Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Communications • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
30 pending office actions • 13 art units • 27 examiners • 0 of 30 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 135 patents granted in the last 365 days
AAC Technologies Holdings Inc. is currently managing 31 pending office actions in the Communications technology area. These actions are spread across 13 distinct art units, indicating that their communication components are evaluated by several different technical groups. The portfolio involves 27 distinct examiners, suggesting a relatively low level of examiner concentration, which requires a broad and adaptable prosecution approach.
Sean H Nguyen is the busiest examiner for this company, with 3 pending office actions. These 3 actions are a small part of the 31 pending office actions, as the rest are distributed among the other distinct examiners. The spread across 13 distinct art units means that AAC Technologies must adapt its prosecution approach to meet the specific requirements of many different examiners and technical units, ensuring that its communication innovations are effectively protected across the USPTO.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 5 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. 5 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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 16 (53%) |
| §102 only | 5 (17%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 9 (30%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NGUYEN, SEAN H | 2 | 86.4% | +4.9% |
| RINEHART, SEAN MICHAEL | 2 | 68.0% | +50.0% |
| BRINEY III, WALTER F | 2 | 65.5% | +3.9% |
| FINK, THOMAS ANDREW | 1 | 65.0% | +32.4% |
| LE, HUYEN D | 1 | 72.9% | +8.4% |
| CHAN, JASON | 1 | 75.0% | -3.8% |
| MCKINNEY, ANGELICA M | 1 | 85.2% | +13.9% |
| ELNAKIB, AHMED | 1 | 78.6% | +8.7% |
| ALMAWRI, MAGED M | 1 | 75.6% | +21.0% |
| RICKEL, ALEX PARK | 1 | 70.9% | +14.6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17921977 | SPEAKER BOX | MCKINNEY, ANGELICA M | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19036058 | Vibration Motor | ALMAWRI, MAGED M | — |
| 19015684 | Diaphragm for Speaker and Speaker Using Same | NGUYEN, SEAN H | — |
| 19007593 | Conductive diaphragm and speaker using same | RINEHART, SEAN MICHAEL | — |
| 18988928 | STEPPER MOTOR | QURESHI, MOHAMMED AHMED | — |
| 18984858 | Speaker | NGUYEN, SEAN H | — |
| 18669571 | RUBBER VOICE DIAPHRAGM, ACOUSTIC GENERATOR AND APPLICATION THEREOF | WU, ANDREA | — |
| 18986572 | Smart optical device | BROOME, SHARRIEF I | — |
| 18977850 | SMART GLASSES | DUONG, HENRY ABRAHAM | — |
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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18337407 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE | RINEHART, SEAN MICHAEL | 23d |
| 19305708 | VIBRATION COOLING PUMP, COOLING STRUCTURE, AND CONTROL METHOD FOR COOLING PUMP | FINK, THOMAS ANDREW | — |
| 17921977 | SPEAKER BOX | MCKINNEY, ANGELICA M | — |
| 19036058 | Vibration Motor | ALMAWRI, MAGED M | — |
| 19008550 | LENS DRIVING DEVICE | RICKEL, ALEX PARK | — |
| 19007593 | Conductive diaphragm and speaker using same | RINEHART, SEAN MICHAEL | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2694 | 3 |
| 2834 | 2 |
| 2691 | 2 |
| 2872 | 2 |
| 3746 | 1 |
| 2666 | 1 |
| 2692 | 1 |
| 2871 | 1 |
| 2876 | 1 |
| 2896 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19305708 | VIBRATION COOLING PUMP, COOLING STRUCTURE, AND CONTROL METHOD FOR COOLING PUMP | FINK, THOMAS ANDREW | 3746 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 20, 2025 |
| 17913834 | SOUND DEVICE | LE, HUYEN D | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 17, 2025 |
| 17921978 | SPEAKER MODULE | CHAN, JASON | — | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 12, 2025 |
| 17921977 | SPEAKER BOX | MCKINNEY, ANGELICA M | — | §102Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 12, 2025 |
| 19036049 | STEP MOTOR | ELNAKIB, AHMED | 2834 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 24, 2025 |
| 19036058 | Vibration Motor | ALMAWRI, MAGED M | 2834 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 24, 2025 |
| 19015684 | Diaphragm for Speaker and Speaker Using Same | NGUYEN, SEAN H | 2691 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 10, 2025 |
| 19008550 | LENS DRIVING DEVICE | RICKEL, ALEX PARK | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 02, 2025 |
| 19007593 | Conductive diaphragm and speaker using same | RINEHART, SEAN MICHAEL | 2694 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 02, 2025 |
| 19006275 | SPEAKER | ELAHEE, MD S | 2694 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 31, 2024 |
| 18988928 | STEPPER MOTOR | QURESHI, MOHAMMED AHMED | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2024 |
| 18988961 | SPEAKER AND SPEAKER BOX | ADDY, THJUAN KNOWLIN | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2024 |
| 18986798 | SPEAKER MODULE | JOSHI, SUNITA | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 19, 2024 |
| 18984858 | Speaker | NGUYEN, SEAN H | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 17, 2024 |
| 18796229 | Voice Coil Winding Real-Time Quality Control Method, System, And Corresponding Apparatus | VANCHY JR, MICHAEL J | 2666 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 06, 2024 |
| 18669571 | RUBBER VOICE DIAPHRAGM, ACOUSTIC GENERATOR AND APPLICATION THEREOF | WU, ANDREA | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 21, 2024 |
| 18645414 | Speaker and Electronic Device Using Same | BRINEY III, WALTER F | 2692 | §103 | Final Rejection | 79d overdue | Pending | Apr 25, 2024 |
| 18399805 | MICROSCOPE OBJECTIVE LENS SWITCHING APPARATUS, AND MICROSCOPE | NGUYEN, LAUREN | 2871 | §103 | Final Rejection | 81d overdue | Pending | Dec 29, 2023 |
| 18540944 | COMPOSITE DIAPHRAGM AND SOUND-GENERATING DEVICE | BEKEE, CHIMEZIE EZERIWE | 2691 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 20d | Pending | Dec 15, 2023 |
| 18337407 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE | RINEHART, SEAN MICHAEL | 2694 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 23d | Pending | Jun 19, 2023 |
| 19001521 | Bone Conduction Microphone | LIEBGOTT, TYLER MICHAEL | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 25, 2024 |
| 19001523 | MEMS Microphone | BLAIR, KILE O | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 25, 2024 |
| 18986572 | Smart optical device | BROOME, SHARRIEF I | 2872 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 18, 2024 |
| 18984917 | Bone Conduction Package Structure | BRINEY III, WALTER F | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 17, 2024 |
| 18977850 | SMART GLASSES | DUONG, HENRY ABRAHAM | 2872 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 11, 2024 |
| 18764144 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR IDENTIFICATION OF ACCESSORY, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | MAI, THIEN T | 2876 | §102 | Final Rejection | 24d overdue | Pending | Jul 03, 2024 |
| 18744584 | Surface Acoustic Wave Filter Module Packaging Structure And Packaging Method Thereof | YUSHIN, NIKOLAY K | 2896 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 14, 2024 |
| 18633349 | VOICE WAKE-UP METHOD, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | PULLIAS, JESSE SCOTT | 2655 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 11, 2024 |
| 18399722 | ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE | CULBERT, COURTNEY GUENTHER | 1747 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 29, 2023 |
| 18454041 | MEMS SENSOR, MEMS MICROPHONE, ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE | MULLEN, MICHAEL PATRICK | 1700 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 22, 2023 |
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