Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
5 pending office actions • 2 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 21 patents granted in the last 365 days
Newmax Technology Co., Ltd. has 5 pending office actions in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. These 5 actions are handled by 4 distinct examiners across 2 distinct art units. RICKEL, ALEX PARK is the busiest examiner, managing 2 pending office actions.
The concentration within 2 art units suggests a focused technical scope. With 4 examiners involved, the prosecution is distributed despite the limited number of units, which may provide different perspectives on the technology.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 | 4 (80%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (20%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| RICKEL, ALEX PARK | 2 | 71.9% | +14.9% |
| MARTINEZ, JOSEPH P | 1 | 86.0% | +3.2% |
| CHOI, JACOB Y | 1 | 47.6% | +36.8% |
| MEBRAHTU, EPHREM ZERU | 1 | 74.9% | +8.6% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18929515 | OPTICAL LENS ASSEMBLY | MARTINEZ, JOSEPH P | — |
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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18991323 | LENS MODULE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR IMPROVING AN IMAGE QUALITY OF THE LENS MODULE | RICKEL, ALEX PARK | — |
| 18763938 | OPTICAL RANGING MODULE, METHOD OF ASSEMBLING AN OPTICAL RANGING MODULE, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING AN OPTICAL LENS OF AN OPTICAL RANGING MODULE | CHOI, JACOB Y | — |
| 18220281 | OPTICAL LENS ASSEMBLY AND HEAD-MOUNTED ELECTRONIC DEVICE | RICKEL, ALEX PARK | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2872 | 4 |
| 2897 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18991323 | LENS MODULE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR IMPROVING AN IMAGE QUALITY OF THE LENS MODULE | RICKEL, ALEX PARK | 2872 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2024 |
| 18929515 | OPTICAL LENS ASSEMBLY | MARTINEZ, JOSEPH P | 2872 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 28, 2024 |
| 18763938 | OPTICAL RANGING MODULE, METHOD OF ASSEMBLING AN OPTICAL RANGING MODULE, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING AN OPTICAL LENS OF AN OPTICAL RANGING MODULE | CHOI, JACOB Y | 2897 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 03, 2024 |
| 18385371 | OPTICAL ZOOM LENS MODULE AND HEAD MOUNTED ELECTRONIC DEVICE | MEBRAHTU, EPHREM ZERU | 2872 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 126d overdue | Pending | Oct 30, 2023 |
| 18220281 | OPTICAL LENS ASSEMBLY AND HEAD-MOUNTED ELECTRONIC DEVICE | RICKEL, ALEX PARK | 2872 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 11, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialNewmax Technology Co., Ltd. has 5 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 4 examiners.
Alex Park Rickel has the most, with 2 of Newmax Technology Co., Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
