Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Systems on Silicon Manufacturing Company Pte Ltd currently has 1 pending office action within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. This 1 pending office action represents the entirety of the company's active prosecution for its hardware innovations. In the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics sector, maintaining 1 pending office action requires careful management of USPTO deadlines to ensure that the intellectual property protection remains on track.
The prosecution is concentrated under 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit. This focus within 1 distinct art unit suggests that the technical scope of the application is highly specialized and does not cross into other technical disciplines. Because there is only 1 distinct examiner involved, the company's strategy is entirely dependent on the interpretation of a single individual at the patent office.
VALENZUELA, PATRICIA D is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, currently managing 1 pending office action. Since this 1 pending office action is the only one currently active, the interactions with VALENZUELA, PATRICIA D will determine the immediate success of the company's patent efforts. Practitioners should review the specific tendencies of VALENZUELA, PATRICIA D to navigate the 1 pending office action effectively.
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 | 1 (100%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| VALENZUELA, PATRICIA D | 1 | 90.3% | +2.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18055420 | PROCESS MONITORING STRUCTURES FOR VIA ETCH PROCESSES FOR SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES | VALENZUELA, PATRICIA D | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2812 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18055420 | PROCESS MONITORING STRUCTURES FOR VIA ETCH PROCESSES FOR SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES | VALENZUELA, PATRICIA D | 2812 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 15, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialSystems on Silicon Manufacturing Company Pte Ltd has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Patricia D Valenzuela has the most, with 1 of Systems on Silicon Manufacturing Company Pte Ltd's pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
