Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY FOUNDATION, YONSEI UNIVERSITY currently has 1 pending office action in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. This 1 action is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, representing the only active examiner interaction for the portfolio's pending matters. The prosecution is also limited to 1 distinct art unit. The busiest examiner for the portfolio is BOOTH, RICHARD A, who holds 1 busiest examiner pending action. This examiner is responsible for the 1 pending office action currently active for the foundation.
The prosecution profile is focused, with all pending activity occurring within 1 art unit and under 1 examiner. This suggests that the foundation's current patenting efforts are concentrated on a specific technical innovation within Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics. The outcome of the 1 pending office action will depend on the evaluation by BOOTH, RICHARD A. Practitioners should note that the lack of diversity in examiner assignment means the foundation cannot compare different perspectives on its technical claims. Future filings may benefit from targeting additional art units to spread risk across more than 1 examiner. Strategy should focus on navigating the requirements of BOOTH, RICHARD A to secure the 1 pending action. The foundation's immediate success in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics sector is tied to this 1 active prosecution path.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOOTH, RICHARD A | 1 | 86.0% | +8.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18561231 | PLATINUM GROUP METAL CHALCOGENIDE THIN FILM, AND SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIAL PROVIDED WITH THE PLATINUM GROUP METAL CHALCOGENIDE THIN FILM | BOOTH, RICHARD A | 56d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2812 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18561231 | PLATINUM GROUP METAL CHALCOGENIDE THIN FILM, AND SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIAL PROVIDED WITH THE PLATINUM GROUP METAL CHALCOGENIDE THIN FILM | BOOTH, RICHARD A | 2812 | §103 | Final Rejection | 56d | Pending | Nov 15, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialUNIVERSITY INDUSTRY FOUNDATION, YONSEI UNIVERSITY has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Richard A Booth has the most, with 1 of UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY FOUNDATION, YONSEI UNIVERSITY's pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
