Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
8 pending office actions • 5 clients • 8 examiners • 6 art units • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
PCFB, LLC focuses on Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics, with 499 career applications. The firm has a resolved allowance rate of 90.37 percent. Prosecution involves an average of 2.7 office actions per allowance. Currently, there are 6 pending office actions.
This active docket is part of the firm's work with 499 career applications. The 90.37 percent resolved allowance rate highlights the firm's effectiveness in Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics. The 2.7 average office actions per allowance reflects the prosecution process for these technical applications. This firm's data shows a performance in its primary technology area, supported by 499 career applications. The 90.37 percent resolved allowance rate is an indicator of the firm's success. With 6 pending office actions, the firm continues to represent its clients, applying its prosecution strategy to achieve its rate of patent grants in the Semiconductors sector. The 2.7 average office actions per allowance remains a key data point for its 499 career applications.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 only | 1 (12%) |
| §101 + other | 1 (12%) |
| §103 only | 2 (25%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (12%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (12%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (25%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHNG, JOY POH AI | 1 | 60.6% | +19.0% |
| FURTADO, WINSTON RAHUL | 1 | 19.4% | +23.4% |
| CHANG, AUDREY Y | 1 | 46.5% | +20.4% |
| PRESTON, JOHN O | 1 | 28.4% | +7.7% |
| MONSHIPOURI, MARYAM | 1 | 79.1% | +37.5% |
| SINGH, AVIRAJ DONGSOOK | 1 | — | — |
| CHERRY, EUNCHA P | 1 | 88.1% | +9.4% |
| MICHAUD, NICHOLAS BRIAN | 1 | 75.0% | +30.0% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18936995 | Provider-Centric Fee Analysis, Multi-Staged Pricing Modification, and Practice Management Customization | FURTADO, WINSTON RAHUL | — |
| 18787015 | TELEMEDICINE PRACTITIONER ONBOARDING WITH ON-DEMAND PER ENCOUNTER MALPRACTICE LIABILITY COVERAGE | PRESTON, JOHN O | — |
| 18433074 | SOFTWARE-DEFINED LIDAR SYSTEMS AND METHODS | SINGH, AVIRAJ DONGSOOK | — |
| 18414236 | LARGE FOV OPTICAL METASURFACE SYSTEMS | CHERRY, EUNCHA P | — |
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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18327777 | DIELECTRIC BARRIER FOR REFLECTIVE BACKPLANE OF TUNABLE OPTICAL METASURFACES | MICHAUD, NICHOLAS BRIAN | 59d overdue |
| 19191061 | TELEMEDICINE CLINIC SYSTEMS AND METHODS | CHNG, JOY POH AI | — |
| 18936995 | Provider-Centric Fee Analysis, Multi-Staged Pricing Modification, and Practice Management Customization | FURTADO, WINSTON RAHUL | — |
| 18928013 | Frequency-Selective Optical Metalens Filters | CHANG, AUDREY Y | — |
| 18437615 | NOVEL PRETREATMENT FOR RECALCITRANT BIOMASS FOR BIOGAS GENERATION | MONSHIPOURI, MARYAM | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| Lumotive | 3 |
| Azova | 2 |
| Eassist, Inc. | 1 |
| Imagia, Inc. | 1 |
| SixRing Inc. | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2872 | 2 |
| 3683 | 1 |
| 3687 | 1 |
| 3693 | 1 |
| 1651 | 1 |
| 2818 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19191061 | TELEMEDICINE CLINIC SYSTEMS AND METHODS | Azova, Inc. | CHNG, JOY POH AI | 3683 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 28, 2025 |
| 18936995 | Provider-Centric Fee Analysis, Multi-Staged Pricing Modification, and Practice Management Customization | Eassist, Inc. | FURTADO, WINSTON RAHUL | 3687 | §101§102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 04, 2024 |
| 18928013 | Frequency-Selective Optical Metalens Filters | Imagia, Inc. | CHANG, AUDREY Y | 2872 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 26, 2024 |
| 18787015 | TELEMEDICINE PRACTITIONER ONBOARDING WITH ON-DEMAND PER ENCOUNTER MALPRACTICE LIABILITY COVERAGE | Azova, Inc. | PRESTON, JOHN O | 3693 | §101 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 29, 2024 |
| 18437615 | NOVEL PRETREATMENT FOR RECALCITRANT BIOMASS FOR BIOGAS GENERATION | Sixring Inc. | MONSHIPOURI, MARYAM | 1651 | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 09, 2024 |
| 18433074 | SOFTWARE-DEFINED LIDAR SYSTEMS AND METHODS | Lumotive, Inc. | SINGH, AVIRAJ DONGSOOK | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 05, 2024 | |
| 18414236 | LARGE FOV OPTICAL METASURFACE SYSTEMS | Lumotive, Inc. | CHERRY, EUNCHA P | 2872 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 16, 2024 |
| 18327777 | DIELECTRIC BARRIER FOR REFLECTIVE BACKPLANE OF TUNABLE OPTICAL METASURFACES | Lumotive, Inc. | MICHAUD, NICHOLAS BRIAN | 2818 | §103 | Final Rejection | 59d overdue | Pending | Jun 01, 2023 |
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