Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
24 pending office actions • 13 art units • 24 examiners • 0 of 24 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 23 patents granted in the last 365 days
Ushio Denki Kabushiki Kaisha is managing a portfolio of 24 pending office actions within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. These actions are distributed across 24 distinct examiners, meaning every pending matter is under the review of a different individual. This workload is spread across 13 distinct art units, reflecting a technical footprint at the USPTO.
SEGED, NEBYATE SAMUEL is the busiest examiner for the company, holding 1 pending office action. Because there are 24 pending office actions and 24 distinct examiners, the workload is distributed with 1 action per examiner. This lack of examiner overlap requires the applicant to manage 24 separate examiner relationships and adapt to a variety of individual examination styles.
The involvement of 13 distinct art units for the 24 pending office actions indicates that the company's Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics innovations span many specialized divisions. Practitioners must be prepared to navigate the procedural nuances and technical standards of 13 different art units. The total of 24 pending office actions highlights an engagement with the patent office.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 8 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. 8 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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 11 (46%) |
| §102 only | 1 (4%) |
| §112 only | 2 (8%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 10 (42%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SEGED, NEBYATE SAMUEL | 1 | 31.3% | +49.3% |
| LEE, AHAM NMN | 1 | 46.3% | +54.5% |
| LUCK, SEAN M | 1 | 62.7% | +27.5% |
| GHYKA, ALEXANDER G | 1 | 83.9% | +13.7% |
| WANG, JING | 1 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| PERSAUD, DEORAM | 1 | 76.9% | +12.0% |
| RUMP, RICHARD M | 1 | 74.6% | +20.1% |
| FORDE, DELMA ROSA | 1 | 76.6% | +14.8% |
| BURRUS, KYLE PRESTON | 1 | — | — |
| PAIK, SANG YEOP | 1 | 65.5% | +16.3% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18802789 | INFRARED LED ELEMENT | GHYKA, ALEXANDER G | — |
| 18724299 | FLUID TREATMENT DEVICE | WANG, JING | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18101078 | SEMICONDUCTOR LASER DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME | NELSON, HUNTER JARED | 121d overdue |
| 18174422 | ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT IRRADIATION DEVICE | SMYTH, ANDREW P | 19d overdue |
| 18257562 | ULTRAVIOLET THERAPY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR APPLYING ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT USING ULTRAVIOLET THERAPY APPARATUS | KOHUTKA, BROOKE NICOLE | 34d |
| 18996224 | ULTRAVIOLET-LIGHT-RADIATING DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ULTRAVIOLET-LIGHT-RADIATING DEVICE | SEGED, NEBYATE SAMUEL | — |
| 18635204 | METHOD OF PRODUCING TIN-BASED PEROVSKITE LAYER | RUMP, RICHARD M | — |
| 18416618 | NITRIDE SEMICONDUCTOR LASER ELEMENT | FORDE, DELMA ROSA | — |
| 18396916 | LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE | DELAHOUSSAYE, KEITH G | — |
| 18479302 | OPTICAL HEATING APPARATUS | CHAMBERS, JOHN MICHAEL | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18675653 | ILLUMINATION OPTICAL SYSTEM, EXPOSURE APPARATUS, IRRADIATION METHOD, AND COMPONENT MANUFACTURING METHOD | PERSAUD, DEORAM | 36d overdue |
| 18996224 | ULTRAVIOLET-LIGHT-RADIATING DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ULTRAVIOLET-LIGHT-RADIATING DEVICE | SEGED, NEBYATE SAMUEL | — |
| 18857758 | BACTERIA OR VIRUSES INACTIVATION DEVICE, TREATMENT DEVICE, DISCHARGE LAMP | LEE, AHAM NMN | — |
| 18802955 | LIGHT TREATMENT DEVICE | LUCK, SEAN M | — |
| 18802789 | INFRARED LED ELEMENT | GHYKA, ALEXANDER G | — |
| 18635204 | METHOD OF PRODUCING TIN-BASED PEROVSKITE LAYER | RUMP, RICHARD M | — |
| 18416618 | NITRIDE SEMICONDUCTOR LASER ELEMENT | FORDE, DELMA ROSA | — |
| 18407627 | HEAT TREATMENT CHAMBER, FILM FORMING APPARATUS, AND SUBSTRATE HEATING METHOD | PAIK, SANG YEOP | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2828 | 2 |
| 2882 | 1 |
| 2891 | 1 |
| 3733 | 1 |
| 2875 | 1 |
| 1782 | 1 |
| 1737 | 1 |
| 3791 | 1 |
| 2881 | 1 |
| 2878 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18996224 | ULTRAVIOLET-LIGHT-RADIATING DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ULTRAVIOLET-LIGHT-RADIATING DEVICE | SEGED, NEBYATE SAMUEL | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 18857758 | BACTERIA OR VIRUSES INACTIVATION DEVICE, TREATMENT DEVICE, DISCHARGE LAMP | LEE, AHAM NMN | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 17, 2024 |
| 18802955 | LIGHT TREATMENT DEVICE | LUCK, SEAN M | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 13, 2024 |
| 18802789 | INFRARED LED ELEMENT | GHYKA, ALEXANDER G | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 13, 2024 |
| 18724299 | FLUID TREATMENT DEVICE | WANG, JING | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 26, 2024 |
| 18675653 | ILLUMINATION OPTICAL SYSTEM, EXPOSURE APPARATUS, IRRADIATION METHOD, AND COMPONENT MANUFACTURING METHOD | PERSAUD, DEORAM | 2882 | §103 | Final Rejection | 36d overdue | Pending | May 28, 2024 |
| 18635204 | METHOD OF PRODUCING TIN-BASED PEROVSKITE LAYER | RUMP, RICHARD M | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 15, 2024 |
| 18416618 | NITRIDE SEMICONDUCTOR LASER ELEMENT | FORDE, DELMA ROSA | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 18, 2024 |
| 18413014 | INFRARED LED ELEMENT | BURRUS, KYLE PRESTON | 2891 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 15, 2024 |
| 18407627 | HEAT TREATMENT CHAMBER, FILM FORMING APPARATUS, AND SUBSTRATE HEATING METHOD | PAIK, SANG YEOP | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 09, 2024 |
| 18577616 | ULTRAVIOLET THERAPY APPARATUS AND LIGHT SOURCE | JENNESS, NATHAN JAY | 3733 | §103 | Final Rejection | 36d | Pending | Jan 08, 2024 |
| 18396916 | LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE | DELAHOUSSAYE, KEITH G | 2875 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 27, 2023 |
| 18495415 | SEMICONDUCTOR LASER DEVICE | HUGHES, DEANDRA M | — | §112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 26, 2023 |
| 18479302 | OPTICAL HEATING APPARATUS | CHAMBERS, JOHN MICHAEL | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 02, 2023 |
| 18272035 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING OPTICAL COMPONENT, APPARATUS OF MANUFACTURING OPTICAL COMPONENT AND OPTICAL COMPONENT | HON, SOW FUN | 1782 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 12, 2023 |
| 18271038 | PHOTO TREATMENT DEVICE | CHAMPION, RICHARD DAVID | 1737 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 05, 2023 |
| 18257562 | ULTRAVIOLET THERAPY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR APPLYING ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT USING ULTRAVIOLET THERAPY APPARATUS | KOHUTKA, BROOKE NICOLE | 3791 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 34d | Pending | Jun 14, 2023 |
| 18121002 | MULTI-BEAM SEMICONDUCTOR LASER DEVICE | HAGAN, SEAN P | 2828 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 14, 2023 |
| 18043591 | PULSE SPECTROSCOPY DEVICE | GOURLIE, LAURA ELOISE | 2881 | §103 | Final Rejection | 61d | Pending | Mar 01, 2023 |
| 18174422 | ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT IRRADIATION DEVICE | SMYTH, ANDREW P | 2878 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 19d overdue | Pending | Feb 24, 2023 |
| 18101078 | SEMICONDUCTOR LASER DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME | NELSON, HUNTER JARED | 2828 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 121d overdue | Pending | Jan 24, 2023 |
| 17982849 | LIGHT IRRADIATION DEVICE AND LIGHT SOURCE UNIT | SANDVIK, BENJAMIN P | 2812 | §103 | Final Rejection | 33d | Pending | Nov 08, 2022 |
| 17859894 | STORAGE AND DRAINAGE MECHANISM, LIGHT SOURCE APPARATUS, AND STORAGE AND DRAINAGE METHOD | KIM, ROBERT H | 2800 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 07, 2022 |
| 17578973 | TEMPERATURE CONTROL METHOD, TEMPERATURE CONTROL DEVICE, AND OPTICAL HEATING DEVICE | ISKRA, JOSEPH W | 3761 | §112 | Final Rejection | 4d overdue | Pending | Jan 19, 2022 |
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