Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
3 pending office actions • 3 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Sakura Finetek Japan Co. Ltd. has 3 pending office actions in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. These matters are distributed among 3 distinct examiners and 3 distinct art units. NGUYEN, THONG Q is the busiest examiner, holding 1 pending office action. The fact that the 3 pending office actions are spread across separate art units suggests a broad technical range for the pending applications.
The parity between 3 pending office actions and 3 distinct examiners indicates that the company is not currently facing multiple reviews from the same individual. NGUYEN, THONG Q is designated as the busiest examiner with 1 pending office action, which is the maximum for any single official in this set. Because the cases are located in 3 distinct art units, the prosecution strategy must account for three different sets of technical guidelines.
This distribution across 3 distinct art units highlights the diversity of the company's interests in Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics. Each official is managing exactly one action, ensuring independent reviews for each application. Practitioners should prepare for varied feedback across the different technical groups assigned to these matters. The lack of concentration in a single art unit requires a versatile approach to handle the unique procedural nuances of each group.
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 | 1 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (67%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NGUYEN, THONG Q | 1 | 67.8% | +12.0% |
| LYLE, SOPHIA YUAN | 1 | 57.5% | +56.9% |
| GZYBOWSKI, MICHAEL STANLEY | 1 | 67.6% | +52.2% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18705967 | COVER SLIP STICKING DEVICE | NGUYEN, THONG Q | — |
| 18686848 | SEALING APPARATUS | LYLE, SOPHIA YUAN | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18705967 | COVER SLIP STICKING DEVICE | NGUYEN, THONG Q | — |
| 18686848 | SEALING APPARATUS | LYLE, SOPHIA YUAN | — |
| 18291849 | SEALING APPARATUS | GZYBOWSKI, MICHAEL STANLEY | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2872 | 1 |
| 1653 | 1 |
| 1798 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18705967 | COVER SLIP STICKING DEVICE | NGUYEN, THONG Q | 2872 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 29, 2024 |
| 18686848 | SEALING APPARATUS | LYLE, SOPHIA YUAN | 1653 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 26, 2024 |
| 18291849 | SEALING APPARATUS | GZYBOWSKI, MICHAEL STANLEY | 1798 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 24, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialSakura Finetek Japan Co. Ltd. has 3 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 3 art units and 3 examiners.
Thong Q Nguyen has the most, with 1 of Sakura Finetek Japan Co. Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
