Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
14 pending office actions • 5 art units • 14 examiners • 0 of 14 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 95 patents granted in the last 365 days
HKC Corporation Limited has 15 pending office actions in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. Each of these 15 actions is assigned to a different distinct examiner, resulting in no examiner overlap within the current pending set. The portfolio spans 6 distinct art units, showing that the company's technical focus is somewhat concentrated despite the variety of examiners.
SIDDIQUI, MD SAIFUL A is the busiest examiner for the company, currently overseeing 1 pending office action. Because each of the 15 pending office actions is handled by a different examiner, the company must navigate 15 unique individual perspectives. The involvement of 6 distinct art units for 15 actions indicates that the company's semiconductor innovations are reviewed by several different technical groups at the USPTO. This requires a prosecution approach that is tailored to each specific case, as there is no opportunity to leverage a relationship with a single examiner across multiple pending matters.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 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. 3 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 | 5 (36%) |
| §102 only | 1 (7%) |
| §112 only | 1 (7%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 7 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GYAWALI, BIPIN | 1 | 59.0% | +0.5% |
| HUSTOFT, JUSTIN WAYNE | 1 | 67.0% | +21.9% |
| DINKE, BITEW A | 1 | 72.9% | +12.4% |
| JEFFERSON, QUOVAUNDA | 1 | 79.3% | +8.7% |
| FERNANDES, ERROL V | 1 | 85.4% | +10.8% |
| WASHINGTON, TAMARA Y | 1 | 81.3% | +8.7% |
| HOQUE, MOHAMMAD M | 1 | 85.2% | +9.5% |
| JUNG, MICHAEL YOO LIM | 1 | 82.7% | +10.5% |
| VALENZUELA, PATRICIA D | 1 | 90.3% | +2.0% |
| CAMPBELL, SHAUN M | 1 | 72.8% | +8.6% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18764470 | Display Panel and Manufacturing Method Thereof | FERNANDES, ERROL V | — |
| 18641266 | ARRAY SUBSTRATE, PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF AND DISPLAY DEVICE | JUNG, MICHAEL YOO LIM | — |
| 18434831 | Display Panel, Preparation Method and Display Apparatus | VALENZUELA, PATRICIA D | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18213837 | PIXEL LAYOUT STRUCTURE, DISPLAY PANEL, MASK PLATE ASSEMBLY | PHAM, THANHHA S | 9d |
| 18511210 | DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY TERMINAL | CAMPBELL, SHAUN M | 56d |
| 17993888 | ARRAY SUBSTRATE AND DISPLAY DEVICE | SON, ERIKA HEERA | 56d |
| 19368472 | DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY DEVICE | GYAWALI, BIPIN | — |
| 18766693 | DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY DEVICE | JEFFERSON, QUOVAUNDA | — |
| 18650267 | ANTI-PEEPING STRUCTURE AND ELECTRONIC DISPLAY DEVICE | WASHINGTON, TAMARA Y | — |
| 18641371 | ARRAY SUBSTRATE AND DISPLAY PANEL | HOQUE, MOHAMMAD M | — |
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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18902246 | ELECTROWETTING DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY DEVICE | HUSTOFT, JUSTIN WAYNE | — |
| 18789740 | UNDER-SCREEN CAMERA DISPLAY SCREEN AND DISPLAY DEVICE | DINKE, BITEW A | — |
| 18764470 | Display Panel and Manufacturing Method Thereof | FERNANDES, ERROL V | — |
| 18641266 | ARRAY SUBSTRATE, PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF AND DISPLAY DEVICE | JUNG, MICHAEL YOO LIM | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2893 | 3 |
| 2812 | 2 |
| 2625 | 1 |
| 2872 | 1 |
| 1787 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19368472 | DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY DEVICE | GYAWALI, BIPIN | 2625 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 24, 2025 |
| 18902246 | ELECTROWETTING DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY DEVICE | HUSTOFT, JUSTIN WAYNE | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 30, 2024 |
| 18789740 | UNDER-SCREEN CAMERA DISPLAY SCREEN AND DISPLAY DEVICE | DINKE, BITEW A | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 31, 2024 |
| 18766693 | DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY DEVICE | JEFFERSON, QUOVAUNDA | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 09, 2024 |
| 18764470 | Display Panel and Manufacturing Method Thereof | FERNANDES, ERROL V | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 05, 2024 |
| 18650267 | ANTI-PEEPING STRUCTURE AND ELECTRONIC DISPLAY DEVICE | WASHINGTON, TAMARA Y | 2872 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 30, 2024 |
| 18641371 | ARRAY SUBSTRATE AND DISPLAY PANEL | HOQUE, MOHAMMAD M | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 21, 2024 |
| 18641266 | ARRAY SUBSTRATE, PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF AND DISPLAY DEVICE | JUNG, MICHAEL YOO LIM | — | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 19, 2024 |
| 18434831 | Display Panel, Preparation Method and Display Apparatus | VALENZUELA, PATRICIA D | 2812 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 07, 2024 |
| 18511210 | DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY TERMINAL | CAMPBELL, SHAUN M | 2893 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 56d | Pending | Nov 16, 2023 |
| 18470532 | DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY DEVICE | NGUYEN, SOPHIA T | 2893 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 20, 2023 |
| 18213837 | PIXEL LAYOUT STRUCTURE, DISPLAY PANEL, MASK PLATE ASSEMBLY | PHAM, THANHHA S | 2812 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 9d | Pending | Jun 24, 2023 |
| 17993888 | ARRAY SUBSTRATE AND DISPLAY DEVICE | SON, ERIKA HEERA | 2893 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 56d | Pending | Nov 24, 2022 |
| 17801837 | ASSEMBLING FILM, METHOD FOR ASSEMBLING DISPLAY, AND DISPLAY | KRUER, KEVIN R | 1787 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 24, 2022 |
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