Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
21 pending office actions • 4 clients • 20 examiners • 12 art units • 5 of 21 (24%) have an AI response strategy ready
Arcane Law PLLC specializes in Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics, having overseen 563 career applications. This focused portfolio indicates specialized expertise in high-tech hardware patent prosecution. The firm currently manages 11 pending office actions, suggesting a focused active workload.
The firm boasts an exceptional resolved allowance rate pct of 97.46, which is a very high success metric for the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics sector. However, prosecution can be intensive, with an avg office actions per allowance of 3.08. This suggests that the firm is willing to engage in several rounds of negotiation to maintain its high success rate.
The 97.46 resolved allowance rate pct is a standout figure for practitioners evaluating the firm's effectiveness. The 3.08 avg office actions per allowance provides a realistic expectation for the prosecution timeline in this field. With 563 career applications and 11 pending office actions, the firm demonstrates a clear history of highly successful outcomes.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 | 7 (33%) |
| §102 only | 1 (5%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 13 (62%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WEGNER, AARON MICHAEL | 2 | 73.7% | -3.6% |
| LARSON, JOHN MICHAEL | 1 | 57.1% | +64.3% |
| MULLER, BRYAN R | 1 | 43.8% | +30.9% |
| CARLSON, MARC | 1 | 71.0% | +23.3% |
| LONG, ROBERT FRANKLIN | 1 | 72.3% | +20.5% |
| HUANG, STEVEN | 1 | 47.6% | +36.9% |
| SLAUGHTER, ETHAN JAKOB | 1 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| DICKSTEIN, WILLIAM DOUGLAS | 1 | 33.3% | +0.0% |
| NETTLES, CORALIE ANN | 1 | 65.0% | +26.2% |
| AISAKA, BRYCE M | 1 | 87.4% | +10.5% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17940195 | BARRIER LAYER FOR DIELECTRIC RECESS MITIGATION | GARCES, NELSON Y | 5d overdue |
| 18919733 | VACUUM CLEANER WITH ENHANCED BACKSTROKE PICK-UP | LARSON, JOHN MICHAEL | — |
| 18742290 | SWAPPABLE BRUSHROLL OR CASSETTE FOR VACUUM CLEANER | MULLER, BRYAN R | — |
| 18627657 | COMPACTING WASTE RECEPTACLE FOR VACUUM CLEANER | CARLSON, MARC | — |
| 18432487 | DEPTH SETTER TOOL | LONG, ROBERT FRANKLIN | — |
| 18556030 | LIDAR SYSTEM WITH SUPRESSED DOPPLER FREQUENCY SHIFT | SLAUGHTER, ETHAN JAKOB | — |
| 18473762 | TOOL AND FASTENER WITH OVERHANG STRUCTURES TO REDUCE STRIPPING | DICKSTEIN, WILLIAM DOUGLAS | — |
| 18217208 | LOW-RESISTANCE VIA STRUCTURES | NETTLES, CORALIE ANN | — |
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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18919733 | VACUUM CLEANER WITH ENHANCED BACKSTROKE PICK-UP | LARSON, JOHN MICHAEL | — |
| 18742290 | SWAPPABLE BRUSHROLL OR CASSETTE FOR VACUUM CLEANER | MULLER, BRYAN R | — |
| 18627657 | COMPACTING WASTE RECEPTACLE FOR VACUUM CLEANER | CARLSON, MARC | — |
| 18432487 | DEPTH SETTER TOOL | LONG, ROBERT FRANKLIN | — |
| 18533996 | VACUUM CLEANER | HUANG, STEVEN | — |
| 18217208 | LOW-RESISTANCE VIA STRUCTURES | NETTLES, CORALIE ANN | — |
| 18215514 | CELL ROWS WITH MIXED HEIGHTS AND MIXED NANORIBBON WIDTHS | AISAKA, BRYCE M | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| Intel | 14 |
| Origyn LLC | 4 |
| Phillips Screw Company | 2 |
| Ommatidia Lidar S.L. | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2898 | 2 |
| 2893 | 2 |
| 2818 | 2 |
| 3763 | 1 |
| 3731 | 1 |
| 3723 | 1 |
| 3648 | 1 |
| 3675 | 1 |
| 2811 | 1 |
| 2814 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18919733 | VACUUM CLEANER WITH ENHANCED BACKSTROKE PICK-UP | Origyn LLC | LARSON, JOHN MICHAEL | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 18, 2024 | |
| 18742290 | SWAPPABLE BRUSHROLL OR CASSETTE FOR VACUUM CLEANER | Origyn LLC | MULLER, BRYAN R | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 13, 2024 | |
| 18627657 | COMPACTING WASTE RECEPTACLE FOR VACUUM CLEANER | Origyn LLC | CARLSON, MARC | 3763 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 05, 2024 |
| 18432487 | DEPTH SETTER TOOL | Phillips Screw Company | LONG, ROBERT FRANKLIN | 3731 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 05, 2024 |
| 18533996 | VACUUM CLEANER | Origyn LLC | HUANG, STEVEN | 3723 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 08, 2023 |
| 18556030 | LIDAR SYSTEM WITH SUPRESSED DOPPLER FREQUENCY SHIFT | Ommatidia Lidar S.L. | SLAUGHTER, ETHAN JAKOB | 3648 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 18, 2023 |
| 18473762 | TOOL AND FASTENER WITH OVERHANG STRUCTURES TO REDUCE STRIPPING | Phillips Screw Company | DICKSTEIN, WILLIAM DOUGLAS | 3675 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 25, 2023 |
| 18217208 | LOW-RESISTANCE VIA STRUCTURES | Intel Corporation | NETTLES, CORALIE ANN | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 30, 2023 | |
| 18215514 | CELL ROWS WITH MIXED HEIGHTS AND MIXED NANORIBBON WIDTHS | Intel Corporation | AISAKA, BRYCE M | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 28, 2023 | |
| 18212295 | FORKSHEET DEVICES WITH DIELECTRIC SPINE AT CELL BOUNDARY | Intel Corporation | LEE, WOO KYUNG | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 21, 2023 | |
| 18137731 | BACKSIDE CONDUCTIVE STRUCTURES EXTENDING THROUGH INTEGRATED CIRCUIT TO MEET FRONTSIDE CONTACTS | Intel Corporation | RAMIREZ, ALEXANDRE XAVIER | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 21, 2023 | |
| 18090056 | ETCH STOP FOR OXIDE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES | Intel Corporation | GREEN, TELLY D | 2898 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 28, 2022 |
| 18085768 | CHEMICAL MECHANICAL POLISHING OF METAL GATE CUTS FORMED AFTER SOURCE AND DRAIN CONTACTS | Intel Corporation | ROLAND, CHRISTOPHER M | 2893 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 21, 2022 |
| 18082851 | EPITAXIAL SOURCE OR DRAIN REGION WITH A WRAPPED CONDUCTIVE CONTACT | Intel Corporation | CHUNG, ANDREW | 2898 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 16, 2022 |
| 18077394 | INTEGRATION OF FINFET AND GATE-ALL-AROUND DEVICES | Intel Corporation | TRICE III, WILLIAM CLARENCE | 2893 | §103 | Final Rejection | 3d overdue | AI Ready | Dec 08, 2022 |
| 17951532 | MULTI-STAGE MASK ETCH PROCESS | Intel Corporation | ENAD, CHRISTINE A | 2811 | §103 | Final Rejection | 6d | AI Ready | Sep 23, 2022 |
| 17940194 | EPITAXIAL REGIONS EXTENDING BETWEEN INNER GATE SPACERS | Intel Corporation | SIPLING, KENNETH MARK | 2818 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 08, 2022 |
| 17940195 | BARRIER LAYER FOR DIELECTRIC RECESS MITIGATION | Intel Corporation | GARCES, NELSON Y | 2814 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 5d overdue | AI Ready | Sep 08, 2022 |
| 17847559 | GATE ALL AROUND TRANSISTORS ON ALTERNATE SUBSTRATE ORIENTATION | Intel Corporation | MUNOZ, ANDRES F | 2818 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | AI Ready | Jun 23, 2022 |
| 17556520 | CONDUCTIVE FEATURES FORMED USING METAL ASSISTED ETCH | Intel Corporation | WEGNER, AARON MICHAEL | 2800 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2021 |
| 17406480 | SELF-ALIGNED GATE CUT STRUCTURES | Intel Corporation | WEGNER, AARON MICHAEL | 2897 | §103 | Final Rejection | 28d | AI Ready | Aug 19, 2021 |
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