Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Toyota Motor Engineering And Manufacturing North America Inc. has 2 pending office actions within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. These actions are being handled by 2 distinct examiners, yet they are concentrated within 1 distinct art unit. EDWYN LABAZE is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, with 1 busiest examiner pending action.
The distribution of 2 pending office actions across 2 distinct examiners suggests a diversified review process even though the matters remain within 1 distinct art unit. This concentration in the art unit indicates that the company's innovations in Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics are being evaluated by a consistent group of technical reviewers. While EDWYN LABAZE is the busiest examiner with 1 busiest examiner pending action, the workload is split among the examiners involved. Practitioners should note that while the examiners differ, the unified art unit may lead to consistent prior art applications across the pending matters. This structure requires a strategy that accounts for the individual examiner preferences and the collective standards of the 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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 1 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LABAZE, EDWYN | 1 | 89.4% | +9.4% |
| DRAVININKAS, ADAM B | 1 | 74.8% | +14.8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18431655 | APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR DYNAMIC WIRELESS CHARGING WITH A UNIQUE PCB RECEIVER COIL | LABAZE, EDWYN | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18431672 | APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR USING NANOFLUID COOLANT WITH FERRITE NANOPARTICLES FOR MAGNETIC BLOCKING AND COOLING | DRAVININKAS, ADAM B | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2835 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18431655 | APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR DYNAMIC WIRELESS CHARGING WITH A UNIQUE PCB RECEIVER COIL | LABAZE, EDWYN | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 02, 2024 |
| 18431672 | APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR USING NANOFLUID COOLANT WITH FERRITE NANOPARTICLES FOR MAGNETIC BLOCKING AND COOLING | DRAVININKAS, ADAM B | 2835 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 02, 2024 |
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