Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Computing & Software • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
3 pending office actions • 2 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
Toyo System Co., Ltd. currently has 4 pending office actions within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. These matters are distributed among 4 distinct examiners. This arrangement shows that every pending action has a unique examiner, providing a variety of perspectives on the company's applications.
NGHIEM, MICHAEL P is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, with 1 pending office action under their review. Because there are 3 distinct art units, there is some overlap at the art unit level. NGHIEM, MICHAEL P shares the workload with the other examiners involved in the company's prosecution across these units.
The ratio of 4 distinct examiners to 3 distinct art units implies that some examiners are working within the same technical group. This structure allows for a focused approach within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics field while maintaining examiner diversity. Practitioners can anticipate that the 1 pending office action managed by NGHIEM, MICHAEL P will be handled independently of the other active matters.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 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 (33%) |
| §101 + other | 1 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (33%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NGHIEM, MICHAEL P | 1 | 67.5% | +24.2% |
| TSENG, KYLE HWA-KAI | 1 | 48.0% | +60.4% |
| NIMOX, RAYMOND LONDALE | 1 | 70.6% | +10.0% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17620278 | STATE OUTPUT SYSTEM | NIMOX, RAYMOND LONDALE | 32d overdue |
| 18290063 | BATTERY PERFORMANCE EVALUATION DEVICE AND BATTERY PERFORMANCE EVALUATION METHOD | NGHIEM, MICHAEL P | 15d |
| 17782786 | SIMULATED BATTERY CONTROL DEVICE, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, CHARGER, AND SIMULATED BATTERY CONTROL METHOD | TSENG, KYLE HWA-KAI | — |
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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17620278 | STATE OUTPUT SYSTEM | NIMOX, RAYMOND LONDALE | 32d overdue |
| 18290063 | BATTERY PERFORMANCE EVALUATION DEVICE AND BATTERY PERFORMANCE EVALUATION METHOD | NGHIEM, MICHAEL P | 15d |
| 17782786 | SIMULATED BATTERY CONTROL DEVICE, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, CHARGER, AND SIMULATED BATTERY CONTROL METHOD | TSENG, KYLE HWA-KAI | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2857 | 2 |
| 2189 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18290063 | BATTERY PERFORMANCE EVALUATION DEVICE AND BATTERY PERFORMANCE EVALUATION METHOD | NGHIEM, MICHAEL P | 2857 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 15d | Pending | Nov 09, 2023 |
| 17782786 | SIMULATED BATTERY CONTROL DEVICE, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, CHARGER, AND SIMULATED BATTERY CONTROL METHOD | TSENG, KYLE HWA-KAI | 2189 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 06, 2022 |
| 17620278 | STATE OUTPUT SYSTEM | NIMOX, RAYMOND LONDALE | 2857 | §101 | Non-Final OA | 32d overdue | Pending | Dec 17, 2021 |
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