Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
16 pending office actions • 6 art units • 10 examiners • 0 of 16 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 25 patents granted in the last 365 days
ETA SA Manufacture Horlogère Suisse has 12 pending office actions in Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics. The matters involve 8 examiners across 4 art units, creating a portfolio with substantial matter volume but a more concentrated set of examination groupings. Counsel should coordinate prosecution by art unit while preserving examiner-specific response analysis.
HWANG, MATTHEW DANIEL is the busiest examiner, with 3 pending matters. That cluster supports reviewing recurring positions before the examiner, while the other matters require separate examination strategies. A centralized docket and claim-position review can help maintain consistency across the four art-unit settings.
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 | 2 (12%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 13 (81%) |
| No statute on record | 1 (6%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HWANG, MATTHEW DANIEL | 4 | 84.8% | +6.7% |
| COLLINS, JASON M | 3 | 75.0% | +12.9% |
| WU, JAMES | 2 | 70.7% | +33.4% |
| KAYES, SEAN PHILLIP | 1 | 69.9% | +22.1% |
| JOHNSTON, KEVIN ANDREW | 1 | 90.7% | +1.9% |
| SULLIVAN, MATTHEW J | 1 | 62.9% | +22.8% |
| SNYDER, ALAN W | 1 | 82.2% | +12.3% |
| OLSHANNIKOV, ALEKSEY | 1 | 55.1% | +52.1% |
| WOODWARD, ANA LUCRECIA | 1 | 73.5% | +16.4% |
| LEON MUNOZ, EDWIN A | 1 | 88.5% | +8.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17646317 | ASSEMBLY COMPRISING A ROTARY WHEEL MADE OF A NON-MAGNETIC MATERIAL AND A BEARING PROVIDED WITH A CONE | HWANG, MATTHEW DANIEL | 36d overdue |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18954818 | WATCH COMPRISING A DEVICE FOR DETECTING A DEFECT IN WATER-RESISTANCE | HWANG, MATTHEW DANIEL | — |
| 18955179 | DEVICE FOR TRANSMITTING A WATCH MESSAGE | HWANG, MATTHEW DANIEL | — |
| 18947472 | ASSEMBLY OF TWO TIMEPIECE COMPONENTS WITH IMPROVED ASSEMBLY MEANS | KAYES, SEAN PHILLIP | — |
| 18942881 | HOROLOGICAL MOVEMENT PROVIDED WITH A MECHANISM FOR DRIVING A JUMPING INDICATOR | JOHNSTON, KEVIN ANDREW | — |
| 18925183 | STUD-HOLDER FOR A HOROLOGICAL REGULATING MEMBER COMPRISING A STUD FITTED WITH AN ANTI-JAMMING ARM | COLLINS, JASON M | — |
| 18919700 | DEVICE FOR DETERMINING THE POSITION OF A HAND OF A WATCH | COLLINS, JASON M | — |
| 18918307 | WATCH COMPRISING A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE | COLLINS, JASON M | — |
| 18915596 | DEVICE FOR RETAINING A MOVING PART | SULLIVAN, MATTHEW J | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18947472 | ASSEMBLY OF TWO TIMEPIECE COMPONENTS WITH IMPROVED ASSEMBLY MEANS | KAYES, SEAN PHILLIP | — |
| 18925183 | STUD-HOLDER FOR A HOROLOGICAL REGULATING MEMBER COMPRISING A STUD FITTED WITH AN ANTI-JAMMING ARM | COLLINS, JASON M | — |
| 18919700 | DEVICE FOR DETERMINING THE POSITION OF A HAND OF A WATCH | COLLINS, JASON M | — |
| 18918307 | WATCH COMPRISING A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE | COLLINS, JASON M | — |
| 18915596 | DEVICE FOR RETAINING A MOVING PART | SULLIVAN, MATTHEW J | — |
| 18887431 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC ITEM INCLUDING A SECURITY DEVICE FOR SECURING A COVER OF A REMOVABLE ELECTRICAL POWER SOURCE | WU, JAMES | — |
| 18886440 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC ITEM COMPRISING A SECURITY DEVICE FOR SECURING A COVER OF A REMOVABLE ELECTRICAL POWER SOURCE | WU, JAMES | — |
| 18672086 | TOOL POST COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF TOOL-HOLDER SPINDLES AND NUMERICALLY-CONTROLLED MACHINE TOOL INCLUDING SUCH A TOOL POST | SNYDER, ALAN W | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2831 | 10 |
| 2841 | 2 |
| 3677 | 1 |
| 3722 | 1 |
| 2118 | 1 |
| 1765 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18954818 | WATCH COMPRISING A DEVICE FOR DETECTING A DEFECT IN WATER-RESISTANCE | HWANG, MATTHEW DANIEL | 2831 | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 21, 2024 |
| 18955179 | DEVICE FOR TRANSMITTING A WATCH MESSAGE | HWANG, MATTHEW DANIEL | 2831 | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 21, 2024 |
| 18947472 | ASSEMBLY OF TWO TIMEPIECE COMPONENTS WITH IMPROVED ASSEMBLY MEANS | KAYES, SEAN PHILLIP | 2831 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 14, 2024 |
| 18942881 | HOROLOGICAL MOVEMENT PROVIDED WITH A MECHANISM FOR DRIVING A JUMPING INDICATOR | JOHNSTON, KEVIN ANDREW | 2831 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 11, 2024 |
| 18925183 | STUD-HOLDER FOR A HOROLOGICAL REGULATING MEMBER COMPRISING A STUD FITTED WITH AN ANTI-JAMMING ARM | COLLINS, JASON M | 2831 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 24, 2024 |
| 18919700 | DEVICE FOR DETERMINING THE POSITION OF A HAND OF A WATCH | COLLINS, JASON M | 2831 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 18, 2024 |
| 18918307 | WATCH COMPRISING A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE | COLLINS, JASON M | 2831 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 17, 2024 |
| 18915596 | DEVICE FOR RETAINING A MOVING PART | SULLIVAN, MATTHEW J | 3677 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 15, 2024 |
| 18887431 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC ITEM INCLUDING A SECURITY DEVICE FOR SECURING A COVER OF A REMOVABLE ELECTRICAL POWER SOURCE | WU, JAMES | 2841 | §103§112Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 17, 2024 |
| 18886440 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC ITEM COMPRISING A SECURITY DEVICE FOR SECURING A COVER OF A REMOVABLE ELECTRICAL POWER SOURCE | WU, JAMES | 2841 | §103§112Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 16, 2024 |
| 18819297 | TIMEPIECE REGULATING MEMBER COMPRISING AN IMPROVED INDEX SYSTEM | HWANG, MATTHEW DANIEL | 2831 | §103§112Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 29, 2024 |
| 18672086 | TOOL POST COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF TOOL-HOLDER SPINDLES AND NUMERICALLY-CONTROLLED MACHINE TOOL INCLUDING SUCH A TOOL POST | SNYDER, ALAN W | 3722 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 23, 2024 |
| 18612231 | NUMERICALLY CONTROLLED MACHINE TOOL FOR MACHINING MICROMECHANICAL PARTS FROM A BLANK IN THE FORM OF A BAR OR STRIP | OLSHANNIKOV, ALEKSEY | 2118 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 21, 2024 |
| 18036550 | ARTICLE MADE FROM A HEAVY PLASTIC MATERIAL | WOODWARD, ANA LUCRECIA | 1765 | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 11, 2023 |
| 18169957 | DEVICE FOR GUIDING A SHAFT OF A SPRUNG BALANCE | LEON MUNOZ, EDWIN A | 2831 | Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 16, 2023 |
| 17646317 | ASSEMBLY COMPRISING A ROTARY WHEEL MADE OF A NON-MAGNETIC MATERIAL AND A BEARING PROVIDED WITH A CONE | HWANG, MATTHEW DANIEL | 2831 | §103 | Final Rejection | 36d overdue | Pending | Dec 29, 2021 |
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Start Free TrialETA SA Manufacture Horlogère Suisse has 16 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 6 art units and 10 examiners.
Matthew Daniel Hwang has the most, with 4 of ETA SA Manufacture Horlogère Suisse's pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
