Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
36 pending office actions • 23 art units • 34 examiners • 0 of 36 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 99 patents granted in the last 365 days
Viavi Solutions Inc. has 37 pending office actions in Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics. The matters are handled by 35 examiners across 24 art units, demonstrating a broad and operationally complex prosecution portfolio with limited concentration at the examiner level.
DAGENAIS, KRISTEN A is the busiest examiner, with 2 pending matters. That figure identifies a modest point of examiner concentration within an otherwise widely distributed record, so portfolio oversight should prioritize centralized tracking and repeatable technical positions.
The difference between pending matters and examiner assignments shows that at least some examiner coverage extends across more than one matter, while the art-unit distribution remains broad. Counsel may benefit from reviewing related claim language across art units, but responses should still address the specific examination record for each application.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 5 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. 5 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 |
|---|---|
| §101 only | 1 (3%) |
| §101 + other | 4 (11%) |
| §103 only | 8 (22%) |
| §102 only | 1 (3%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (3%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 2 (6%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 19 (53%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DAGENAIS, KRISTEN A | 2 | 64.0% | +19.8% |
| YECHURI, SITARAMARAO S | 2 | 85.4% | -8.1% |
| DOAN, DUYEN MY | 1 | 81.7% | +12.2% |
| PHAM, QUAN L | 1 | 69.6% | +28.1% |
| PARIKH, KHUSHI CHETAN | 1 | — | — |
| JACKSON, MONIQUE R | 1 | 34.8% | +44.3% |
| CHOUDHURY, MUSTAK | 1 | 84.9% | +21.3% |
| CHANG, AUDREY Y | 1 | 46.6% | +20.8% |
| MAKHDOOM, SAMARINA | 1 | 72.3% | +27.2% |
| WILLIAMS, ELTON S | 1 | 79.0% | +7.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19000123 | OPTICAL DEVICE HAVING OPTICAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES | CHOUDHURY, MUSTAK | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18464586 | MULTI-SENSOR TILT MEASUREMENT FOR ANTENNA MONITORING DEVICES | WOODS, BRANDON SEAN | 87d overdue |
| 18355586 | PHOTODIODE MODULES WITH REDUCED RECOVERY TIMES | YECHURI, SITARAMARAO S | 33d |
| 19072164 | PLUGGABLE TRANSCEIVER TO FACILITATE NETWORK TRAFFIC ANALYSIS | DOAN, DUYEN MY | — |
| 19032931 | LOW COMPLEXITY PRECODER DESIGN FOR MULTI-USER MULTI-INPUT MULTI-OUTPUT ORTHOGONAL TIME AND FREQUENCY SPACE NETWORKS | PARIKH, KHUSHI CHETAN | — |
| 19011123 | HIGH CHROMATICITY PIGMENT FLAKES AND FOILS | JACKSON, MONIQUE R | — |
| 18966749 | Spoof-Resistant Wireless Navigation System | MAKHDOOM, SAMARINA | — |
| 18922719 | DETERMINING AN ERRONEOUS MOVEMENT OF A MICROSCOPE | ABDUR, RAHMAN | — |
| 18908263 | ENABLING COMMUNICATION OF MULTI-MEDIA MESSAGES DURING BIDIRECTIONAL TESTING OF A COMMUNICATION LINK UNDER TEST (LUT) | ABDELRAHEEM, MOHAMMED SAID | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19072164 | PLUGGABLE TRANSCEIVER TO FACILITATE NETWORK TRAFFIC ANALYSIS | DOAN, DUYEN MY | — |
| 19041071 | MULTI-SENSOR SYSTEM | PHAM, QUAN L | — |
| 19011123 | HIGH CHROMATICITY PIGMENT FLAKES AND FOILS | JACKSON, MONIQUE R | — |
| 19000123 | OPTICAL DEVICE HAVING OPTICAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES | CHOUDHURY, MUSTAK | — |
| 18974500 | THIN FILM INTERFERENCE PIGMENTS WITH A COATING OF NANOPARTICLES | CHANG, AUDREY Y | — |
| 18966749 | Spoof-Resistant Wireless Navigation System | MAKHDOOM, SAMARINA | — |
| 18808234 | OPTICAL INTERFERENCE FILTER | DAGENAIS, KRISTEN A | — |
| 16297294 | SOLVENT-LESS METHOD TO MANUFACTURE THIN FILM DEVICES | DAGENAIS, KRISTEN A | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2872 | 6 |
| 2877 | 4 |
| 2465 | 2 |
| 1717 | 2 |
| 2855 | 2 |
| 2857 | 2 |
| 2893 | 2 |
| 2459 | 1 |
| 2637 | 1 |
| 1787 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19072164 | PLUGGABLE TRANSCEIVER TO FACILITATE NETWORK TRAFFIC ANALYSIS | DOAN, DUYEN MY | 2459 | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 06, 2025 |
| 19041071 | MULTI-SENSOR SYSTEM | PHAM, QUAN L | 2637 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 30, 2025 |
| 19032931 | LOW COMPLEXITY PRECODER DESIGN FOR MULTI-USER MULTI-INPUT MULTI-OUTPUT ORTHOGONAL TIME AND FREQUENCY SPACE NETWORKS | PARIKH, KHUSHI CHETAN | 2465 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 21, 2025 |
| 19011123 | HIGH CHROMATICITY PIGMENT FLAKES AND FOILS | JACKSON, MONIQUE R | 1787 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 06, 2025 |
| 19000123 | OPTICAL DEVICE HAVING OPTICAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES | CHOUDHURY, MUSTAK | 2872 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 23, 2024 |
| 18974500 | THIN FILM INTERFERENCE PIGMENTS WITH A COATING OF NANOPARTICLES | CHANG, AUDREY Y | 2872 | §102§103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 09, 2024 |
| 18966749 | Spoof-Resistant Wireless Navigation System | MAKHDOOM, SAMARINA | 3648 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 03, 2024 |
| 18960477 | UTILIZING INVARIANT USER BEHAVIOR DATA FOR TRAINING A MACHINE LEARNING MODEL | WILLIAMS, ELTON S | 2465 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 26, 2024 |
| 18922719 | DETERMINING AN ERRONEOUS MOVEMENT OF A MICROSCOPE | ABDUR, RAHMAN | 2872 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 22, 2024 |
| 18908263 | ENABLING COMMUNICATION OF MULTI-MEDIA MESSAGES DURING BIDIRECTIONAL TESTING OF A COMMUNICATION LINK UNDER TEST (LUT) | ABDELRAHEEM, MOHAMMED SAID | 2635 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 07, 2024 |
| 18824345 | PROVIDING SPATIAL FREQUENCY DOMAIN BEAM PATTERN ANALYSIS INFORMATION ASSOCIATED WITH A BASE STATION VIA A GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE | MATTIS, JASON E | 2461 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 04, 2024 |
| 18815912 | IMAGE SENSOR SYSTEM | RAHMAN, MD M | 2877 | §112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 27, 2024 |
| 18808234 | OPTICAL INTERFERENCE FILTER | DAGENAIS, KRISTEN A | 1717 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 19, 2024 |
| 18678588 | OPTICAL ELEMENT OF AN EMITTER | JAHAN, BILKIS | 2817 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 30, 2024 |
| 18675841 | DIRECT CONTROL ON LASER FREQUENCY FOR DUAL-PULSE DISTRIBUTED ACOUSTIC SENSING (DAS) | LARKIN, DANIEL SEAN | 2855 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 28, 2024 |
| 18673069 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MEASURING A GAS CONCENTRATION IN ONE OR MORE REACTION CHAMBERS | SINGER, DAVID L | 2855 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 23, 2024 |
| 18671510 | MULTIPLICATIVE SCATTER CORRECTION BASED ANALYSIS FOR DYNAMIC PROCESS END POINT DETECTION | BRYANT, CHRISTIAN THOMAS | 2857 | §101§102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 22, 2024 |
| 18671486 | DYNAMIC PROCESS END POINT DETERMINATION BASED ON A PROCESS PROFILE SHAPE | DINH, LYNDA | 2857 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 22, 2024 |
| 18653617 | PASSIVATED PIGMENT WITH CORE ENCAPSULATION | MANGOHIG, THOMAS A | 1788 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 02, 2024 |
| 18629791 | FACILITATING INSPECTION OF STRUCTURAL FEATURES OF AN OPTICAL CONNECTOR | CARLSON, JOSHUA MICHAEL | 2877 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 08, 2024 |
| 18604109 | HIGH PERFORMANCE BATTERY SEPARATOR MEMBRANE | BLACKWELL-RUDASIL, RYAN KENZIE | 1722 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 13, 2024 |
| 18590446 | FIBER TESTING USING MACHINE LEARNING | PEREZ-GUZMAN, CARLOS GABRIEL | 2877 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 28, 2024 |
| 18412079 | MULTIPLE MAGNIFICATION INSPECTION OF DUTS | STOCK JR, GORDON J | 2877 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 12, 2024 |
| 18375831 | Automated Incident Detection and Root Cause Analysis | WILSON, YOLANDA L | 2113 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 02, 2023 |
| 18464586 | MULTI-SENSOR TILT MEASUREMENT FOR ANTENNA MONITORING DEVICES | WOODS, BRANDON SEAN | 2845 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 87d overdue | Pending | Sep 11, 2023 |
| 18355586 | PHOTODIODE MODULES WITH REDUCED RECOVERY TIMES | YECHURI, SITARAMARAO S | 2893 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 33d | Pending | Jul 20, 2023 |
| 18354819 | PHOTODIODE SEMICONDUCTOR STACKS WITH REDUCED RECOVERY TIMES | YECHURI, SITARAMARAO S | 2893 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 19, 2023 |
| 18352709 | TEMPERATURE-ACTIVE COATING ON A COMPONENT | SUMLAR, JOURNEY F | 2872 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 49d overdue | Pending | Jul 14, 2023 |
| 18321140 | IDENTIFICATION USING SPECTROSCOPY | NEGIN, RUSSELL SCOTT | 1686 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 22, 2023 |
| 18190564 | FIBER OPTIC CABLE BENDING DEVICE FOR PASSIVE OPTICAL NETWORKS | TRAN, HOANG Q | 2874 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 27, 2023 |
| 17973774 | PHOTONIC WAVEGUIDE STRUCTURE | TAVLYKAEV, ROBERT FUATOVICH | 2896 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 26, 2022 |
| 17972453 | DIE INCLUDING A NON-RECTANGULAR SHAPED OPTICAL MATERIAL AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE | ZHANG, MICHAEL N | 1781 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 24, 2022 |
| 17737865 | DIE INCLUDING OPTICAL ELEMENTS | STANFORD, CHRISTOPHER J | 2872 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 05, 2022 |
| 17449150 | OPTICAL INTERFERENCE FILTER | WILKES, ZACHARY W | 2872 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 19d | Pending | Sep 28, 2021 |
| 17338118 | METHOD OF REPLICATING A MICROSTRUCTURE PATTERN | MELLOTT, JAMES M | 1759 | §103 | Final Rejection | 63d | Pending | Jun 03, 2021 |
| 16297294 | SOLVENT-LESS METHOD TO MANUFACTURE THIN FILM DEVICES | DAGENAIS, KRISTEN A | 1717 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 08, 2019 |
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Start Free TrialViavi Solutions Inc. has 36 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 23 art units and 34 examiners.
Kristen A Dagenais has the most, with 2 of Viavi Solutions Inc.'s pending office actions.
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