Technology areas: Communications • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
5 pending office actions • 3 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 6 patents granted in the last 365 days
VANCHIP (TIANJIN) TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. is currently managing 5 pending office actions in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. These actions are distributed among 5 distinct examiners. The portfolio is active across 3 distinct art units. O TOOLE, COLLEEN J is the busiest examiner and is responsible for 1 pending office action. The fact that there are 5 distinct examiners for 5 pending office actions means that every case is being reviewed by a different individual.
The 3 distinct art units indicate that some examiners are working within the same technical group. Practitioners should look for consistency in the application of technical standards across the 3 distinct art units. O TOOLE, COLLEEN J handles 1 of the pending office actions, which is the same volume as the other examiners. The Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area is the focus of all 5 pending office actions.
With 5 distinct examiners, the company must be prepared for 5 different sets of examiner preferences. The 3 distinct art units suggest that the technology spans several related sub-disciplines within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics field. This distribution requires a prosecution strategy that accounts for both individual examiner styles and the broader norms of the art units. Each of the 5 pending office actions will receive a unique review.
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 (20%) |
| §112 only | 2 (40%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (40%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| O TOOLE, COLLEEN J | 1 | 58.1% | +10.9% |
| HUANG, WEN WU | 1 | 73.1% | +15.5% |
| NGUYEN, LONG T | 1 | 89.4% | +8.2% |
| LAM, TUAN THIEU | 1 | 77.6% | +13.1% |
| HILTUNEN, THOMAS J | 1 | 81.5% | +6.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18408535 | POWER SUPPLY SUPPRESSION CIRCUIT, CHIP AND COMMUNICATION TERMINAL | HILTUNEN, THOMAS J | 27d |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19245384 | CHIP POWER-ON RESET MODULE, CORRESPONDING CHIP AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | O TOOLE, COLLEEN J | — |
| 18416841 | RADIO FREQUENCY FRONT-END MODULE HAVING CURRENT PROTECTION FUNCTION, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | NGUYEN, LONG T | — |
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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19245384 | CHIP POWER-ON RESET MODULE, CORRESPONDING CHIP AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | O TOOLE, COLLEEN J | — |
| 19031964 | LOW-LOSS RADIO FREQUENCY TRANSCEIVING FRONT-END MODULE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | HUANG, WEN WU | — |
| 18409789 | RADIO FREQUENCY FRONT-END MODULE AND CORRESPONDING RADIO FREQUENCY FRONT-END SYSTEM, CHIP AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | LAM, TUAN THIEU | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2836 | 2 |
| 2648 | 1 |
| 2849 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19245384 | CHIP POWER-ON RESET MODULE, CORRESPONDING CHIP AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | O TOOLE, COLLEEN J | 2836 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 22, 2025 |
| 19031964 | LOW-LOSS RADIO FREQUENCY TRANSCEIVING FRONT-END MODULE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | HUANG, WEN WU | 2648 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 18, 2025 |
| 18416841 | RADIO FREQUENCY FRONT-END MODULE HAVING CURRENT PROTECTION FUNCTION, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | NGUYEN, LONG T | 2836 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 18, 2024 |
| 18409789 | RADIO FREQUENCY FRONT-END MODULE AND CORRESPONDING RADIO FREQUENCY FRONT-END SYSTEM, CHIP AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | LAM, TUAN THIEU | — | §112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 11, 2024 |
| 18408535 | POWER SUPPLY SUPPRESSION CIRCUIT, CHIP AND COMMUNICATION TERMINAL | HILTUNEN, THOMAS J | 2849 | §112 | Final Rejection | 27d | Pending | Jan 09, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialVANCHIP (TIANJIN) TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. has 5 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 3 art units and 5 examiners.
Colleen J O Toole has the most, with 1 of VANCHIP (TIANJIN) TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
