Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
65 pending office actions • 28 art units • 59 examiners • 0 of 65 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 225 patents granted in the last 365 days
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 18 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. 18 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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 4 (6%) |
| §103 only | 20 (31%) |
| §102 only | 2 (3%) |
| §112 only | 4 (6%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (2%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 4 (6%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 30 (46%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LEE, SHUN K | 2 | 42.2% | +16.3% |
| TOOHEY, RICHARD ORLANDO | 2 | 83.1% | +10.5% |
| BOLOGNA, DOMINIC JOSEPH | 2 | 83.8% | +11.8% |
| LEE, HWA S | 2 | 72.3% | +3.1% |
| VAN ROY, TOD THOMAS | 2 | 54.2% | +38.1% |
| LOGIE, MICHAEL J | 2 | 63.4% | +9.3% |
| XING, CHRISTINA ILONA | 1 | 82.9% | +17.8% |
| TRAN, LOI H | 1 | 64.9% | +23.5% |
| STAFIRA, MICHAEL PATRICK | 1 | 88.4% | +8.8% |
| WILLIAMS, DON J | 1 | 83.9% | +5.1% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18725840 | RADIATION DETECTOR AND RADIATION DETECTOR ARRAY | TOOHEY, RICHARD ORLANDO | 9d |
| 19132977 | FILM THICKNESS MEASURING DEVICE AND FILM THICKNESS MEASURING METHOD | XING, CHRISTINA ILONA | — |
| 19119885 | IMAGE ACQUISITION DEVICE, INSPECTION DEVICE, AND IMAGE ACQUISITION METHOD | STAFIRA, MICHAEL PATRICK | — |
| 19172014 | LIGHT DETECTION DEVICE | WILLIAMS, DON J | — |
| 18881824 | SPECTROMETRY DEVICE, AND SPECTROMETRY METHOD | BOLOGNA, DOMINIC JOSEPH | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18277643 | MASS SPECTROMETRY DEVICE AND MASS SPECTROMETRY METHOD | NGUYEN, KIET TUAN | 17d overdue |
| 18706789 | WAVEFRONT MEASUREMENT DEVICE AND WAVEFRONT MEASUREMENT METHOD | AMARA, MOHAMED K | 8d |
| 18390460 | OPTICAL SEMICONDUCTOR ELEMENT | WOLDEGEORGIS, ERMIAS T | 27d |
| 18432346 | MIRROR DEVICE | NIGAM, NATASHA | 29d |
| 18023145 | DISTANCE IMAGE ACQUISITION DEVICE AND DISTANCE IMAGE ACQUISITION METHOD | FRITCHMAN, JOSEPH C | 33d |
| 18884192 | SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYZER | LEE, HWA S | 36d |
| 18576210 | RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ACQUIRING DEVICE, RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ACQUIRING SYSTEM, AND RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ACQUISITION METHOD | KUDO, KEN | 39d |
| 18014363 | DIAGNOSTIC AGENT FOR PANCREATIC FUNCTION | LIU, TRACY | 70d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18725840 | RADIATION DETECTOR AND RADIATION DETECTOR ARRAY | TOOHEY, RICHARD ORLANDO | 9d |
| 18108177 | QUANTUM CASCADE LASER ELEMENT AND QUANTUM CASCADE LASER DEVICE | VAN ROY, TOD THOMAS | 29d |
| 19132977 | FILM THICKNESS MEASURING DEVICE AND FILM THICKNESS MEASURING METHOD | XING, CHRISTINA ILONA | — |
| 19206352 | HOLOGRAM GENERATION METHOD, HOLOGRAM GENERATION APPARATUS, AND LIGHT IRRADIATION APPARATUS | TRAN, LOI H | — |
| 19082747 | OPTICAL MEASUREMENT DEVICE AND OPTICAL MEASUREMENT METHOD | LEE, SHUN K | — |
| 18998316 | IMAGE ACQUISITION DEVICE AND IMAGE ACQUISITION METHOD | TOOHEY, RICHARD ORLANDO | — |
| 18881824 | SPECTROMETRY DEVICE, AND SPECTROMETRY METHOD | BOLOGNA, DOMINIC JOSEPH | — |
| 18879964 | LIGHT IRRADIATION DEVICE, MEASUREMENT DEVICE, OBSERVATION DEVICE, AND FILM THICKNESS MEASUREMENT DEVICE | BOLOGNA, DOMINIC JOSEPH | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2877 | 9 |
| 2872 | 3 |
| 2828 | 3 |
| 2881 | 2 |
| 3761 | 2 |
| 2484 | 1 |
| 2878 | 1 |
| 2422 | 1 |
| 2665 | 1 |
| 2858 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19132977 | FILM THICKNESS MEASURING DEVICE AND FILM THICKNESS MEASURING METHOD | XING, CHRISTINA ILONA | 2877 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 27, 2025 |
| 19206352 | HOLOGRAM GENERATION METHOD, HOLOGRAM GENERATION APPARATUS, AND LIGHT IRRADIATION APPARATUS | TRAN, LOI H | 2484 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 13, 2025 |
| 19119885 | IMAGE ACQUISITION DEVICE, INSPECTION DEVICE, AND IMAGE ACQUISITION METHOD | STAFIRA, MICHAEL PATRICK | 2877 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 10, 2025 |
| 19172014 | LIGHT DETECTION DEVICE | WILLIAMS, DON J | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 07, 2025 |
| 19084029 | LIGHT DETECTION DEVICE | BENNETT, JENNIFER D | 2878 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 19, 2025 |
| 19082747 | OPTICAL MEASUREMENT DEVICE AND OPTICAL MEASUREMENT METHOD | LEE, SHUN K | — | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 18, 2025 |
| 19106776 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD | TRAN, TRANG U | 2422 | §103 | Final Rejection | 5d | Pending | Feb 26, 2025 |
| 19050479 | High Brightness X-Ray Source For Semiconductor Metrology | THOMAS, COURTNEY D | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 11, 2025 |
| 18998316 | IMAGE ACQUISITION DEVICE AND IMAGE ACQUISITION METHOD | TOOHEY, RICHARD ORLANDO | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 24, 2025 |
| 18881824 | SPECTROMETRY DEVICE, AND SPECTROMETRY METHOD | BOLOGNA, DOMINIC JOSEPH | 2877 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 07, 2025 |
| 18879981 | LIGHT IRRADIATION APPARATUS, MEASURING APPARATUS, OBSERVATION APPARATUS, AND FILM THICKNESS MEASURING APPARATUS | SMITH, MAURICE C | 2877 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 30, 2024 |
| 18879964 | LIGHT IRRADIATION DEVICE, MEASUREMENT DEVICE, OBSERVATION DEVICE, AND FILM THICKNESS MEASUREMENT DEVICE | BOLOGNA, DOMINIC JOSEPH | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 30, 2024 |
| 18878759 | RADIATION DETECTOR, INTEGRATED CIRCUIT, AND RADIATION DETECTION METHOD | LEE, SHUN K | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 24, 2024 |
| 18868867 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD | HUYNH, VAN D | 2665 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 25, 2024 |
| 18863040 | SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS DEVICE | LEE, HWA S | 2877 | §103 | Final Rejection | 34d | Pending | Nov 05, 2024 |
| 18919844 | MIRROR UNIT AND OPTICAL MODULE | JONES, JAMES | — | §102DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 18, 2024 |
| 18855076 | SPECTROSCOPY DEVICE, RAMAN SPECTROSCOPIC MEASUREMENT DEVICE, AND SPECTROSCOPY METHOD | UNDERWOOD, JARREAS C | 2877 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 08, 2024 |
| 18850278 | REFRACTIVE INDEX DISTRIBUTION MEASUREMENT DEVICE, FILM THICKNESS DISTRIBUTION MEASUREMENT DEVICE, REFRACTIVE INDEX DISTRIBUTION MEASUREMENT METHOD, AND FILM THICKNESS DISTRIBUTION MEASUREMENT METHOD | YAZBACK, MAHER | 2877 | §112 | Non-Final OA | 8d | Pending | Sep 24, 2024 |
| 18884192 | SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYZER | LEE, HWA S | 2877 | §102§103Other | Final Rejection | 36d | Pending | Sep 13, 2024 |
| 18845461 | LOWER EXTREMITY VASCULAR LESION EVALUATION DEVICE AND LOWER EXTREMITY VASCULAR LESION EVALUATION METHOD | HOFFPAUIR, ANDREW ELI | — | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 10, 2024 |
| 18839510 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING ELEMENT, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SOLID-STATE IMAGING ELEMENT | HARBOTTLE, CHARLOTTE ELIZABETH | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 19, 2024 |
| 18839132 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING ELEMENT | YEMELYANOV, DMITRIY | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 16, 2024 |
| 18795589 | SEMICONDUCTOR FAULT ANALYSIS DEVICE AND SEMICONDUCTOR FAULT ANALYSIS METHOD | MCDONNOUGH, COURTNEY G | 2858 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 06, 2024 |
| 18834600 | PHOTODETECTOR | MENZ, DOUGLAS M | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 31, 2024 |
| 18781096 | PHOTODETECTOR AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING PHOTODETECTOR | DIAZ, JOSE R | — | §102DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 23, 2024 |
| 18728112 | SPECIMEN SUPPORT, IONIZATION METHOD, AND MASS SPECTROMETRY METHOD | VANORE, DAVID A | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 11, 2024 |
| 18728105 | SPECIMEN SUPPORT, IONIZATION METHOD, AND MASS SPECTROMETRY METHOD | CHOI, JAMES J | — | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 11, 2024 |
| 18726138 | LASER PROCESSING METHOD AND LASER PROCESSING DEVICE | SMITH, BRADLEY | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 02, 2024 |
| 18725840 | RADIATION DETECTOR AND RADIATION DETECTOR ARRAY | TOOHEY, RICHARD ORLANDO | 2884 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 9d | Pending | Jul 01, 2024 |
| 18739556 | CELL SAMPLE MEASUREMENT METHOD AND CELL SAMPLE MEASUREMENT APPARATUS | TICHY, JENNIFER M.H. | 1653 | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 11, 2024 |
| 18714708 | OPTICAL SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING OPTICAL SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE | CHOWDHARY, NIMARTA KAUR | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 30, 2024 |
| 18708663 | SAMPLE SUPPORT UNIT, AND SAMPLE IONIZATION METHOD | MACCHIAROLO, PETER J | 2855 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 09, 2024 |
| 18706789 | WAVEFRONT MEASUREMENT DEVICE AND WAVEFRONT MEASUREMENT METHOD | AMARA, MOHAMED K | 2877 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 8d | Pending | May 02, 2024 |
| 18705020 | METABOLISM MEASUREMENT APPARATUS, METABOLISM CALCULATION METHOD, AND METABOLISM CALCULATION PROGRAM | PORTILLO, JAIRO H | 3791 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 26, 2024 |
| 18623341 | MIRROR APPARATUS | KING, GEORGE G | 2872 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 01, 2024 |
| 18591189 | METHOD FOR EVALUATING AGGREGATION STATE OF AGGREGATIVE PROTEIN | KWAK, DEAN P | — | §102§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 29, 2024 |
| 18439947 | ABNORMALITY DETECTION METHOD AND ACTUATOR DEVICE | VU, PHU | 2871 | §102 | Non-Final OA | 34d | Pending | Feb 13, 2024 |
| 18683035 | METHOD FOR DESIGNING PHASE MODULATION LAYER AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENT | NIU, XINNING | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 12, 2024 |
| 18432346 | MIRROR DEVICE | NIGAM, NATASHA | 2872 | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | 29d | Pending | Feb 05, 2024 |
| 18432299 | MIRROR DEVICE | DUNNING, RYAN S | 2872 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 05, 2024 |
| 18293518 | DYE IMAGE ACQUISITION METHOD, DYE IMAGE ACQUISITION DEVICE, AND DYE IMAGE ACQUISITION PROGRAM | NGUYEN, LAM S | 2853 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 30, 2024 |
| 18291611 | FIBER LASER DEVICE AND FIBER MODULE FOR FIBER LASER DEVICE | VAN ROY, TOD THOMAS | — | §102§103§112DPOther | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 24, 2024 |
| 18576210 | RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ACQUIRING DEVICE, RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ACQUIRING SYSTEM, AND RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ACQUISITION METHOD | KUDO, KEN | 2671 | §103§112Other | Final Rejection | 39d | Pending | Jan 03, 2024 |
| 18576191 | LASER PROCESSING DEVICE AND LASER PROCESSING METHOD | TRAN, TIFFANY T | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 03, 2024 |
| 18390460 | OPTICAL SEMICONDUCTOR ELEMENT | WOLDEGEORGIS, ERMIAS T | 2893 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 27d | Pending | Dec 20, 2023 |
| 18572631 | LASER PROCESSING DEVICE AND LASER PROCESSING METHOD | WANG, FRANKLIN JEFFERSON | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2023 |
| 18545069 | GRAPHENE MANUFACTURING METHOD | MOUDOU, EILEEN QI-YUN | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 19, 2023 |
| 18529176 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING OPTICAL DETECTION ELEMENT AND OPTICAL DETECTION ELEMENT | NADAV, ORI | 2811 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 05, 2023 |
| 18515398 | MANUFACTURING METHOD OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE | PALANISWAMY, KRISHNA JAYANTHI | 2899 | §103 | Final Rejection | 5d | Pending | Nov 21, 2023 |
| 18389287 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING PROSTATE CANCER | WALLENHORST, MAUREEN | 1797 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 14, 2023 |
| 18285954 | OPTICAL CORRECTION COEFFICIENT PREDICTION METHOD, OPTICAL CORRECTION COEFFICIENT PREDICTION DEVICE, MACHINE LEARNING METHOD, MACHINE LEARNING PREPROCESSING METHOD, AND TRAINED LEARNING MODEL | BREENE, PAUL J | 2129 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 06, 2023 |
| 18285967 | LIGHT CORRECTION COEFFICIENT PREDICTION METHOD, LIGHT CORRECTION COEFFICIENT PREDICTION DEVICE, MACHINE LEARNING METHOD, PRE-PROCESSING METHOD IN MACHINE LEARNING, AND TRAINED LEARNING MODEL | LAU, TUNG S | 2857 | §112 | Final Rejection | 14d | Pending | Oct 06, 2023 |
| 18277643 | MASS SPECTROMETRY DEVICE AND MASS SPECTROMETRY METHOD | NGUYEN, KIET TUAN | 2881 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 17d overdue | Pending | Aug 17, 2023 |
| 18275680 | LASER MEDIUM UNIT AND LASER DEVICE | MANNO, JESSICA S | 2898 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 03, 2023 |
| 18269318 | ACTIVE ENERGY IRRADIATION DEVICE AND ACTIVE ENERGY IRRADIATION SYSTEM | LOGIE, MICHAEL J | — | §102§103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 23, 2023 |
| 18266026 | OPTICAL PULSE GENERATION DEVICE AND OPTICAL PULSE GENERATION METHOD | ZHANG, YUANDA | 2828 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 08, 2023 |
| 18023145 | DISTANCE IMAGE ACQUISITION DEVICE AND DISTANCE IMAGE ACQUISITION METHOD | FRITCHMAN, JOSEPH C | 3645 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 33d | Pending | Feb 24, 2023 |
| 18108177 | QUANTUM CASCADE LASER ELEMENT AND QUANTUM CASCADE LASER DEVICE | VAN ROY, TOD THOMAS | 2828 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 29d | Pending | Feb 10, 2023 |
| 18018314 | SAMPLE SUPPORT, IONIZATION METHOD, AND MASS SPECTROMETRY METHOD | LOGIE, MICHAEL J | 2881 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 27, 2023 |
| 18015791 | EXPOSURE UNIT, OBSERVATION DEVICE, AND EXPOSURE METHOD | RAHMAN, MASUDUR | 1633 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 12, 2023 |
| 18014363 | DIAGNOSTIC AGENT FOR PANCREATIC FUNCTION | LIU, TRACY | 1614 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 70d | Pending | Jan 04, 2023 |
| 17925409 | SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT DETECTION ELEMENT | SHEKER, RHYS PONIENTE | 2813 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 70d overdue | Pending | Nov 15, 2022 |
| 17916824 | LASER MACHINING DEVICE AND LASER MACHINING METHOD | OLIVA, STEPHANIE RENEE | 3761 | §112 | Final Rejection | 16d | Pending | Oct 04, 2022 |
| 17914552 | QUANTUM-CASCADE LASER ELEMENT AND QUANTUM-CASCADE LASER DEVICE | EHRLICH, ALEXANDER JOSEPH | 2828 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 26, 2022 |
| 17642998 | INSPECTION DEVICE AND INSPECTION METHOD | WEN, KEVIN GUANHUA | 3761 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 15, 2022 |
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