Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Lumileds LLC

24 pending office actions • 16 art units • 22 examiners • 0 of 24 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 57 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

24
Total Pending OAs
11
Non-Final OAs
11
Final Rejections
2
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 24 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

14
Overdue
1
Due this week
2
Due this month
7
Due in next 60 days
0
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. 24 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (14)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (2)Due ≤ 60 days (7)

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.

0
Hard (0%)
17
Medium (71%)
7
Easy (29%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only17 (71%)
§112 only7 (29%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
1
Information Tech
4% of docket
2
Communications
8% of docket
19
Semiconductors
79% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
2
Business / Other
8% 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.

240 h
Manual time on pending OAs
48 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
84 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
LIU, MIKKA H 2 92.1% +3.7%
IQBAL, HAMNA FATHIMA 2 90.9% +12.5%
KRYUKOVA, ERIN 1 64.1% +28.9%
LEE, ANGELA J 1 96.9% -2.3%
GONDARENKO, NATALIA A 1 72.2% +21.0%
UNDERWOOD, JARREAS C 1 78.9% +22.9%
PEERCE, MATTHEW J 1 67.9% +27.1%
JONES, ERIC W 1 61.3% +17.7%
GUPTA, PARUL H 1 61.0% +32.5%
SATHIRAJU, SRINIVAS 1 88.8% +5.8%

Quick Wins (6)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17985888 VISIBLE LIGHT SOURCE HAVING A LOW-DENSITY SET OF LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENTS IQBAL, HAMNA FATHIMA 91d overdue
18055969 Monolithic LED Array And Method Of Manufacturing Thereof LIU, MIKKA H 10d overdue
18387205 SEMI-SIMULTANEOUS DRIVING FOR MULTIJUNCTION POLYCHROMIC DEVICES SATHIRAJU, SRINIVAS 12d
18210484 PRIMARY OPTICS ARRAY FOR A LIGHT-EMITTING ARRAY LIU, MIKKA H 13d
35526540 Automotive LED lamp LEE, ANGELA J 48d
18206309 LED ARRAY BETWEEN FLEXIBLE AND RIGID SUBSTRATES IQBAL, HAMNA FATHIMA 53d

Interview Candidates (8)

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
17985888 VISIBLE LIGHT SOURCE HAVING A LOW-DENSITY SET OF LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENTS IQBAL, HAMNA FATHIMA 91d overdue
18394053 LIGHTING DEVICE WITH A LIGHT EMITTING DIODE LAYOUT AND POSITION THAT PROVIDES AN IMPROVED BEAM PERFORMANCE PEERCE, MATTHEW J 67d overdue
18625453 OPTICALLY TRANSPARENT ADHESION LAYER TO CONNECT NOBLE METALS TO OXIDES GONDARENKO, NATALIA A 56d overdue
19095328 ILLUMINATOR COMPRISING BICONVEX LENS WITH TIR TEETH KRYUKOVA, ERIN 15d overdue
18542189 CHIP SCALE PACKAGE LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE WITH THIN, CONFORMAL WAVELENGTH CONVERTER JONES, ERIC W 9d overdue
18409947 LED SENSOR MODULE UNDERWOOD, JARREAS C 7d
18515997 SELECTION OF THE FOURTH PIXEL COLOR IN FULL-COLOR DISPLAY DEVICES GUPTA, PARUL H 50d
18206309 LED ARRAY BETWEEN FLEXIBLE AND RIGID SUBSTRATES IQBAL, HAMNA FATHIMA 53d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2817 4
2875 3
2815 3
2891 2
2933 1
2877 1
2892 1
2627 1
2844 1
2934 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19095328 ILLUMINATOR COMPRISING BICONVEX LENS WITH TIR TEETH KRYUKOVA, ERIN 2875 §103 Final Rejection 15d overdue Pending Mar 31, 2025
35526540 Automotive LED lamp LEE, ANGELA J 2933 §112 Non-Final OA 48d Pending Sep 09, 2024
18625453 OPTICALLY TRANSPARENT ADHESION LAYER TO CONNECT NOBLE METALS TO OXIDES GONDARENKO, NATALIA A 2891 §103 Final Rejection 56d overdue Pending Apr 03, 2024
18409947 LED SENSOR MODULE UNDERWOOD, JARREAS C 2877 §103 Final Rejection 7d Pending Jan 11, 2024
18394053 LIGHTING DEVICE WITH A LIGHT EMITTING DIODE LAYOUT AND POSITION THAT PROVIDES AN IMPROVED BEAM PERFORMANCE PEERCE, MATTHEW J 2875 §112 Non-Final OA 67d overdue Pending Dec 22, 2023
18542189 CHIP SCALE PACKAGE LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE WITH THIN, CONFORMAL WAVELENGTH CONVERTER JONES, ERIC W 2892 §103 Non-Final OA 9d overdue Pending Dec 15, 2023
18515997 SELECTION OF THE FOURTH PIXEL COLOR IN FULL-COLOR DISPLAY DEVICES GUPTA, PARUL H 2627 §103 Non-Final OA 50d Pending Nov 21, 2023
18387205 SEMI-SIMULTANEOUS DRIVING FOR MULTIJUNCTION POLYCHROMIC DEVICES SATHIRAJU, SRINIVAS 2844 §112 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Nov 06, 2023
35522760 LED retrofit bulb for vehicle MELLIAR, WILLIAM B 2934 §112 Final Rejection 72d overdue Pending Oct 23, 2023
18226118 AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEM WITH CONTROLLABLE HEADLAMP TILAHUN, ALAZAR 2424 §103 Non-Final OA 55d Pending Jul 25, 2023
18211923 HIGH FLUX LED WITH LOW OPERATING VOLTAGE UTILIZING TWO P-N JUNCTIONS CONNECTED IN PARALLEL AND HAVING ONE TUNNEL JUNCTION KIM, JAY C 2815 §112 Final Rejection 8d overdue Pending Jun 20, 2023
18210484 PRIMARY OPTICS ARRAY FOR A LIGHT-EMITTING ARRAY LIU, MIKKA H 2817 §112 Non-Final OA 13d Pending Jun 15, 2023
18210065 VEHICULAR SPARSE LED ARRAY APPLICATIONS WANG, XI 2637 §103 Final Rejection 55d Pending Jun 14, 2023
18206309 LED ARRAY BETWEEN FLEXIBLE AND RIGID SUBSTRATES IQBAL, HAMNA FATHIMA 2817 §103 Final Rejection 53d Pending Jun 06, 2023
18097939 LOW Z-HEIGHT LED ARRAY PACKAGE HAVING TSV SUPPORT STRUCTURE PIZARRO CRESPO, MARCOS D 2814 §103 Non-Final OA 41d Pending Jan 17, 2023
18014694 LED RETROFIT LAMP FOR AN AUTOMOTIVE LIGHTING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE CATTANACH, COLIN J 2875 §112 Non-Final OA 18d overdue Pending Jan 05, 2023
18055969 Monolithic LED Array And Method Of Manufacturing Thereof LIU, MIKKA H 2817 §103 Non-Final OA 10d overdue Pending Nov 16, 2022
17985888 VISIBLE LIGHT SOURCE HAVING A LOW-DENSITY SET OF LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENTS IQBAL, HAMNA FATHIMA 2817 §103 Final Rejection 91d overdue Pending Nov 13, 2022
17985893 LAMINATED LIGHT SOURCE HAVING A LOW-DENSITY SET OF LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENTS SWANSON, ALAINA MARIE 2872 §103 Non-Final OA 5d overdue Pending Nov 13, 2022
17985894 LAMINATION OF A LIGHT SOURCE HAVING A LOW-DENSITY SET OF LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENTS ZARNEKE, DAVID A 2891 §103 Non-Final OA 93d overdue Pending Nov 13, 2022
17901272 METAL STACKS FOR LIGHT EMITTING DIODES FOR BONDING AND/OR OHMIC CONTACT-REFLECTIVE MATERIAL SWANSON, WALTER H 2815 §103 Final Rejection 23d overdue Pending Sep 01, 2022
17797779 Laser Lift-Off Processing System Including Metal Grid CHOU, SHIH TSUN A 2811 §103 Final Rejection 73d overdue Pending Aug 05, 2022
16934919 METHODS OF MANUFACTURING A LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE WITH METAL INLAY AND TOP CONTACTS CULBERT, CHRISTOPHER A 2815 §103 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Jul 21, 2020
16647332 FLEXIBLE LIGHT STRIP YEUNG LOPEZ, FEIFEI 2899 §103 Final Rejection 56d Pending Mar 13, 2020

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