Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
The Nippon Signal Co. Ltd. has 1 pending office action in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. This single matter is being reviewed by 1 distinct examiner in a distinct art unit. HOON K SONG is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, currently handling the pending office action.
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 |
|---|---|
| §102 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SONG, HOON K | 1 | 86.2% | +8.4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18906559 | Inspection System | SONG, HOON K | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2884 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18906559 | Inspection System | SONG, HOON K | 2884 | §102Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 04, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialThe Nippon Signal Co. Ltd. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Hoon K Song has the most, with 1 of The Nippon Signal Co. Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
