Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
15 pending office actions • 6 clients • 15 examiners • 11 art units • 0 of 15 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Robinson + Cole LLP (Hubbell) focuses on Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics with 1155 career applications. The firm has a resolved allowance rate of 94.89 percent. It averages 3.37 office actions per allowance, indicating the frequency of examiner communication before an allowance is secured.
There are 11 pending office actions currently. The 94.89 percent allowance rate is based on the 1155 career applications. The 3.37 average office actions per allowance provides a metric for the typical number of examiner responses required to reach an allowance. This data set offers a precise look at the firm's performance in its specialized technology area.
The 1155 career applications provide a robust data set for evaluating the firm's 94.89 percent allowance rate. The 11 pending office actions show a steady volume of ongoing work. Practitioners can use the average office actions per allowance to benchmark the expected effort and duration for applications in this field.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 1 (7%) |
| §103 only | 3 (20%) |
| §102 only | 3 (20%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (7%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 7 (47%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SINGH, GURBIR | 1 | 71.8% | +14.0% |
| WOOD, KIMBERLY T | 1 | 54.8% | +27.6% |
| BURNS, TREMESHA WILLIS | 1 | 78.2% | +17.2% |
| SMITH, NKEISHA | 1 | 73.0% | +16.8% |
| THAYER, ABIGAIL MARIE | 1 | — | — |
| SOMERS, MARC S | 1 | 65.0% | +34.4% |
| SINGH, HIRDEPAL | 1 | 86.5% | +12.3% |
| CLARK, CHRISTOPHER JAY | 1 | 75.8% | +22.8% |
| MERCADO, ALEXANDER A | 1 | 69.4% | +19.6% |
| DO, ANDREW V | 1 | 84.7% | +11.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18710870 | ELECTROMECHANICAL SENSING SYSTEM | DO, ANDREW V | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19312838 | UNDERGROUND MONOPOLE ANTENNA SHELL | SINGH, GURBIR | — |
| 19078447 | UNIVERSAL BACK MOUNTING PLATE | WOOD, KIMBERLY T | — |
| 18969690 | WIRE SUPPORT BRACKET | SMITH, NKEISHA | — |
| 18891480 | EXTENSION RING | THAYER, ABIGAIL MARIE | — |
| 18888682 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COLLECTING, ANALYZING, BILLING, AND REPORTING DATA FROM INTELLIGENT ELECTRONIC DEVICES | SOMERS, MARC S | — |
| 18826902 | WIRELESS INTELLIGENT ELECTRONIC DEVICE | SINGH, HIRDEPAL | — |
| 18813655 | DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM PROTECTION DEVICE WITH VARIABLE CURRENT SETTINGS | CLARK, CHRISTOPHER JAY | — |
| 18735689 | METER TRANSMISSION UNIT MOUNTING DEVICE | MERCADO, ALEXANDER A | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19312838 | UNDERGROUND MONOPOLE ANTENNA SHELL | SINGH, GURBIR | — |
| 19078447 | UNIVERSAL BACK MOUNTING PLATE | WOOD, KIMBERLY T | — |
| 18874805 | STRAIN RELIEF GROMMET | BURNS, TREMESHA WILLIS | — |
| 18969690 | WIRE SUPPORT BRACKET | SMITH, NKEISHA | — |
| 18888682 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COLLECTING, ANALYZING, BILLING, AND REPORTING DATA FROM INTELLIGENT ELECTRONIC DEVICES | SOMERS, MARC S | — |
| 18826902 | WIRELESS INTELLIGENT ELECTRONIC DEVICE | SINGH, HIRDEPAL | — |
| 18813655 | DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM PROTECTION DEVICE WITH VARIABLE CURRENT SETTINGS | CLARK, CHRISTOPHER JAY | — |
| 18735689 | METER TRANSMISSION UNIT MOUNTING DEVICE | MERCADO, ALEXANDER A | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| Hubbell | 8 |
| Ei Electronics, LLC, D/B/A Electro Industries/Gauge Tech | 3 |
| NICOR LLC | 1 |
| Aclara | 1 |
| Christopher Bailey | 1 |
| Aclara Meters LLC | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2855 | 2 |
| 2845 | 1 |
| 3736 | 1 |
| 3632 | 1 |
| 2159 | 1 |
| 2838 | 1 |
| 2852 | 1 |
| 3678 | 1 |
| 2857 | 1 |
| 2834 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19312838 | UNDERGROUND MONOPOLE ANTENNA SHELL | Nicor, Inc. | SINGH, GURBIR | 2845 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 28, 2025 |
| 19078447 | UNIVERSAL BACK MOUNTING PLATE | Hubbell Incorporated | WOOD, KIMBERLY T | 3736 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 13, 2025 |
| 18874805 | STRAIN RELIEF GROMMET | Aclara Technologies LLC | BURNS, TREMESHA WILLIS | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 13, 2024 | |
| 18969690 | WIRE SUPPORT BRACKET | Hubbell Incorporated | SMITH, NKEISHA | 3632 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 05, 2024 |
| 18891480 | EXTENSION RING | Hubbell Incorporated | THAYER, ABIGAIL MARIE | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 20, 2024 | |
| 18888682 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COLLECTING, ANALYZING, BILLING, AND REPORTING DATA FROM INTELLIGENT ELECTRONIC DEVICES | Ei Electronics, LLC, D/B/A Electro Industries/Gauge Tech | SOMERS, MARC S | 2159 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 18, 2024 |
| 18826902 | WIRELESS INTELLIGENT ELECTRONIC DEVICE | Ei Electronics LLC, D/B/A Electro Industries/Gauge Tech | SINGH, HIRDEPAL | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 06, 2024 | |
| 18813655 | DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM PROTECTION DEVICE WITH VARIABLE CURRENT SETTINGS | Hubbell Incorporated | CLARK, CHRISTOPHER JAY | 2838 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 23, 2024 |
| 18735689 | METER TRANSMISSION UNIT MOUNTING DEVICE | Hubbell Incorporated | MERCADO, ALEXANDER A | 2855 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 06, 2024 |
| 18710870 | ELECTROMECHANICAL SENSING SYSTEM | Christopher Bailey | DO, ANDREW V | 2852 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 16, 2024 |
| 18613940 | SOIL DISPLACEMENT PILE ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF FORMING FOUNDATION PILE | Hubbell Incorporated | ANDRISH, SEAN D | 3678 | §102 | Final Rejection | 70d | Pending | Mar 22, 2024 |
| 18590307 | METERING ASSEMBLY, SWITCHBOARD CASE, ADAPTER CRADLE AND METHOD OF USE | Ei Electronics LLC, D/B/A Electro Industries/Gauge Tech | LE, JOHN H | 2857 | DP | Final Rejection | 84d | Pending | Feb 28, 2024 |
| 18541290 | SENSING SYSTEM AND ELECTRICITY METER ASSEMBLY | Aclara Meters LLC | MEGNA FUENTES, ANTHONY W | 2855 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 15, 2023 |
| 18519812 | WEATHERPROOF COVER FOR RECEPTACLE IN SINGLE-GANG HOUSING | Hubbell Incorporated | GUGGER, SEAN A | 2834 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 27, 2023 |
| 17909250 | System and Method for Monitoring Operation of a Heating System for a Space | Hubbell Incorporated | BARGERO, JOHN E | 3762 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 02, 2022 |
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