Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

STMicroelectronics

11 pending office actions • 7 art units • 11 examiners • 0 of 11 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 30 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

11
Total Pending OAs
9
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 11 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

7
Overdue
1
Due this week
1
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
1
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. 11 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (7)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (1)Due ≤ 60 days (1)Due later (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.

0
Hard (0%)
8
Medium (73%)
2
Easy (18%)
1
Unknown (9%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only8 (73%)
§112 only2 (18%)
No statute on record1 (9%)

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
11
Semiconductors
100% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% 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.

110 h
Manual time on pending OAs
22 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
38 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.0 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
KEAGY, ROSE ALYSSA 1 96.7% +6.3%
CHANG, JAY C 1 84.7% +14.5%
YUSHINA, GALINA G 1 79.1% +16.9%
MCCOY, THOMAS WILSON 1 92.9% +12.5%
BOOTH, RICHARD A 1 85.5% +8.3%
PRIDEMORE, NATHAN ANDREW 1 73.8% +20.3%
ONUTA, TIBERIU DAN 1 77.5% +20.1%
BRASFIELD, QUINTON A 1 72.0% +17.5%
ABDELAZIEZ, YASSER A 1 86.3% +2.5%
GARCES, NELSON Y 1 80.2% +2.7%

Quick Wins (6)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18190893 MOS TRANSISTOR ON SOI STRUCTURE GARCES, NELSON Y 103d overdue
18131543 INTEGRATED CIRCUIT INCLUDING A METAL PILLAR IN CONTACT WITH A SILICON REGION ON AN OHMIC COUPLING REGION, AND CORRESPONDING MANUFACTURING METHOD ABDELAZIEZ, YASSER A 60d overdue
18230423 MOSFET TRANSISTOR MCCOY, THOMAS WILSON 44d overdue
18343298 METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING HIGH-VOLTAGE TRANSISTORS ON A SILICON-ON-INSULATOR TYPE BULK BOOTH, RICHARD A 2d overdue
18537135 VARIABLE-CAPACITANCE DIODE KEAGY, ROSE ALYSSA 5d
18387627 TRANSISTOR MANUFACTURING METHOD CHANG, JAY C 22d

Interview Candidates (6)

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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18230423 MOSFET TRANSISTOR MCCOY, THOMAS WILSON 44d overdue
18303409 ELECTRICAL CONNECTION AND ITS METHOD OF FABRICATION BRASFIELD, QUINTON A 4d overdue
18324327 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE OF THE SILICON ON INSULATOR TYPE AND CORRESPONDING MANUFACTURING METHOD PRIDEMORE, NATHAN ANDREW 1d overdue
18387627 TRANSISTOR MANUFACTURING METHOD CHANG, JAY C 22d
18311779 METHOD OF MANUFACTURING AN INTERCONNECTION STRUCTURE OF AN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT ONUTA, TIBERIU DAN 46d
18491349 METHOD OF FABRICATING AN ELECTRONIC CHIP INCLUDING A MEMORY CIRCUIT YUSHINA, GALINA G 63d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2814 4
2898 2
2818 1
2817 1
2811 1
2812 1
2893 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18537135 VARIABLE-CAPACITANCE DIODE KEAGY, ROSE ALYSSA 2818 §112 Non-Final OA 5d Pending Dec 12, 2023
18387627 TRANSISTOR MANUFACTURING METHOD CHANG, JAY C 2817 §112 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Nov 07, 2023
18491349 METHOD OF FABRICATING AN ELECTRONIC CHIP INCLUDING A MEMORY CIRCUIT YUSHINA, GALINA G 2811 §103 Non-Final OA 63d Pending Oct 20, 2023
18230423 MOSFET TRANSISTOR MCCOY, THOMAS WILSON 2814 §103 Non-Final OA 44d overdue Pending Aug 04, 2023
18343298 METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING HIGH-VOLTAGE TRANSISTORS ON A SILICON-ON-INSULATOR TYPE BULK BOOTH, RICHARD A 2812 §103 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Jun 28, 2023
18324327 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE OF THE SILICON ON INSULATOR TYPE AND CORRESPONDING MANUFACTURING METHOD PRIDEMORE, NATHAN ANDREW 2898 §103 Non-Final OA 1d overdue Pending May 26, 2023
18311779 METHOD OF MANUFACTURING AN INTERCONNECTION STRUCTURE OF AN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT ONUTA, TIBERIU DAN 2814 §103 Final Rejection 46d Pending May 03, 2023
18303409 ELECTRICAL CONNECTION AND ITS METHOD OF FABRICATION BRASFIELD, QUINTON A 2814 §103 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Apr 19, 2023
18131543 INTEGRATED CIRCUIT INCLUDING A METAL PILLAR IN CONTACT WITH A SILICON REGION ON AN OHMIC COUPLING REGION, AND CORRESPONDING MANUFACTURING METHOD ABDELAZIEZ, YASSER A 2898 §103 Non-Final OA 60d overdue Pending Apr 06, 2023
18190893 MOS TRANSISTOR ON SOI STRUCTURE GARCES, NELSON Y 2814 §103 Non-Final OA 103d overdue Pending Mar 27, 2023
18178333 CAPACITOR INCLUDING LATERAL PLATES AND METHOD FOR FORMING A CAPACITOR BODNAR, JOHN A 2893 Other Non-Final OA 22d overdue Pending Mar 03, 2023

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