Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
6 pending office actions • 5 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 17 patents granted in the last 365 days
Cyntec Co., Ltd. currently has 5 pending office actions within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. These 5 pending office actions are assigned to 5 distinct examiners and 4 distinct art units. The 5 distinct examiners indicate that each pending matter is handled by a different individual. The 4 distinct art units show that the portfolio is spread across multiple administrative divisions within the patent office.
GLENN, KIMBERLY E is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, holding 1 busiest_examiner_pending action. This examiner is one of the 5 distinct examiners managing the company's cases. The 4 distinct art units provide the technical framework for the 5 pending office actions. Practitioners should note that the workload is distributed among the examiners, with GLENN, KIMBERLY E responsible for 1 busiest_examiner_pending action.
The Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area encompasses all 5 pending office actions. GLENN, KIMBERLY E is the primary contact for the busiest portion of the portfolio. The 5 distinct examiners and 4 distinct art units create a specific administrative structure for these filings. This distribution requires coordination across the distinct art units to manage the prosecution effectively. The 5 pending office actions represent the active workload.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 3 (50%) |
| §102 only | 1 (17%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (33%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GLENN, KIMBERLY E | 1 | 89.4% | +7.0% |
| LIAN, MANG TIN BIK | 1 | 70.4% | +26.0% |
| BARNES, MALCOLM | 1 | 81.4% | +4.7% |
| KIM, ANDREW NATHANIEL | 1 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| KIM, PAUL D | 1 | 87.7% | +6.8% |
| THOMPSON, TIMOTHY J | 1 | 82.3% | -17.4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18221857 | ELECTRODE PLATE HAVING ACTIVE SUBSTANCE OF ELECTROCHEMICAL ENERGY STORAGE DEVICE | KIM, ANDREW NATHANIEL | 42d |
| 19177653 | BUSBAR FILTER | GLENN, KIMBERLY E | — |
| 17952348 | ELECTRONIC COMPONENT WITH HIGH COPLANARITY AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME | THOMPSON, TIMOTHY J | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18227295 | MAGNETIC COMPONENT AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING MAGNETIC COMPONENT | BARNES, MALCOLM | — |
| 18207670 | MAGNETIC COMPONENT STRUCTURE WITH THERMAL CONDUCTIVE FILLER AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME | KIM, PAUL D | — |
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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18611719 | Packaging Structure of a Magnetic Device | LIAN, MANG TIN BIK | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2837 | 2 |
| 2843 | 1 |
| 1727 | 1 |
| 3729 | 1 |
| 2847 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19177653 | BUSBAR FILTER | GLENN, KIMBERLY E | 2843 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 14, 2025 |
| 18611719 | Packaging Structure of a Magnetic Device | LIAN, MANG TIN BIK | 2837 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 21, 2024 |
| 18227295 | MAGNETIC COMPONENT AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING MAGNETIC COMPONENT | BARNES, MALCOLM | 2837 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 27, 2023 |
| 18221857 | ELECTRODE PLATE HAVING ACTIVE SUBSTANCE OF ELECTROCHEMICAL ENERGY STORAGE DEVICE | KIM, ANDREW NATHANIEL | 1727 | §103 | Final Rejection | 42d | Pending | Jul 13, 2023 |
| 18207670 | MAGNETIC COMPONENT STRUCTURE WITH THERMAL CONDUCTIVE FILLER AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME | KIM, PAUL D | 3729 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 08, 2023 |
| 17952348 | ELECTRONIC COMPONENT WITH HIGH COPLANARITY AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME | THOMPSON, TIMOTHY J | 2847 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 26, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialCyntec Co., Ltd. has 6 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 5 art units and 6 examiners.
Kimberly E Glenn has the most, with 1 of Cyntec Co., Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
