner with 1 pending office action, which is the only active matter for the company at this time.
The presence of 1 pending office action indicates a singular focus for the company's current prosecution efforts. Having 1 distinct examiner, HUYNH, PHUONG, means that the legal strategy is focused on a single point of contact at the patent office. This 1 pending office action is located within 1 distinct art unit, suggesting that the technology is classified within a single specialized examination group.
For a practitioner, the 1 pending office action requires a targeted approach to address the specific concerns of 1 distinct examiner. Since HUYNH, PHUONG is the busiest examiner with 1 pending action, there are no other competing cases to manage for this portfolio. The focus remains entirely on resolving the 1 pending office action within the 1 distinct art unit assigned to the case.
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 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HUYNH, PHUONG | 1 | 85.8% | +14.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18337871 | VIRTUALIZED AUTOMATED TEST EQUIPMENT AND METHODS FOR DESIGNING SUCH SYSTEMS | HUYNH, PHUONG | 22d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18337871 | VIRTUALIZED AUTOMATED TEST EQUIPMENT AND METHODS FOR DESIGNING SUCH SYSTEMS | HUYNH, PHUONG | 22d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2857 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18337871 | VIRTUALIZED AUTOMATED TEST EQUIPMENT AND METHODS FOR DESIGNING SUCH SYSTEMS | HUYNH, PHUONG | 2857 | §101 | Final Rejection | 22d | Pending | Jun 20, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialTech180 Corporation has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Phuong Huynh has the most, with 1 of Tech180 Corporation's pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.