Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
4 pending office actions • 1 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days
Trumpf Photonic Components GmbH has 4 pending office actions in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. These 4 actions are assigned to 4 distinct examiners, meaning no two pending cases share the same examiner. Despite the variety of examiners, all pending office actions are concentrated within 1 distinct art unit, which may simplify the administrative oversight of the portfolio.
MARMOR II, CHARLES ALAN is the busiest examiner for the company, with 1 pending office action. Because there are 4 pending office actions and 4 distinct examiners, the workload is evenly split among the assigned staff. The focus on the distinct art unit suggests that while the examiners differ, the technical subject matter remains within a specific niche of the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics field. This structure requires the company to address multiple examiners within a single art unit. The distribution of cases ensures that no individual examiner is overburdened by the company's current filings.
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 | 2 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MARMOR II, CHARLES ALAN | 1 | 12.4% | +25.7% |
| NGUYEN, LAUREN | 1 | 54.8% | +34.3% |
| NIU, XINNING | 1 | 82.6% | +4.7% |
| EHRLICH, ALEXANDER JOSEPH | 1 | 69.8% | +47.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18589469 | VERTICAL CAVITY SURFACE EMITTING LASER (VCSEL), LASER SENSOR AND METHOD OF PRODUCING A VCSEL | NIU, XINNING | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19053432 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING A GLUCOSE CONCENTRATION | MARMOR II, CHARLES ALAN | — |
| 18749663 | ILLUMINATION DEVICE FOR ILLUMINATING A SCENE, CAMERA SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ILLUMINATING A SCENE | NGUYEN, LAUREN | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19053432 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING A GLUCOSE CONCENTRATION | MARMOR II, CHARLES ALAN | — |
| 18749663 | ILLUMINATION DEVICE FOR ILLUMINATING A SCENE, CAMERA SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ILLUMINATING A SCENE | NGUYEN, LAUREN | — |
| 18397856 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENT AND SUCH A SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENT | EHRLICH, ALEXANDER JOSEPH | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2871 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19053432 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING A GLUCOSE CONCENTRATION | MARMOR II, CHARLES ALAN | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 14, 2025 |
| 18749663 | ILLUMINATION DEVICE FOR ILLUMINATING A SCENE, CAMERA SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ILLUMINATING A SCENE | NGUYEN, LAUREN | 2871 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 21, 2024 |
| 18589469 | VERTICAL CAVITY SURFACE EMITTING LASER (VCSEL), LASER SENSOR AND METHOD OF PRODUCING A VCSEL | NIU, XINNING | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 28, 2024 |
| 18397856 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENT AND SUCH A SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENT | EHRLICH, ALEXANDER JOSEPH | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 27, 2023 |
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