Technology areas: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
5 pending office actions • 4 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 24 patents granted in the last 365 days
Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd. is addressing 5 pending office actions in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. These actions are handled by 5 distinct examiners across 4 distinct art units, which means each pending case is being reviewed by a different person. This distribution ensures a variety of perspectives on the company's semiconductor filings. The presence of 4 distinct art units for 5 pending office actions suggests that at least two examiners are working within the same technical group, though they are reviewing different applications.
AWAD, AMR A is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, managing 1 pending office action. With 5 distinct examiners and 4 distinct art units, the company must manage five separate prosecution tracks. Counsel should prepare for five different examination styles, as the 4 distinct art units will likely apply a diverse range of technical standards and prior art searches to the pending applications. This distribution requires a highly individualized approach to each matter, as the lack of examiner overlap means that arguments successful in one case may not influence the others in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics sector.
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 | 1 (20%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (80%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALLEN, WILLIAM J | 1 | 62.4% | +32.4% |
| ASMAT UCEDA, MARTIN ANTONIO | 1 | 84.3% | +10.9% |
| THOMAS, BRANDI N | 1 | 82.7% | +7.7% |
| SAEED, AHMED M | 1 | 80.6% | +13.6% |
| CAROC, LHEIREN MAE ANGLO | 1 | 77.7% | +14.1% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18590081 | CAMERA DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF | THOMAS, BRANDI N | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19189683 | GAME CONTROL DEVICE AND BUTTON MODULE THEREOF | ALLEN, WILLIAM J | — |
| 19073716 | INPUT APPARATUS AND RETRACTABLE CONNECTION DEVICE | ASMAT UCEDA, MARTIN ANTONIO | — |
| 18411848 | KEYBOARD AND KEY MODULE THEREOF | SAEED, AHMED M | — |
| 18475166 | KEYCAP AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF | CAROC, LHEIREN MAE ANGLO | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19189683 | GAME CONTROL DEVICE AND BUTTON MODULE THEREOF | ALLEN, WILLIAM J | — |
| 19073716 | INPUT APPARATUS AND RETRACTABLE CONNECTION DEVICE | ASMAT UCEDA, MARTIN ANTONIO | — |
| 18411848 | KEYBOARD AND KEY MODULE THEREOF | SAEED, AHMED M | — |
| 18475166 | KEYCAP AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF | CAROC, LHEIREN MAE ANGLO | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2831 | 2 |
| 3715 | 1 |
| 2841 | 1 |
| 2872 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19189683 | GAME CONTROL DEVICE AND BUTTON MODULE THEREOF | ALLEN, WILLIAM J | 3715 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 25, 2025 |
| 19073716 | INPUT APPARATUS AND RETRACTABLE CONNECTION DEVICE | ASMAT UCEDA, MARTIN ANTONIO | 2841 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 07, 2025 |
| 18590081 | CAMERA DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF | THOMAS, BRANDI N | 2872 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 28, 2024 |
| 18411848 | KEYBOARD AND KEY MODULE THEREOF | SAEED, AHMED M | 2831 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 12, 2024 |
| 18475166 | KEYCAP AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF | CAROC, LHEIREN MAE ANGLO | 2831 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 26, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialChicony Electronics Co., Ltd. has 5 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 4 art units and 5 examiners.
William J Allen has the most, with 1 of Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
