Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
4 pending office actions • 1 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
VALEO EAUTOMOTIVE FRANCE SAS has 3 pending office actions within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. These actions are being reviewed by 3 distinct examiners, yet they are all contained within 1 distinct art unit. This suggests a high degree of technical focus for the company's current filings.
The busiest examiner for this portfolio is DHAKAL, BICKEY, who is managing 1 pending office action. Given that there are 3 pending office actions and 3 distinct examiners, each examiner is responsible for a single matter. This spread means that the company must navigate different individual perspectives within the same technical group.
The concentration in 1 distinct art unit is a significant factor for practitioners, as it implies a consistent set of internal policies and prior art references. Despite the involvement of 3 distinct examiners, the unified art unit may lead to similar rejection types across the 3 pending office actions. Strategy should be coordinated to address the specific tendencies of this 1 art unit.
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 (25%) |
| §102 only | 1 (25%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DHAKAL, BICKEY | 1 | 84.3% | +16.4% |
| BARNES, MALCOLM | 1 | 81.0% | +5.1% |
| TSO, EDWARD H | 1 | 87.0% | +6.6% |
| WRIGHT, TUCKER J | 1 | 79.4% | +10.8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18855611 | MOTIVE POWER SYSTEM FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE, AND ELECTRIC VEHICLE COMPRISING SAME | DHAKAL, BICKEY | — |
| 18486886 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FOR DC VOLTAGE CONVERSION AND FOR CHARGING OF BATTERIES OF A VEHICLE | TSO, EDWARD H | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18005021 | POWER ELECTRONICS MODULE, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM HAVING SUCH A MODULE, CORRESPONDING MANUFACTURING METHODS | WRIGHT, TUCKER J | 29d |
| 18486899 | TRANSFORMER OF AN ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FOR DC VOLTAGE CONVERSION AND FOR CHARGING OF BATTERIES OF A VEHICLE | BARNES, MALCOLM | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18005021 | POWER ELECTRONICS MODULE, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM HAVING SUCH A MODULE, CORRESPONDING MANUFACTURING METHODS | WRIGHT, TUCKER J | 29d |
| 18855611 | MOTIVE POWER SYSTEM FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE, AND ELECTRIC VEHICLE COMPRISING SAME | DHAKAL, BICKEY | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2891 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18855611 | MOTIVE POWER SYSTEM FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE, AND ELECTRIC VEHICLE COMPRISING SAME | DHAKAL, BICKEY | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 09, 2024 |
| 18486899 | TRANSFORMER OF AN ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FOR DC VOLTAGE CONVERSION AND FOR CHARGING OF BATTERIES OF A VEHICLE | BARNES, MALCOLM | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 13, 2023 |
| 18486886 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FOR DC VOLTAGE CONVERSION AND FOR CHARGING OF BATTERIES OF A VEHICLE | TSO, EDWARD H | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 13, 2023 |
| 18005021 | POWER ELECTRONICS MODULE, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM HAVING SUCH A MODULE, CORRESPONDING MANUFACTURING METHODS | WRIGHT, TUCKER J | 2891 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 29d | Pending | Jan 10, 2023 |
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