Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
Twinleaf LLC has 2 pending office actions currently active in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. Both of these matters are handled by 1 distinct examiner, MCDONNOUGH, COURTNEY G, who accounts for the entirety of the busiest examiner pending count of 2. This creates a singular point of contact for the company's current patent prosecution efforts.
The portfolio is currently localized within 1 distinct art unit, indicating a specific technical niche. With the 2 pending office actions assigned to 1 examiner, the prosecution strategy is highly dependent on the individual tendencies of MCDONNOUGH, COURTNEY G. Practitioners should note that the consistency of having 1 examiner for all active cases allows for a unified response strategy across the portfolio. However, it also means that any specific examiner preferences will apply to all current active matters in this technology area.
The concentration of the workload within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics field suggests that the company is focusing its intellectual property efforts on a specific set of technologies. This lack of examiner and art unit diversity means that the prosecution team can focus on mastering the specific requirements and prior art knowledge of the assigned official. The efficiency of managing 2 pending actions with 1 examiner may lead to more consistent outcomes across the portfolio.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 2 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCDONNOUGH, COURTNEY G | 2 | 81.6% | +18.1% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18389420 | HIGH PERFORMANCE PULSED PUMP MAGNETOMETER | MCDONNOUGH, COURTNEY G | 43d |
| 18631958 | HIGH PERFORMANCE PULSED PUMP MAGNETOMETER | MCDONNOUGH, COURTNEY G | 75d |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18389420 | HIGH PERFORMANCE PULSED PUMP MAGNETOMETER | MCDONNOUGH, COURTNEY G | 43d |
| 18631958 | HIGH PERFORMANCE PULSED PUMP MAGNETOMETER | MCDONNOUGH, COURTNEY G | 75d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2858 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18631958 | HIGH PERFORMANCE PULSED PUMP MAGNETOMETER | MCDONNOUGH, COURTNEY G | 2858 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 75d | Pending | Apr 10, 2024 |
| 18389420 | HIGH PERFORMANCE PULSED PUMP MAGNETOMETER | MCDONNOUGH, COURTNEY G | 2858 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 43d | Pending | Nov 14, 2023 |
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