Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation

10 pending office actions • 6 art units • 10 examiners • 0 of 10 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 33 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

10
Total Pending OAs
6
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

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.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

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.

3
Hard (30%)
6
Medium (60%)
1
Easy (10%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only5 (50%)
§102 only1 (10%)
§112 only1 (10%)
Multi-statute (no §101)3 (30%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
1
Information Tech
10% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
7
Semiconductors
70% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
2
Business / Other
20% 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.

100 h
Manual time on pending OAs
20 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
35 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.9 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
MERANT, GUERRIER 1 88.7% -2.5%
ERDEM, FAZLI 1 85.3% +16.0%
AGGER, ELIZABETH ROSE 1 94.4% -2.6%
CHANG, JAY C 1 85.2% +14.0%
ZHU, SHENG-BAI 1 62.3% +6.1%
YEMELYANOV, DMITRIY 1 73.8% +19.5%
NGUYEN, SOPHIA T 1 45.0% +13.7%
BENTON, CHLOE ELAINE 1
KUPP, BENJAMIN MICHAEL 1 83.3% +22.2%
LOPEZ, JORGE ANDRES 1 93.9% +8.0%

Quick Wins (5)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18153375 CAPACITOR STRUCTURE LOPEZ, JORGE ANDRES 18d overdue
19045445 TESTING METHOD FOR MEMORY DEVICE MERANT, GUERRIER
18779114 TRANSISTOR STRUCTURE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF ERDEM, FAZLI
18663120 FERROELECTRIC CAPACITOR STRUCTURE CHANG, JAY C
18523924 SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE KUPP, BENJAMIN MICHAEL

Hard Cases (3)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18764178 OPERATION METHOD FOR STACKED MEMORY DEVICE AND STACKED MEMORY DEVICE AGGER, ELIZABETH ROSE
18639973 MEMORY DEVICE ZHU, SHENG-BAI
18539239 3D STACK PACKAGE STRUCTURE BENTON, CHLOE ELAINE

Interview Candidates (5)

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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18779114 TRANSISTOR STRUCTURE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF ERDEM, FAZLI
18663120 FERROELECTRIC CAPACITOR STRUCTURE CHANG, JAY C
18600793 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR FORMING THE SAME YEMELYANOV, DMITRIY
18591000 HIGH ELECTRON MOBILITY TRANSISTOR AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME NGUYEN, SOPHIA T
18523924 SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE KUPP, BENJAMIN MICHAEL

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2897 2
2893 2
2111 1
2824 1
2891 1
2899 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19045445 TESTING METHOD FOR MEMORY DEVICE MERANT, GUERRIER 2111 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 04, 2025
18779114 TRANSISTOR STRUCTURE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF ERDEM, FAZLI §102 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 22, 2024
18764178 OPERATION METHOD FOR STACKED MEMORY DEVICE AND STACKED MEMORY DEVICE AGGER, ELIZABETH ROSE 2824 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Jul 04, 2024
18663120 FERROELECTRIC CAPACITOR STRUCTURE CHANG, JAY C §112 Non-Final OA Pending May 14, 2024
18639973 MEMORY DEVICE ZHU, SHENG-BAI 2897 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 19, 2024
18600793 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR FORMING THE SAME YEMELYANOV, DMITRIY 2891 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 11, 2024
18591000 HIGH ELECTRON MOBILITY TRANSISTOR AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME NGUYEN, SOPHIA T 2893 §103Other Final Rejection Pending Feb 29, 2024
18539239 3D STACK PACKAGE STRUCTURE BENTON, CHLOE ELAINE 2899 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Dec 13, 2023
18523924 SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE KUPP, BENJAMIN MICHAEL 2893 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 30, 2023
18153375 CAPACITOR STRUCTURE LOPEZ, JORGE ANDRES 2897 §103 Final Rejection 18d overdue Pending Jan 12, 2023

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