Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
7 pending office actions • 2 clients • 4 examiners • 3 art units • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
Irell & Manella LLP - PopSockets has managed 933 career applications in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. The firm currently has 4 pending office actions and a resolved allowance rate pct of 66.2.
Prosecution at the firm involves an avg office actions per allowance of 3.28. This 3.28 figure provides a basis for practitioners to anticipate the number of examiner interactions required in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics sector. The 66.2 resolved allowance rate pct reflects the proportion of cases that reached allowance relative to the 933 career applications. The 4 pending office actions represent the current cases awaiting a USPTO response.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 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 (14%) |
| §102 only | 1 (14%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 5 (71%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WU, JERRY | 3 | 68.8% | +20.4% |
| WEINHOLD, INGRID M | 2 | 47.1% | +42.8% |
| VU, STEPHEN A | 1 | 82.1% | +14.8% |
| WENDELL, ANDREW | 1 | 84.2% | +12.0% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19033874 | GRIP FOR A FOLDABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE | VU, STEPHEN A | — |
| 17500789 | MAGNETIC GRIP ACCESSORY | WENDELL, ANDREW | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18638566 | EXPANDABLE DEVICE FOR A PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE | WEINHOLD, INGRID M | 73d overdue |
| 15852518 | Expandable Grip With Wireless Communication Module | WU, JERRY | 66d overdue |
| 18981266 | EXPANDABLE DEVICE FOR A PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE | WEINHOLD, INGRID M | — |
| 18614534 | DOCKING ACCESSORY SYSTEM FOR MOBILE ELECTRONIC DEVICES | WU, JERRY | — |
| 18541470 | MAGNETIC DOCKING PLATFORM AND DETACHABLE DOCKING ACCESSORIES | WU, JERRY | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18638566 | EXPANDABLE DEVICE FOR A PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE | WEINHOLD, INGRID M | 73d overdue |
| 15852518 | Expandable Grip With Wireless Communication Module | WU, JERRY | 66d overdue |
| 19033874 | GRIP FOR A FOLDABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE | VU, STEPHEN A | — |
| 18981266 | EXPANDABLE DEVICE FOR A PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE | WEINHOLD, INGRID M | — |
| 18614534 | DOCKING ACCESSORY SYSTEM FOR MOBILE ELECTRONIC DEVICES | WU, JERRY | — |
| 18541470 | MAGNETIC DOCKING PLATFORM AND DETACHABLE DOCKING ACCESSORIES | WU, JERRY | — |
| 17500789 | MAGNETIC GRIP ACCESSORY | WENDELL, ANDREW | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| PopSockets | 6 |
| Popsockets Llc. | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2841 | 3 |
| 3632 | 2 |
| 2648 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19033874 | GRIP FOR A FOLDABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE | Popsockets LLC | VU, STEPHEN A | §102Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 22, 2025 | |
| 18981266 | EXPANDABLE DEVICE FOR A PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE | Popsockets LLC | WEINHOLD, INGRID M | 3632 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 13, 2024 |
| 18638566 | EXPANDABLE DEVICE FOR A PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE | Popsockets LLC | WEINHOLD, INGRID M | 3632 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 73d overdue | Pending | Apr 17, 2024 |
| 18614534 | DOCKING ACCESSORY SYSTEM FOR MOBILE ELECTRONIC DEVICES | Popsockets LLC | WU, JERRY | 2841 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 22, 2024 |
| 18541470 | MAGNETIC DOCKING PLATFORM AND DETACHABLE DOCKING ACCESSORIES | Popsockets LLC | WU, JERRY | 2841 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 15, 2023 |
| 17500789 | MAGNETIC GRIP ACCESSORY | Popsockets Llc. | WENDELL, ANDREW | 2648 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 13, 2021 |
| 15852518 | Expandable Grip With Wireless Communication Module | Popsockets LLC | WU, JERRY | 2841 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 66d overdue | Pending | Dec 22, 2017 |
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Start Free Trial66.1% of resolved applications prosecuted by Irell & Manella LLP - Popsockets were allowed, across 935 applications in USPTO records.
3.29 office actions per allowed application on average.
7 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 2 clients, before 4 examiners in 3 art units.