Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Computing & Software • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
7 pending office actions • 5 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 10 patents granted in the last 365 days
The United States Department of Energy has 7 pending office actions in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. These actions are distributed among 7 distinct examiners, meaning every pending matter is currently being reviewed by a different individual. This level of examiner diversity is further reflected in the 5 distinct art units involved in the prosecution of these files.
The busiest examiner, RAHMAN, MD M, holds only 1 pending action, reinforcing the lack of examiner concentration across the portfolio. With 7 pending office actions spread across 5 distinct art units, the department faces a fragmented prosecution environment. Practitioners must navigate various examiner styles and art unit norms, as no single examiner like RAHMAN, MD M manages more than one case. This distribution suggests a technical range within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics sector.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 + other | 2 (29%) |
| §103 only | 3 (43%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (29%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| RAHMAN, MD M | 1 | 92.3% | +12.1% |
| CAMPANELL, FRANCIS C | 1 | 72.9% | +9.5% |
| DRAGICEVICH, ZACHARY T | 1 | 79.6% | +4.7% |
| KAKARLA, BHASKAR | 1 | 33.3% | +0.0% |
| PIRO, NICHOLAS ANTHONY | 1 | 45.9% | +35.9% |
| HINSON, RONALD | 1 | 73.9% | +13.9% |
| JARRETT, LORE RAMILLANO | 1 | 68.5% | +25.1% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19082732 | Simultaneous Ultrasonic Vibration and Gas Sensing based on a Tunable Fiber Ring Laser | RAHMAN, MD M | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18545807 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PEAK-CLIPPING AND LOAD-SHIFTING ENERGY STORAGE DISPATCH CONTROL STRATEGIES FOR EVENT-BASED DEMAND RESPONSE | KAKARLA, BHASKAR | 16d overdue |
| 17729511 | Metal Oxides Enabled Fiber Optic pH Sensor for High temperature High pH Subsurface Environments | JARRETT, LORE RAMILLANO | 4d overdue |
| 18758144 | Piping Connection Seal and Leak Detection | DRAGICEVICH, ZACHARY T | 1d overdue |
| 18137793 | Perovskite Oxygen Carriers and Methods for Making and Using Perovskite Oxygen Carriers | PIRO, NICHOLAS ANTHONY | 9d |
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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17729511 | Metal Oxides Enabled Fiber Optic pH Sensor for High temperature High pH Subsurface Environments | JARRETT, LORE RAMILLANO | 4d overdue |
| 18137793 | Perovskite Oxygen Carriers and Methods for Making and Using Perovskite Oxygen Carriers | PIRO, NICHOLAS ANTHONY | 9d |
| 18097183 | HIGH FREQUENCY MEDIUM VOLTAGE TRANSFORMER WITH CENTRAL INSULATING DIVIDER | HINSON, RONALD | 15d |
| 19082732 | Simultaneous Ultrasonic Vibration and Gas Sensing based on a Tunable Fiber Ring Laser | RAHMAN, MD M | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3679 | 1 |
| 2116 | 1 |
| 1738 | 1 |
| 2837 | 1 |
| 1797 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19082732 | Simultaneous Ultrasonic Vibration and Gas Sensing based on a Tunable Fiber Ring Laser | RAHMAN, MD M | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 18, 2025 |
| 18930086 | METAL VANADATES AS OXYGEN CARRIERS FOR DEHYDROGENATION | CAMPANELL, FRANCIS C | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 29, 2024 |
| 18758144 | Piping Connection Seal and Leak Detection | DRAGICEVICH, ZACHARY T | 3679 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 1d overdue | Pending | Jun 28, 2024 |
| 18545807 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PEAK-CLIPPING AND LOAD-SHIFTING ENERGY STORAGE DISPATCH CONTROL STRATEGIES FOR EVENT-BASED DEMAND RESPONSE | KAKARLA, BHASKAR | 2116 | §101§102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 16d overdue | Pending | Dec 19, 2023 |
| 18137793 | Perovskite Oxygen Carriers and Methods for Making and Using Perovskite Oxygen Carriers | PIRO, NICHOLAS ANTHONY | 1738 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 9d | Pending | Apr 21, 2023 |
| 18097183 | HIGH FREQUENCY MEDIUM VOLTAGE TRANSFORMER WITH CENTRAL INSULATING DIVIDER | HINSON, RONALD | 2837 | §103 | Final Rejection | 15d | Pending | Jan 13, 2023 |
| 17729511 | Metal Oxides Enabled Fiber Optic pH Sensor for High temperature High pH Subsurface Environments | JARRETT, LORE RAMILLANO | 1797 | §101§103§112 | Final Rejection | 4d overdue | Pending | Apr 26, 2022 |
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