Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
104 pending office actions • 66 art units • 95 examiners • 0 of 104 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 261 patents granted in the last 365 days
COMMISSARIAT À L'ÉNERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ÉNERGIES ALTERNATIVES has 2 pending office actions in Communications. The matters involve 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units, so each action has a separate examination assignment.
VO, NGUYEN THANH is the busiest listed examiner, with 1 pending action. The reported data shows no repeated examiner or art-unit relationship, making matter-specific monitoring the relevant prosecution approach.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 30 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. 30 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 only | 5 (5%) |
| §101 + other | 6 (6%) |
| §103 only | 29 (28%) |
| §102 only | 3 (3%) |
| §112 only | 9 (9%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 4 (4%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 48 (46%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DAVIS, SHARON M | 4 | 68.1% | +26.6% |
| CARLSON, JOSHUA MICHAEL | 2 | 60.0% | +38.9% |
| DEGRASSE, IAN ISAAC | 2 | 81.5% | +3.3% |
| YECHURI, SITARAMARAO S | 2 | 85.4% | -8.1% |
| KUYKENDALL, ALYSSA LEE | 2 | 18.5% | +75.5% |
| ROSARIO-APONTE, ALBA T | 2 | 55.6% | +25.3% |
| ASTACIO-OQUENDO, GIOVANNI | 2 | 88.7% | +10.2% |
| ZHANG, DUAN | 1 | 61.2% | +18.9% |
| NGUYEN, LINH V | 1 | 89.2% | +2.3% |
| LEE, CHUN KUAN | 1 | 68.4% | +3.9% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18799825 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A MICROELECTRONIC DEVICE COMPRISING A WRAPPING GRID | DEGRASSE, IAN ISAAC | — |
| 18264502 | GERMANIUM PHOTODIODE WITH OPTIMISED METAL CONTACTS | YECHURI, SITARAMARAO S | — |
| 18591120 | SWITCH BASED ON A PHASE-CHANGE MATERIAL | YECHURI, SITARAMARAO S | — |
| 18485181 | DEVICE FOR ACQUIRING A 2D IMAGE AND A DEPTH IMAGE OF A SCENE | DEGRASSE, IAN ISAAC | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17632769 | REUSABLE DIHYDROGEN GENERATOR | KUYKENDALL, ALYSSA LEE | 187d overdue |
| 18258380 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A III-N MATERIAL-BASED LAYER | LEE, DA WEI | 181d overdue |
| 18260439 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MEASURING A NEUTRON ABSORBER IN A FLUID | DAVIS, SHARON M | 168d overdue |
| 18042087 | METHOD FOR CHARACTERIZING A PART THROUGH NON-DESTRUCTIVE INSPECTION | DINH, LYNDA | 149d overdue |
| 18156549 | LIGHT-WATER NUCLEAR REACTOR (LWR), IN PARTICULAR A PRESSURISED WATER REACTOR (PWR) OR BOILING WATER REACTOR (BWR), INCORPORATING AN INTEGRAL, AUTONOMOUS, PASSIVE DECAY HEAT REMOVAL SYSTEM | DAVIS, SHARON M | 149d overdue |
| 18156629 | LIGHT WATER NUCLEAR REACTOR (LWR), IN PARTICULAR PRESSURIZED WATER REACTOR (PWR) OR BOILING WATER REACTOR (BWR), WITH A HEAT SINK ON THE GROUND AND INCORPORATING AN AUTONOMOUS DECAY HEAT REMOVAL (DHR) SYSTEM | DAVIS, SHARON M | 110d overdue |
| 18286894 | OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICE COMPRISING A STACK OF MULTIPLE QUANTUM WELLS | CLINTON, EVAN GARRETT | 42d overdue |
| 18362014 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MEASURING AN ARTERIAL PRESSURE | YOON, CHANEL J | 18d overdue |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17632769 | REUSABLE DIHYDROGEN GENERATOR | KUYKENDALL, ALYSSA LEE | 187d overdue |
| 18260439 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MEASURING A NEUTRON ABSORBER IN A FLUID | DAVIS, SHARON M | 168d overdue |
| 18156549 | LIGHT-WATER NUCLEAR REACTOR (LWR), IN PARTICULAR A PRESSURISED WATER REACTOR (PWR) OR BOILING WATER REACTOR (BWR), INCORPORATING AN INTEGRAL, AUTONOMOUS, PASSIVE DECAY HEAT REMOVAL SYSTEM | DAVIS, SHARON M | 149d overdue |
| 17044492 | Method And Device For Laser Welding A First Component To A Second Component | ROSARIO-APONTE, ALBA T | 118d overdue |
| 18156629 | LIGHT WATER NUCLEAR REACTOR (LWR), IN PARTICULAR PRESSURIZED WATER REACTOR (PWR) OR BOILING WATER REACTOR (BWR), WITH A HEAT SINK ON THE GROUND AND INCORPORATING AN AUTONOMOUS DECAY HEAT REMOVAL (DHR) SYSTEM | DAVIS, SHARON M | 110d overdue |
| 18593446 | Nuclear Reactor with Liquid Coolant and Solid Fuel Assemblies, Integrating a System of Evacuation of the Nominal Power with Liquid Metal Bath and Material(s) (MCP) for the Evacuation of the Residual Power in the Event of an Accident | DAVIS, SHARON M | 29d overdue |
| 18245469 | FIXED-BED TUBULAR REACTOR | KUYKENDALL, ALYSSA LEE | 4d overdue |
| 18537948 | POLARIZING FILTER AND POLARIMETRIC IMAGE SENSOR INTEGRATING SUCH A FILTER | CARLSON, JOSHUA MICHAEL | 28d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2858 | 5 |
| 3646 | 4 |
| 2893 | 4 |
| 2877 | 3 |
| 2898 | 3 |
| 1718 | 3 |
| 2855 | 3 |
| 2892 | 3 |
| 3761 | 3 |
| 2896 | 3 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19424359 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANAGING ACCESS RIGHTS AND AUTHORIZATIONS | ZHANG, DUAN | 3699 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 18, 2025 |
| 19083545 | METHOD FOR DESIGNING A SIGMA-DELTA CONVERTER | NGUYEN, LINH V | 2845 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 19, 2025 |
| 19111266 | SYSTEM FOR MEASURING A CENTRAL WAVELENGTH OF A SPECTRAL LINE WITH HIGH ACCURACY AND ASSOCIATED METHOD | CARLSON, JOSHUA MICHAEL | 2877 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 12, 2025 |
| 19003527 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR VARIABLE PRECISION COMPUTING | LEE, CHUN KUAN | 2181 | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 27, 2024 |
| 18971200 | POWER MODULE AND STATIC POWER CONVERTER | TIKU, SISAY G | 2838 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 06, 2024 |
| 18959886 | TRANSMITARRY ANTENNA CELL | BOUIZZA, MICHAEL M | 2845 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 26, 2024 |
| 18936248 | POLARIMETRIC CAMERA | CUTLER, ALBERT H | 2637 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 04, 2024 |
| 18912691 | METHOD OF DETECTION OF PARTICLES PRESENT IN A LIQUID | CESE, KENNY A | 2663 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 11, 2024 |
| 18854174 | DIHYDROQUINAZOLINONES EXHIBITING IMPROVED PROTECTIVE ACTIVITY AGAINST INTRACELLULARLY ACTING TOXINS AND INTRACELLULAR VIRUSES AND BACTERIA | PECKHAM, RICHARD GRANT | 1627 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 04, 2024 |
| 18398343 | BRAIN-COMPUTER INTERFACE FOR CONTROLLING MOVEMENT OF AN EFFECTOR | MORFORD, ALEXANDRA ROBYN | 3658 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 28, 2023 |
| 18362014 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MEASURING AN ARTERIAL PRESSURE | YOON, CHANEL J | 3791 | §101§103§112 | Final Rejection | 18d overdue | Pending | Jul 31, 2023 |
| 18354728 | ACQUISITION OF DISTANCES FROM A SENSOR TO A SCENE | VASQUEZ JR, ROBERT WILLIAM | 3645 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 19, 2023 |
| 18259123 | LAYING HEAD FOR A THREAD WINDING UNIT | MELIKA, ERMIA EMAD | 3654 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 23, 2023 |
| 18198390 | BASIC MOLECULE-ASSISTED DIRECT BONDING METHOD | GREEN, TELLY D | 2898 | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 17, 2023 |
| 18252163 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DATA ABNORMALITY DETECTION | MANG, VAN C | 2126 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 08, 2023 |
| 18250908 | ADAPTABLE SAFETY DEVICE ON AN ELECTROCHEMICAL CELL | OHARA, BRIAN R | 1724 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 27, 2023 |
| 18064981 | FLUIDIC COMPONENT AND DEVICE OF FLUIDIC VALVE TYPE FOR ISOLATION | HERON, VELVET ELIZABETH | 1798 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 13, 2022 |
| 16851412 | METHOD OF SELF-ASSEMBLY WITH A HYBRID MOLECULAR BONDING | GAUTHIER, STEVEN B | 2813 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 17, 2020 |
| 19120897 | ERGONOMIC CONTROL DEVICE | KHAYER, SOHANA T | 3657 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 14, 2025 |
| 19083806 | LITHIUM NICKEL PHOSPHATE TERNARY GLASSES, METHOD TO OBTAIN THEM AND THEIR USES | DAIGLER, CHRISTOPHER PAUL | 1718 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 19, 2025 |
| 19037480 | METHOD FOR PREPARING A CATHODE MATERIAL FOR A BATTERY | GAMBETTA, KELLY M | 1718 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 27, 2025 |
| 18875663 | PHOTOACOUSTIC DETECTING DEVICE FOR MEASURING A PARAMETER OF INTEREST IN A MEDIUM | MALDONADO, STEVEN | 3797 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 16, 2024 |
| 18874904 | VELOCIMETER IN THE MEDIUM INFRARED FOR MEASURING VELOCITY | XING, CHRISTINA ILONA | 2877 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 13, 2024 |
| 18975870 | AN ELECTROMAGNETIC TRANSDUCER INTENDED TO MEASURE THREE-DIMENSIONAL VELOCITIES OF A FLOW OF AN ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE FLUID | TRAN, TRAN M. | 2855 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 10, 2024 |
| 18969568 | DEVICE FOR MANIPULATING ITEMS CONTAINED IN A GLOVE BOX WHILE FORMING A DOUBLE SEALED WALL, AND ASSOCIATED GLOVE BOX | SNELTING, JONATHAN D | 3652 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 05, 2024 |
| 18959808 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETECTING A FAILURE OF A LITHIUM-ION BATTERY CELL | MCANDREW, CHRISTOPHER P | 2858 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 26, 2024 |
| 18915671 | HAPTIC AND SOUND INTERFACE INCLUDING AN ARRAY OF ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS | HERMANN, KIRK W | 2623 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 15, 2024 |
| 18799825 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A MICROELECTRONIC DEVICE COMPRISING A WRAPPING GRID | DEGRASSE, IAN ISAAC | 2818 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 09, 2024 |
| 18836145 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROCESSING EXPERIMENTAL DATA BY MACHINE LEARNING | HUANG, FRANK F | 2485 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 06, 2024 |
| 18707446 | NUCLEAR COGENERATION PLANT HAVING A REACTOR WITH AN INDIRECT THERMODYNAMIC CYCLE WITHOUT EXTRACTION OR DISCHARGE OF LIQUID WATER FROM/TO THE ENVIRONMENT | COOPERRIDER, KELLY MARIE | 3646 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 03, 2024 |
| 18646254 | CONTACTLESS DEVICE FOR GENERATING COMPRESSION OR TENSION STEPS | SPLIT, JAMES GERALD | 2858 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 25, 2024 |
| 18632562 | PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURE IN BENDING | CARTER, JONATHAN LANGDON | 1713 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 43d | Pending | Apr 11, 2024 |
| 18697687 | SYSTEM FOR CONDITIONING A PLURALITY OF STACKS OF HIGH-TEMPERATURE SOEC/SOFC SOLID OXIDE CELLS | CASERTO, JULIA SHARON | 1789 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 01, 2024 |
| 18690194 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A SILICON INGOT FROM SURFACE-OXIDISED SEEDS | KUNEMUND, ROBERT M | 1714 | §103 | Final Rejection | 20d | Pending | Mar 07, 2024 |
| 18593446 | Nuclear Reactor with Liquid Coolant and Solid Fuel Assemblies, Integrating a System of Evacuation of the Nominal Power with Liquid Metal Bath and Material(s) (MCP) for the Evacuation of the Residual Power in the Event of an Accident | DAVIS, SHARON M | 3646 | §103DP | Final Rejection | 29d overdue | Pending | Mar 01, 2024 |
| 18578917 | CLAMPING SYSTEM FOR AN ELECTROCHEMICAL MODULE | TAKEUCHI, YOSHITOSHI | 1723 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 12, 2024 |
| 18394137 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING AN INTEGRATED DEVICE COMPRISING ANODIC POROUS OXIDE WITH LIMITED ROUGHNESS | MENZ, DOUGLAS M | 2897 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 22, 2023 |
| 18393149 | MICROELECTRONIC DEVICE COMPRISING LARGE CONTACT SURFACES BETWEEN THE CONDUCTION CHANNEL AND THE SOURCE AND DRAIN REGIONS | CHOWDHARY, NIMARTA KAUR | 2898 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 21, 2023 |
| 18390103 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A PHASE CHANGE MEMORY DEVICE | WALL, VINCENT | 2898 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2023 |
| 18543987 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING DOPED TRANSISTOR SOURCE AND DRAIN | MCCOY, THOMAS WILSON | 2814 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 18, 2023 |
| 18544035 | CREATION OF A TRANSISTOR WITH CLOSE SILICIDE SOURCE AND DRAIN FROM THE CANAL | ELLIOTT, DANIEL KURT | 2899 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 18, 2023 |
| 18541198 | MULTILEVEL RETRO-COUPLING DEVICE | STAHL, MICHAEL J | 2874 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 84d | Pending | Dec 15, 2023 |
| 18566474 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE COMPRISING A USEFUL LAYER MADE OF SILICON CARBIDE, WITH IMPROVED ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES | JONES, ERIC W | 2892 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 42d | Pending | Dec 01, 2023 |
| 18486467 | SIP-TYPE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MAKING SUCH A DEVICE | SARKER-NAG, AKHEE | 2893 | §103 | Final Rejection | 1d overdue | Pending | Oct 13, 2023 |
| 18547471 | ANTIBODIES, FRAGMENTS OR DERIVATIVES SPECIFICALLY BINDING TO A PROTEIN ANTIGEN CAPABLE OF BINDING TO NUCLEIC ACIDS AND USES OF SAME | DRISCOLL, LORA E BARNHART | 3991 | §112 | Final Rejection | 25d overdue | Pending | Aug 22, 2023 |
| 18264502 | GERMANIUM PHOTODIODE WITH OPTIMISED METAL CONTACTS | YECHURI, SITARAMARAO S | 2893 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 07, 2023 |
| 18260439 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MEASURING A NEUTRON ABSORBER IN A FLUID | DAVIS, SHARON M | 3646 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 168d overdue | Pending | Jul 05, 2023 |
| 18258380 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A III-N MATERIAL-BASED LAYER | LEE, DA WEI | 2817 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 181d overdue | Pending | Jun 20, 2023 |
| 18336169 | SPIN QUBIT ELECTRONIC DEVICE | MEMULA, SURESH | 2851 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 16, 2023 |
| 18256872 | METHOD FOR OPERATING IN HOT STAND-BY MODE A SOFC FUEL CELL OR SOEC REACTOR | CONLEY, OI K | 1752 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 10d overdue | Pending | Jun 09, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialCommissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives has 104 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 66 art units and 95 examiners.
Sharon M Davis has the most, with 4 of Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives's pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
