Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
4 pending office actions • 3 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 6 patents granted in the last 365 days
Koh Young Technology Inc. has 4 pending office actions in Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics. The matters involve 4 distinct examiners across 3 distinct art units, showing examiner dispersion with limited technical overlap.
GARBER, ERIN R is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. Counsel should manage the matters separately while using the shared technology area to support consistent technical positions.
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 | 1 (25%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (25%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GARBER, ERIN R | 1 | 83.2% | +17.9% |
| STAFIRA, MICHAEL PATRICK | 1 | 88.2% | +9.0% |
| CHANG, AUDREY Y | 1 | 46.6% | +20.8% |
| LYONS, MICHAEL A | 1 | 86.5% | +9.9% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19115657 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL SHAPE INSPECTION DEVICE AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL SHAPE INSPECTION METHOD | STAFIRA, MICHAEL PATRICK | — |
| 18830031 | FOCUS-LESS INSPECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD | LYONS, MICHAEL A | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19115667 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL SHAPE INSPECTION DEVICE AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL SHAPE INSPECTION METHOD | GARBER, ERIN R | — |
| 18846217 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DEPTH-OF-FIELD EXPANSION | CHANG, AUDREY Y | — |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19115667 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL SHAPE INSPECTION DEVICE AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL SHAPE INSPECTION METHOD | GARBER, ERIN R | — |
| 18846217 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DEPTH-OF-FIELD EXPANSION | CHANG, AUDREY Y | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2877 | 2 |
| 2878 | 1 |
| 2872 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19115667 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL SHAPE INSPECTION DEVICE AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL SHAPE INSPECTION METHOD | GARBER, ERIN R | 2878 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 26, 2025 |
| 19115657 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL SHAPE INSPECTION DEVICE AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL SHAPE INSPECTION METHOD | STAFIRA, MICHAEL PATRICK | 2877 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 26, 2025 |
| 18846217 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DEPTH-OF-FIELD EXPANSION | CHANG, AUDREY Y | 2872 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 11, 2024 |
| 18830031 | FOCUS-LESS INSPECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD | LYONS, MICHAEL A | 2877 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 10, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialKoh Young Technology Inc. has 4 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 3 art units and 4 examiners.
Erin R Garber has the most, with 1 of Koh Young Technology Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
