Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Vertigo Technologies B V is currently managing 1 pending office action in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. This prosecution is concentrated under 1 distinct examiner and a single art unit, reflecting a very specific technical focus for the company's current filings. The involvement of only one art unit suggests that the company's current patent efforts are tightly grouped within a specific semiconductor or optics niche.
The busiest examiner for the portfolio is PRETLOW, DEMETRIUS R, who is responsible for the active matter. Because there is only one distinct examiner involved, the company's immediate success in the patent office depends on the specific review style of this individual. Practitioners should focus on the examiner's history within the optics and circuits field to navigate the 1 pending office action effectively. This narrow prosecution profile indicates a highly targeted approach to intellectual property development.
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 |
|---|---|
| §112 only | 1 (100%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PRETLOW, DEMETRIUS R | 1 | 86.4% | +8.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18868844 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING AN INTERNAL QUALITY OF A FRUIT | PRETLOW, DEMETRIUS R | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2858 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18868844 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING AN INTERNAL QUALITY OF A FRUIT | PRETLOW, DEMETRIUS R | 2858 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 25, 2024 |
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