Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Tongfu Microelectronics Co. Ltd. is managing 2 pending office actions in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. These actions are assigned to 2 distinct examiners and are located within 2 distinct art units. This distribution shows that the company's current patenting activity is not confined to a single examination group, reflecting a broader technical scope within the semiconductor field.
TONY TRAN is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, with 1 pending office action currently assigned. This 1 busiest examiner pending action is among the 2 pending office actions. With 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units involved, the company faces a multi-faceted prosecution environment. Practitioners must account for the different perspectives of these 2 distinct examiners, as the 2 pending actions are being evaluated under the specific standards of 2 distinct art units within the USPTO.
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 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| TRAN, TONY | 1 | 70.2% | +33.3% |
| PARENDO, KEVIN A | 1 | 72.3% | +11.5% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18680321 | PACKAGING METHOD AND PACKAGING STRUCTURE OF MULTI-LAYER STACKED HIGH-BANDWIDTH MEMORY | PARENDO, KEVIN A | — |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18731884 | PACKAGING METHOD AND PACKAGING STRUCTURE OF MULTI-LAYER STACKED MEMORY | TRAN, TONY | — |
| 18680321 | PACKAGING METHOD AND PACKAGING STRUCTURE OF MULTI-LAYER STACKED HIGH-BANDWIDTH MEMORY | PARENDO, KEVIN A | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2893 | 1 |
| 2896 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18731884 | PACKAGING METHOD AND PACKAGING STRUCTURE OF MULTI-LAYER STACKED MEMORY | TRAN, TONY | 2893 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 03, 2024 |
| 18680321 | PACKAGING METHOD AND PACKAGING STRUCTURE OF MULTI-LAYER STACKED HIGH-BANDWIDTH MEMORY | PARENDO, KEVIN A | 2896 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 31, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialTongfu Microelectronics Co. Ltd. has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Tony Tran has the most, with 1 of Tongfu Microelectronics Co. Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
