Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

SigmaStar Technology Ltd.

14 pending office actions • 9 art units • 14 examiners • 0 of 14 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 19 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

14
Total Pending OAs
9
Non-Final OAs
5
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
Overdue
1
Due this week
0
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. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)Due ≤ 7 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.

4
Hard (29%)
8
Medium (57%)
1
Easy (7%)
1
Unknown (7%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other2 (14%)
§103 only7 (50%)
§102 only1 (7%)
§112 only1 (7%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (14%)
No statute on record1 (7%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
3
Information Tech
21% of docket
4
Communications
29% of docket
2
Semiconductors
14% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
5
Business / Other
36% 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.

140 h
Manual time on pending OAs
28 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
49 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.2 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
SHAH, PRIYANK J 1 67.7% +18.1%
KHAN, MASUD K 1 87.2% +6.8%
BARTELS, CHRISTOPHER A. 1 67.6% +12.1%
SHAW, LAUREN ASHLEY 1 96.4% +5.6%
ALMO, KHAREEM E 1 87.3% +5.3%
NAH, JONGBONG 1 76.3% +16.3%
MISTRY, ONEAL R 1 87.4% +11.4%
WELLS, KENNETH B 1 86.2% +2.2%
WINDSOR, COURTNEY J 1 86.1% +9.3%
WU, BENJAMIN C 1 87.5% +16.3%

Quick Wins (4)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18926559 SIGNAL SAMPLING DEVICE FOR LOW VOLTAGE APPLICATIONS ALMO, KHAREEM E 35d overdue
18971186 LOW DROPOUT VOLTAGE REGULATOR HAVING LOW POWER MODE SHAW, LAUREN ASHLEY
18792754 RECEIVER WITH MULTIPLE TRANSMISSION MODE SETTINGS WELLS, KENNETH B
18655642 IMAGE PROCESSING ACCELERATOR DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING ACCELERATION METHOD WU, BENJAMIN C

Hard Cases (4)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18140182 TIME-OF-FLIGHT DATA PROCESSING DEVICE BASED ON INTELLIGENCE PROCESSING UNIT AND DATA PROCESSING METHOD HAGOS, EYOB 7d
18895506 IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD THAT GENERATE MULTIPLE IMAGE DATA WITH DIFFERENT FORMATS MISTRY, ONEAL R
18734063 BIT RATE CONTROL DEVICE AND BIT RATE CONTROL METHOD WINDSOR, COURTNEY J
18650279 VOICE ACTIVITY DETECTION DEVICE AND VOICE ACTIVITY DETECTION METHOD DUGDA, MULUGETA TUJI

Interview Candidates (5)

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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19357409 PROJECTION IMAGE CORRECTION SYSTEM AND PROJECTION IMAGE CORRECTION METHOD SHAH, PRIYANK J
19034733 NETWORK CONTROLLER AND NETWORK CONTROL METHOD BARTELS, CHRISTOPHER A.
18901373 IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD HAVING MOTION DETECTION MECHANISM NAH, JONGBONG
18895506 IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD THAT GENERATE MULTIPLE IMAGE DATA WITH DIFFERENT FORMATS MISTRY, ONEAL R
18655642 IMAGE PROCESSING ACCELERATOR DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING ACCELERATION METHOD WU, BENJAMIN C

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2626 1
2132 1
2184 1
2849 1
2661 1
2653 1
2639 1
2857 1
2194 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19357409 PROJECTION IMAGE CORRECTION SYSTEM AND PROJECTION IMAGE CORRECTION METHOD SHAH, PRIYANK J 2626 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 14, 2025
19272000 STORAGE MANAGEMENT METHOD AND STORAGE MANAGEMENT DEVICE KHAN, MASUD K 2132 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 17, 2025
19034733 NETWORK CONTROLLER AND NETWORK CONTROL METHOD BARTELS, CHRISTOPHER A. 2184 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 23, 2025
18971186 LOW DROPOUT VOLTAGE REGULATOR HAVING LOW POWER MODE SHAW, LAUREN ASHLEY §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 06, 2024
18926559 SIGNAL SAMPLING DEVICE FOR LOW VOLTAGE APPLICATIONS ALMO, KHAREEM E 2849 §102 Final Rejection 35d overdue Pending Oct 25, 2024
18901373 IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD HAVING MOTION DETECTION MECHANISM NAH, JONGBONG §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 30, 2024
18895506 IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD THAT GENERATE MULTIPLE IMAGE DATA WITH DIFFERENT FORMATS MISTRY, ONEAL R §101§102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 25, 2024
18792754 RECEIVER WITH MULTIPLE TRANSMISSION MODE SETTINGS WELLS, KENNETH B §112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 02, 2024
18734063 BIT RATE CONTROL DEVICE AND BIT RATE CONTROL METHOD WINDSOR, COURTNEY J 2661 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 05, 2024
18655642 IMAGE PROCESSING ACCELERATOR DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING ACCELERATION METHOD WU, BENJAMIN C §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 06, 2024
18650279 VOICE ACTIVITY DETECTION DEVICE AND VOICE ACTIVITY DETECTION METHOD DUGDA, MULUGETA TUJI 2653 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Apr 30, 2024
18505351 IMAGE SYSTEM YILMAKASSAYE, SURAFEL 2639 §103 Final Rejection 15d overdue Pending Nov 09, 2023
18140182 TIME-OF-FLIGHT DATA PROCESSING DEVICE BASED ON INTELLIGENCE PROCESSING UNIT AND DATA PROCESSING METHOD HAGOS, EYOB 2857 §101§103 Final Rejection 7d Pending Apr 27, 2023
18121333 ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF OPERATING SAME ONAT, UMUT 2194 §103 Final Rejection Pending Mar 14, 2023

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