Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
16 pending office actions • 6 art units • 14 examiners • 0 of 16 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 54 patents granted in the last 365 days
KMW Inc. has 15 pending office actions within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. These matters are distributed among 13 distinct examiners, suggesting that most cases are being reviewed by different individuals. The prosecution spans 6 distinct art units, which indicates a variety of technical sub-specialties within the semiconductor and optics field. This breadth requires a strategy that accounts for the different examination standards across multiple units.
The busiest examiner for this portfolio is LEE, BENNY T, who is currently handling 3 pending office actions. While LEE, BENNY T has the highest individual workload, the remaining 15 pending office actions are spread across the other 13 distinct examiners. This distribution means that while one examiner has a larger share of the work, the overall portfolio is still subject to a wide range of examiner interpretations across the 6 distinct art units. Practitioners should note that the distinct examiners provide a broad base of feedback for the company's applications.
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.
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.
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 | 4 (25%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 11 (69%) |
| No statute on record | 1 (6%) |
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, BENNY T | 3 | 87.4% | +25.4% |
| DUONG, DIEU HIEN | 1 | 78.2% | +16.5% |
| TRA, ANH QUAN | 1 | 72.9% | +5.3% |
| HO, ANH N | 1 | 80.7% | +14.2% |
| ALAM, FAYYAZ | 1 | 83.4% | +11.2% |
| DUONG, THO V | 1 | 67.0% | +17.5% |
| WILEY, DANIEL J | 1 | 71.5% | +37.6% |
| 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% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18372718 | Wireless communication device with mounting space between antenna elements | CHAI, RAYMOND REI-YANG | 14d |
| 18137514 | POWER AMPLIFICATION DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF | ZARNEKE, DAVID A | 71d |
| 19263545 | ANTENNA DEVICE | DUONG, DIEU HIEN | — |
| 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 | — |
| 18764416 | AIR-STRIP LINE AND ANTENNA DEVICE COMPRISING AIR-STRIP LINE | HO, ANH N | — |
| 18757533 | FULL ANALOG PHASE SHIFTER AND ANTENNA APPARATUS INCLUDING SAME | ALAM, FAYYAZ | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 19263545 | ANTENNA DEVICE | DUONG, DIEU HIEN | — |
| 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 | — |
| 18764416 | AIR-STRIP LINE AND ANTENNA DEVICE COMPRISING AIR-STRIP LINE | HO, ANH N | — |
| 18757533 | FULL ANALOG PHASE SHIFTER AND ANTENNA APPARATUS INCLUDING SAME | ALAM, FAYYAZ | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3763 | 3 |
| 2845 | 2 |
| 3678 | 1 |
| 2844 | 1 |
| 2877 | 1 |
| 2891 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19263545 | ANTENNA DEVICE | DUONG, DIEU HIEN | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 09, 2025 |
| 19176416 | FILTER FOR COMMUNICATION DEVICE | LEE, BENNY T | — | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 11, 2025 |
| 19079527 | FILTER FOR COMMUNICATION DEVICE | TRA, ANH QUAN | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 14, 2025 |
| 19079560 | FILTER FOR COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR | LEE, BENNY T | — | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 14, 2025 |
| 19060634 | FILTER FOR COMMUNICATION DEVICE | LEE, BENNY T | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 22, 2025 |
| 18764416 | AIR-STRIP LINE AND ANTENNA DEVICE COMPRISING AIR-STRIP LINE | HO, ANH N | 2845 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 05, 2024 |
| 18757533 | FULL ANALOG PHASE SHIFTER AND ANTENNA APPARATUS INCLUDING SAME | ALAM, FAYYAZ | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 28, 2024 |
| 18672027 | HEATING ELEMENT COOLING STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME | DUONG, THO V | 3763 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 23, 2024 |
| 18600720 | ANTENNA APPARATUS FOR BASE STATION | WILEY, DANIEL J | 3678 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 10, 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 | — | §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 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 71d | Pending | Apr 21, 2023 |
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