Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
14 pending office actions • 8 art units • 13 examiners • 0 of 14 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 33 patents granted in the last 365 days
Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation has 16 pending office actions in Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics. The matters involve 15 distinct examiners across 7 distinct art units, indicating that prosecution is distributed across multiple examination channels rather than concentrated in one unit.
KOO, LAMONT B is the busiest examiner, with 2 pending matters. That concentration is limited relative to the overall portfolio, so counsel may need a broad coordination process covering examiner-specific positions and art-unit practices. The spread across 7 art units also supports tracking each matter separately for response timing, claim strategy, and recurring technical issues.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 | 6 (43%) |
| §102 only | 2 (14%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 6 (43%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KOO, LAMONT B | 2 | 80.6% | +5.2% |
| MUSLIM, SHAWN SHAW | 1 | 86.0% | +10.5% |
| KIM, SU C | 1 | 77.8% | -11.4% |
| RAHMAN, MOIN M | 1 | 87.1% | +14.0% |
| LINDSEY, COLE LEON | 1 | 89.2% | +12.5% |
| DINKE, BITEW A | 1 | 73.0% | +12.2% |
| VALENZUELA, PATRICIA D | 1 | 90.3% | +2.0% |
| BELOUSOV, ALEXANDER | 1 | 76.6% | +16.3% |
| LOHAKARE, PRATIKSHA JAYANT | 1 | 82.8% | +13.9% |
| ZHU, SHENG-BAI | 1 | 62.3% | +5.7% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18203829 | SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE AND FORMING METHOD THEREOF | VALENZUELA, PATRICIA D | 13d |
| 18431007 | SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE AND METHOD OF FORMING SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE | RAHMAN, MOIN M | — |
| 18140068 | SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE AND FORMING METHOD THEREOF | KOO, LAMONT B | — |
| 18127736 | SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR FORMING SAME | LOHAKARE, PRATIKSHA JAYANT | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18038066 | SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE AND FABRICATION METHOD THEREOF | GARCES, NELSON Y | 52d overdue |
| 18096091 | PACKAGING STRUCTURE AND PACKAGING METHOD | BULLARD-CONNOR, GENEVIEVE GRACE | 30d overdue |
| 18498359 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF FORMING THE SAME | DINKE, BITEW A | 50d |
| 18774102 | SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE AND FABRICATION METHOD THEREOF | MUSLIM, SHAWN SHAW | — |
| 18515472 | PACKAGING STRUCTURE AND PACKAGING METHOD | LINDSEY, COLE LEON | — |
| 18763721 | SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE AND METHOD OF FORMING THE SAME | KOO, LAMONT B | — |
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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18498359 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF FORMING THE SAME | DINKE, BITEW A | 50d |
| 18774102 | SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE AND FABRICATION METHOD THEREOF | MUSLIM, SHAWN SHAW | — |
| 18431007 | SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE AND METHOD OF FORMING SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE | RAHMAN, MOIN M | — |
| 18515472 | PACKAGING STRUCTURE AND PACKAGING METHOD | LINDSEY, COLE LEON | — |
| 18202430 | SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR FORMING SAME | BELOUSOV, ALEXANDER | — |
| 18127736 | SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR FORMING SAME | LOHAKARE, PRATIKSHA JAYANT | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2812 | 3 |
| 2897 | 2 |
| 2899 | 2 |
| 2818 | 2 |
| 2813 | 2 |
| 2898 | 1 |
| 2814 | 1 |
| 2893 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18774102 | SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE AND FABRICATION METHOD THEREOF | MUSLIM, SHAWN SHAW | 2897 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 16, 2024 |
| 18615032 | SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE AND FORMING METHOD THEREOF | KIM, SU C | 2899 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 25, 2024 |
| 18431007 | SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE AND METHOD OF FORMING SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE | RAHMAN, MOIN M | 2898 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 02, 2024 |
| 18515472 | PACKAGING STRUCTURE AND PACKAGING METHOD | LINDSEY, COLE LEON | 2812 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 21, 2023 |
| 18498359 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF FORMING THE SAME | DINKE, BITEW A | 2812 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 50d | Pending | Oct 31, 2023 |
| 18203829 | SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE AND FORMING METHOD THEREOF | VALENZUELA, PATRICIA D | 2812 | §103 | Final Rejection | 13d | Pending | May 31, 2023 |
| 18202430 | SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR FORMING SAME | BELOUSOV, ALEXANDER | 2818 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 26, 2023 |
| 18140068 | SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE AND FORMING METHOD THEREOF | KOO, LAMONT B | 2813 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 27, 2023 |
| 18127736 | SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR FORMING SAME | LOHAKARE, PRATIKSHA JAYANT | 2818 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 29, 2023 |
| 17963292 | PHOTOELECTRIC SENSOR AND METHOD FOR FORMING SAME, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | ZHU, SHENG-BAI | 2897 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 11, 2022 |
| 18763721 | SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE AND METHOD OF FORMING THE SAME | KOO, LAMONT B | 2813 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 03, 2024 |
| 18038066 | SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE AND FABRICATION METHOD THEREOF | GARCES, NELSON Y | 2814 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 52d overdue | Pending | May 22, 2023 |
| 18140030 | SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR FORMING SAME | TRICE III, WILLIAM CLARENCE | 2893 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 48d | Pending | Apr 27, 2023 |
| 18096091 | PACKAGING STRUCTURE AND PACKAGING METHOD | BULLARD-CONNOR, GENEVIEVE GRACE | 2899 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 30d overdue | Pending | Jan 12, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialSemiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation has 14 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 8 art units and 13 examiners.
Lamont B Koo has the most, with 2 of Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation's pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
