Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Rf Materials Co. Ltd.

Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics

1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

Rf Materials Co. Ltd. has 1 pending office action within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. This action is handled by examiner YI, CHANGHYUN, who is the busiest examiner for the company with 1 pending action. The portfolio is limited to 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit. For a practitioner, this means that the outcome of the company's current patent prosecution is entirely in the hands of a single examiner. There is no internal baseline to compare how different examiners might treat the company's semiconductor technologies.

The presence of 1 pending office action indicates a very focused active portfolio. Because the action is in 1 distinct art unit, the practitioner can concentrate on the specific prior art and procedures relevant to that unit. YI, CHANGHYUN is the sole examiner currently engaged with the company's pending applications, so their specific perspective is the most important factor in the prosecution. The Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area points to innovations in electronic or optical materials. With 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit, the company's current patent profile is highly centralized.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

1
Total Pending OAs
0
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

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%)
1
Medium (100%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only1 (100%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
100% 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.

10 h
Manual time on pending OAs
2 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
4 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
YI, CHANGHYUN 1 93.9% +4.3%

Quick Wins (1)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18706744 PACKAGE STRUCTURE HAVING AIR GAP YI, CHANGHYUN —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2812 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18706744 PACKAGE STRUCTURE HAVING AIR GAP YI, CHANGHYUN 2812 §103 Final Rejection — Pending May 02, 2024

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Rf Materials Co. Ltd. have?

Rf Materials Co. Ltd. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Rf Materials Co. Ltd. applications?

Changhyun Yi has the most, with 1 of Rf Materials Co. Ltd.'s pending office actions.

What technology area are Rf Materials Co. Ltd.'s patent applications in?

Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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