Cymer LLC

Portfolio Summary

13

Total Pending OAs

9

Non-Final OAs

2

Final Rejections

2

Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

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.

0

Overdue

0

Due this week

1

Due this month

0

Due in next 60 days

0

Due later

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.

5

Hard (38%)

8

Medium (62%)

0

Easy (0%)

0

Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

Bucket	Cases
§103 only	6 (46%)
§102 only	1 (8%)
Double-patenting + other	1 (8%)
Multi-statute (no §101)	5 (38%)

Industry Mix

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

1

Life Sciences

8% of docket

0

Information Tech

0% of docket

1

Communications

8% of docket

8

Semiconductors

62% of docket

0

Mechanical / Eng

0% of docket

3

Business / Other

23% 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.

130 h

Manual time on pending OAs

26 h

Time saved (low, 20%)

46 h

Time saved (mid, 35%)

1.1 wks

FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

Examiner	Apps on this docket	Allow rate	Interview lift
MENEFEE, JAMES A	2	79.3%	+14.9%
KING, JOSHUA	2	65.0%	+27.3%
VAN ROY, TOD THOMAS	2	54.2%	+38.3%
RIDDLE, CHRISTINA A	1	80.8%	+13.8%
PINKNEY, DAWAYNE	1	80.7%	+18.0%
WHITESELL, STEVEN H	1	81.9%	+12.9%
LEE, HWA S	1	72.7%	+2.9%
JOSEPH, DENNIS P	1	48.8%	+17.7%
NIU, XINNING	1	82.9%	+4.1%
CARTER, MICHAEL W	1	74.3%	+15.7%

Quick Wins (3)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #	Title	Examiner	Due in
18889787	SPECTRAL FEATURE CONTROL APPARATUS	PINKNEY, DAWAYNE	—
18657905	FORMING MULTIPLE AERIAL IMAGES IN A SINGLE LITHOGRAPHY EXPOSURE PASS	WHITESELL, STEVEN H	—
18268378	PULSED POWER CIRCUITS USING HYBRID NON-LINEAR MAGNETIC MATERIALS AND INDUCTORS INCORPORATING THE SAME	NIU, XINNING	—

Hard Cases (5)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #	Title	Examiner	Due in
17789362	UNDERCUT ELECTRODES FOR A GAS DISCHARGE LASER CHAMBER	CARTER, MICHAEL W	19d
18877706	ADJUSTER USING TORSIONALLY STIFF COUPLER AND ACTUATOR SYSTEM USING SAME	RIDDLE, CHRISTINA A	—
18707413	METROLOGY APPARATUS AND METHOD	LEE, HWA S	—
18039619	APPARATUS FOR AND METHOD OF MODULATING A WAVELENGTH OF AN EXCIMER LASER AS A FUNCTION OF ITS REPETITION FREQUENCY	VAN ROY, TOD THOMAS	—
17267949	METROLOGY FOR A BODY OF A GAS DISCHARGE STAGE	VAN ROY, TOD THOMAS	—

Interview Candidates (11)

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
17789362	UNDERCUT ELECTRODES FOR A GAS DISCHARGE LASER CHAMBER	CARTER, MICHAEL W	19d
18877706	ADJUSTER USING TORSIONALLY STIFF COUPLER AND ACTUATOR SYSTEM USING SAME	RIDDLE, CHRISTINA A	—
18889787	SPECTRAL FEATURE CONTROL APPARATUS	PINKNEY, DAWAYNE	—
18657905	FORMING MULTIPLE AERIAL IMAGES IN A SINGLE LITHOGRAPHY EXPOSURE PASS	WHITESELL, STEVEN H	—
18571826	GAS CONTROL APPARATUS FOR GAS DISCHARGE STAGE	MENEFEE, JAMES A	—
18556835	ELECTRONIC MODULE FOR A MAGNETIC SWITCHING NETWORK TO PRODUCE A PULSE OF THE PULSED OUTPUT LIGHT BEAM	JOSEPH, DENNIS P	—
18265765	MAGNETIC SWITCH WITH IMPEDANCE CONTROL FOR AN OPTICAL SYSTEM	MENEFEE, JAMES A	—
18256290	REDUCING ENERGY CONSUMPTION OF A GAS DISCHARGE CHAMBER BLOWER	KING, JOSHUA	—

Top Art Units

Art Unit	Apps
2828	7
1759	1
2877	1
2621	1

Pending Office Actions

App #	Title	Examiner	Art Unit	Statutes	Status	Due in	AI	Filed
18877706	ADJUSTER USING TORSIONALLY STIFF COUPLER AND ACTUATOR SYSTEM USING SAME	RIDDLE, CHRISTINA A	—	§103§112	Non-Final OA	—	Pending	Dec 20, 2024
18889787	SPECTRAL FEATURE CONTROL APPARATUS	PINKNEY, DAWAYNE	—	§103Other	Non-Final OA	—	Pending	Sep 19, 2024
18657905	FORMING MULTIPLE AERIAL IMAGES IN A SINGLE LITHOGRAPHY EXPOSURE PASS	WHITESELL, STEVEN H	1759	§103	Non-Final OA	—	Pending	May 08, 2024
18707413	METROLOGY APPARATUS AND METHOD	LEE, HWA S	2877	§102§112	Final Rejection	—	Pending	May 03, 2024
18571826	GAS CONTROL APPARATUS FOR GAS DISCHARGE STAGE	MENEFEE, JAMES A	—	§103	Non-Final OA	—	Pending	Dec 19, 2023
18556835	ELECTRONIC MODULE FOR A MAGNETIC SWITCHING NETWORK TO PRODUCE A PULSE OF THE PULSED OUTPUT LIGHT BEAM	JOSEPH, DENNIS P	2621	§102	Final Rejection	—	Pending	Oct 23, 2023
18268378	PULSED POWER CIRCUITS USING HYBRID NON-LINEAR MAGNETIC MATERIALS AND INDUCTORS INCORPORATING THE SAME	NIU, XINNING	2828	§103	Non-Final OA	—	Pending	Jun 20, 2023
18265765	MAGNETIC SWITCH WITH IMPEDANCE CONTROL FOR AN OPTICAL SYSTEM	MENEFEE, JAMES A	2828	§102§103§112DP	Non-Final OA	—	Pending	Jun 07, 2023
18256290	REDUCING ENERGY CONSUMPTION OF A GAS DISCHARGE CHAMBER BLOWER	KING, JOSHUA	2828	§103	Non-Final OA	—	Pending	Jun 07, 2023
18039619	APPARATUS FOR AND METHOD OF MODULATING A WAVELENGTH OF AN EXCIMER LASER AS A FUNCTION OF ITS REPETITION FREQUENCY	VAN ROY, TOD THOMAS	2828	§102§112	Non-Final OA	—	Pending	May 31, 2023
17789362	UNDERCUT ELECTRODES FOR A GAS DISCHARGE LASER CHAMBER	CARTER, MICHAEL W	2828	§102§112	Non-Final OA	19d	Pending	Jun 27, 2022
17788370	DUAL PULSED POWER SYSTEM WITH INDEPENDENT VOLTAGE AND TIMING CONTROL AND REDUCED POWER CONSUMPTION	KING, JOSHUA	2828	§103	Non-Final OA	—	Pending	Jun 23, 2022
17267949	METROLOGY FOR A BODY OF A GAS DISCHARGE STAGE	VAN ROY, TOD THOMAS	2828	§102§103§112	Non-Final OA	—	Pending	Feb 11, 2021