Hamamatsu Photonics K K

Portfolio Summary

59

Total Pending OAs

45

Non-Final OAs

11

Final Rejections

3

Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 57 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

25

Overdue

3

Due this week

20

Due this month

7

Due in next 60 days

2

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

Overdue (25)Due ≤ 7 days (3)Due ≤ 30 days (20)Due ≤ 60 days (7)Due later (2)

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 (2%)

52

Medium (88%)

4

Easy (7%)

2

Unknown (3%)

Rejection Statute Mix

Bucket	Cases
§101 only	1 (2%)
§103 only	50 (85%)
§102 only	2 (3%)
§112 only	4 (7%)
No statute on record	2 (3%)

Industry Mix

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

5

Life Sciences

8% of docket

2

Information Tech

3% of docket

3

Communications

5% of docket

40

Semiconductors

68% of docket

9

Mechanical / Eng

15% of docket

0

Business / Other

0% 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.

590 h

Manual time on pending OAs

118 h

Time saved (low, 20%)

206 h

Time saved (mid, 35%)

5.2 wks

FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

Examiner	Apps on this docket	Allow rate	Interview lift
LEE, HWA S	2	72.5%	+3.2%
MALEVIC, DJURA	2	78.1%	+10.3%
NELSON, HUNTER JARED	2	31.3%	+46.0%
WEN, KEVIN GUANHUA	2	60.5%	+38.5%
TRAN, TRANG U	1	78.6%	+15.6%
SHIBRU, HELEN	1	58.6%	+3.2%
YAZBACK, MAHER	1	74.5%	+24.3%
KO, TONY	1	87.8%	+2.5%
NGUYEN, KEMAYA DEANN HUU	1	74.4%	+40.0%
KIM, KIHO	1	85.5%	+4.2%

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 #	Title	Examiner	Due in
18841829	ENERGY BEAM DETECTING SYSTEM	KO, TONY	3d overdue
18785239	OBSERVATION APPARATUS AND OBSERVATION METHOD	KIM, KIHO	12d

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 #	Title	Examiner	Due in
18269641	METHOD FOR ASSESSING MITOCHONDRIAL FUNCTION IN TISSUE OR ORGAN OTHER THAN KIDNEY IN TEST SUBJECT	LIMBAUGH, KATHRYN ELIZABETH	49d overdue

Interview Candidates (9)

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
18716232	CRYSTAL GROWTH METHOD, AND CRYSTAL GROWTH DEVICE	MALEVIC, DJURA	43d overdue
17701899	QUANTUM CASCADE LASER	NELSON, HUNTER JARED	42d overdue
18840598	COOLING UNIT, OBJECTIVE LENS MODULE, AND SEMICONDUCTOR INSPECTION APPARATUS	NGUYEN, KEMAYA DEANN HUU	5d overdue
19106776	IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD	TRAN, TRANG U	5d
18850278	REFRACTIVE INDEX DISTRIBUTION MEASUREMENT DEVICE, FILM THICKNESS DISTRIBUTION MEASUREMENT DEVICE, REFRACTIVE INDEX DISTRIBUTION MEASUREMENT METHOD, AND FILM THICKNESS DISTRIBUTION MEASUREMENT METHOD	YAZBACK, MAHER	8d
18032407	IMAGING UNIT AND IMAGING SYSTEM	MALEVIC, DJURA	8d
18023773	EXTERNAL RESONANCE TYPE LASER MODULE	NELSON, HUNTER JARED	8d
17914863	LASER PROCESSING DEVICE AND INSPECTION METHOD	WEN, KEVIN GUANHUA	—

Top Art Units

Art Unit	Apps
2877	10
2884	9
3761	6
2828	4
2871	2
2872	2
2881	2
3645	2
2422	1
2484	1

Pending Office Actions

App #	Title	Examiner	Art Unit	Statutes	Status	Due in	AI	Filed
19106776	IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD	TRAN, TRANG U	2422	§103	Non-Final OA	5d	Pending	Feb 26, 2025
19104769	OPTICAL MEASUREMENT SYSTEM AND OPTICAL MEASUREMENT METHOD	SHIBRU, HELEN	2484	§103	Non-Final OA	5d	Pending	Feb 19, 2025
18863040	SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS DEVICE	LEE, HWA S	2877	§103	Non-Final OA	34d	Pending	Nov 05, 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	§103	Non-Final OA	8d	Pending	Sep 24, 2024
18884192	SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYZER	LEE, HWA S	2877	§103	Non-Final OA	36d	Pending	Sep 13, 2024
18841829	ENERGY BEAM DETECTING SYSTEM	KO, TONY	2878	§112	Non-Final OA	3d overdue	Pending	Aug 27, 2024
18840598	COOLING UNIT, OBJECTIVE LENS MODULE, AND SEMICONDUCTOR INSPECTION APPARATUS	NGUYEN, KEMAYA DEANN HUU	2877	§103	Non-Final OA	5d overdue	Pending	Aug 22, 2024
18785239	OBSERVATION APPARATUS AND OBSERVATION METHOD	KIM, KIHO	2884	§103	Non-Final OA	12d	Pending	Jul 26, 2024
18766095	INSPECTION APPARATUS AND INSPECTION METHOD	HO, ALLEN C	2884	Other	Non-Final OA	27d	Pending	Jul 08, 2024
18725840	RADIATION DETECTOR AND RADIATION DETECTOR ARRAY	TOOHEY, RICHARD ORLANDO	2884	§103	Non-Final OA	9d	Pending	Jul 01, 2024
18725845	OPTICAL MEMBER, OPTICAL ELEMENT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING OPTICAL MEMBER	YUN, JURIE	2884	§103	Non-Final OA	26d	Pending	Jul 01, 2024
18716232	CRYSTAL GROWTH METHOD, AND CRYSTAL GROWTH DEVICE	MALEVIC, DJURA	2884	§103	Non-Final OA	43d overdue	Pending	Jun 04, 2024
18711929	METHOD FOR PRODUCING BANDPASS FILTER, AND BANDPASS FILTER	GLENN, KIMBERLY E	2843	§103	Non-Final OA	146d overdue	Pending	May 21, 2024
18706789	WAVEFRONT MEASUREMENT DEVICE AND WAVEFRONT MEASUREMENT METHOD	AMARA, MOHAMED K	2877	§103	Non-Final OA	8d	Pending	May 02, 2024
18644329	DATA GENERATION METHOD, DATA GENERATION PROGRAM, AND DATA GENERATION DEVICE	KRETZER, CASEY L	2635	§103	Non-Final OA	29d	Pending	Apr 24, 2024
18703413	CRYSTAL FORM DETERMINATION METHOD	TAYLOR, WILLIAM LAURENCE	2884	§103	Non-Final OA	4d overdue	Pending	Apr 22, 2024
18701976	TEST OBJECT ANALYSIS METHOD	SMITH, MAURICE C	2877	§103	Non-Final OA	140d overdue	Pending	Apr 17, 2024
18698876	AUTOFOCUS ASSISTANCE METHOD, AUTOFOCUS ASSISTANCE DEVICE, AND AUTOFOCUS ASSISTANCE PROGRAM	TON, TRI T	2877	§103	Non-Final OA	51d overdue	Pending	Apr 05, 2024
18683279	TOMOGRAPHIC IMAGE CREATION DEVICE, TOMOGRAPHIC IMAGE CREATION METHOD, AND TOF-PET DEVICE	BRYANT, MICHAEL CASEY	2884	§112	Non-Final OA	60d overdue	Pending	Feb 13, 2024
18439947	ABNORMALITY DETECTION METHOD AND ACTUATOR DEVICE	VU, PHU	2871	§102	Non-Final OA	34d	Pending	Feb 13, 2024
18432346	MIRROR DEVICE	NIGAM, NATASHA	2872	Other	Non-Final OA	29d	Pending	Feb 05, 2024
18579917	LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE	PETKOVSEK, DANIEL	2874	§103	Non-Final OA	30d overdue	Pending	Jan 17, 2024
18576210	RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ACQUIRING DEVICE, RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ACQUIRING SYSTEM, AND RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ACQUISITION METHOD	KUDO, KEN	2671	§103	Non-Final OA	39d	Pending	Jan 03, 2024
18397004	METHOD OF MANUFACTURING RESIN MEMBER, AND RESIN MEMBER	EMPIE, NATHAN H	1712	§103	Non-Final OA	15d overdue	Pending	Dec 27, 2023
18390460	OPTICAL SEMICONDUCTOR ELEMENT	WOLDEGEORGIS, ERMIAS T	2893	§103	Non-Final OA	27d	Pending	Dec 20, 2023
18515398	MANUFACTURING METHOD OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE	PALANISWAMY, KRISHNA JAYANTHI	2899	§103	Non-Final OA	5d	Pending	Nov 21, 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	§103	Non-Final OA	14d	Pending	Oct 06, 2023
18285292	MEASURING DEVICE	OSENBAUGH-STEWART, ELIZA W	2881	§103	Non-Final OA	49d overdue	Pending	Oct 02, 2023
18371606	PHOTODETECTION ELEMENT AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING PHOTODETECTION ELEMENT	STARK, JARRETT J	2898	§103	Non-Final OA	11d overdue	Pending	Sep 22, 2023
18281649	CONFOCAL MICROSCOPE UNIT, CONFOCAL MICROSCOPE, AND CONTROL METHOD FOR CONFOCAL MICROSCOPE UNIT	BOURQUINE, MACKENZI TATE	2872	§103	Final Rejection	14d	Pending	Sep 12, 2023
18279270	SUBSTRATE MANUFACTURING DEVICE	SMITH JR., JIMMY R	1745	§112	Non-Final OA	70d	Pending	Aug 29, 2023
18279080	SAMPLE OBSERVATION DEVICE AND SAMPLE OBSERVATION METHOD	DOUMBIA, MOHAMED	2877	§103	Final Rejection	117d overdue	Pending	Aug 28, 2023
18277643	MASS SPECTROMETRY DEVICE AND MASS SPECTROMETRY METHOD	NGUYEN, KIET TUAN	2881	§103	Non-Final OA	17d overdue	Pending	Aug 17, 2023
18269641	METHOD FOR ASSESSING MITOCHONDRIAL FUNCTION IN TISSUE OR ORGAN OTHER THAN KIDNEY IN TEST SUBJECT	LIMBAUGH, KATHRYN ELIZABETH	1797	§101	Non-Final OA	49d overdue	Pending	Jun 26, 2023
18211667	OPTICAL MODULE	LAU, EDMOND C	2871	§103	Final Rejection	59d overdue	Pending	Jun 20, 2023
18267940	ION SENSOR AND ION SENSOR MANUFACTURING METHOD	SALERNO, SARAH KATE	2814	§103	Final Rejection	29d	Pending	Jun 16, 2023
18266842	LASER PROCESSING DEVICE AND LASER PROCESSING METHOD	WUNDERLICH, ERWIN J	3761	§103	Non-Final OA	33d	Pending	Jun 13, 2023
18039797	PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION DEVICE	ANDERSON, ERIK ARTHUR	2812	§103	Final Rejection	26d	Pending	Jun 01, 2023
18033623	SEMICONDUCTOR LASER DEVICE	FORDE, DELMA ROSA	2828	§103	Non-Final OA	46d overdue	Pending	Apr 25, 2023
18032412	LIGHT DETECTOR, RADIATION DETECTOR, AND PET DEVICE	LEE, SHUN K	2884	§103	Non-Final OA	132d overdue	Pending	Apr 18, 2023
18032407	IMAGING UNIT AND IMAGING SYSTEM	MALEVIC, DJURA	2884	§103	Non-Final OA	8d	Pending	Apr 18, 2023
18027730	OPTICAL SENSOR	CUTLER, ALBERT H	2637	§103	Final Rejection	19d	Pending	Mar 22, 2023
18027388	LASER PROCESSING METHOD AND LASER PROCESSING DEVICE	LIU, CHRIS Q	3761	§102	Non-Final OA	15d	Pending	Mar 21, 2023
18027440	LASER MACHINING METHOD AND LASER MACHINING DEVICE	HUNTER, JOHN S	3761	§103	Non-Final OA	14d	Pending	Mar 21, 2023
18026173	DISPERSION MEASUREMENT DEVICE AND DISPERSION MEASUREMENT METHOD	MENDOZA, ALEXANDRIA ARELLANO	2877	§103	Final Rejection	27d	Pending	Mar 14, 2023
18023773	EXTERNAL RESONANCE TYPE LASER MODULE	NELSON, HUNTER JARED	2828	§103	Non-Final OA	8d	Pending	Feb 28, 2023
18023145	DISTANCE IMAGE ACQUISITION DEVICE AND DISTANCE IMAGE ACQUISITION METHOD	FRITCHMAN, JOSEPH C	3645	§103	Non-Final OA	33d	Pending	Feb 24, 2023
18104340	LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE AND DISTANCE MEASUREMENT DEVICE	WIGGER, BENJAMIN DAVID	3645	§103	Non-Final OA	24d overdue	Pending	Feb 01, 2023
18014363	DIAGNOSTIC AGENT FOR PANCREATIC FUNCTION	LIU, TRACY	1614	§103	Non-Final OA	70d	Pending	Jan 04, 2023
18008498	DEFIBRILLATION DEVICE AND METHOD	FEDORKY, MEGAN TAYLOR	3796	§103	Non-Final OA	4d overdue	Pending	Dec 06, 2022
17925409	SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT DETECTION ELEMENT	SHEKER, RHYS PONIENTE	2813	§103	Final Rejection	70d overdue	Pending	Nov 15, 2022
17964034	METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENT	SRINIVASAN, SESHA SAIRAMAN	2817	§103	Non-Final OA	85d overdue	Pending	Oct 12, 2022
17916824	LASER MACHINING DEVICE AND LASER MACHINING METHOD	OLIVA, STEPHANIE RENEE	3761	§112	Non-Final OA	16d	Pending	Oct 04, 2022
17914863	LASER PROCESSING DEVICE AND INSPECTION METHOD	WEN, KEVIN GUANHUA	3761	§103	Non-Final OA	—	Pending	Sep 27, 2022
17914806	QUANTUM-CASCADE LASER ELEMENT AND QUANTUM-CASCADE LASER DEVICE	VAN ROY, TOD THOMAS	2828	§103	Non-Final OA	57d	Pending	Sep 27, 2022
17908303	INSPECTION DEVICE AND INSPECTION METHOD	CARLSON, JOSHUA MICHAEL	2877	§103	Non-Final OA	18d overdue	Pending	Aug 31, 2022
17701899	QUANTUM CASCADE LASER	NELSON, HUNTER JARED	2828	§103	Final Rejection	42d overdue	Pending	Mar 23, 2022
17642998	INSPECTION DEVICE AND INSPECTION METHOD	WEN, KEVIN GUANHUA	3761	§103	Final Rejection	—	Pending	Mar 15, 2022
17423133	METHOD FOR SELECTING CELLS HIGHLY RESPONSIVE TO TARGET SUBSTANCE, AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING CONCENTRATION OF TARGET SUBSTANCE WITH UNKNOWN CONCENTRATION IN SPECIMEN	GAO, ASHLEY HARTMAN	1678	§103	Final Rejection	118d overdue	Pending	Jul 15, 2021

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