Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Computing & Software • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
4 pending office actions • 3 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 8 patents granted in the last 365 days
Utopus Insights Inc. is managing 5 pending office actions within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. These actions are distributed across 5 distinct examiners, meaning every pending matter is being reviewed by a different individual. Furthermore, these matters are spread across 3 distinct art units, indicating that the portfolio touches upon several different technical specialties within the semiconductor field. This variety requires a flexible approach to prosecution.
The busiest examiner for this portfolio is PATEL, JIGNESHKUMAR C, who is currently handling 1 pending office action. Given that there are 5 distinct examiners for 5 total actions, the workload is spread individually across the patent office staff. Practitioners should be prepared to address the specific preferences of 5 different examiners while navigating the requirements of the 3 distinct art units involved in these cases.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 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. 3 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 only | 2 (50%) |
| §102 only | 1 (25%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (25%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAU, TUNG S | 1 | 83.0% | +14.5% |
| TORRICO-LOPEZ, ALAN | 1 | 29.1% | +37.8% |
| TIMILSINA, SHARAD | 1 | 74.4% | +11.1% |
| NORTON, JENNIFER L | 1 | 49.8% | +2.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18399538 | TECHNIQUES FOR DETERMINING LIGHTNING THREATS TO ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE AND OPERATIONS | LAU, TUNG S | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18540452 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISPLAYING RENEWABLE ENERGY ASSET HEALTH RISK INFORMATION | TORRICO-LOPEZ, ALAN | 59d overdue |
| 18185682 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FORECASTING POWER GENERATED BY VARIABLE POWER GENERATION ASSETS | NORTON, JENNIFER L | 49d overdue |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18540452 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISPLAYING RENEWABLE ENERGY ASSET HEALTH RISK INFORMATION | TORRICO-LOPEZ, ALAN | 59d overdue |
| 18493607 | CONTROLLING WIND TURBINE | TIMILSINA, SHARAD | 5d overdue |
| 18399538 | TECHNIQUES FOR DETERMINING LIGHTNING THREATS TO ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE AND OPERATIONS | LAU, TUNG S | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2857 | 2 |
| 3625 | 1 |
| 2117 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18399538 | TECHNIQUES FOR DETERMINING LIGHTNING THREATS TO ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE AND OPERATIONS | LAU, TUNG S | 2857 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 28, 2023 |
| 18540452 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISPLAYING RENEWABLE ENERGY ASSET HEALTH RISK INFORMATION | TORRICO-LOPEZ, ALAN | 3625 | §101 | Non-Final OA | 59d overdue | Pending | Dec 14, 2023 |
| 18493607 | CONTROLLING WIND TURBINE | TIMILSINA, SHARAD | 2857 | DP | Final Rejection | 5d overdue | Pending | Oct 24, 2023 |
| 18185682 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FORECASTING POWER GENERATED BY VARIABLE POWER GENERATION ASSETS | NORTON, JENNIFER L | 2117 | §101 | Final Rejection | 49d overdue | Pending | Mar 17, 2023 |
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