Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Sharp Semiconductor Innovation Corporation

6 pending office actions • 3 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

6
Total Pending OAs
4
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

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.

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

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.

2
Hard (33%)
4
Medium (67%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only3 (50%)
§102 only1 (17%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (33%)

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
3
Semiconductors
50% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
3
Business / Other
50% 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.

60 h
Manual time on pending OAs
12 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
21 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
HUYNH, KIM NGOC 1 58.1% +0.6%
BILLAH, MASUM 1 80.3% +20.6%
WIGGER, BENJAMIN DAVID 1 0.0% +0.0%
ANDERSON, ERIK ARTHUR 1 93.9% +13.0%
AL-TAWEEL, MUAAMAR QAHTAN 1 83.3% +23.0%
NETTLES, CORALIE ANN 1 68.6% +32.6%

Quick Wins (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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18231812 ION GENERATING APPARATUS AL-TAWEEL, MUAAMAR QAHTAN 37d overdue
18443969 LIGHT DETECTOR AND RANGE FINDER BILLAH, MASUM

Hard Cases (3)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18512947 SOLID-STATE IMAGING ELEMENT ANDERSON, ERIK ARTHUR 72d
18975067 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, ENCRYPTION DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPLIANCE HUYNH, KIM NGOC
18416687 DISTANCE MEASURING APPARATUS WIGGER, BENJAMIN DAVID

Interview Candidates (4)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18231812 ION GENERATING APPARATUS AL-TAWEEL, MUAAMAR QAHTAN 37d overdue
18512947 SOLID-STATE IMAGING ELEMENT ANDERSON, ERIK ARTHUR 72d
18443969 LIGHT DETECTOR AND RANGE FINDER BILLAH, MASUM
17993912 SOLID-STATE IMAGE PICKUP ELEMENT AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE NETTLES, CORALIE ANN

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2812 1
2838 1
2893 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18975067 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, ENCRYPTION DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPLIANCE HUYNH, KIM NGOC §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 10, 2024
18443969 LIGHT DETECTOR AND RANGE FINDER BILLAH, MASUM §102 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 16, 2024
18416687 DISTANCE MEASURING APPARATUS WIGGER, BENJAMIN DAVID §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 18, 2024
18512947 SOLID-STATE IMAGING ELEMENT ANDERSON, ERIK ARTHUR 2812 §102§103 Final Rejection 72d Pending Nov 17, 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 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 24, 2022

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