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
Xdmicro (Zhongshan) Optoelectronic Semiconductor Co. Ltd. currently maintains 1 pending office action within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. This 1 active matter represents the entirety of the company's current prosecution activity as reflected in the provided data. The focus on a specific technology area suggests a specialized patent strategy tailored to Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics innovations.
The portfolio's prosecution is highly concentrated, involving 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit. WILKES, ZACHARY W is identified as the busiest examiner for the portfolio, currently handling 1 pending office action. For practitioners, this level of concentration means that the outcome of the portfolio's current standing rests with 1 individual and 1 administrative unit within the USPTO.
The presence of 1 distinct art unit indicates that the subject matter has not been diverted across different specialized groups. This can lead to a more predictable prosecution environment, as the examiner is likely to apply consistent standards across the company's filings. With 1 pending office action, the immediate administrative burden is low, allowing for focused attention on the specific requirements of examiner WILKES, ZACHARY W.
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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WILKES, ZACHARY W | 1 | 66.6% | +22.4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18469275 | RGB THREE-COLOR LASER LIGHT SOURCE SYNTHESIS AND BEAM SPLITTING DEVICES | WILKES, ZACHARY W | 60d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18469275 | RGB THREE-COLOR LASER LIGHT SOURCE SYNTHESIS AND BEAM SPLITTING DEVICES | WILKES, ZACHARY W | 60d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2872 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18469275 | RGB THREE-COLOR LASER LIGHT SOURCE SYNTHESIS AND BEAM SPLITTING DEVICES | WILKES, ZACHARY W | 2872 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 60d | Pending | Sep 18, 2023 |
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