Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
21 pending office actions • 17 art units • 21 examiners • 0 of 21 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 43 patents granted in the last 365 days
Stanley Electric Co., Ltd. has 22 pending office actions in Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics. The docket involves 22 distinct examiners and 18 distinct art units, showing that each action has a separate examiner assignment while some art units recur.
SEMBER, THOMAS M is the busiest listed examiner, with 1 pending action. No examiner-specific cluster appears in the reported data, so coordination by shared art unit may be more useful than relying on a recurring examiner strategy.
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.
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 | 9 (43%) |
| §112 only | 1 (5%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 11 (52%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SEMBER, THOMAS M | 1 | 84.4% | +11.5% |
| PEERCE, MATTHEW J | 1 | 68.4% | +26.5% |
| CHAN, WEI | 1 | 74.7% | +13.8% |
| PHAM, THAI N | 1 | 78.0% | +20.3% |
| STAFIRA, MICHAEL PATRICK | 1 | 88.2% | +9.0% |
| BOOHER, ADAM W | 1 | 75.5% | +9.1% |
| WELLS, KENNETH B | 1 | 86.3% | +2.2% |
| JUSTICE, MICHAEL W | 1 | 83.3% | +16.3% |
| JOSEPH, DENNIS P | 1 | 49.1% | +17.8% |
| SHEN, YUZHEN | 1 | 70.9% | +12.5% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18879156 | VEHICLE LAMP SYSTEM | WELLS, KENNETH B | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19426337 | LIGHTING DEVICE | SEMBER, THOMAS M | — |
| 19016210 | OPTICAL SCANNING APPARATUS, OBJECT DETECTION APPARATUS | STAFIRA, MICHAEL PATRICK | — |
| 18880762 | MIRROR DRIVE DEVICE, LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE, OPTICAL SCANNING DEVICE, AND CORRECTION METHOD | BOOHER, ADAM W | — |
| 18991744 | SHIELDING MEMBER, RADAR APPARATUS | JUSTICE, MICHAEL W | — |
| 18875543 | LIQUID CRYSTAL ELEMENT, PRODUCTION METHOD OF LIQUID CRYSTAL ELEMENT | SHEN, YUZHEN | — |
| 18847049 | VEHICLE LAMP | CHIANG, MICHAEL | — |
| 18823846 | FLUID PROCESSING APPARATUS HAVING FLUID BRANCHING AND JOINING MEMBER | WANG, JING | — |
| 18843241 | FLUID STERILIZATION DEVICE | SMITH, DAVID E | — |
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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19426337 | LIGHTING DEVICE | SEMBER, THOMAS M | — |
| 19482621 | VEHICLE LAMP AND LIGHT GUIDE BODY | PEERCE, MATTHEW J | — |
| 19126012 | CONTROL APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE HEADLIGHT, CONTROL METHOD FOR VEHICLE HEADLIGHT, AND VEHICLE HEADLIGHT SYSTEM | CHAN, WEI | — |
| 19022921 | LIGHTING CONTROL DEVICE, ILLUMINATION DEVICE, AND VEHICLE LAMP | PHAM, THAI N | — |
| 18991744 | SHIELDING MEMBER, RADAR APPARATUS | JUSTICE, MICHAEL W | — |
| 18877845 | LIQUID CRYSTAL ELEMENT, LIGHTING APPARATUS, VEHICLE LAMP SYSTEM | JOSEPH, DENNIS P | — |
| 18875543 | LIQUID CRYSTAL ELEMENT, PRODUCTION METHOD OF LIQUID CRYSTAL ELEMENT | SHEN, YUZHEN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2875 | 3 |
| 2881 | 3 |
| 2845 | 1 |
| 2844 | 1 |
| 2877 | 1 |
| 2872 | 1 |
| 2836 | 1 |
| 3648 | 1 |
| 2621 | 1 |
| 2623 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19426337 | LIGHTING DEVICE | SEMBER, THOMAS M | 2875 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 19, 2025 |
| 19482621 | VEHICLE LAMP AND LIGHT GUIDE BODY | PEERCE, MATTHEW J | 2875 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 07, 2025 |
| 19126012 | CONTROL APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE HEADLIGHT, CONTROL METHOD FOR VEHICLE HEADLIGHT, AND VEHICLE HEADLIGHT SYSTEM | CHAN, WEI | 2845 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 30, 2025 |
| 19022921 | LIGHTING CONTROL DEVICE, ILLUMINATION DEVICE, AND VEHICLE LAMP | PHAM, THAI N | 2844 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 15, 2025 |
| 19016210 | OPTICAL SCANNING APPARATUS, OBJECT DETECTION APPARATUS | STAFIRA, MICHAEL PATRICK | 2877 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 10, 2025 |
| 18880762 | MIRROR DRIVE DEVICE, LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE, OPTICAL SCANNING DEVICE, AND CORRECTION METHOD | BOOHER, ADAM W | 2872 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 02, 2025 |
| 18879156 | VEHICLE LAMP SYSTEM | WELLS, KENNETH B | 2836 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 26, 2024 |
| 18991744 | SHIELDING MEMBER, RADAR APPARATUS | JUSTICE, MICHAEL W | 3648 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 23, 2024 |
| 18877845 | LIQUID CRYSTAL ELEMENT, LIGHTING APPARATUS, VEHICLE LAMP SYSTEM | JOSEPH, DENNIS P | 2621 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2024 |
| 18875543 | LIQUID CRYSTAL ELEMENT, PRODUCTION METHOD OF LIQUID CRYSTAL ELEMENT | SHEN, YUZHEN | 2623 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 16, 2024 |
| 18847049 | VEHICLE LAMP | CHIANG, MICHAEL | 2875 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 13, 2024 |
| 18845053 | VEHICLE LAMP | MALKOWSKI, KENNETH J | 3667 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 09, 2024 |
| 18823846 | FLUID PROCESSING APPARATUS HAVING FLUID BRANCHING AND JOINING MEMBER | WANG, JING | 2881 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 04, 2024 |
| 18843241 | FLUID STERILIZATION DEVICE | SMITH, DAVID E | 2881 | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 31, 2024 |
| 18843063 | CAP UNIT, STORAGE TANK, AND FLOWING WATER STERILIZATION DEVICE | KALISZEWSKI, ALINA ROSE | 2881 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 30, 2024 |
| 18726142 | ALUMINUM NITRIDE SINGLE CRYSTAL SUBSTRATE, SEMICONDUCTOR WAFER USING THE ALUMINUM NITRIDE SINGLE CRYSTAL SUBSTRATE, AND MANUFACTURING METHODS OF THE SAME | KUNEMUND, ROBERT M | 1714 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 02, 2024 |
| 18759892 | SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT EMITTING ELEMENT AND LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE | OH, JIYOUNG | 2818 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 30, 2024 |
| 18711620 | LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE ELEMENT | CHAN, CANDICE | 2813 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 20, 2024 |
| 18691463 | VERTICAL CAVITY LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENT | HUGHES, DEANDRA M | 3992 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 13, 2024 |
| 18683889 | VERTICAL CAVITY LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENT | MANNO, JESSICA S | 2898 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 15, 2024 |
| 18335843 | ULTRAVIOLET SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENT | HSIEH, HSIN YI | 2899 | §103 | Final Rejection | 32d overdue | Pending | Jun 15, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialStanley Electric Co., Ltd. has 21 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 17 art units and 21 examiners.
Thomas M Sember has the most, with 1 of Stanley Electric Co., Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
