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 • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Xcerra Corporation is currently managing a patent portfolio focused on the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. The data shows 1 pending office action, which represents the current active engagement with the patent office. This prosecution activity is handled by 1 distinct examiner, showing no fragmentation in the company's current examiner interactions. The portfolio's active matters are situated within 1 distinct art unit.
HAWKINS, DOMINIC E is the busiest examiner for the company, currently overseeing 1 pending office action. Since the total count of pending office actions is 1, this specific examiner is responsible for all of the company's current pending responses. For a patent practitioner, this indicates a streamlined prosecution environment where all current efforts are directed through a single point of contact at the office. The focus on 1 distinct art unit suggests that the technology being patented is highly specialized or narrowly categorized within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics field.
The progress of the company's current filings is tied to the specific examination patterns of HAWKINS, DOMINIC E, who manages 1 pending office action. This lack of examiner variety simplifies the monitoring of prosecution trends for the firm's active applications. The presence of 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit minimizes the complexity of the company's current patent office engagements. The 1 pending office action represents the entirety of the active conflict for the portfolio at this time.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HAWKINS, DOMINIC E | 1 | 86.9% | +12.1% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18900305 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING SETTLING OF ANALOG SIGNAL IN SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE TESTING | HAWKINS, DOMINIC E | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18900305 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING SETTLING OF ANALOG SIGNAL IN SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE TESTING | HAWKINS, DOMINIC E | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2858 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18900305 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING SETTLING OF ANALOG SIGNAL IN SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE TESTING | HAWKINS, DOMINIC E | 2858 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 27, 2024 |
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