Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

LX SEMICON CO., LTD.

43 pending office actions • 20 art units • 28 examiners • 0 of 43 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 77 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

43
Total Pending OAs
38
Non-Final OAs
5
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 43 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

19
Overdue
3
Due this week
13
Due this month
5
Due in next 60 days
3
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. 43 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (19)Due ≤ 7 days (3)Due ≤ 30 days (13)Due ≤ 60 days (5)Due later (3)

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%)
37
Medium (86%)
1
Easy (2%)
5
Unknown (12%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only24 (56%)
§102 only13 (30%)
§112 only1 (2%)
No statute on record5 (12%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
22
Information Tech
51% of docket
15
Communications
35% of docket
6
Semiconductors
14% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% 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.

430 h
Manual time on pending OAs
86 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
150 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
3.8 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
HOLDER, ANNER N 7 78.5% +13.8%
UHL, LINDSAY JANE KILE 5 80.3% +8.8%
MUNG, ON S 3 74.6% +8.9%
LE, PETER D 3 80.2% +16.8%
PRINCE, JESSICA MARIE 2 76.7% +15.8%
CASTIAUX, BRENT D 1 83.1% +16.0%
MARTINEZ QUILES, IVELISSE 1 72.0% +27.2%
PIZIALI, JEFFREY J 1 42.6% +4.9%
AU, SCOTT D 1 76.8% +11.2%
KHOO, STACY 1 81.5% +14.6%

Quick Wins (10)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19026098 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ENCODING/DECODING IMAGE AND RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING BITSTREAM STORED THEREON UHL, LINDSAY JANE KILE 19d overdue
19025680 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ENCODING/DECODING IMAGE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM IN WHICH BITSTREAM IS STORED LE, PETER D 18d overdue
19026143 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ENCODING/DECODING IMAGE AND RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING BITSTREAM STORED THEREON UHL, LINDSAY JANE KILE 16d overdue
19026210 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ENCODING/DECODING IMAGE AND RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING BITSTREAM STORED THEREON UHL, LINDSAY JANE KILE 15d overdue
19027653 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ENCODING/DECODING IMAGE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM IN WHICH BITSTREAM IS STORED LE, PETER D 11d overdue
19026277 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ENCODING/DECODING IMAGE AND RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING BITSTREAM STORED THEREON UHL, LINDSAY JANE KILE 11d overdue
19027753 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ENCODING/DECODING IMAGE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM IN WHICH BITSTREAM IS STORED LE, PETER D 10d overdue
19236136 DISPLAY DEVICE AND STATUS DISPLAY METHOD THEREOF CASTIAUX, BRENT D 26d

Interview Candidates (16)

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
18925380 IMAGE ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND DEVICE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM IN WHICH BITSTREAM IS STORED HOLDER, ANNER N 31d overdue
19028357 IMAGE ENCODING/DECODING METHOD, APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM FOR STORING BITSTREAM PRINCE, JESSICA MARIE 28d overdue
19172788 TIMING CONTROLLER AND METHOD OF DRIVING TIMING CONTROLLER AU, SCOTT D 26d overdue
19025680 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ENCODING/DECODING IMAGE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM IN WHICH BITSTREAM IS STORED LE, PETER D 18d overdue
19027653 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ENCODING/DECODING IMAGE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM IN WHICH BITSTREAM IS STORED LE, PETER D 11d overdue
19027753 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ENCODING/DECODING IMAGE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM IN WHICH BITSTREAM IS STORED LE, PETER D 10d overdue
19023065 IMAGE ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND DEVICE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM IN WHICH BITSTREAM IS STORED HOLDER, ANNER N 8d overdue
19022886 IMAGE ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND DEVICE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM IN WHICH BITSTREAM IS STORED HOLDER, ANNER N 5d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2483 7
2486 6
2481 5
2488 3
2628 2
2624 2
2621 2
2622 2
2625 2
2627 2

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19236136 DISPLAY DEVICE AND STATUS DISPLAY METHOD THEREOF CASTIAUX, BRENT D 2623 §103 Non-Final OA 26d Pending Jun 12, 2025
19211068 METHOD FOR DETECTING TOUCH COORDINATES AND DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME MARTINEZ QUILES, IVELISSE 2626 §103 Non-Final OA 28d Pending May 16, 2025
19125809 DATA DRIVING APPARATUS FOR DRIVING PIXEL OF DISPLAY PANEL PIZIALI, JEFFREY J 2628 §103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Apr 30, 2025
19172788 TIMING CONTROLLER AND METHOD OF DRIVING TIMING CONTROLLER AU, SCOTT D 2624 §103 Final Rejection 26d overdue Pending Apr 08, 2025
19118829 TOUCH-SENSING CIRCUIT AND TOUCH-SENSING METHOD THEREOF KHOO, STACY 2624 §103 Non-Final OA 65d Pending Apr 07, 2025
19115314 DISPLAY DRIVE DEVICE AND DISPLAY DEVICE COMPRISING SAME ADEDIRAN, ABDUL-SAMAD A 2621 §103 Non-Final OA 13d Pending Mar 26, 2025
19114303 MURA COMPENSATION APPARATUS AND DISPLAY DRIVING APPARATUS SOTO LOPEZ, JOSE R 2622 §102 Non-Final OA 56d overdue Pending Mar 21, 2025
19108034 PATTERNED RESISTANCE DETECTION CIRCUIT AND METHOD FOR DETECTING PATTERNED RESISTANCE OF DISPLAY PANEL FIGUEROA-GIBSON, GLORYVID 2628 §103 Non-Final OA 16d overdue Pending Feb 28, 2025
19057069 POWER MANAGEMENT CIRCUIT AND TOUCH/DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME ZHOU, HONG 2629 §112 Non-Final OA 29d overdue Pending Feb 19, 2025
19057560 Semiconductor Device for driving a display and A Display driving device including the same SIMPSON, LIXI CHOW 2625 §103 Non-Final OA 81d overdue Pending Feb 19, 2025
19030064 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ENCODING/DECODING IMAGE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING BIT STREAM MUNG, ON S 2486 Other Non-Final OA 34d Pending Jan 17, 2025
19028357 IMAGE ENCODING/DECODING METHOD, APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM FOR STORING BITSTREAM PRINCE, JESSICA MARIE 2486 §102 Non-Final OA 28d overdue Pending Jan 17, 2025
19029815 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ENCODING/DECODING IMAGE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING BIT STREAM MUNG, ON S 2486 Other Non-Final OA 34d Pending Jan 17, 2025
19027753 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ENCODING/DECODING IMAGE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM IN WHICH BITSTREAM IS STORED LE, PETER D 2488 §103 Non-Final OA 10d overdue Pending Jan 17, 2025
19027653 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ENCODING/DECODING IMAGE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM IN WHICH BITSTREAM IS STORED LE, PETER D 2488 §102 Non-Final OA 11d overdue Pending Jan 17, 2025
19025680 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ENCODING/DECODING IMAGE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM IN WHICH BITSTREAM IS STORED LE, PETER D 2488 §102 Non-Final OA 18d overdue Pending Jan 16, 2025
19026210 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ENCODING/DECODING IMAGE AND RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING BITSTREAM STORED THEREON UHL, LINDSAY JANE KILE 2481 §103 Non-Final OA 15d overdue Pending Jan 16, 2025
19026143 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ENCODING/DECODING IMAGE AND RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING BITSTREAM STORED THEREON UHL, LINDSAY JANE KILE 2481 §103 Non-Final OA 16d overdue Pending Jan 16, 2025
19026277 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ENCODING/DECODING IMAGE AND RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING BITSTREAM STORED THEREON UHL, LINDSAY JANE KILE 2481 §103 Non-Final OA 11d overdue Pending Jan 16, 2025
19026098 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ENCODING/DECODING IMAGE AND RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING BITSTREAM STORED THEREON UHL, LINDSAY JANE KILE 2481 §103 Non-Final OA 19d overdue Pending Jan 16, 2025
19025792 IMAGE ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM FOR STORING BITSTREAM ABOUZAHRA, HESHAM K 2486 §102 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Jan 16, 2025
19023103 IMAGE ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND DEVICE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM IN WHICH BITSTREAM IS STORED HOLDER, ANNER N 2483 §102 Non-Final OA 15d Pending Jan 15, 2025
19023065 IMAGE ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND DEVICE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM IN WHICH BITSTREAM IS STORED HOLDER, ANNER N 2483 §102 Non-Final OA 8d overdue Pending Jan 15, 2025
19022886 IMAGE ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND DEVICE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM IN WHICH BITSTREAM IS STORED HOLDER, ANNER N 2483 §102 Non-Final OA 5d Pending Jan 15, 2025
19022992 IMAGE ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND DEVICE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM IN WHICH BITSTREAM IS STORED HOLDER, ANNER N 2483 §102 Non-Final OA 6d Pending Jan 15, 2025
19023027 IMAGE ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND DEVICE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM IN WHICH BITSTREAM IS STORED HOLDER, ANNER N 2483 §102 Non-Final OA 6d Pending Jan 15, 2025
19023126 IMAGE ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND DEVICE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM IN WHICH BITSTREAM IS STORED HOLDER, ANNER N 2483 §103 Non-Final OA 15d Pending Jan 15, 2025
19013734 PHASE-LOCKED LOOP CIRCUIT AND DISPLAY DRIVER INCLUDING SAME EARLES, BRYAN E 2625 §103 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Jan 08, 2025
18989755 TOUCH SENSING DEVICE AND DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME BOYD, JONATHAN A 2627 §103 Final Rejection 12d Pending Dec 20, 2024
18870595 MURA COMPENSATION MODULE, DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS INCLUDING SAME, AND MURA COMPENSATION METHOD USING THE SAME TUNG, DAVID 2622 §102 Non-Final OA 40d Pending Nov 29, 2024
18948040 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ENCODING/DECODING IMAGE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING BIT STREAM MUNG, ON S 2486 Other Non-Final OA 30d overdue Pending Nov 14, 2024
18925380 IMAGE ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND DEVICE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM IN WHICH BITSTREAM IS STORED HOLDER, ANNER N 2483 Other Non-Final OA 31d overdue Pending Oct 24, 2024
18826671 Method and Apparatus for Encoding/Decoding a Video Using a Motion Compensation PRINCE, JESSICA MARIE 2486 Other Non-Final OA 28d Pending Sep 06, 2024
18715849 DEVICE FOR DRIVING DISPLAY PANEL, AND DRIVING METHOD MERCEDES, DISMERY E 2627 §103 Final Rejection 46d Pending Jun 03, 2024
18534274 DISPLAY DRIVE DEVICE AND IMAGE DATA INSPECTION METHOD JOSEPH, DENNIS P 2621 §102 Non-Final OA 62d Pending Dec 08, 2023
18532400 ANALOG FRONT-END CIRCUIT AND CAMERA MODULE CONTROL DRIVER INCLUDING THE SAME LEI, JIE 2872 §102 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Dec 07, 2023
18530784 POWER SEMICONDUCTOR MODULE AND POWER CONVERTER HAIDER, WASIUL 2812 §103 Non-Final OA 26d Pending Dec 06, 2023
18529578 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE LEBENTRITT, MICHAEL 2893 §103 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Dec 05, 2023
18497766 Method and Device for Encoding/Decoding Image and Recording Medium Having Bitstream Stored Thereon UHL, LINDSAY JANE KILE 2481 §103 Final Rejection 75d Pending Oct 30, 2023
18238057 POWER SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, POWER SEMICONDUCTOR MODULE, POWER CONVERTER INCLUDING SAME, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF FAN, SU JYA 2818 §103 Non-Final OA 9d Pending Aug 25, 2023
18233136 SEMICONDUCTOR MODULE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME SWANSON, WALTER H 2815 §103 Non-Final OA 58d overdue Pending Aug 11, 2023
18227911 SEMICONDUCTOR MODULE AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME WEGNER, AARON MICHAEL 2897 §103 Final Rejection 28d Pending Jul 29, 2023
18219006 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMAGE, TRANSMITTING FOR BITSTREAM BASED ON INTRA PREDICTION ANYIKIRE, CHIKAODILI E 2487 §103 Non-Final OA 40d Pending Jul 06, 2023

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