Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Korea Advanced Nano Fab Center currently manages 1 pending office action in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. This action is assigned to 1 distinct examiner and is located within 1 distinct art unit. This indicates a highly concentrated prosecution focus for the portfolio at this stage. The limited number of active matters suggests a very specific engagement with the patent office.
The busiest examiner for the company is KHALIFA, MOATAZ, who is responsible for 1 pending office action. This 1 action represents the entire pending workload for the portfolio. With only 1 distinct examiner involved, the prosecution of the company's patent interests is currently focused on a single point of contact at the patent office. The outcome of this specific case will define the company's current success in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics field.
For a practitioner, the presence of 1 distinct art unit suggests a need for a strategy tailored to the specific standards of that unit. This concentration means that the results of the 1 pending office action will be the primary indicator of the company's progress in this technical sector.
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 |
|---|---|
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (100%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KHALIFA, MOATAZ | 1 | 90.9% | +2.3% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18877634 | MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE AND LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE THEREBY | KHALIFA, MOATAZ | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2817 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18877634 | MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE AND LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE THEREBY | KHALIFA, MOATAZ | 2817 | §102§103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 11, 2025 |
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Start Free TrialKorea Advanced Nano Fab Center has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Moataz Khalifa has the most, with 1 of Korea Advanced Nano Fab Center's pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
