Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Socionext Inc.

13 pending office actions • 10 art units • 13 examiners • 0 of 13 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 44 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

13
Total Pending OAs
5
Non-Final OAs
8
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

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

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (3)Due ≤ 30 days (1)Due ≤ 60 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.

8
Hard (62%)
4
Medium (31%)
1
Easy (8%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only3 (23%)
§102 only1 (8%)
§112 only1 (8%)
Multi-statute (no §101)8 (62%)

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
5
Communications
38% of docket
6
Semiconductors
46% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
2
Business / Other
15% 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.

130 h
Manual time on pending OAs
26 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
46 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
FOX, JOSEPH PATRICK 1 68.6% +14.5%
SKIBINSKI, TOMI SWEET 1 83.7% +3.2%
HA, ALICIA 1 100.0% +0.0%
HOANG, HAN DINH 1 74.2% +19.0%
DING, XIAOMAO 1 100.0% +0.0%
MOHAMED-ALY, KAREEM M 1
GONZALES, VICENTE ROLANDO 1 100.0% +0.0%
ISLAM, MEHRAZUL NMN 1 57.6% +26.7%
BEARDSLEY, JONAS TYLER 1 60.1% +30.0%
BEATTY, TY MITCHELL 1 68.8% +46.3%

Hard Cases (8)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18827261 FILTER CIRCUITRY AND CIRCUITRY COMPRISING THE SAME SKIBINSKI, TOMI SWEET 2d overdue
18808734 IMAGE DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE, IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM, AND IMAGE DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD HA, ALICIA 9d
18399335 SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICE GONZALES, VICENTE ROLANDO 34d
19033122 IMAGE DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE, IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM AND IMAGE DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD FOX, JOSEPH PATRICK
18771325 IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT HOANG, HAN DINH
18738962 IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM DING, XIAOMAO
18671451 ESD PROTECTION CIRCUIT MOHAMED-ALY, KAREEM M
18543856 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM ISLAM, MEHRAZUL NMN

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
19033122 IMAGE DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE, IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM AND IMAGE DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD FOX, JOSEPH PATRICK
18771325 IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT HOANG, HAN DINH
18543856 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM ISLAM, MEHRAZUL NMN
18526546 SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICE BEARDSLEY, JONAS TYLER
18524843 IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM BEATTY, TY MITCHELL

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2811 2
2842 1
2611 1
2661 1
2676 1
2899 1
2662 1
2663 1
2817 1
2892 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19033122 IMAGE DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE, IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM AND IMAGE DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD FOX, JOSEPH PATRICK §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 21, 2025
18827261 FILTER CIRCUITRY AND CIRCUITRY COMPRISING THE SAME SKIBINSKI, TOMI SWEET 2842 §102§103 Final Rejection 2d overdue Pending Sep 06, 2024
18808734 IMAGE DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE, IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM, AND IMAGE DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD HA, ALICIA 2611 §103§112 Final Rejection 9d Pending Aug 19, 2024
18771325 IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT HOANG, HAN DINH 2661 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 12, 2024
18738962 IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM DING, XIAOMAO 2676 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Jun 10, 2024
18671451 ESD PROTECTION CIRCUIT MOHAMED-ALY, KAREEM M §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending May 22, 2024
18399335 SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICE GONZALES, VICENTE ROLANDO 2899 §103§112 Final Rejection 34d Pending Dec 28, 2023
18543856 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM ISLAM, MEHRAZUL NMN 2662 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Dec 18, 2023
18526546 SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICE BEARDSLEY, JONAS TYLER 2811 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 01, 2023
18524843 IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM BEATTY, TY MITCHELL 2663 §112 Final Rejection Pending Nov 30, 2023
18489440 OUTPUT CIRCUIT FREY, KIMBERLY NEWMAN 2817 §102Other Final Rejection 10d overdue Pending Oct 18, 2023
18450109 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE WINTERS, SEAN AYERS 2892 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 15, 2023
18447032 SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICE ENAD, CHRISTINE A 2811 §103 Final Rejection 23d overdue Pending Aug 09, 2023

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