Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

GCT Semiconductor Inc.

1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

GCT Semiconductor Inc. has 1 pending office action currently active in its patent portfolio. This action is situated within 1 distinct art unit, showing a very specific technical focus for the company's current prosecution efforts. The workload is managed by WALID MIA, who is the busiest examiner for the company.

With the busiest examiner pending action, the entire active portfolio is under the review of WALID MIA. This singular focus within a single distinct art unit means that the company's immediate patent outcomes are tied to the decisions of a single examiner. This provides a clear and direct path for prosecution without the complexity of multiple examiner styles or art unit requirements. Practitioners can focus their efforts on the specific procedural expectations of WALID MIA to resolve the 1 pending office action.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

1
Total Pending OAs
1
Non-Final OAs
0
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

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.

1
Hard (100%)
0
Medium (0%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (100%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
1
Business / Other
100% 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.

10 h
Manual time on pending OAs
2 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
4 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
MIA, WALID 1 — —

Hard Cases (1)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19058710 Receiver MIA, WALID —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
4100 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19058710 Receiver MIA, WALID 4100 §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 20, 2025

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does GCT Semiconductor Inc. have?

GCT Semiconductor Inc. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most GCT Semiconductor Inc. applications?

Walid Mia has the most, with 1 of GCT Semiconductor Inc.'s pending office actions.

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