Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Communications • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
7 pending office actions • 5 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 6 patents granted in the last 365 days
Sharp Semiconductor Innovation Corporation has 6 pending office actions in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. These actions are spread across 6 distinct examiners. The portfolio is active in 4 distinct art units.
LE, CHAU D is the busiest examiner for the company with 1 pending action. The data shows a one-to-one ratio of 6 pending office actions to 6 distinct examiners. This distribution across 4 distinct art units suggests that almost every pending matter is being handled by a unique examiner.
With 6 pending office actions and 6 distinct examiners, the company faces different sets of examiner expectations. The focus on 4 distinct art units within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics field indicates that while the examiners are different, they are likely reviewing related technical subject matter. The 1 action per examiner prevents any single examiner from dominating the portfolio.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 | 2 (29%) |
| §102 only | 1 (14%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (57%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CALDERON, CYNTHIA | 1 | 77.2% | +18.0% |
| LE, CHAU D | 1 | 85.2% | +16.9% |
| HUYNH, KIM NGOC | 1 | 62.2% | +1.1% |
| CHOUDHRY, MOHAMMAD M | 1 | 82.0% | +12.0% |
| BENNETT, JENNIFER D | 1 | 73.8% | +18.0% |
| AL-TAWEEL, MUAAMAR QAHTAN | 1 | 80.6% | +19.7% |
| NETTLES, CORALIE ANN | 1 | 65.0% | +26.2% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18231812 | ION GENERATING APPARATUS | AL-TAWEEL, MUAAMAR QAHTAN | 37d overdue |
| 18544815 | BIOMETRIC INFORMATION MEASUREMENT DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING BIOMETRIC INFORMATION MEASUREMENT DEVICE | CHOUDHRY, MOHAMMAD M | 21d |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19058334 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | LE, CHAU D | — |
| 18975067 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, ENCRYPTION DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPLIANCE | HUYNH, KIM NGOC | — |
| 18234436 | OPTICAL SENSOR | BENNETT, JENNIFER D | — |
| 17993912 | SOLID-STATE IMAGE PICKUP ELEMENT AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | NETTLES, CORALIE ANN | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18231812 | ION GENERATING APPARATUS | AL-TAWEEL, MUAAMAR QAHTAN | 37d overdue |
| 18544815 | BIOMETRIC INFORMATION MEASUREMENT DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING BIOMETRIC INFORMATION MEASUREMENT DEVICE | CHOUDHRY, MOHAMMAD M | 21d |
| 19305145 | IMAGING DEVICE | CALDERON, CYNTHIA | — |
| 19058334 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | LE, CHAU D | — |
| 18234436 | OPTICAL SENSOR | BENNETT, JENNIFER D | — |
| 17993912 | SOLID-STATE IMAGE PICKUP ELEMENT AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | NETTLES, CORALIE ANN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2639 | 1 |
| 2899 | 1 |
| 3645 | 1 |
| 2838 | 1 |
| 2893 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19305145 | IMAGING DEVICE | CALDERON, CYNTHIA | 2639 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 20, 2025 |
| 19058334 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | LE, CHAU D | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 20, 2025 |
| 18975067 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, ENCRYPTION DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPLIANCE | HUYNH, KIM NGOC | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 10, 2024 |
| 18544815 | BIOMETRIC INFORMATION MEASUREMENT DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING BIOMETRIC INFORMATION MEASUREMENT DEVICE | CHOUDHRY, MOHAMMAD M | 2899 | §103 | Final Rejection | 21d | Pending | Dec 19, 2023 |
| 18234436 | OPTICAL SENSOR | BENNETT, JENNIFER D | 3645 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 16, 2023 |
| 18231812 | ION GENERATING APPARATUS | AL-TAWEEL, MUAAMAR QAHTAN | 2838 | §103 | Final Rejection | 37d overdue | Pending | Aug 09, 2023 |
| 17993912 | SOLID-STATE IMAGE PICKUP ELEMENT AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | NETTLES, CORALIE ANN | 2893 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 24, 2022 |
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