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
X-Wave Innovations Inc. is managing 1 pending office action in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. This matter is assigned to 1 distinct examiner and is located within 1 distinct art unit. This indicates a very specific technical focus for the company's current pending intellectual property. The use of 1 art unit suggests that the subject matter is specialized, requiring adherence to a specific set of technical guidelines and precedents.
ROYSTON, JOHN M is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, responsible for 1 pending office action. The company's current interaction with the patent office is limited to the review and feedback provided by this 1 examiner. Practitioners should prioritize understanding the examination history of ROYSTON, JOHN M to effectively navigate the requirements of the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics sector. This centralized approach ensures that the strategy remains focused on a single set of examiner expectations, which can simplify the management of the company's pending intellectual property.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ROYSTON, JOHN M | 1 | 77.8% | +17.0% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18648375 | ULTRASONIC WAVEGUIDE SENSOR AND APPARATUS FOR DISTRIBUTED PHYSICAL PARAMETER MEASUREMENTS | ROYSTON, JOHN M | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18648375 | ULTRASONIC WAVEGUIDE SENSOR AND APPARATUS FOR DISTRIBUTED PHYSICAL PARAMETER MEASUREMENTS | ROYSTON, JOHN M | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2855 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18648375 | ULTRASONIC WAVEGUIDE SENSOR AND APPARATUS FOR DISTRIBUTED PHYSICAL PARAMETER MEASUREMENTS | ROYSTON, JOHN M | 2855 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 27, 2024 |
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