Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
5 pending office actions • 4 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 12 patents granted in the last 365 days
Ferroelectric Memory GmbH has 4 pending office actions in Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics. The matters involve 4 distinct examiners across 3 distinct art units, showing several examiner relationships within a somewhat narrower technical-unit structure.
WALL, VINCENT is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. Docket review should preserve separate histories for each examiner while identifying whether the shared technical area creates recurring issues in claim scope, circuitry, or prior-art treatment. The data supports coordination at the portfolio level, but each response should remain tied to its assigned art unit.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 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 | 1 (20%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (80%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SIDDIQUE, MUSHFIQUE | 1 | 89.6% | +6.1% |
| WALL, VINCENT | 1 | 62.6% | +24.4% |
| KUPP, BENJAMIN MICHAEL | 1 | 81.6% | +14.7% |
| SQUIRES, BRETT STEPHEN | 1 | 52.4% | +42.2% |
| NETTLES, CORALIE ANN | 1 | 60.5% | +31.7% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18487502 | METHOD FOR FABRICATING A FERROELECTRIC DEVICE | KUPP, BENJAMIN MICHAEL | 73d overdue |
| 18486180 | MEMORY CELL ARRANGEMENT AND METHODS | SQUIRES, BRETT STEPHEN | 33d |
| 18830663 | MEMORY CELL ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD OF READING A CAPACITIVE MEMORY CELL | SIDDIQUE, MUSHFIQUE | — |
| 18777621 | MEMORY CELL, CAPACITIVE MEMORY STRUCTURE, AND METHODS THEREOF | WALL, VINCENT | — |
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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18487502 | METHOD FOR FABRICATING A FERROELECTRIC DEVICE | KUPP, BENJAMIN MICHAEL | 73d overdue |
| 18486180 | MEMORY CELL ARRANGEMENT AND METHODS | SQUIRES, BRETT STEPHEN | 33d |
| 18777621 | MEMORY CELL, CAPACITIVE MEMORY STRUCTURE, AND METHODS THEREOF | WALL, VINCENT | — |
| 17814745 | MEMORY CELL AND METHODS FOR PROCESSING A MEMORY CAPACITOR | NETTLES, CORALIE ANN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2893 | 2 |
| 2825 | 1 |
| 2898 | 1 |
| 2899 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18830663 | MEMORY CELL ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD OF READING A CAPACITIVE MEMORY CELL | SIDDIQUE, MUSHFIQUE | 2825 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 11, 2024 |
| 18777621 | MEMORY CELL, CAPACITIVE MEMORY STRUCTURE, AND METHODS THEREOF | WALL, VINCENT | 2898 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 19, 2024 |
| 18487502 | METHOD FOR FABRICATING A FERROELECTRIC DEVICE | KUPP, BENJAMIN MICHAEL | 2893 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 73d overdue | Pending | Oct 16, 2023 |
| 18486180 | MEMORY CELL ARRANGEMENT AND METHODS | SQUIRES, BRETT STEPHEN | 2899 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 33d | Pending | Oct 13, 2023 |
| 17814745 | MEMORY CELL AND METHODS FOR PROCESSING A MEMORY CAPACITOR | NETTLES, CORALIE ANN | 2893 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 25, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialFerroelectric Memory GmbH has 5 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 4 art units and 5 examiners.
Mushfique Siddique has the most, with 1 of Ferroelectric Memory GmbH's pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
