Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
7 pending office actions • 6 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 10 patents granted in the last 365 days
Hon Young Semiconductor Corporation currently manages 7 pending office actions within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. These actions are distributed across 6 distinct art units, indicating a broad technological reach within the semiconductor field. Because the workload is spread among 6 distinct art units, the company must be prepared to address a diverse range of technical standards and examination guidelines. This variety requires a highly coordinated prosecution strategy to ensure that arguments remain consistent across different specialized sections of the patent office.
The portfolio is being reviewed by 7 distinct examiners, with each of the 7 pending office actions assigned to a different individual. HOANG, DZUNG T is identified as the busiest examiner, currently responsible for 1 pending office action. This decentralized structure means that no single examiner has a dominant influence over the portfolio's outcome. To succeed in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics sector, the company must provide specialized technical arguments that satisfy the unique requirements of 7 distinct examiners. Managing 7 pending office actions in this manner requires a flexible and individualized approach for each application to account for the lack of examiner overlap.
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 | 2 (29%) |
| §102 only | 2 (29%) |
| §112 only | 2 (29%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (14%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOANG, DZUNG T | 1 | 77.8% | +0.0% |
| ERDEM, FAZLI | 1 | 85.5% | +15.7% |
| MCCUTCHEON, COLIN RUSSELL | 1 | 87.9% | +20.6% |
| KAO, SOPHIA WEI-CHUN | 1 | 96.2% | +4.9% |
| SHOOK, DANIEL P | 1 | 87.1% | +8.4% |
| KIM, JAY C | 1 | 49.4% | +21.6% |
| RAMALLO, GUSTAVO G | 1 | 95.2% | +2.3% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18664324 | SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF | ERDEM, FAZLI | — |
| 18661722 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR FORMING THE SAME | MCCUTCHEON, COLIN RUSSELL | — |
| 18656616 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR FORMING THE SAME | KAO, SOPHIA WEI-CHUN | — |
| 18430672 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE | RAMALLO, GUSTAVO G | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18638697 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE | SHOOK, DANIEL P | — |
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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18664324 | SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF | ERDEM, FAZLI | — |
| 18661722 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR FORMING THE SAME | MCCUTCHEON, COLIN RUSSELL | — |
| 18442114 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF | KIM, JAY C | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2812 | 2 |
| 2898 | 1 |
| 2892 | 1 |
| 2817 | 1 |
| 2896 | 1 |
| 2815 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18670696 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF | HOANG, DZUNG T | 2898 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 21, 2024 |
| 18664324 | SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF | ERDEM, FAZLI | 2812 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 15, 2024 |
| 18661722 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR FORMING THE SAME | MCCUTCHEON, COLIN RUSSELL | 2892 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 13, 2024 |
| 18656616 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR FORMING THE SAME | KAO, SOPHIA WEI-CHUN | 2817 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 07, 2024 |
| 18638697 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE | SHOOK, DANIEL P | 2896 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 18, 2024 |
| 18442114 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF | KIM, JAY C | 2815 | §112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 15, 2024 |
| 18430672 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE | RAMALLO, GUSTAVO G | 2812 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 02, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialHon Young Semiconductor Corporation has 7 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 6 art units and 7 examiners.
Dzung T Hoang has the most, with 1 of Hon Young Semiconductor Corporation's pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
