Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Goertek Inc.

18 pending office actions • 16 art units • 18 examiners • 0 of 18 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 85 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

18
Total Pending OAs
9
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
5
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 6 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
Overdue
1
Due this week
3
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

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. 6 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (3)

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.

7
Hard (39%)
10
Medium (56%)
1
Easy (6%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other3 (17%)
§103 only9 (50%)
§102 only1 (6%)
§112 only1 (6%)
Multi-statute (no §101)4 (22%)

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
8
Communications
44% of docket
4
Semiconductors
22% of docket
5
Mechanical / Eng
28% of docket
1
Business / Other
6% 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.

180 h
Manual time on pending OAs
36 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
63 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
MACARTHUR, VICTOR L 1 66.2% +13.1%
CHOW, JEFFREY J 1 77.0% +15.8%
SUBRAMANIAN, VISWANATHAN 1 80.6% +21.0%
TRAN, CON P 1 68.9% +23.7%
SECK, AHMED F 1 70.1% +18.4%
KURR, JASON R 1 75.4% +20.4%
TSENG, CHENG YUAN 1 84.1% +15.4%
SAUNDERS JR, JOSEPH 1 73.1% +20.5%
BOUIZZA, MICHAEL M 1 81.3% +13.8%
KUCAB, JAMIE R 1 67.2% +36.9%

Quick Wins (2)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18870885 DRIVE EXCITER AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE SUBRAMANIAN, VISWANATHAN
18845015 DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS, AUGMENTED REALITY HEAD-MOUNTED DEVICE, AND MEDIUM TSENG, CHENG YUAN

Hard Cases (7)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18578871 BONE CONDUCTION-BASED EATING MONITORING METHOD AND APPARATUS, TERMINAL DEVICE, AND MEDIUM ABDULLAH, AAISHA 18d overdue
18552242 STEP COUNTING METHOD AND DEVICE, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM HAGOS, EYOB 5d
18722035 IMAGE OPTIMIZATION METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUGMENTED REALITY DEVICE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND SYSTEM KUCAB, JAMIE R 29d
19158973 EXCITER AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE MACARTHUR, VICTOR L
18856258 FORCE FEEDBACK APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE SECK, AHMED F
18912644 AUDIO CONTROL METHOD, WEARABLE DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE KURR, JASON R
18811908 ANTENNA FEEDING STRUCTURE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE BOUIZZA, MICHAEL M

Interview Candidates (10)

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
18722035 IMAGE OPTIMIZATION METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUGMENTED REALITY DEVICE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND SYSTEM KUCAB, JAMIE R 29d
19158973 EXCITER AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE MACARTHUR, VICTOR L
19113573 IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE CHOW, JEFFREY J
18870885 DRIVE EXCITER AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE SUBRAMANIAN, VISWANATHAN
18858967 SOUND SOURCE POSITION DETERMINATION METHOD, HEAD-MOUNTED DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM TRAN, CON P
18856258 FORCE FEEDBACK APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE SECK, AHMED F
18912644 AUDIO CONTROL METHOD, WEARABLE DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE KURR, JASON R
18845015 DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS, AUGMENTED REALITY HEAD-MOUNTED DEVICE, AND MEDIUM TSENG, CHENG YUAN

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2695 2
3618 1
2618 1
2834 1
2615 1
2692 1
2845 1
3699 1
3791 1
2693 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19158973 EXCITER AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE MACARTHUR, VICTOR L 3618 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 22, 2025
19113573 IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE CHOW, JEFFREY J 2618 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 20, 2025
18870885 DRIVE EXCITER AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE SUBRAMANIAN, VISWANATHAN §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 02, 2024
18858967 SOUND SOURCE POSITION DETERMINATION METHOD, HEAD-MOUNTED DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM TRAN, CON P 2695 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 22, 2024
18856258 FORCE FEEDBACK APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE SECK, AHMED F 2834 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 11, 2024
18912644 AUDIO CONTROL METHOD, WEARABLE DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE KURR, JASON R 2695 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 11, 2024
18845015 DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS, AUGMENTED REALITY HEAD-MOUNTED DEVICE, AND MEDIUM TSENG, CHENG YUAN 2615 §112 Final Rejection Pending Sep 09, 2024
18843786 HOUSING OF SOUND PRODUCTION DEVICE, SOUND PRODUCTION DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS SAUNDERS JR, JOSEPH 2692 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 04, 2024
18811908 ANTENNA FEEDING STRUCTURE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE BOUIZZA, MICHAEL M 2845 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 22, 2024
18722035 IMAGE OPTIMIZATION METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUGMENTED REALITY DEVICE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND SYSTEM KUCAB, JAMIE R 3699 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA 29d Pending Jun 20, 2024
18695031 WEARABLE DEVICE HENSON, DEVIN B 3791 §103 Final Rejection 9d Pending Mar 25, 2024
18694459 WRIST-WORN DEVICE AND AIR PRESSURE ADJUSTMENT METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM THEREOF AL AUBAIDI, RASHA S 2693 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 22, 2024
18580728 TOUCH DETECTION AND FEEDBACK SYSTEM AND METHOD BLANCHA, JONATHAN M 2623 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 19, 2024
18578871 BONE CONDUCTION-BASED EATING MONITORING METHOD AND APPARATUS, TERMINAL DEVICE, AND MEDIUM ABDULLAH, AAISHA 3681 §101§103 Final Rejection 18d overdue Pending Jan 12, 2024
18556366 WIRELESS EARPHONES AND PASS-THROUGH METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM THEREFOR KRZYSTAN, ALEXANDER J 2694 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 20, 2023
18552242 STEP COUNTING METHOD AND DEVICE, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM HAGOS, EYOB 2857 §101§103 Final Rejection 5d Pending Sep 25, 2023
18256444 BIOLOGICAL MONITORING ELECTRODE AND WEARABLE DEVICE MOSSBROOK, WILLIAM ERIC 3794 §103 Non-Final OA 15d overdue Pending Jun 08, 2023
17995134 OPTICAL SYSTEM, ASSEMBLING METHOD AND VIRTUAL REALITY DEVICE EDENFIELD, KUEI-JEN L 2872 §103 Non-Final OA 15d Pending Sep 30, 2022

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