Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days
Xylem Europe GmbH is managing 2 pending office actions within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. These actions are assigned to 2 distinct examiners. Both actions are located within 1 distinct art unit, indicating a concentrated technical focus for these filings and a unified regulatory environment.
The busiest examiner, PEO, JONATHAN M, is responsible for 1 pending office action. This means the 2 pending office actions are divided between the 2 distinct examiners. The use of 1 distinct art unit suggests that the company's current prosecution efforts are being reviewed by a single specialized group at the patent office.
With 2 pending office actions and 2 distinct examiners, the workload is evenly distributed. However, the presence of 1 distinct art unit means that the legal strategy remains focused on the standards of that specific group. Practitioners must manage the 2 pending office actions by addressing the specific requirements of the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics field within that single art unit.
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) | 2 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCCORMACK, JASON L | 1 | 84.6% | +8.1% |
| PEO, JONATHAN M | 1 | 48.2% | +48.1% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18695129 | UV SENSOR ARRANGEMENT IN A UV RADIATOR MODULE | MCCORMACK, JASON L | — |
| 18695146 | MOUNTING STRUCTURES FOR OPEN CHANNEL UV WATER TREATMENT INSTALLATIONS | PEO, JONATHAN 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18695146 | MOUNTING STRUCTURES FOR OPEN CHANNEL UV WATER TREATMENT INSTALLATIONS | PEO, JONATHAN M | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2881 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18695129 | UV SENSOR ARRANGEMENT IN A UV RADIATOR MODULE | MCCORMACK, JASON L | 2881 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 25, 2024 |
| 18695146 | MOUNTING STRUCTURES FOR OPEN CHANNEL UV WATER TREATMENT INSTALLATIONS | PEO, JONATHAN M | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 25, 2024 |
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