Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 14, 2026

Seoul Semiconductor Co., Ltd.

18 pending office actions • 10 art units • 15 examiners • 0 of 18 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 23 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

18
Total Pending OAs
13
Non-Final OAs
5
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 8 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

5
Overdue
0
Due this week
3
Due this month
0
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. 8 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (5)Due ≤ 30 days (3)

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.

8
Hard (44%)
9
Medium (50%)
1
Easy (6%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only8 (44%)
Double-patenting only1 (6%)
Double-patenting + other1 (6%)
Multi-statute (no §101)8 (44%)

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
13
Semiconductors
72% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
5
Business / Other
28% 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.

180 h
Manual time on pending OAs
36 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
63 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
YEUNG LOPEZ, FEIFEI 3 81.2% -2.7%
YUSHIN, NIKOLAY K 2 93.2% +2.1%
TRAN, MINH 1 86.3% +15.9%
GYLLSTROM, BRYON T 1 67.9% +8.1%
BREVAL, ELMITO 1 76.6% +10.5%
SATHIRAJU, SRINIVAS 1 88.9% +6.1%
SCHOENHOLTZ, JOSEPH 1 91.3% -4.9%
BOEGEL, CHEVY JACOB 1 90.0% +5.5%
SHEKER, RHYS PONIENTE 1 82.0% +7.5%
GOODLING, DEVIN KIRK 1

Quick Wins (6)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18418939 DISPLAY APPARATUS YEUNG LOPEZ, FEIFEI 60d overdue
18452733 LIGHT EMITTING DIODE MODULE AND SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME SHEKER, RHYS PONIENTE 22d
19197312 LIGHTING APPARATUS AND LIGHTING SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME TRAN, MINH
18801008 DISPLAY DEVICE YUSHIN, NIKOLAY K
18767170 LIGHT EMITTING MODULE AND LIGHT EMITTING SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME YUSHIN, NIKOLAY K
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 (8)

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
17858514 LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE AND LIGHT EMITTING MODULE INCLUDING THE SAME LEE, WOO KYUNG 10d overdue
18825917 LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE AND SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME SATHIRAJU, SRINIVAS 4d overdue
18447456 LIGHT EMITTING APPARATUS AND DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME GOODLING, DEVIN KIRK 8d
17517296 DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME PATERSON, BRIGITTE A 13d
18933742 LIGHT EMITTING APPARATUS BREVAL, ELMITO
18766483 LED PACKAGE SET AND LED BULB INCLUDING SAME SCHOENHOLTZ, JOSEPH
18639194 LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE BOEGEL, CHEVY JACOB

Interview Candidates (2)

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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19197312 LIGHTING APPARATUS AND LIGHTING SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME TRAN, MINH
18933742 LIGHT EMITTING APPARATUS BREVAL, ELMITO

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2899 3
2815 2
2875 1
2844 1
2893 1
2813 1
2898 1
2876 1
2818 1
2896 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19197312 LIGHTING APPARATUS AND LIGHTING SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME TRAN, MINH DP Non-Final OA Pending May 02, 2025
18963070 LIGHT EMITTING APPARATUS GYLLSTROM, BRYON T 2875 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 27, 2024
18933742 LIGHT EMITTING APPARATUS BREVAL, ELMITO §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 31, 2024
18825917 LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE AND SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME SATHIRAJU, SRINIVAS 2844 §102§103 Final Rejection 4d overdue Pending Sep 05, 2024
18801008 DISPLAY DEVICE YUSHIN, NIKOLAY K 2893 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 12, 2024
18767170 LIGHT EMITTING MODULE AND LIGHT EMITTING SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME YUSHIN, NIKOLAY K §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 09, 2024
18766483 LED PACKAGE SET AND LED BULB INCLUDING SAME SCHOENHOLTZ, JOSEPH §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 08, 2024
18639194 LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE BOEGEL, CHEVY JACOB §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 18, 2024
18418939 DISPLAY APPARATUS YEUNG LOPEZ, FEIFEI 2899 §103 Final Rejection 60d overdue Pending Jan 22, 2024
18452733 LIGHT EMITTING DIODE MODULE AND SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME SHEKER, RHYS PONIENTE 2813 §103 Final Rejection 22d Pending Aug 21, 2023
18447456 LIGHT EMITTING APPARATUS AND DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME GOODLING, DEVIN KIRK 2898 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 8d Pending Aug 10, 2023
18135701 LIGHT DIFFUSING LENS AND LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME MAI, THIEN T 2876 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 17, 2023
18123953 WIDE COLOR GAMUT LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENT NGUYEN, DUY T V 2818 §103DP Non-Final OA Pending Mar 20, 2023
18155902 LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE, LIGHT EMITTING PACKAGE AND APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME YEUNG LOPEZ, FEIFEI 2899 §103§112 Non-Final OA 28d overdue Pending Jan 18, 2023
18148381 LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE CHEN, DAVID Z 2815 §103 Final Rejection 38d overdue Pending Dec 29, 2022
17858514 LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE AND LIGHT EMITTING MODULE INCLUDING THE SAME LEE, WOO KYUNG 2815 §103§112 Non-Final OA 10d overdue Pending Jul 06, 2022
17517296 DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME PATERSON, BRIGITTE A 2896 §102§103 Non-Final OA 13d Pending Nov 02, 2021
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 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 07, 2021

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