Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
14 pending office actions • 4 clients • 12 examiners • 7 art units • 0 of 14 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Qubit IP, PLLC has managed 79 career applications, with a current focus on the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. The firm is presently handling 9 pending office actions, indicating a consistent level of active prosecution relative to its total application history. This ratio of 9 pending office actions to its total career volume suggests a firm that is actively growing its presence in this technical field.
The firm maintains a resolved allowance rate pct of 96.3 across its 79 career applications. This high rate of success is achieved with an avg office actions per allowance of 3.77. Practitioners can use the 3.77 avg office actions per allowance to estimate the typical effort required to reach an allowance in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics sector. The 96.3 resolved allowance rate pct demonstrates a very high level of proficiency in securing grants for its clients' technical disclosures.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 6 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. 6 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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 4 (29%) |
| §103 only | 6 (43%) |
| §102 only | 1 (7%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (21%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WILKES, ZACHARY W | 2 | 66.6% | +22.4% |
| GARNER, LILY CRABTREE | 2 | 68.2% | +16.2% |
| VARGOT, MATHIEU D | 1 | 62.4% | +20.9% |
| TRAN, MAI THI NGOC | 1 | 86.6% | +4.1% |
| RICKEL, ALEX PARK | 1 | 70.9% | +14.6% |
| NGUYEN, LAM S | 1 | 78.8% | +0.2% |
| HOLLY, LEE A | 1 | 75.0% | +5.9% |
| PAN, YONGJIA | 1 | 65.2% | +31.0% |
| PICHLER, MARIN | 1 | 63.3% | +9.8% |
| FERRERO, EDUARDO R | 1 | 61.9% | +43.4% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18647121 | PROGRESSIVE SPECTACLE LENS | WILKES, ZACHARY W | 27d |
| 18323517 | SPECTACLE LENS DESIGN, SPECTACLE LENS KIT, DATA SET, COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD OF DESIGNING A SPECTACLE LENS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A SPECTACLE LENS | PICHLER, MARIN | 55d |
| 19004709 | SET OF VIRTUAL REPRESENTATION DATA OF A SPECTACLE LENS AND METHOD AND DEVICE FOR GENERATING SUCH | TRAN, MAI THI NGOC | — |
| 18777948 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING AT LEAST ONE VISUAL PARAMETER | RICKEL, ALEX PARK | — |
| 18505861 | METHOD FOR CALIBRATING OPTICAL COATING APPARATUSES | PAN, YONGJIA | — |
| 18555517 | PROCESS, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR THE PRODUCTION, SEPARATION AND PURIFICATION OF RADIOISOTOPES | GARNER, LILY CRABTREE | — |
| 17905216 | METHOD, APPARATUS, DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR THE GENERATION OF ELECTRICITY | GARNER, LILY CRABTREE | — |
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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17721630 | COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR INDIVIDUALISING A SPECTACLE FRAME ELEMENT BY DETERMINING A PARAMETRIC SUBSTITUTION MODEL OF A SPECTACLE FRAME ELEMENT, AND DEVICE AND SYSTEMS USING SUCH A METHOD | WILKES, ZACHARY W | 71d overdue |
| 18647121 | PROGRESSIVE SPECTACLE LENS | WILKES, ZACHARY W | 27d |
| 19200063 | A MOLD APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING A SPECTACLE LENS AND RELEVANT METHODS | VARGOT, MATHIEU D | — |
| 18777948 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING AT LEAST ONE VISUAL PARAMETER | RICKEL, ALEX PARK | — |
| 18505861 | METHOD FOR CALIBRATING OPTICAL COATING APPARATUSES | PAN, YONGJIA | — |
| 18555517 | PROCESS, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR THE PRODUCTION, SEPARATION AND PURIFICATION OF RADIOISOTOPES | GARNER, LILY CRABTREE | — |
| 18019345 | MACHINE AND METHOD FOR RUNNING A MACHINE | FERRERO, EDUARDO R | — |
| 17905216 | METHOD, APPARATUS, DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR THE GENERATION OF ELECTRICITY | GARNER, LILY CRABTREE | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| Carl Zeiss | 10 |
| Hilti | 2 |
| Su-N Energy Holdings Ltd. | 1 |
| Suneel Navnitdas Parekh | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2872 | 5 |
| 1742 | 1 |
| 2853 | 1 |
| 3726 | 1 |
| 2118 | 1 |
| 3731 | 1 |
| 3646 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19200063 | A MOLD APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING A SPECTACLE LENS AND RELEVANT METHODS | Carl Zeiss Vision International GmbH | VARGOT, MATHIEU D | 1742 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 06, 2025 |
| 19004709 | SET OF VIRTUAL REPRESENTATION DATA OF A SPECTACLE LENS AND METHOD AND DEVICE FOR GENERATING SUCH | Carl Zeiss Vision International GmbH | TRAN, MAI THI NGOC | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 30, 2024 | |
| 18777948 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING AT LEAST ONE VISUAL PARAMETER | Carl Zeiss Vision International GmbH | RICKEL, ALEX PARK | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 19, 2024 | |
| 18747800 | COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR DETERMINING PRINTING PARAMETER VALUES OF AN INKJET PRINTING DEVICE, A DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM, A METHOD FOR INKJET PRINTING AND AN INKJET PRINTING DEVICE | Carl Zeiss Vision International GmbH | NGUYEN, LAM S | 2853 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 21d | Pending | Jun 19, 2024 |
| 18647121 | PROGRESSIVE SPECTACLE LENS | Carl Zeiss Vision International GmbH | WILKES, ZACHARY W | 2872 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 27d | Pending | Apr 26, 2024 |
| 18427696 | FASTENING METHOD AND FASTENING SYSTEM | Hilti Aktiengesellschaft | HOLLY, LEE A | 3726 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 76d | Pending | Jan 30, 2024 |
| 18505861 | METHOD FOR CALIBRATING OPTICAL COATING APPARATUSES | Carl Zeiss Vision International GmbH | PAN, YONGJIA | 2118 | §101§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 09, 2023 |
| 18555517 | PROCESS, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR THE PRODUCTION, SEPARATION AND PURIFICATION OF RADIOISOTOPES | Su-N Energy Holdings Ltd. | GARNER, LILY CRABTREE | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 14, 2023 | |
| 18323517 | SPECTACLE LENS DESIGN, SPECTACLE LENS KIT, DATA SET, COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD OF DESIGNING A SPECTACLE LENS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A SPECTACLE LENS | Carl Zeiss Vision International GmbH | PICHLER, MARIN | 2872 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 55d | Pending | May 25, 2023 |
| 18019345 | MACHINE AND METHOD FOR RUNNING A MACHINE | Hilti Aktiengesellschaft | FERRERO, EDUARDO R | 3731 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 02, 2023 |
| 17905216 | METHOD, APPARATUS, DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR THE GENERATION OF ELECTRICITY | Suneel Navnitdas Parekh | GARNER, LILY CRABTREE | 3646 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 29, 2022 |
| 17721630 | COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR INDIVIDUALISING A SPECTACLE FRAME ELEMENT BY DETERMINING A PARAMETRIC SUBSTITUTION MODEL OF A SPECTACLE FRAME ELEMENT, AND DEVICE AND SYSTEMS USING SUCH A METHOD | Carl Zeiss Vision International GmbH | WILKES, ZACHARY W | 2872 | §102 | Final Rejection | 71d overdue | Pending | Apr 15, 2022 |
| 17406293 | INTERFERENCE LAYER SYSTEM WITHOUT A CARRIER SUBSTRATE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME, AND USE THEREOF | Carl Zeiss Vision International GmbH | HUSTOFT, JUSTIN WAYNE | 2872 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 19, 2021 |
| 17145472 | SPECTACLE LENS HAVING A DIFFRACTION STRUCTURE FOR LIGHT | Carl Zeiss Vision International GmbH | STANFORD, CHRISTOPHER J | 2872 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 29d | Pending | Jan 11, 2021 |
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