Technology areas: Communications • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
3 pending office actions • 2 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 6 patents granted in the last 365 days
Smart Packaging Solutions currently has 3 pending office actions within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. These 3 actions are distributed across 2 distinct art units, showing a level of technical variety. The prosecution is further spread among 3 distinct examiners, meaning each pending action is being reviewed by a different person.
TOAN C LY is the busiest examiner for the company, currently overseeing 1 pending office action. This represents a portion of the total 3 pending actions in the portfolio. With 2 distinct art units involved, the company must navigate different sets of examination guidelines while managing the individual expectations of the 3 distinct examiners currently reviewing their applications.
The presence of 3 pending office actions across 2 distinct art units suggests that the company's semiconductor and optics claims are categorized into more than one specialized area. Since 3 distinct examiners are involved, the company faces three unique perspectives on its patentability. Success in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics sector will require a tailored approach for each of the 3 pending actions.
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 | 1 (33%) |
| §102 only | 1 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (33%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LY, TOAN C | 1 | 79.1% | +19.7% |
| VUONG, QUOCHIEN B | 1 | 89.7% | -1.2% |
| SAVUSDIPHOL, PAULTEP | 1 | 77.0% | +17.2% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18864576 | COUPLING DEVICE FOR NEAR-FIELD COMMUNICATION BETWEEN A CONTACTLESS COMMUNICATING DEVICE AND A RADIO- FREQUENCY TRANSMITTER | VUONG, QUOCHIEN B | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19153454 | Smart Card Provided with a Screen for Displaying a Dynamic Code and Method for Manufacturing Same | LY, TOAN C | — |
| 18859676 | SMARTCARD MILLING TECHNIQUE | SAVUSDIPHOL, PAULTEP | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2876 | 2 |
| 2642 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19153454 | Smart Card Provided with a Screen for Displaying a Dynamic Code and Method for Manufacturing Same | LY, TOAN C | 2876 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 04, 2025 |
| 18864576 | COUPLING DEVICE FOR NEAR-FIELD COMMUNICATION BETWEEN A CONTACTLESS COMMUNICATING DEVICE AND A RADIO- FREQUENCY TRANSMITTER | VUONG, QUOCHIEN B | 2642 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 11, 2024 |
| 18859676 | SMARTCARD MILLING TECHNIQUE | SAVUSDIPHOL, PAULTEP | 2876 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 24, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialSmart Packaging Solutions has 3 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 3 examiners.
Toan C Ly has the most, with 1 of Smart Packaging Solutions's pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
