Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
7 pending office actions • 6 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 13 patents granted in the last 365 days
AMS-OSRAM AG has 7 pending office actions in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. These cases are spread across 6 distinct art units, indicating a varied focus within the semiconductor field. The company works with 7 distinct examiners, so each of the 7 pending office actions is being handled by a different person. CHIANG, MICHAEL is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending office action.
Because there are 7 distinct examiners for 7 pending office actions, there is no examiner overlap in this portfolio. The distribution across 6 distinct art units means that the company's 7 pending office actions are being reviewed by almost as many different technical groups. This requires a prosecution strategy that can adapt to the specific requirements of 6 different art units and 7 different examiners. Practitioners must tailor their approach to each of the 7 pending office actions individually.
The 1 to 1 ratio of examiners to actions means that no single examiner's history will provide a template for the rest of the portfolio. Because the 7 pending office actions are spread across 6 distinct art units, the company faces a fragmented examination process. This requires a prosecution strategy that is both technically broad and individually focused, as the 7 distinct examiners will likely apply different standards of review across the various semiconductor disciplines.
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 + other | 1 (14%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 6 (86%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHIANG, MICHAEL | 1 | 70.7% | +21.8% |
| WILLIAMS, DON J | 1 | 84.0% | +5.1% |
| BOLOGNA, DOMINIC JOSEPH | 1 | 83.9% | +11.8% |
| ZHANG, YUANDA | 1 | 84.1% | +11.9% |
| HATFIELD, MARSHALL MU-NUO | 1 | 92.7% | +4.4% |
| NEGRON, ISMAEL | 1 | 73.6% | +15.1% |
| DEGRASSE, IAN ISAAC | 1 | 81.5% | +3.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18278500 | PINNED PHOTODIODE PIXEL | HATFIELD, MARSHALL MU-NUO | 23d |
| 19482786 | COLORED PROJECTION BY MULTI-LENS ARRAY PROJECTOR | CHIANG, MICHAEL | — |
| 19136150 | LIGHT SOURCE ARRANGEMENT FOR IMPROVED SENSITIVITY MEASUREMENTS OF AMBIENT LIGHT AND COLOR SENSORS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING SUCH A LIGHT SOURCE ARRANGEMENT | WILLIAMS, DON J | — |
| 18998129 | DUAL SELF-MIXING INTERFEROMETRY DEVICE AND METHOD | BOLOGNA, DOMINIC JOSEPH | — |
| 18682213 | LASER COMPONENT AND LASER DEVICE | ZHANG, YUANDA | — |
| 18257599 | ILLUMINATION MODULE | NEGRON, ISMAEL | — |
| 18256910 | WAFER-LEVEL MANUFACTURE OF OPTICAL PACKAGES | DEGRASSE, IAN ISAAC | — |
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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19482786 | COLORED PROJECTION BY MULTI-LENS ARRAY PROJECTOR | CHIANG, MICHAEL | — |
| 18998129 | DUAL SELF-MIXING INTERFEROMETRY DEVICE AND METHOD | BOLOGNA, DOMINIC JOSEPH | — |
| 18682213 | LASER COMPONENT AND LASER DEVICE | ZHANG, YUANDA | — |
| 18257599 | ILLUMINATION MODULE | NEGRON, ISMAEL | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2875 | 2 |
| 2878 | 1 |
| 2877 | 1 |
| 2828 | 1 |
| 2897 | 1 |
| 2818 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19482786 | COLORED PROJECTION BY MULTI-LENS ARRAY PROJECTOR | CHIANG, MICHAEL | 2875 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 10, 2025 |
| 19136150 | LIGHT SOURCE ARRANGEMENT FOR IMPROVED SENSITIVITY MEASUREMENTS OF AMBIENT LIGHT AND COLOR SENSORS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING SUCH A LIGHT SOURCE ARRANGEMENT | WILLIAMS, DON J | 2878 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 05, 2025 |
| 18998129 | DUAL SELF-MIXING INTERFEROMETRY DEVICE AND METHOD | BOLOGNA, DOMINIC JOSEPH | 2877 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 24, 2025 |
| 18682213 | LASER COMPONENT AND LASER DEVICE | ZHANG, YUANDA | 2828 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 08, 2024 |
| 18278500 | PINNED PHOTODIODE PIXEL | HATFIELD, MARSHALL MU-NUO | 2897 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 23d | Pending | Aug 23, 2023 |
| 18257599 | ILLUMINATION MODULE | NEGRON, ISMAEL | 2875 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 15, 2023 |
| 18256910 | WAFER-LEVEL MANUFACTURE OF OPTICAL PACKAGES | DEGRASSE, IAN ISAAC | 2818 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 09, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialAMS-OSRAM AG has 7 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 6 art units and 7 examiners.
Michael Chiang has the most, with 1 of AMS-OSRAM AG's pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
