Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
13 pending office actions • 8 clients • 12 examiners • 6 art units • 0 of 13 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Westborough IP Group, LLC handles patent prosecution in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area, with 1033 career applications on record. The firm has a resolved allowance rate of 86.63 percent. Its prosecution history shows an average of 3.04 office actions per allowance. Currently, the firm is managing 8 pending office actions.
The 1033 career applications and 86.63 percent allowance rate establish the firm's historical performance in this sector. The 3.04 average helps practitioners understand the typical procedural requirements for reaching an allowance. With 8 pending office actions, the firm maintains its presence in Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics. This data set reflects the firm's documented experience and current workload within the patent office. The recorded metrics provide a baseline for procedural duration in this specific field. Practitioners can evaluate the intensity of examiner interaction and resource requirements based on these historical figures. These statistics offer a view of the firm's prosecution profile.
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 | 1 (8%) |
| §103 only | 4 (31%) |
| §102 only | 3 (23%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 5 (38%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCCORMACK, JASON L | 2 | 84.6% | +8.1% |
| COZART, JERMIE E | 1 | 84.0% | +3.2% |
| BOOTH, ALEXANDER D | 1 | 54.4% | +37.6% |
| WHITTINGTON, JESS G | 1 | 72.8% | +17.8% |
| TSVEY, GENNADIY | 1 | 60.4% | +23.6% |
| MOSSBROOK, WILLIAM ERIC | 1 | 53.7% | +75.5% |
| ST CYR, DANIEL | 1 | 81.3% | +12.8% |
| TUNGATE, SCOTT MICHAEL | 1 | 36.1% | +16.3% |
| SAVUSDIPHOL, PAULTEP | 1 | 76.9% | +17.0% |
| GASSEN, CHRISTOPHER J | 1 | 79.6% | +25.0% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18360197 | Fastening an object to a manipulator and/or to an object holder in a particle beam apparatus | MCCORMACK, JASON L | 46d overdue |
| 18455713 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD | ST CYR, DANIEL | — |
| 17974702 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A SAMPLE ON AN OBJECT, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT, AND MATERIAL PROCESSING DEVICE FOR CARRYING OUT THE METHOD | MCCORMACK, JASON L | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18204593 | IMAGING, PROCESSING, AND/OR ANALYZING AN OBJECT USING A PARTICLE BEAM DEVICE | GOURLIE, LAURA ELOISE | 40d |
| 18869305 | POSITIONING ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD FOR POSITIONING AT LEAST ONE OBJECT ON A WATER BOTTOM | WHITTINGTON, JESS G | 62d |
| 18837907 | MANUFACTURING TOOL | COZART, JERMIE E | — |
| 19103991 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PRODUCING A MOLDED FIBER PRODUCT | BOOTH, ALEXANDER D | — |
| 18455700 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD | TUNGATE, SCOTT MICHAEL | — |
| 18360170 | METHOD FOR ATTACHING AN OBJECT TO A MANIPULATOR AND FOR MOVING THE OBJECT IN A PARTICLE BEAM APPARATUS, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT, AND PARTICLE BEAM APPARATUS | GASSEN, CHRISTOPHER J | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18562881 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD AND PROGRAM FOR DETERMINING INSTALLATION POSITION OF RADIO-WAVE REFLECTING MEMBER | TSVEY, GENNADIY | 10d overdue |
| 18496033 | BIOPOTENTIAL SIGNAL ACQUISITION | MOSSBROOK, WILLIAM ERIC | 14d |
| 18869305 | POSITIONING ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD FOR POSITIONING AT LEAST ONE OBJECT ON A WATER BOTTOM | WHITTINGTON, JESS G | 62d |
| 19103991 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PRODUCING A MOLDED FIBER PRODUCT | BOOTH, ALEXANDER D | — |
| 18455713 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD | ST CYR, DANIEL | — |
| 18455700 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD | TUNGATE, SCOTT MICHAEL | — |
| 18455723 | BRANCH APPARATUS AND SYSTEM | SAVUSDIPHOL, PAULTEP | — |
| 18360170 | METHOD FOR ATTACHING AN OBJECT TO A MANIPULATOR AND FOR MOVING THE OBJECT IN A PARTICLE BEAM APPARATUS, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT, AND PARTICLE BEAM APPARATUS | GASSEN, CHRISTOPHER J | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| Carl Zeiss | 4 |
| Ubiden, Inc. | 3 |
| Matuschek Messtechnik GmbH | 1 |
| Werner Sempell Vermoegensverwaltungs Ug (Haftungsbeschraenkt) | 1 |
| Dr. Wilhelm Degen | 1 |
| SOFTBANK CORP. | 1 |
| Delsys Incorporated | 1 |
| Kraftblock GmbH | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2881 | 4 |
| 3799 | 1 |
| 3666 | 1 |
| 2648 | 1 |
| 3794 | 1 |
| 3763 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18837907 | MANUFACTURING TOOL | Matuschek Messtechnik GmbH | COZART, JERMIE E | 3799 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 08, 2025 |
| 19103991 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PRODUCING A MOLDED FIBER PRODUCT | Werner Sempell Vermoegensverwaltungs Ug (Haftungsbeschraenkt) | BOOTH, ALEXANDER D | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 14, 2025 | |
| 18869305 | POSITIONING ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD FOR POSITIONING AT LEAST ONE OBJECT ON A WATER BOTTOM | Dr. Wilhelm Degen | WHITTINGTON, JESS G | 3666 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 62d | Pending | Nov 26, 2024 |
| 18562881 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD AND PROGRAM FOR DETERMINING INSTALLATION POSITION OF RADIO-WAVE REFLECTING MEMBER | Softbank Corp. | TSVEY, GENNADIY | 2648 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 10d overdue | Pending | Nov 21, 2023 |
| 18496033 | BIOPOTENTIAL SIGNAL ACQUISITION | Delsys Incorporated | MOSSBROOK, WILLIAM ERIC | 3794 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 14d | Pending | Oct 27, 2023 |
| 18455713 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD | Ubiden, Inc. | ST CYR, DANIEL | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 25, 2023 | |
| 18455700 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD | Ubiden, Inc. | TUNGATE, SCOTT MICHAEL | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 25, 2023 | |
| 18455723 | BRANCH APPARATUS AND SYSTEM | Ubiden, Inc. | SAVUSDIPHOL, PAULTEP | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 25, 2023 | |
| 18360170 | METHOD FOR ATTACHING AN OBJECT TO A MANIPULATOR AND FOR MOVING THE OBJECT IN A PARTICLE BEAM APPARATUS, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT, AND PARTICLE BEAM APPARATUS | Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbH | GASSEN, CHRISTOPHER J | 2881 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 27, 2023 |
| 18360197 | Fastening an object to a manipulator and/or to an object holder in a particle beam apparatus | Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbH | MCCORMACK, JASON L | 2881 | §102 | Final Rejection | 46d overdue | Pending | Jul 27, 2023 |
| 18204593 | IMAGING, PROCESSING, AND/OR ANALYZING AN OBJECT USING A PARTICLE BEAM DEVICE | Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbH | GOURLIE, LAURA ELOISE | 2881 | §102§112 | Final Rejection | 40d | Pending | Jun 01, 2023 |
| 18033370 | FRACTAL STORE | Kraftblock GmbH | RUPPERT, ERIC S | 3763 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 34d | Pending | Apr 24, 2023 |
| 17974702 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A SAMPLE ON AN OBJECT, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT, AND MATERIAL PROCESSING DEVICE FOR CARRYING OUT THE METHOD | Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbH | MCCORMACK, JASON L | 2881 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 27, 2022 |
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