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Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Computing & Software • Networking & Security • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
10 pending office actions • 6 clients • 9 examiners • 4 art units • 0 of 10 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 25 patents granted in the last 365 days
ADD+G - 27975 is a patent law firm that specializes in Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics, where it has managed 2685 career applications. The firm maintains a resolved allowance rate of 84.31 percent, reflecting a consistent ability to secure patent grants in these technical fields. This volume of applications indicates expertise in the semiconductor sector.
The firm currently has 6 pending office actions. Their prosecution history shows an average of 2.89 office actions per allowance. This metric suggests an interaction with the USPTO that typically involves the rounds of communication recorded in the data. Practitioners can use the 2.89 average to estimate the timeline and effort required for new applications in Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics.
The 2685 career applications provide a data set for evaluating the firm's performance. The 84.31 percent allowance rate and 2.89 office actions per allowance together describe a firm that is both successful and efficient in its prosecution efforts. The 6 pending office actions represent a portion of their current active workload.
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 | 6 (60%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 2 (20%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (20%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHOI, TAEKWON NMN | 2 | 75.0% | +0.0% |
| MELARAGNO, MICHAEL | 1 | 67.4% | +11.7% |
| CAIN, JENNIFER LYNN | 1 | 45.0% | +70.0% |
| MORANO IV, SAMUEL J | 1 | 25.6% | -11.1% |
| PALMER, ALEX ROBERT | 1 | 62.0% | +20.0% |
| LEE, SANG CHEON | 1 | 53.3% | +40.0% |
| SNOW, COLLEEN ERIN | 1 | 79.1% | +11.2% |
| MANDALA, MICHELLE | 1 | 91.0% | +7.9% |
| DE LA GARZA, CARLOS HEBERTO | 1 | 68.4% | +42.9% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18654141 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES INCLUDING LOCALIZED SEMICONDUCTOR-ON-INSULATOR (SOI) REGIONS | MANDALA, MICHELLE | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17915026 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR GENERATING RANDOM NUMBERS | DE LA GARZA, CARLOS HEBERTO | 19d |
| 18926180 | WHEEL ASSEMBLY INCLUDING OUTER METALLIC LAYER TREAD ASSEMBLY AND RELATED METHODS | MORANO IV, SAMUEL J | — |
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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17915026 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR GENERATING RANDOM NUMBERS | DE LA GARZA, CARLOS HEBERTO | 19d |
| 19054505 | DRINKING WATER DISPENSING DEVICE INCLUDING OXYGEN NANOBUBBLE GENERATOR AND RELATED METHODS | MELARAGNO, MICHAEL | — |
| 19049072 | DIETARY SUPPLEMENT COMPOSITION HAVING ENHANCED LSESr AND METHOD OF MAKING | CAIN, JENNIFER LYNN | — |
| 18770539 | WHEEL ASSEMBLY INCLUDING TAPERED WEDGE GAS SPRING ATTACHMENT ASSEMBLIES AND RELATED METHODS | PALMER, ALEX ROBERT | — |
| 18668072 | MARITIME COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM INCLUDING VARIABLE RATE FORWARD ERROR CORRECTION AND RELATED METHODS | LEE, SANG CHEON | — |
| 18654178 | METHODS FOR MAKING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES INCLUDING LOCALIZED SEMICONDUCTOR-ON-INSULATOR (SOI) REGIONS | SNOW, COLLEEN ERIN | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| Gacw Incorporated | 4 |
| Atomera | 2 |
| O2 Technologies, LLC | 1 |
| U.S. Nutraceuticals, Inc., D/B/A Valensa International | 1 |
| Speedcast Communications, Inc. | 1 |
| TAAL DIT GmbH | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1655 | 1 |
| 3615 | 1 |
| 2467 | 1 |
| 2182 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19054505 | DRINKING WATER DISPENSING DEVICE INCLUDING OXYGEN NANOBUBBLE GENERATOR AND RELATED METHODS | O2 Technologies, LLC | MELARAGNO, MICHAEL | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 14, 2025 | |
| 19049072 | DIETARY SUPPLEMENT COMPOSITION HAVING ENHANCED LSESr AND METHOD OF MAKING | U.S. Nutraceuticals, Inc., D/B/A Valensa International | CAIN, JENNIFER LYNN | 1655 | §103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 10, 2025 |
| 19044213 | WHEEL ASSEMBLY INCLUDING GAS SPRING MOUNTED GAS DAMPER AND RELATED METHODS | Gacw Incorporated | CHOI, TAEKWON NMN | §103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 03, 2025 | |
| 18926196 | WHEEL ASSEMBLY INCLUDING WEDGE BODY DAMPER ASSEMBLY AND RELATED METHODS | Gacw Incorporated | CHOI, TAEKWON NMN | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 24, 2024 | |
| 18926180 | WHEEL ASSEMBLY INCLUDING OUTER METALLIC LAYER TREAD ASSEMBLY AND RELATED METHODS | Gacw Incorporated | MORANO IV, SAMUEL J | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 24, 2024 | |
| 18770539 | WHEEL ASSEMBLY INCLUDING TAPERED WEDGE GAS SPRING ATTACHMENT ASSEMBLIES AND RELATED METHODS | Gacw Incorporated | PALMER, ALEX ROBERT | 3615 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 11, 2024 |
| 18668072 | MARITIME COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM INCLUDING VARIABLE RATE FORWARD ERROR CORRECTION AND RELATED METHODS | Speedcast Communications, Inc. | LEE, SANG CHEON | 2467 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 17, 2024 |
| 18654178 | METHODS FOR MAKING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES INCLUDING LOCALIZED SEMICONDUCTOR-ON-INSULATOR (SOI) REGIONS | Atomera Incorporated | SNOW, COLLEEN ERIN | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 03, 2024 | |
| 18654141 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES INCLUDING LOCALIZED SEMICONDUCTOR-ON-INSULATOR (SOI) REGIONS | Atomera Incorporated | MANDALA, MICHELLE | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 03, 2024 | |
| 17915026 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR GENERATING RANDOM NUMBERS | Taal Dit GmbH | DE LA GARZA, CARLOS HEBERTO | 2182 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 19d | Pending | Sep 27, 2022 |
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