Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

UTAC Headquarters Pte. Ltd.

Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics

5 pending office actions • 5 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 11 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

UTAC Headquarters Pte. Ltd. has 5 pending office actions in Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics. The matters are assigned to 5 distinct examiners and 5 distinct art units, creating separate examination paths for each pending matter.

HAN, JONATHAN is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. Because no examiner or art unit handles multiple matters in the supplied data, counsel should prioritize individual response preparation and centralized docket control.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

5
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Case Difficulty Mix

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.

1
Hard (20%)
4
Medium (80%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only4 (80%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (20%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

1
Life Sciences
20% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
4
Semiconductors
80% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

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.

50 h
Manual time on pending OAs
10 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
18 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
HAN, JONATHAN 1 83.8% +9.6%
BRECHT, CHARLES MATTHEW 1 — —
FAYETTE, NATHALIE RENEE 1 94.5% -1.1%
PENCE, JETHRO M 1 79.1% +25.2%
CHOUDHRY, MOHAMMAD M 1 82.1% +12.0%

Quick Wins (3)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18820297 RELIABLE SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGES HAN, JONATHAN —
18516997 SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGING FOR IMAGE SENSORS FAYETTE, NATHALIE RENEE —
18319452 BACK SURFACE PLASMA DICED WAFERS AND METHODS THEREOF CHOUDHRY, MOHAMMAD M —

Hard Cases (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18818632 SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGES WITH THERMAL DISSIPATION BRECHT, CHARLES MATTHEW —

Interview Candidates (2)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18490741 Semiconductor Device and Method of Making a Substrate with Improved Substrate Mounting Apparatus PENCE, JETHRO M —
18319452 BACK SURFACE PLASMA DICED WAFERS AND METHODS THEREOF CHOUDHRY, MOHAMMAD M —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2818 1
2817 1
2812 1
1717 1
2899 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18820297 RELIABLE SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGES HAN, JONATHAN 2818 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 30, 2024
18818632 SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGES WITH THERMAL DISSIPATION BRECHT, CHARLES MATTHEW 2817 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 29, 2024
18516997 SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGING FOR IMAGE SENSORS FAYETTE, NATHALIE RENEE 2812 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Nov 22, 2023
18490741 Semiconductor Device and Method of Making a Substrate with Improved Substrate Mounting Apparatus PENCE, JETHRO M 1717 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 19, 2023
18319452 BACK SURFACE PLASMA DICED WAFERS AND METHODS THEREOF CHOUDHRY, MOHAMMAD M 2899 §103 Final Rejection — Pending May 17, 2023

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does UTAC Headquarters Pte. Ltd. have?

UTAC Headquarters Pte. Ltd. has 5 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 5 art units and 5 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most UTAC Headquarters Pte. Ltd. applications?

Jonathan Han has the most, with 1 of UTAC Headquarters Pte. Ltd.'s pending office actions.

What technology area are UTAC Headquarters Pte. Ltd.'s patent applications in?

Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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