Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 04, 2026

Samyang Optics 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 • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Samyang Optics Co. Ltd. currently has a patent portfolio presence in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. The portfolio's active prosecution is limited to 1 pending office action, which is under the review of 1 distinct examiner. RAKOWSKI, CARA E is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, currently managing the 1 pending office action that constitutes the company's active docket.

The use of 1 distinct art unit suggests that the current patent applications are focused within a specific technical classification. Because the pending workload is the only matter currently requiring attention, the practitioner can dedicate resources to addressing the specific concerns of RAKOWSKI, CARA E. The fact that 1 distinct examiner is responsible for all current activity means that the prosecution outcome is dependent on this individual's examination patterns. This environment allows for a targeted response strategy without the complexity of managing multiple examiners or art units simultaneously.

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

Portfolio Summary

1
Total Pending OAs
1
Non-Final OAs
0
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.

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
RAKOWSKI, CARA E 1 65.0% +7.0%

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2872 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18343665 VOICE COIL MOTOR AND CAMERA LENS ASSEMBLY USING THE SAME RAKOWSKI, CARA E 2872 §103 Non-Final OA 1d overdue Pending Jun 28, 2023

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