Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Seoul Semiconductor Co., Ltd.

Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics

19 pending office actions • 11 art units • 16 examiners • 0 of 19 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 21 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Seoul Semiconductor Co., Ltd. has 18 pending office actions in Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics. The portfolio reaches 16 examiners and 11 art units, indicating broad examination coverage and substantial administrative complexity.

GREEN, TRACIE Y is the busiest examiner, with 2 pending matters. No examiner accounts for a dominant share of the pending work, so docket controls should emphasize deadline management, art-unit tracking, and consistent technical positions across many separate records.

The portfolio’s distribution supports centralized issue coding and coordinated prior-art review, while leaving room for examiner-specific response tactics.

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

Portfolio Summary

19
Total Pending OAs
9
Non-Final OAs
8
Final Rejections
2
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

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.

4
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

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.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (4)Due ≤ 60 days (1)

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.

9
Hard (47%)
9
Medium (47%)
1
Easy (5%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (5%)
§103 only7 (37%)
§102 only2 (11%)
Double-patenting only1 (5%)
Multi-statute (no §101)8 (42%)

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
16
Semiconductors
84% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
3
Business / Other
16% 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.

190 h
Manual time on pending OAs
38 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
66 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
GREEN, TRACIE Y 2 79.7% +9.2%
YUSHIN, NIKOLAY K 2 93.3% +2.1%
YEUNG LOPEZ, FEIFEI 2 81.2% -2.5%
GYLLSTROM, BRYON T 1 67.8% +7.5%
CHEN, PATRICK C 1 82.5% +9.9%
SATHIRAJU, SRINIVAS 1 89.0% +5.7%
LIU, MIKKA H 1 92.3% +3.8%
ARROYO, TERESA M 1 72.0% +23.2%
SCHOENHOLTZ, JOSEPH 1 91.3% -4.7%
BOEGEL, CHEVY JACOB 1 89.3% +6.9%

Quick Wins (3)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18801008 DISPLAY DEVICE YUSHIN, NIKOLAY K —
18639194 LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE BOEGEL, CHEVY JACOB —
17340951 LIGHT EMITTING MODULE HAVING A PLURALITY OF UNIT PIXELS, METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME, AND DISPLAYING APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME YEUNG LOPEZ, FEIFEI —

Hard Cases (9)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18155902 LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE, LIGHT EMITTING PACKAGE AND APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME YEUNG LOPEZ, FEIFEI 28d overdue
18825917 LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE AND SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME SATHIRAJU, SRINIVAS 4d overdue
18354402 LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE GRAHAM, KRETELIA 33d
19023797 LED LIGHTING APPARATUS HAVING IMPROVED COLOR RENDERING AND LED FILAMENT GREEN, TRACIE Y —
18963184 LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE CHEN, PATRICK C —
18802234 LIGHT EMITTING MODULE AND DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE SAME LIU, MIKKA H —
18771139 LIGHT EMITTING PACKAGE ARROYO, TERESA M —
18767170 LIGHT EMITTING MODULE AND LIGHT EMITTING SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME YUSHIN, NIKOLAY K —

Interview Candidates (1)

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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18771139 LIGHT EMITTING PACKAGE ARROYO, TERESA M —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2893 3
2817 2
2899 2
2815 2
2875 1
2842 1
2844 1
2812 1
2898 1
2876 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19027525 LIGHTING-EMITTING DEVICE FILAMENT INCLUDING ELECTRODE PADS GREEN, TRACIE Y — §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 17, 2025
19023797 LED LIGHTING APPARATUS HAVING IMPROVED COLOR RENDERING AND LED FILAMENT GREEN, TRACIE Y — §101 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 16, 2025
18963070 LIGHT EMITTING APPARATUS GYLLSTROM, BRYON T 2875 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 27, 2024
18963184 LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE CHEN, PATRICK C 2842 §103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Nov 27, 2024
18825917 LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE AND SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME SATHIRAJU, SRINIVAS 2844 §102§103 Final Rejection 4d overdue Pending Sep 05, 2024
18802234 LIGHT EMITTING MODULE AND DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE SAME LIU, MIKKA H 2817 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 13, 2024
18801008 DISPLAY DEVICE YUSHIN, NIKOLAY K 2893 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 12, 2024
18771139 LIGHT EMITTING PACKAGE ARROYO, TERESA M — §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 12, 2024
18767170 LIGHT EMITTING MODULE AND LIGHT EMITTING SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME YUSHIN, NIKOLAY K 2893 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 09, 2024
18766483 LED PACKAGE SET AND LED BULB INCLUDING SAME SCHOENHOLTZ, JOSEPH 2893 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 08, 2024
18639194 LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE BOEGEL, CHEVY JACOB 2812 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Apr 18, 2024
18293705 LIGHT-EMITTING MODULE AND HEAD LAMP HAVING SAME MOJADDEDI, OMAR F 2898 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 30, 2024
18354402 LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE GRAHAM, KRETELIA 2817 §102§103 Non-Final OA 33d Pending Jul 18, 2023
18135701 LIGHT DIFFUSING LENS AND LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME MAI, THIEN T 2876 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Apr 17, 2023
18123953 WIDE COLOR GAMUT LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENT NGUYEN, DUY T V 2818 DP Final Rejection — Pending Mar 20, 2023
18155902 LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE, LIGHT EMITTING PACKAGE AND APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME YEUNG LOPEZ, FEIFEI 2899 §103§112 Final Rejection 28d overdue Pending Jan 18, 2023
18148381 LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE CHEN, DAVID Z 2815 §103 Non-Final OA 38d overdue Pending Dec 29, 2022
17858514 LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE AND LIGHT EMITTING MODULE INCLUDING THE SAME LEE, WOO KYUNG 2815 §103 Final Rejection 10d overdue Pending Jul 06, 2022
17340951 LIGHT EMITTING MODULE HAVING A PLURALITY OF UNIT PIXELS, METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME, AND DISPLAYING APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME YEUNG LOPEZ, FEIFEI 2899 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Jun 07, 2021

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Seoul Semiconductor Co., Ltd. have?

Seoul Semiconductor Co., Ltd. has 19 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 11 art units and 16 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Seoul Semiconductor Co., Ltd. applications?

Tracie Y Green has the most, with 2 of Seoul Semiconductor Co., Ltd.'s pending office actions.

What technology area are Seoul Semiconductor 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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