Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Beijing E-Town Semiconductor Technology Co., Ltd.

Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering

5 pending office actions • 4 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Beijing E-Town Semiconductor Technology Co., Ltd. has 5 pending office actions in Chemistry & Materials. The matters involve 5 examiners and 4 art units, indicating separate examiner assignments with limited technical-assignment overlap.

ROST, ANDREW J is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending action. No examiner handles more than one listed matter, so counsel should use individualized prosecution analysis while coordinating terminology and technical disclosures across the related chemistry and materials docket.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

5
Total Pending OAs
5
Non-Final OAs
0
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Case Difficulty Mix

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.

2
Hard (40%)
3
Medium (60%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only3 (60%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (40%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

3
Life Sciences
60% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
20% of docket
1
Business / Other
20% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

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.

50 h
Manual time on pending OAs
10 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
18 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
ROST, ANDREW J 1 65.7% +19.9%
BENNETT, CHARLEE 1 58.8% +35.1%
MILLER, JR, JOSEPH ALBERT 1 68.5% +16.2%
SYLVIA, CHRISTINA A 1 87.6% +9.6%
CHEN, KEATH T 1 30.2% +24.7%

Hard Cases (2)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18934952 Atomic Layer Etch Process Using Plasma In Conjunction With A Rapid Thermal Activation Process MILLER, JR, JOSEPH ALBERT —
18763990 TEMPERATURE CONTROL METHOD FOR SEMICONDUCTOR PROCESS SYLVIA, CHRISTINA A —

Interview Candidates (4)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
19135245 REACTION CHAMBER AND WAFER ETCHING DEVICE ROST, ANDREW J —
18934979 Cooled Shield for ICP Source BENNETT, CHARLEE —
18934952 Atomic Layer Etch Process Using Plasma In Conjunction With A Rapid Thermal Activation Process MILLER, JR, JOSEPH ALBERT —
17551244 Directly Driven Hybrid ICP-CCP Plasma Source CHEN, KEATH T —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3753 1
1718 1
1712 1
1716 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19135245 REACTION CHAMBER AND WAFER ETCHING DEVICE ROST, ANDREW J 3753 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 03, 2025
18934979 Cooled Shield for ICP Source BENNETT, CHARLEE 1718 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 01, 2024
18934952 Atomic Layer Etch Process Using Plasma In Conjunction With A Rapid Thermal Activation Process MILLER, JR, JOSEPH ALBERT 1712 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 01, 2024
18763990 TEMPERATURE CONTROL METHOD FOR SEMICONDUCTOR PROCESS SYLVIA, CHRISTINA A — §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 03, 2024
17551244 Directly Driven Hybrid ICP-CCP Plasma Source CHEN, KEATH T 1716 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 15, 2021

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Beijing E-Town Semiconductor Technology Co., Ltd. have?

Beijing E-Town Semiconductor Technology Co., Ltd. has 5 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 4 art units and 5 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Beijing E-Town Semiconductor Technology Co., Ltd. applications?

Andrew J Rost has the most, with 1 of Beijing E-Town Semiconductor Technology Co., Ltd.'s pending office actions.

What technology area are Beijing E-Town Semiconductor Technology Co., Ltd.'s patent applications in?

Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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