Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Computing & Software
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
UPNANO GMBH currently manages 2 pending office actions within the Computing & Software technology area. These actions are distributed among 2 distinct examiners, which means that each pending matter is being reviewed by a different person. This one-to-one ratio between actions and examiners ensures that the company's filings are subject to independent oversight from two separate individuals. The prosecution activity is concentrated within 1 distinct art unit, showing a very specific technical focus for the company's current filings.
LEE, EDMUND H is identified as the busiest examiner for the portfolio, currently handling 1 busiest examiner pending action. Because the busiest examiner pending count is 1, the 2 pending office actions are evenly split between the 2 distinct examiners. This distribution within 1 distinct art unit in the Computing & Software sector suggests that while the technical group is the same, the prosecution experience may vary based on the individual tendencies of the two examiners involved. Practitioners should monitor both of the 2 pending office actions for potential inconsistencies in examiner feedback within this single art unit to ensure a cohesive strategy.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 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 (50%) |
| §102 only | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LEE, EDMUND H | 1 | 69.6% | +17.5% |
| VELEZ-LOPEZ, MARIO M | 1 | 74.6% | +4.9% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18997972 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR LITHOGRAPHY-BASED ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING OF A THREE-DIMENSIONAL COMPONENT | LEE, EDMUND H | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2118 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18997972 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR LITHOGRAPHY-BASED ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING OF A THREE-DIMENSIONAL COMPONENT | LEE, EDMUND H | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 23, 2025 |
| 18277279 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING A LITHOGRAPHY-BASED ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING DEVICE | VELEZ-LOPEZ, MARIO M | 2118 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 70d | Pending | Aug 15, 2023 |
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