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
Trixell currently manages 2 pending office actions within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. These actions are distributed across 2 distinct examiners and 1 distinct art unit. This concentration suggests a focused prosecution strategy within a specific technical niche, as all pending matters are being reviewed within a single art unit despite the involvement of multiple examiners. The alignment of the portfolio within a single art unit indicates a specialized focus on particular semiconductor or optical technologies.
THOMAS R ARTMAN is identified as the busiest examiner for this portfolio. He is currently responsible for 1 pending office action. The distribution of the workload indicates that no single examiner holds a majority of the active cases for Trixell. This balanced allocation provides the company with diverse perspectives on their filings while maintaining a consistent presence in the designated art unit. Practitioners should note that the workload is split such that each examiner handles exactly a single action.
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 |
|---|---|
| §102 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARTMAN, THOMAS R | 1 | 84.1% | +12.9% |
| SONG, HOON K | 1 | 86.3% | +8.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18662907 | ASSEMBLY FOR DETECTING SCATTERED RADIATION AND DETECTION AND VISUALIZATION SYSTEM COMPRISING SAID DETECTION ASSEMBLY | ARTMAN, THOMAS R | 46d overdue |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18544150 | DIGITAL DETECTOR HAVING A LIGHT GENERATOR FOR OPTICAL ERASURE | SONG, HOON K | 26d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18662907 | ASSEMBLY FOR DETECTING SCATTERED RADIATION AND DETECTION AND VISUALIZATION SYSTEM COMPRISING SAID DETECTION ASSEMBLY | ARTMAN, THOMAS R | 46d overdue |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2884 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18662907 | ASSEMBLY FOR DETECTING SCATTERED RADIATION AND DETECTION AND VISUALIZATION SYSTEM COMPRISING SAID DETECTION ASSEMBLY | ARTMAN, THOMAS R | 2884 | §102 | Final Rejection | 46d overdue | Pending | May 13, 2024 |
| 18544150 | DIGITAL DETECTOR HAVING A LIGHT GENERATOR FOR OPTICAL ERASURE | SONG, HOON K | 2884 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 26d | Pending | Dec 18, 2023 |
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