Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

KMW Inc.

Technology areas: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering

13 pending office actions • 9 art units • 11 examiners • 0 of 13 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 53 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

KMW Inc. has 14 pending office actions in Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics. The matters span 12 examiners and 9 art units, indicating both examiner diversity and some recurring art-unit exposure.

LEE, BENNY T is the busiest examiner, with 3 pending matters. That concentration makes this examiner a useful focus for coordinated review, while the broader assignment pattern calls for portfolio-wide consistency in claim amendments and technical explanations.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

13
Total Pending OAs
9
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
1
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. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)Due ≤ 30 days (1)Due later (1)

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.

9
Hard (69%)
3
Medium (23%)
0
Easy (0%)
1
Unknown (8%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only3 (23%)
Multi-statute (no §101)9 (69%)
No statute on record1 (8%)

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
1
Communications
8% of docket
8
Semiconductors
62% of docket
4
Mechanical / Eng
31% 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.

130 h
Manual time on pending OAs
26 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
46 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
LEE, BENNY T 3 87.4% +25.3%
DUONG, DIEU HIEN 1 78.3% +16.5%
WOOD, KIMBERLY T 1 54.8% +27.6%
ALAM, FAYYAZ 1 83.4% +11.2%
LING, FOR K. 1 53.7% +18.6%
LEVI, DAMEON E 1 64.8% +1.8%
ROJOHN III, CLAIRE E 1 66.6% +18.1%
KERR, ELIZABETH M 1 64.8% +27.9%
CHAI, RAYMOND REI-YANG 1 75.0% +15.9%
REVERMAN, CHAD ANDREW 1 58.7% +41.1%

Hard Cases (9)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18372718 Wireless communication device with mounting space between antenna elements CHAI, RAYMOND REI-YANG 14d
19263545 ANTENNA DEVICE DUONG, DIEU HIEN —
19198161 VIBRATION DAMPING APPARATUS FOR ANTENNA DEVICE WOOD, KIMBERLY T —
19176416 FILTER FOR COMMUNICATION DEVICE LEE, BENNY T —
19079560 FILTER FOR COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR LEE, BENNY T —
19060634 FILTER FOR COMMUNICATION DEVICE LEE, BENNY T —
18757533 FULL ANALOG PHASE SHIFTER AND ANTENNA APPARATUS INCLUDING SAME ALAM, FAYYAZ —
18406153 PHASE SHIFTER AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE INCLUDING SAME LEVI, DAMEON E —

Interview Candidates (11)

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
18597845 VAPOR CHAMBER AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME LING, FOR K. 70d overdue
18405314 ACTIVE HEAT DISSIPATION APPARATUS AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE SAME ROJOHN III, CLAIRE E 45d overdue
18372718 Wireless communication device with mounting space between antenna elements CHAI, RAYMOND REI-YANG 14d
19263545 ANTENNA DEVICE DUONG, DIEU HIEN —
19198161 VIBRATION DAMPING APPARATUS FOR ANTENNA DEVICE WOOD, KIMBERLY T —
19176416 FILTER FOR COMMUNICATION DEVICE LEE, BENNY T —
19079560 FILTER FOR COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR LEE, BENNY T —
19060634 FILTER FOR COMMUNICATION DEVICE LEE, BENNY T —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2843 3
2845 2
3763 2
3631 1
2646 1
3761 1
2844 1
2877 1
2891 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19263545 ANTENNA DEVICE DUONG, DIEU HIEN 2845 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 09, 2025
19198161 VIBRATION DAMPING APPARATUS FOR ANTENNA DEVICE WOOD, KIMBERLY T 3631 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending May 05, 2025
19176416 FILTER FOR COMMUNICATION DEVICE LEE, BENNY T 2843 §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 11, 2025
19079560 FILTER FOR COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR LEE, BENNY T 2843 §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 14, 2025
19060634 FILTER FOR COMMUNICATION DEVICE LEE, BENNY T 2843 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 22, 2025
18757533 FULL ANALOG PHASE SHIFTER AND ANTENNA APPARATUS INCLUDING SAME ALAM, FAYYAZ 2646 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 28, 2024
18597845 VAPOR CHAMBER AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME LING, FOR K. 3763 §103 Final Rejection 70d overdue Pending Mar 06, 2024
18406153 PHASE SHIFTER AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE INCLUDING SAME LEVI, DAMEON E 2845 §102§103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Jan 07, 2024
18405314 ACTIVE HEAT DISSIPATION APPARATUS AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE SAME ROJOHN III, CLAIRE E 3763 — Non-Final OA 45d overdue Pending Jan 05, 2024
18534640 METHOD FOR FORMING WICK PART FOR VAPOR-CHAMBER AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURIG VAPOR CHAMBER KERR, ELIZABETH M 3761 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 10, 2023
18372718 Wireless communication device with mounting space between antenna elements CHAI, RAYMOND REI-YANG 2844 §102§103 Final Rejection 14d Pending Sep 26, 2023
18244221 TILT AND DIRECTION DETECTING APPARATUS AND ANTENNA ASSEMBLY USING SAME REVERMAN, CHAD ANDREW 2877 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 09, 2023
18137514 POWER AMPLIFICATION DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF ZARNEKE, DAVID A 2891 §103 Final Rejection 71d Pending Apr 21, 2023

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does KMW Inc. have?

KMW Inc. has 13 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 9 art units and 11 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most KMW Inc. applications?

Benny T Lee has the most, with 3 of KMW Inc.'s pending office actions.

What technology area are KMW Inc.'s patent applications in?

Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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