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
Zygo Corporation has 1 pending office action within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. This prosecution is handled by 1 distinct examiner and is located within 1 distinct art unit. The specific examiner assigned to this 1 pending office action is MENDOZA, ALEXANDRIA ARELLANO, who is the busiest examiner for the company's current active filings. This structure indicates a highly concentrated focus for the company's current efforts in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics sector.
Because there is only 1 pending office action, the prosecution strategy is entirely dependent on the interactions with MENDOZA, ALEXANDRIA ARELLANO. The presence of 1 distinct art unit suggests that the technical subject matter is concentrated within a specific examination group. Practitioners should monitor this 1 distinct examiner for any specific procedural requirements that may influence the outcome of the pending Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics application.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MENDOZA, ALEXANDRIA ARELLANO | 1 | 61.5% | +28.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18820383 | DYNAMIC INTERFEROMETER ILLUMINATOR | MENDOZA, ALEXANDRIA ARELLANO | 30d overdue |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2877 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18820383 | DYNAMIC INTERFEROMETER ILLUMINATOR | MENDOZA, ALEXANDRIA ARELLANO | 2877 | §103 | Final Rejection | 30d overdue | Pending | Aug 30, 2024 |
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