Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Communications • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
3 pending office actions • 2 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
University of Strathclyde has 3 pending office actions within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. These actions are distributed among 3 distinct examiners, indicating that each pending matter is being reviewed by a different individual.
The prosecution activity spans 2 distinct art units, suggesting some technical variety within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics filings. WALKER, MICHAEL JARED is the busiest examiner, though they are responsible for only 1 busiest examiner pending action. This indicates that the 3 pending office actions are distributed across the 3 distinct examiners.
The use of 2 distinct art units for the current workload shows that the university's Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics portfolio is being examined across multiple specialized groups at the patent office. With 3 distinct examiners involved, the institution must manage multiple simultaneous dialogues during prosecution.
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 | 1 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (67%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WALKER, MICHAEL JARED | 1 | 56.5% | +29.0% |
| SAHLE, MAHIDERE S | 1 | 79.5% | +13.1% |
| ALLEN, LUCIUS CAMERON GREE | 1 | 71.7% | +38.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18014609 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR USE IN THE SPATIAL REGISTRATION OF OBJECTS | ALLEN, LUCIUS CAMERON GREE | 28d |
| 18742896 | Quantum System and Method | WALKER, MICHAEL JARED | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18292124 | Testing System | SAHLE, MAHIDERE S | 17d overdue |
| 18014609 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR USE IN THE SPATIAL REGISTRATION OF OBJECTS | ALLEN, LUCIUS CAMERON GREE | 28d |
| 18742896 | Quantum System and Method | WALKER, MICHAEL JARED | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2872 | 1 |
| 2673 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18742896 | Quantum System and Method | WALKER, MICHAEL JARED | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 13, 2024 |
| 18292124 | Testing System | SAHLE, MAHIDERE S | 2872 | §103 | Final Rejection | 17d overdue | Pending | Jan 25, 2024 |
| 18014609 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR USE IN THE SPATIAL REGISTRATION OF OBJECTS | ALLEN, LUCIUS CAMERON GREE | 2673 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 28d | Pending | Jan 05, 2023 |
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