Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
23 pending office actions • 8 art units • 14 examiners • 0 of 23 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 48 patents granted in the last 365 days
Globalwafers Co., Ltd. has 23 pending office actions in Chemistry & Materials. The matters are assigned to 14 examiners across 8 art units, creating a distributed prosecution profile with repeated examiner and art-unit assignments. BRATLAND JR, KENNETH A is the busiest examiner, with 5 pending matters.
The busiest-examiner assignment is the clearest concentration in the profile and may justify coordinated review of that examiner’s positions across matters. At the same time, the remaining work spans multiple examiners and art units, so a single response template may not fit the portfolio. Counsel should compare recurring technical issues while preserving separate procedural strategies.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 8 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 8 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 | 13 (57%) |
| §102 only | 1 (4%) |
| §112 only | 2 (9%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (4%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 6 (26%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRATLAND JR, KENNETH A | 5 | 56.2% | +16.3% |
| QI, HUA | 4 | 56.5% | +23.0% |
| KUNEMUND, ROBERT M | 2 | 82.1% | +13.2% |
| SONG, MATTHEW J | 2 | 60.4% | +13.9% |
| SHUM, KENT N | 1 | 38.5% | +48.3% |
| NEIBAUR, ROBERT F | 1 | 77.0% | +31.3% |
| ZAWORSKI, JONATHAN R | 1 | 52.4% | +26.0% |
| HOBAN, MATTHEW E | 1 | 60.4% | +25.6% |
| BRECHT, CHARLES MATTHEW | 1 | — | — |
| KIM, JAY C | 1 | 49.4% | +21.6% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18940294 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING A GAS DOPANT VAPORIZATION RATE DURING A CRYSTAL GROWTH PROCESS | KUNEMUND, ROBERT M | — |
| 18666359 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COOLING A CHUNK POLYCRYSTALLINE FEEDER | KUNEMUND, ROBERT M | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18104443 | EPITAXIAL STRUCTURE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME | HORGER, KIM S. | 44d overdue |
| 18342986 | RESISTIVITY STABILIZATION MEASUREMENT OF FAT NECK SLABS FOR HIGH RESISTIVITY AND ULTRA-HIGH RESISTIVITY SINGLE CRYSTAL SILICON INGOT GROWTH | QI, HUA | 9d overdue |
| 18228994 | LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENT STRUCTURE | KIM, JAY C | 4d overdue |
| 18622166 | INGOT PULLER APPARATUS INCLUDING MOVEABLE COOLING JACKET FOR CONTROLLED INGOT COOLING PROFILES | BRATLAND JR, KENNETH A | — |
| 18448787 | CRUCIBLES HAVING ANCHORS | SONG, MATTHEW J | — |
| 17455347 | NON-CONTACT SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING DISTANCE BETWEEN SILICON MELT AND REFLECTOR IN A CRYSTAL PULLER | QI, HUA | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18326487 | METHODS FOR FORMING SINGLE CRYSTAL SILICON INGOTS WITH REDUCED CARBON CONTAMINATION AND SUSCEPTORS FOR USE IN SUCH METHODS | BRATLAND JR, KENNETH A | 30d overdue |
| 18342986 | RESISTIVITY STABILIZATION MEASUREMENT OF FAT NECK SLABS FOR HIGH RESISTIVITY AND ULTRA-HIGH RESISTIVITY SINGLE CRYSTAL SILICON INGOT GROWTH | QI, HUA | 9d overdue |
| 18228994 | LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENT STRUCTURE | KIM, JAY C | 4d overdue |
| 18410347 | INGOT PULLER APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR GROWING A SINGLE CRYSTAL SILICON INGOT WITH REDUCED LOWER CHAMBER DEPOSITS | BRATLAND JR, KENNETH A | 8d |
| 18507219 | INGOT PULLER APPARATUS HAVING A REFLECTOR ASSEMBLY SUSPENDED FROM SUPPORT SHAFTS | QI, HUA | 8d |
| 18940294 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING A GAS DOPANT VAPORIZATION RATE DURING A CRYSTAL GROWTH PROCESS | KUNEMUND, ROBERT M | — |
| 18928192 | PROCESSING METHOD FOR BOULE AND GRINDING EQUIPMENT | SHUM, KENT N | — |
| 18886599 | METHODS FOR CONDITIONING POLISHING PADS | NEIBAUR, ROBERT F | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1714 | 13 |
| 3723 | 4 |
| 1734 | 1 |
| 2817 | 1 |
| 2815 | 1 |
| 1784 | 1 |
| 1717 | 1 |
| 1718 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18940294 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING A GAS DOPANT VAPORIZATION RATE DURING A CRYSTAL GROWTH PROCESS | KUNEMUND, ROBERT M | 1714 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 07, 2024 |
| 18928192 | PROCESSING METHOD FOR BOULE AND GRINDING EQUIPMENT | SHUM, KENT N | 3723 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 28, 2024 |
| 18886599 | METHODS FOR CONDITIONING POLISHING PADS | NEIBAUR, ROBERT F | 3723 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 16, 2024 |
| 18809199 | INGOT EDGE-POLISHING MACHINE TOOL | ZAWORSKI, JONATHAN R | 3723 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 19, 2024 |
| 18770677 | SILICON CARBIDE MATERIAL | HOBAN, MATTHEW E | 1734 | §102DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 12, 2024 |
| 18666359 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COOLING A CHUNK POLYCRYSTALLINE FEEDER | KUNEMUND, ROBERT M | 1714 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 16, 2024 |
| 18635262 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MICROVOID ANALYSIS IN CRYSTALS GROWN BY CONTINUOUS CZOCHRALSKI PULLERS | BRATLAND JR, KENNETH A | 1714 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 15, 2024 |
| 18631819 | SEMICONDUCTOR ON INSULATOR STRUCTURE COMPRISING A PLASMA NITRIDE LAYER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE THEREOF | BRECHT, CHARLES MATTHEW | 2817 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 10, 2024 |
| 18622166 | INGOT PULLER APPARATUS INCLUDING MOVEABLE COOLING JACKET FOR CONTROLLED INGOT COOLING PROFILES | BRATLAND JR, KENNETH A | 1714 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 29, 2024 |
| 18411957 | METHODS FOR PRODUCING SINGLE CRYSTAL SILICON WAFERS FOR INSULATED GATE BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS | SONG, MATTHEW J | 1714 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 12, 2024 |
| 18410347 | INGOT PULLER APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR GROWING A SINGLE CRYSTAL SILICON INGOT WITH REDUCED LOWER CHAMBER DEPOSITS | BRATLAND JR, KENNETH A | 1714 | §102 | Final Rejection | 8d | Pending | Jan 11, 2024 |
| 18398449 | METHODS OF PROCESSING EPITAXIAL SEMICONDUCTOR WAFERS | BRATLAND JR, KENNETH A | 1714 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 28, 2023 |
| 18507219 | INGOT PULLER APPARATUS HAVING A REFLECTOR ASSEMBLY SUSPENDED FROM SUPPORT SHAFTS | QI, HUA | 1714 | §103 | Final Rejection | 8d | Pending | Nov 13, 2023 |
| 18448787 | CRUCIBLES HAVING ANCHORS | SONG, MATTHEW J | 1714 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 11, 2023 |
| 18228994 | LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENT STRUCTURE | KIM, JAY C | 2815 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 4d overdue | Pending | Aug 01, 2023 |
| 18342986 | RESISTIVITY STABILIZATION MEASUREMENT OF FAT NECK SLABS FOR HIGH RESISTIVITY AND ULTRA-HIGH RESISTIVITY SINGLE CRYSTAL SILICON INGOT GROWTH | QI, HUA | 1714 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 9d overdue | Pending | Jun 28, 2023 |
| 18326343 | INGOT PULLER APPARATUS INCLUDING AUTOMATED FEED ASSEMBLY FOR CHARGING SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIAL | QI, HUA | 1714 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 31, 2023 |
| 18326487 | METHODS FOR FORMING SINGLE CRYSTAL SILICON INGOTS WITH REDUCED CARBON CONTAMINATION AND SUSCEPTORS FOR USE IN SUCH METHODS | BRATLAND JR, KENNETH A | 1714 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 30d overdue | Pending | May 31, 2023 |
| 18104443 | EPITAXIAL STRUCTURE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME | HORGER, KIM S. | 1784 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 44d overdue | Pending | Feb 01, 2023 |
| 18104462 | EPITAXIAL STRUCTURE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME | LAW, NGA LEUNG V | 1717 | §103 | Final Rejection | 34d | Pending | Feb 01, 2023 |
| 17934875 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DYNAMIC CONTROL OF COOLING FLUID FLOW IN AN EPITAXIAL REACTOR FOR SEMICONDUCTOR WAFER PROCESSING | REYES, JOSHUA NATHANIEL PI | 1718 | §103 | Final Rejection | 5d overdue | Pending | Sep 23, 2022 |
| 17455347 | NON-CONTACT SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING DISTANCE BETWEEN SILICON MELT AND REFLECTOR IN A CRYSTAL PULLER | QI, HUA | 1714 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 17, 2021 |
| 16946340 | SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE POLISHING WITH POLISHING PAD TEMPERATURE CONTROL | MCCONNELL, AARON R | 3723 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 17, 2020 |
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Start Free TrialGlobalwafers Co., Ltd. has 23 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 8 art units and 14 examiners.
Kenneth A Bratland Jr. has the most, with 5 of Globalwafers Co., Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
