Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Soitec Belgium

Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics

2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

Soitec Belgium has 2 pending office actions in Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics. The actions are distributed across 2 examiners but remain within 1 art unit, combining examiner variation with a common technical examination setting.

YEMELYANOV, DMITRIY is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. A coordinated art-unit strategy may be useful, while each examiner's issues still require separate treatment.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

2
Total Pending OAs
1
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

0
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
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 (100%)
0
Medium (0%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (100%)

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
1
Semiconductors
50% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
1
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.

20 h
Manual time on pending OAs
4 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
7 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.2 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
YEMELYANOV, DMITRIY 1 74.1% +19.4%
TUTTLE, ETHAN ALEXANDER 1 0.0% +0.0%

Hard Cases (2)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18576043 SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE WITH BARRIER LAYER COMPRISING INDIUM ALUMINIUM NITRIDE AND METHOD OF GROWING THEREOF TUTTLE, ETHAN ALEXANDER 27d
18720416 GROUP III-NITRIDE SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE ON SILICON-ON-INSULATOR AND METHOD OF GROWING THEREOF YEMELYANOV, DMITRIY —

Interview Candidates (1)

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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18720416 GROUP III-NITRIDE SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE ON SILICON-ON-INSULATOR AND METHOD OF GROWING THEREOF YEMELYANOV, DMITRIY —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2897 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18720416 GROUP III-NITRIDE SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE ON SILICON-ON-INSULATOR AND METHOD OF GROWING THEREOF YEMELYANOV, DMITRIY — §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 14, 2024
18576043 SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE WITH BARRIER LAYER COMPRISING INDIUM ALUMINIUM NITRIDE AND METHOD OF GROWING THEREOF TUTTLE, ETHAN ALEXANDER 2897 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 27d Pending Jan 02, 2024

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Soitec Belgium have?

Soitec Belgium has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 2 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Soitec Belgium applications?

Dmitriy Yemelyanov has the most, with 1 of Soitec Belgium's pending office actions.

What technology area are Soitec Belgium's patent applications in?

Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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