Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
11 pending office actions • 7 art units • 10 examiners • 0 of 11 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 22 patents granted in the last 365 days
Seoul Semiconductor Co., Ltd. is currently navigating 10 pending office actions within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. These matters are distributed among 9 distinct examiners and 6 distinct art units. YUSHIN, NIKOLAY K is the busiest examiner in the portfolio, managing 2 of the pending actions. This concentration of 10 actions across 6 distinct art units suggests that the portfolio is focused on specific technical clusters. Because 9 distinct examiners are involved, the prosecution strategy must account for diverse individual perspectives, even though YUSHIN, NIKOLAY K handles a slightly higher volume than others.
The presence of 6 distinct art units indicates that while the technology area is Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics, the specific applications span several specialized technical groups. With 10 pending office actions, the company has a presence in these units. The fact that 9 distinct examiners are assigned to these 10 actions means that the applicant will experience a variety of examination styles. YUSHIN, NIKOLAY K, as the busiest examiner with 2 pending actions, is the only examiner with more than one case, making their specific tendencies slightly more influential than the other 9 distinct examiners. Practitioners should prioritize understanding the preferences of YUSHIN, NIKOLAY K while remaining flexible enough to address the different examiners across the 6 distinct art units.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 4 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. 4 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 | 4 (36%) |
| §102 only | 1 (9%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (9%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 5 (45%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| YUSHIN, NIKOLAY K | 2 | 93.3% | +2.1% |
| GYLLSTROM, BRYON T | 1 | 67.8% | +7.5% |
| SATHIRAJU, SRINIVAS | 1 | 88.9% | +6.2% |
| SCHOENHOLTZ, JOSEPH | 1 | 91.3% | -4.9% |
| BOEGEL, CHEVY JACOB | 1 | 90.7% | +4.9% |
| MOJADDEDI, OMAR F | 1 | 89.4% | +10.4% |
| GOODLING, DEVIN KIRK | 1 | — | — |
| ESIABA, NKECHINYERE OTUOMASIRICH | 1 | 57.9% | +47.1% |
| NGUYEN, DUY T V | 1 | 78.9% | +16.7% |
| CHEN, DAVID Z | 1 | 44.7% | +50.1% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18801008 | DISPLAY DEVICE | YUSHIN, NIKOLAY K | — |
| 18639194 | LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE | BOEGEL, CHEVY JACOB | — |
| 18293705 | LIGHT-EMITTING MODULE AND HEAD LAMP HAVING SAME | MOJADDEDI, OMAR F | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 18354402 | LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE | ESIABA, NKECHINYERE OTUOMASIRICH | 33d |
| 18767170 | LIGHT EMITTING MODULE AND LIGHT EMITTING SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME | YUSHIN, NIKOLAY K | — |
| 18766483 | LED PACKAGE SET AND LED BULB INCLUDING SAME | SCHOENHOLTZ, JOSEPH | — |
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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18148381 | LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE | CHEN, DAVID Z | 38d overdue |
| 18354402 | LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE | ESIABA, NKECHINYERE OTUOMASIRICH | 33d |
| 18293705 | LIGHT-EMITTING MODULE AND HEAD LAMP HAVING SAME | MOJADDEDI, OMAR F | — |
| 18123953 | WIDE COLOR GAMUT LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENT | NGUYEN, DUY T V | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2898 | 2 |
| 2875 | 1 |
| 2844 | 1 |
| 2893 | 1 |
| 2817 | 1 |
| 2818 | 1 |
| 2815 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18963070 | LIGHT EMITTING APPARATUS | GYLLSTROM, BRYON T | 2875 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | 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 |
| 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 | — | §102§103§112 | 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 | — | §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 |
| 18447456 | LIGHT EMITTING APPARATUS AND DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME | GOODLING, DEVIN KIRK | 2898 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 8d | Pending | Aug 10, 2023 |
| 18354402 | LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE | ESIABA, NKECHINYERE OTUOMASIRICH | 2817 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 33d | Pending | Jul 18, 2023 |
| 18123953 | WIDE COLOR GAMUT LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENT | NGUYEN, DUY T V | 2818 | DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 20, 2023 |
| 18148381 | LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE | CHEN, DAVID Z | 2815 | §103 | Final Rejection | 38d overdue | Pending | Dec 29, 2022 |
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