Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
221 pending office actions • 87 art units • 165 examiners • 0 of 221 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 609 patents granted in the last 365 days
Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd. has 232 pending office actions in Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics. The actions involve 168 distinct examiners and 85 distinct art units, demonstrating broad prosecution coverage with substantial recurrence across examination assignments. The portfolio calls for systematic tracking of both technical groupings and examiner-specific practices.
NGUYEN, CHAU N is the busiest examiner, with 11 pending matters. This is the clearest examiner-level cluster in the profile and a logical focus for reviewing common objections and successful response positions. Because the portfolio spans many art units, that review should complement, not replace, application-specific prosecution planning.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 31 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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. 31 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 10 (5%) |
| §103 only | 81 (37%) |
| §102 only | 33 (15%) |
| §112 only | 11 (5%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (0%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 3 (1%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 81 (37%) |
| No statute on record | 1 (0%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NGUYEN, CHAU N | 10 | 68.0% | +14.1% |
| PAGHADAL, PARESH H | 7 | 60.1% | +21.5% |
| PAUMEN, GARY F | 5 | 88.6% | -1.3% |
| MAYO III, WILLIAM H | 5 | 77.0% | -3.9% |
| ROBINSON, KRYSTAL | 4 | 86.4% | -5.0% |
| HARCUM, MARCUS E | 3 | 89.4% | +5.5% |
| MOUNTAIN, JEFFREY WIGHTMAN | 3 | 90.5% | +12.0% |
| LEON MUNOZ, EDWIN A | 3 | 88.5% | +8.0% |
| KRATT, JUSTIN M | 3 | 86.8% | +5.2% |
| LE, THANH TAM T | 3 | 86.5% | +13.8% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18854979 | SHIELDED ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE PATH | HARCUM, MARCUS E | — |
| 18842397 | CONNECTOR DEVICE | PAUMEN, GARY F | — |
| 18836010 | CONNECTOR | LEON MUNOZ, EDWIN A | — |
| 18729885 | STACKED CONNECTOR | PAUMEN, GARY F | — |
| 18711037 | CONNECTOR | PAUMEN, GARY F | — |
| 18610755 | CONNECTOR | LE, THANH TAM T | — |
| 18579410 | BOARD CONNECTOR AND DEVICE | KRATT, JUSTIN M | — |
| 18840503 | CONNECTOR | MOUNTAIN, JEFFREY WIGHTMAN | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18293391 | WIRING MEMBER-EQUIPPED ADHEREND | NGUYEN, CHAU N | 134d overdue |
| 17924084 | BATTERY WIRING MODULE | CHUO, TONY SHENG HSIANG | 126d overdue |
| 18703545 | ROUTING MEMBER AND WIRE HARNESS | PAGHADAL, PARESH H | 118d overdue |
| 18272731 | VEHICLE-MOUNTED COMPUTER, COMPUTER EXECUTION METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM | AQUINO, WYNUEL S | 58d overdue |
| 18850624 | POWER SUPPLY CONTROL DEVICE | KINGSLAND, KYLE J | 24d overdue |
| 18857261 | FLOOR WIRING MODULE, FLOOR STACKED BODY, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING FLOOR WIRING MODULE | GARFT, CHRISTOPHER | 9d overdue |
| 18270334 | RESIN COMPOSITION, OPTICAL FIBER, OPTICAL FIBER MANUFACTURING METHOD, OPTICAL FIBER RIBBON, AND OPTICAL FIBER CABLE | WHITELEY, JESSICA | 9d overdue |
| 18685490 | IN-VEHICLE DEVICE ATTACHMENT STRUCTURE | AKAKPO, DANY E | 2d overdue |
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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18293391 | WIRING MEMBER-EQUIPPED ADHEREND | NGUYEN, CHAU N | 134d overdue |
| 18703545 | ROUTING MEMBER AND WIRE HARNESS | PAGHADAL, PARESH H | 118d overdue |
| 18718307 | SUPERCONDUCTING WIRE CONNECTION STRUCTURE | NGUYEN, CHAU N | 26d |
| 18579429 | WIRE HARNESS | PAGHADAL, PARESH H | 26d |
| 19022179 | WIRING MEMBER | PAGHADAL, PARESH H | — |
| 18963925 | MULTI-CORE CABLE | NGUYEN, CHAU N | — |
| 18868699 | CONNECTION STRUCTURE | PAGHADAL, PARESH H | — |
| 18856318 | WIRE, STRANDED WIRE, CABLE, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING WIRE | NGUYEN, CHAU N | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2831 | 22 |
| 2841 | 18 |
| 2847 | 17 |
| 2874 | 15 |
| 2834 | 12 |
| 1741 | 7 |
| 2836 | 6 |
| 2812 | 5 |
| 2828 | 5 |
| 2899 | 4 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19477688 | IN-VEHICLE DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM | INGE, JOSEPH N | 2836 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 22, 2025 |
| 19163179 | UPDATE SYSTEM, ONBOARD APPARATUS, AND SERVER | GONZALEZ, MARIO CARLOS | 3668 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 08, 2025 |
| 19240882 | INFORMATION DEVICE AND WIRING STRUCTURE | SHRESTHA, SAGAR | 2841 | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 17, 2025 |
| 19133910 | POWER SUPPLY CONTROL DEVICE AND COMPUTER PROGRAM | PEREZ BORROTO, ALFONSO | 2836 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 29, 2025 |
| 19130296 | RELAY DEVICE, UNAUTHORIZED FRAME DETECTION METHOD, AND IN-VEHICLE DEVICE | HUYNH, LUAT T | 3667 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 15, 2025 |
| 19127140 | DATA TRANSMISSION DEVICE, DATA COLLECTION DEVICE, WIRELESS SYSTEM, METHOD OF CONTROLLING DATA TRANSMISSION DEVICE, DATA COLLECTION METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM | KING, CURTIS J | 2685 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 05, 2025 |
| 19126602 | CUTTING TOOL | SNYDER, ALAN W | 3722 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 01, 2025 |
| 19120068 | IN-VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE | HAMMOND, CRYSTAL L | 2838 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 10, 2025 |
| 19103831 | ROTATING TOOL AND SENSOR DEVICE | FORD, DARRELL CHRISTOPHER | 3725 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 14, 2025 |
| 19101904 | RETROREFLECTIVE ANTENNA, AND OBJECT DETECTING SYSTEM | BOUIZZA, MICHAEL M | 2845 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 07, 2025 |
| 19101595 | ARTICLE IDENTIFICATION TAG, ARTICLE IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF IDENTIFYING ARTICLE | WALSH, DANIEL I | 2876 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 06, 2025 |
| 19100582 | RADIO WAVE SENSOR SETTING METHOD, SETTING DEVICE, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM | LI, YONGHONG | — | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 03, 2025 |
| 19100276 | OPTICAL FIBER MANUFACTURING METHOD AND OPTICAL FIBER REWINDING MACHINE | VU, STEPHEN A | 3654 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 31, 2025 |
| 19040085 | WINDING DEVICE FOR WIRE BODY | AHMED, ISTIAQUE | — | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 29, 2025 |
| 19099139 | IN-VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE | TAN, RICHARD | 2836 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 28, 2025 |
| 19034012 | PHASE SHIFTER AND WAVELENGTH SELECTOR | PARBADIA, BALRAM T | 2872 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 22, 2025 |
| 19033989 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING OPTICAL FIBER | LEE, STEVEN SHIH-CHING | 1741 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 22, 2025 |
| 19022179 | WIRING MEMBER | PAGHADAL, PARESH H | 2847 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 15, 2025 |
| 18992465 | VEHICLE CUTOFF DEVICE | NGUYEN, DANNY | 2838 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 08, 2025 |
| 18881518 | DEGRADATION DETERMINATION DEVICE | BRAUNLICH, MARTIN WALTER | 2858 | §101§103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 06, 2025 |
| 18880891 | MEASURING METHOD AND MEASURING DEVICE OF OPTICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF MULTI-CORE OPTICAL FIBER | PYO, KEVIN K | 2878 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 03, 2025 |
| 18880057 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SUPERCONDUCTING WIRE | MAYY, MOHAMMAD | 1718 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 30, 2024 |
| 18879074 | GLASS MATERIAL AND OPTICAL FIBER | MILLER, CAMERON KENNETH | 1731 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 26, 2024 |
| 18874318 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE, COMMUNICATION METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM | BARRY, LANCE LEONARD | 2457 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 12, 2024 |
| 18873899 | CUTOFF CONTROL DEVICE | THOMAS, LUCY M | 2838 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 11, 2024 |
| 18873282 | SHUT-OFF CONTROL DEVICE | DEBERADINIS, ROBERT L | 2836 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 09, 2024 |
| 18872807 | CROSSTALK MEASURING METHOD AND CROSSTALK MEASURING PROBE | AURORA, REENA | 2858 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 07, 2024 |
| 18963925 | MULTI-CORE CABLE | NGUYEN, CHAU N | 2841 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 29, 2024 |
| 18870294 | COPPER-COATED STEEL WIRE | LA VILLA, MICHAEL EUGENE | 1784 | §112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 27, 2024 |
| 18958551 | CONNECTION SYSTEM, FLEXIBLE WIRING BOARD, AND BOARD ASSEMBLY | TRAN, BINH BACH THANH | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 25, 2024 |
| 18868953 | WIRING MODULE | BADAWI, MEDHAT | 3642 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 25, 2024 |
| 18868699 | CONNECTION STRUCTURE | PAGHADAL, PARESH H | 2847 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 22, 2024 |
| 18955017 | AMPLIFIER AND DRIVER AMPLIFIER CIRCUIT | RETEBO, METASEBIA T | 2836 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 21, 2024 |
| 18867880 | PROTECTION DEVICE | AL-TAWEEL, MUAAMAR QAHTAN | 2836 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 21, 2024 |
| 18865049 | IN-VEHICLE DEVICE, PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD | DUNNE, KENNETH MICHAEL | 3669 | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 12, 2024 |
| 18931423 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE | FARMER, EMILY NICOLE | 2812 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 30, 2024 |
| 18860014 | INFRASTRUCTURE RADIO WAVE SENSOR | HALLORAN, THOMAS JAMES | 3648 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 25, 2024 |
| 18859349 | IN-VEHICLE DEVICE, PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD | DABIPI, DIXON F | 2451 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 23, 2024 |
| 18857261 | FLOOR WIRING MODULE, FLOOR STACKED BODY, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING FLOOR WIRING MODULE | GARFT, CHRISTOPHER | 3632 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 9d overdue | Pending | Oct 16, 2024 |
| 18856318 | WIRE, STRANDED WIRE, CABLE, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING WIRE | NGUYEN, CHAU N | 2841 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 11, 2024 |
| 18854979 | SHIELDED ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE PATH | HARCUM, MARCUS E | 2831 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 08, 2024 |
| 18854645 | DETECTION SYSTEM, DETECTION DEVICE, AND METHOD OF INSTALLING DETECTION DEVICE | TARKO, ASMAMAW G | 2482 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 07, 2024 |
| 18906269 | OPTICAL FIBER CABLE | KAULFUSS, PETER LLOYD | 2874 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 04, 2024 |
| 18853545 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND SEAT ADJUSTMENT METHOD | COOLEY, CHASE LITTLEJOHN | 3662 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 02, 2024 |
| 18853464 | RESIN COMPOSITION FOR OPTICAL FIBER COATING, COLORED COATING MATERIAL FOR OPTICAL FIBER, OPTICAL FIBER, AND OPTICAL FIBER RIBBON | PENG, CHARLIE YU | 2874 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 02, 2024 |
| 18903211 | OPTICAL MODULE AND FLEXIBLE PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD | TRAN, BINH BACH THANH | 2847 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 01, 2024 |
| 18852257 | HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANE, HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANE STACK, AND FILTRATION MODULE | ALI, WAQAAS A | 1774 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 27, 2024 |
| 18899143 | SHIELDED ELECTRICAL WIRE | NGUYEN, CHAU N | 2841 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 27, 2024 |
| 18850624 | POWER SUPPLY CONTROL DEVICE | KINGSLAND, KYLE J | 3663 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 24d overdue | Pending | Sep 25, 2024 |
| 18846341 | MULTICORE OPTICAL FIBER, OPTICAL COMBINER, AND METHOD OF MEASURING FIBER CHARACTERISTICS | LEE, HWA S | 2877 | §102 | Final Rejection | 77d | Pending | Sep 12, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialSumitomo Electric Industries Ltd. has 221 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 87 art units and 165 examiners.
Chau N Nguyen has the most, with 10 of Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
