Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 16, 2026

Epistar Corporation

11 pending office actions • 6 art units • 10 examiners • 0 of 11 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 22 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

11
Total Pending OAs
8
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
0
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.

6
Hard (55%)
5
Medium (45%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only4 (36%)
§102 only1 (9%)
Multi-statute (no §101)6 (55%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
9% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
9
Semiconductors
82% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
1
Business / Other
9% 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.

110 h
Manual time on pending OAs
22 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
38 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.0 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
IQBAL, HAMNA FATHIMA 2 82.4% +21.4%
KHAN, TAHSEEN 1 61.6% +21.1%
CRITE, ANTONIO B 1 81.4% -13.2%
BEARDSLEY, JONAS TYLER 1 60.1% +30.0%
MCDONALD, JASON ANDREW 1 66.7% +100.0%
PARK, SAMUEL 1 84.6% +23.7%
EHRLICH, ALEXANDER JOSEPH 1 68.1% +50.0%
SCHODDE, CHRISTOPHER A 1 51.7% +35.6%
KIM, SU C 1 77.6% -11.9%
RAHMAN, MOHAMMAD A 1 86.9% +10.9%

Quick Wins (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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18196015 SEMICONDUCTOR STACK RAHMAN, MOHAMMAD A

Hard Cases (6)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18208353 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF KIM, SU C 19d
18641195 LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE CRITE, ANTONIO B
18529961 LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE AND DISPLAY DEVICE MCDONALD, JASON ANDREW
18506698 LIGHT-EMITTING PACKAGE AND LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENT PARK, SAMUEL
18138665 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE IQBAL, HAMNA FATHIMA
17966683 SEMICONDUCTOR ELEMENT ARRANGEMENT STRUCTURE IQBAL, HAMNA FATHIMA

Interview Candidates (9)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18740907 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME KHAN, TAHSEEN
18540278 LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF BEARDSLEY, JONAS TYLER
18529961 LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE AND DISPLAY DEVICE MCDONALD, JASON ANDREW
18506698 LIGHT-EMITTING PACKAGE AND LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENT PARK, SAMUEL
18494018 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE EHRLICH, ALEXANDER JOSEPH
18242758 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE SCHODDE, CHRISTOPHER A
18196015 SEMICONDUCTOR STACK RAHMAN, MOHAMMAD A
18138665 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE IQBAL, HAMNA FATHIMA

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2817 3
2898 3
1781 1
2811 1
2818 1
2899 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18740907 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME KHAN, TAHSEEN 1781 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 12, 2024
18641195 LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE CRITE, ANTONIO B 2817 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 19, 2024
18540278 LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF BEARDSLEY, JONAS TYLER 2811 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 14, 2023
18529961 LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE AND DISPLAY DEVICE MCDONALD, JASON ANDREW 2898 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 05, 2023
18506698 LIGHT-EMITTING PACKAGE AND LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENT PARK, SAMUEL 2818 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 10, 2023
18494018 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE EHRLICH, ALEXANDER JOSEPH §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 25, 2023
18242758 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE SCHODDE, CHRISTOPHER A 2898 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 06, 2023
18208353 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF KIM, SU C 2899 §102§103 Final Rejection 19d Pending Jun 12, 2023
18196015 SEMICONDUCTOR STACK RAHMAN, MOHAMMAD A 2898 §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 11, 2023
18138665 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE IQBAL, HAMNA FATHIMA 2817 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Apr 24, 2023
17966683 SEMICONDUCTOR ELEMENT ARRANGEMENT STRUCTURE IQBAL, HAMNA FATHIMA 2817 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Oct 14, 2022

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