Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
4 pending office actions • 1 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 16 patents granted in the last 365 days
Varex Imaging Corporation currently has 3 pending office actions in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. These actions are concentrated within 1 distinct art unit but are split between 2 distinct examiners. Carolyn Fin is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, handling 2 pending office actions. This concentration in 1 art unit suggests a consistent technical focus, while the involvement of different examiners requires tailored communication for the 3 pending cases.
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 |
|---|---|
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (25%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (75%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FIN, CAROLYN | 2 | 62.0% | +29.6% |
| LANE, GREGORY A | 1 | 74.8% | -0.7% |
| KAO, CHIH CHENG G | 1 | 82.6% | +9.5% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18544290 | FIELD EMITTER APPARATUSES AND X-RAY SYSTEMS | KAO, CHIH CHENG G | 29d |
| 18660137 | X-RAY DETECTORS WITH PLASTIC HOUSINGS | FIN, CAROLYN | 36d |
| 18633451 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TAMPER DETECTION | LANE, GREGORY A | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18660137 | X-RAY DETECTORS WITH PLASTIC HOUSINGS | FIN, CAROLYN | 36d |
| 19048685 | X-RAY DETECTORS WITH PLASTIC HOUSINGS | FIN, CAROLYN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2884 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19048685 | X-RAY DETECTORS WITH PLASTIC HOUSINGS | FIN, CAROLYN | — | §103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 07, 2025 |
| 18660137 | X-RAY DETECTORS WITH PLASTIC HOUSINGS | FIN, CAROLYN | 2884 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 36d | Pending | May 09, 2024 |
| 18633451 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TAMPER DETECTION | LANE, GREGORY A | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 11, 2024 |
| 18544290 | FIELD EMITTER APPARATUSES AND X-RAY SYSTEMS | KAO, CHIH CHENG G | 2884 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 29d | Pending | Dec 18, 2023 |
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