Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Networking & Security • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
245 pending office actions • 84 art units • 221 examiners • 0 of 245 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 330 patents granted in the last 365 days
Kyocera Corporation manages 248 pending office actions in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. This total of 248 pending actions is a higher number than the 224 distinct examiners assigned to the cases. Furthermore, the 224 distinct examiners represent a larger group than the 85 distinct art units involved in the portfolio. This distribution indicates that the company faces a wide array of examiner temperaments and styles across many specialized groups.
The busiest examiner, DUMBRIS, SETH M, is currently handling 6 pending office actions. These 6 actions represent a small fraction of the 248 total pending office actions, suggesting that no single individual has a dominant influence. The fact that 224 distinct examiners are involved means that the vast majority of examiners are handling only a single Kyocera case. This distribution across 85 distinct art units requires an adaptable approach to patent prosecution to maintain consistency across the pending matters. Legal teams should monitor the 6 cases under the busiest examiner to identify any potential trends.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 48 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. 48 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 |
|---|---|
| §101 only | 2 (1%) |
| §101 + other | 11 (4%) |
| §103 only | 76 (31%) |
| §102 only | 23 (9%) |
| §112 only | 13 (5%) |
| Double-patenting only | 2 (1%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 2 (1%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 116 (47%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DUMBRIS, SETH M | 6 | 76.3% | +16.8% |
| CARLSON, JEFFREY D | 3 | 29.9% | +19.5% |
| SINCLAIR, DAVID M | 3 | 68.4% | +19.6% |
| BOUIZZA, MICHAEL M | 2 | 81.7% | +13.7% |
| YALDO, ABIGAIL AMIR | 2 | 93.8% | +17.4% |
| MAKHDOOM, SAMARINA | 2 | 72.4% | +28.9% |
| ADDISU, SARA | 2 | 85.4% | +10.6% |
| RAMASWAMY, ARUN | 2 | 84.8% | +12.3% |
| TRA, ANH QUAN | 2 | 72.9% | +5.2% |
| THOMAS, ERIC W | 2 | 82.6% | -1.9% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18836377 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS | BOUIZZA, MICHAEL M | — |
| 18995148 | CUTTING TOOL, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING MACHINED PRODUCT | ADDISU, SARA | — |
| 18875951 | ACOUSTIC WAVE DEVICE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ACOUSTIC WAVE DEVICE, AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE | YALDO, ABIGAIL AMIR | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18686363 | TRAINED MODEL GENERATION METHOD, TRAINED MODEL GENERATION DEVICE, TRAINED MODEL, AND HOLDING MODE INFERENCE DEVICE | OSTROW, ALAN LINDSAY | 163d overdue |
| 18372847 | RELAY DEVICE HYBRID AUTOMATIC REPEAT REQUEST (HARQ) NACK MESSAGE MANAGEMENT | LIN, KENNY S | 141d overdue |
| 18725287 | Surface Mount Multilayer Ceramic Capacitor | RAMASWAMY, ARUN | 42d overdue |
| 18569335 | SERVICE CONTINUITY FROM INDIRECT TO DIRECT COMMUNICATION TRIGGERED BY BASE STATION REQUEST | WILLIAMS, ELTON S | 37d overdue |
| 18294466 | HOLDING PARAMETER ESTIMATION DEVICE AND HOLDING PARAMETER ESTIMATION METHOD | DOROS, KAYLA RENEE | 31d overdue |
| 18842675 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD | FELTEN, DANIEL S | 30d overdue |
| 18261484 | LIGHT IRRADIATOR | GASSEN, CHRISTOPHER J | 24d overdue |
| 18684334 | CIRCUIT SUBSTRATE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | SHARMA, ADITYA | 17d overdue |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18725287 | Surface Mount Multilayer Ceramic Capacitor | RAMASWAMY, ARUN | 42d overdue |
| 18262751 | Solid Electrolytic Capacitor and Method for Producing Solid Electrolytic Capacitor | SINCLAIR, DAVID M | 27d |
| 18040262 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND PROGRAM | MAKHDOOM, SAMARINA | 28d |
| 18574076 | COATED TOOL AND CUTTING TOOL | DUMBRIS, SETH M | 34d |
| 19135778 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND TRANSMITTING-AND-RECEIVING SYSTEM | BOUIZZA, MICHAEL M | — |
| 19113983 | WIRING BOARD, ELECTRONIC COMPONENT STORAGE PACKAGE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | YALDO, ABIGAIL AMIR | — |
| 18684423 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND PROGRAM | MAKHDOOM, SAMARINA | — |
| 19107024 | CUTTING INSERT, CUTTING TOOL, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING MACHINED PRODUCT | ADDISU, SARA | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2847 | 8 |
| 2853 | 6 |
| 2843 | 5 |
| 2467 | 5 |
| 3992 | 3 |
| 2465 | 3 |
| 2874 | 3 |
| 3657 | 3 |
| 1784 | 3 |
| 3726 | 3 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19476158 | IMAGING DEVICE | SMITH, STEPHEN R | 2484 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 16, 2025 |
| 19470810 | HOUSING CASE AND INSERT SET | BUI, LUAN KIM | 3736 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 30, 2025 |
| 19323603 | COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD | SHEIKH, AYAAN AYAZ | 2128 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 09, 2025 |
| 19152838 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM | EL SAYAH, MOHAMAD O | 3658 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 31, 2025 |
| 19144336 | CONTROL SYSTEM | MARC, MCDIEUNEL | 3656 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 27, 2025 |
| 19135778 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND TRANSMITTING-AND-RECEIVING SYSTEM | BOUIZZA, MICHAEL M | 2845 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 04, 2025 |
| 19134088 | HAPTIC FEEDBACK DEVICE | LITTLEJOHN JR, MANCIL H | 2685 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 29, 2025 |
| 19214157 | MEMBER FOR USE IN PLASMA PROCESSING DEVICE, AND PLASMA PROCESSING DEVICE PROVIDED THEREWITH | KRUPICKA, ADAM C | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 21, 2025 |
| 19209490 | DISPLAY DEVICE, IMAGING DEVICE, DISPLAY SYSTEM, AND VEHICLE | DUONG, HENRY ABRAHAM | 2872 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 15, 2025 |
| 18840495 | CEMENTED CARBIDE AND COATED TOOL AND CUTTING TOOL EACH USING THE SAME | SCHLEIS, DANIEL J | — | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 01, 2025 |
| 19113983 | WIRING BOARD, ELECTRONIC COMPONENT STORAGE PACKAGE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | YALDO, ABIGAIL AMIR | 2843 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 21, 2025 |
| 18684423 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND PROGRAM | MAKHDOOM, SAMARINA | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 10, 2025 |
| 19107024 | CUTTING INSERT, CUTTING TOOL, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING MACHINED PRODUCT | ADDISU, SARA | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 27, 2025 |
| 19064555 | COATED TOOL AND CUTTING TOOL | HOTCHKISS, MICHAEL WAYNE | — | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 26, 2025 |
| 19106260 | COMPOSITE FILTER AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE | JONES, STEPHEN E | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 25, 2025 |
| 18836377 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS | BOUIZZA, MICHAEL M | 2845 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 05, 2025 |
| 18998519 | LIQUID SUPPLY MEMBER, LIQUID DISCHARGE HEAD, AND RECORDING DEVICE | MCMILLION, TRACEY M | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 27, 2025 |
| 19038158 | CRYSTAL ELEMENT AND CRYSTAL DEVICE | GLENN, KIMBERLY E | — | §112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 27, 2025 |
| 19037582 | COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD | FAN, CHIEH M | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 27, 2025 |
| 19035837 | MANUFACTURING METHOD OF MOLDED BODY FOR SHEET-LIKE ELECTRODE | TADAYYON ESLAMI, TABASSOM | 1718 | §103 | Final Rejection | 4d overdue | Pending | Jan 24, 2025 |
| 19035643 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING ELECTRONIC DEVICE | YEN, PAUL JUEI-FU | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 23, 2025 |
| 18995148 | CUTTING TOOL, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING MACHINED PRODUCT | ADDISU, SARA | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 16, 2025 |
| 18994608 | COATED TOOL AND CUTTING TOOL | JACKSON, MONIQUE R | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 15, 2025 |
| 18992857 | METAL FILM AND ELECTRONIC COMPONENT | KHAN, TAHSEEN | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 09, 2025 |
| 19012350 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, RELAY NODE, AND BASE STATION | MORLAN, ROBERT M | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 07, 2025 |
| 19007247 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REMOTE VIDEO MONITORING AND REMOTE VIDEO BROADCAST | CARLSON, JEFFREY D | 3992 | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 31, 2024 |
| 18879162 | BLOCKCHAIN SYSTEM, NODE, AND PROGRAM | IMMANUEL, ILSE I | 3699 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 26, 2024 |
| 18878648 | POWER MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, POWER MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND PROGRAM | CHOI, JASON JUNSOO | — | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 24, 2024 |
| 18878565 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, AND CONTROL PROGRAM | LIEW, ALEX KOK SOON | — | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 23, 2024 |
| 18878152 | WIRING BOARD AND MOUNTING STRUCTURE USING THE WIRING BOARD | LEE, PETE T | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 23, 2024 |
| 18986087 | COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD | AGUREYEV, VLADISLAV Y | — | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 18, 2024 |
| 18875951 | ACOUSTIC WAVE DEVICE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ACOUSTIC WAVE DEVICE, AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE | YALDO, ABIGAIL AMIR | 2843 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 17, 2024 |
| 18874587 | TREATMENT LIQUID FOR INKJET PRINTING, AND INK SET AND TEXTILE PRINTING METHOD EACH USING SAME | SHAH, MANISH S | 2853 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 13, 2024 |
| 18873871 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, AND CONTROL PROGRAM | VANCHY JR, MICHAEL J | — | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 11, 2024 |
| 18873482 | OPTICAL POWER FEEDING SYSTEM AND POWER SOURCING EQUIPMENT | ISMAIL, OMAR S | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 10, 2024 |
| 18872213 | MULTILAYER CERAMIC ELECTRONIC COMPONENT AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING MULTILAYER CERAMIC ELECTRONIC COMPONENT | RAMASWAMY, ARUN | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 05, 2024 |
| 18871386 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND CONTROL METHOD AND CONTROL PROGRAM FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE | FRENCH, CORRELL T | 3715 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 03, 2024 |
| 18870771 | MONITORING SUPPORT APPARATUS, MONITORING SUPPORT SYSTEM, AND PROGRAM | ZAK, JACQUELINE ROSE | — | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 02, 2024 |
| 18871081 | MULTILAYER CERAMIC CAPACITOR | SINCLAIR, DAVID M | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 02, 2024 |
| 18869281 | COATED TOOL AND CUTTING TOOL | DUMBRIS, SETH M | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 26, 2024 |
| 18869343 | ACOUSTIC WAVE DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION APPARATUS | TRA, ANH QUAN | 2843 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 26, 2024 |
| 18869733 | OPTICAL COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, OPTICAL COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND OPTICAL COMMUNICATION PROGRAM | WANG, QUAN ZHEN | — | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 26, 2024 |
| 18869270 | THERMOELECTRIC MODULE | CHERN, CHRISTINA | 1722 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 25, 2024 |
| 18868718 | POWER MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, POWER MANAGEMENT METHOD, POWER MANAGEMENT PROGRAM, FACILITY, AND FREEZER | JARRETT, RYAN A | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 22, 2024 |
| 18868061 | THERMAL DEVICE | RUPPERT, ERIC S | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 21, 2024 |
| 18954539 | LIQUID EJECTING DEVICE AND LIQUID EJECTING METHOD | THIES, BRADLEY W | 2853 | DPOther | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 21, 2024 |
| 18867571 | AERIAL IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE | DEAN, RAY ALEXANDER | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 20, 2024 |
| 18708900 | MULTILAYER CERAMIC CAPACITOR AND MULTILAYER CERAMIC CAPACITOR MOUNTING STRUCTURE | THOMAS, ERIC W | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 20, 2024 |
| 18684080 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND PROGRAM | JACOB, OOMMEN | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 12, 2024 |
| 18862815 | OPTICAL DETECTION DEVICE AND OPTICAL RECEIVER | WOLDEKIDAN, HIBRET ASNAKE | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 04, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialKyocera Corporation has 245 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 84 art units and 221 examiners.
Seth M Dumbris has the most, with 6 of Kyocera Corporation's pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.