Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
38 pending office actions • 16 art units • 37 examiners • 0 of 38 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 97 patents granted in the last 365 days
Viavi Solutions Inc. currently has 37 pending office actions in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. These cases are spread across 16 distinct art units, showing a range of optical and semiconductor technologies. The portfolio involves 36 distinct examiners, which is nearly one examiner for every pending action.
Dagenais, Kristen A is the busiest examiner with 2 pending office actions. With 37 pending office actions and 36 distinct examiners, there is almost no opportunity to leverage experience with a single examiner across multiple cases. The 16 distinct art units further diversify the procedural requirements and examination standards applied to the portfolio.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 6 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. 6 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 | 1 (3%) |
| §103 only | 9 (24%) |
| Double-patenting only | 2 (5%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 3 (8%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 22 (58%) |
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 | 63.8% | +20.2% |
| DUNCAN, MARC M | 1 | 87.2% | +7.6% |
| DOAN, DUYEN MY | 1 | 81.7% | +12.3% |
| ELMEJJARMI, ABDELILLAH | 1 | 81.1% | +26.4% |
| PHAM, QUAN L | 1 | 69.5% | +28.0% |
| HANEY, NOAH JAMES | 1 | 79.0% | +31.7% |
| JACKSON, MONIQUE R | 1 | 34.9% | +44.1% |
| CHOUDHURY, MUSTAK | 1 | 84.9% | +21.2% |
| CHANG, AUDREY Y | 1 | 46.5% | +20.4% |
| WILLIAMS, ELTON S | 1 | 78.6% | +7.9% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19240081 | PERIPHERAL COMPONENT INTERCONNECT BOARD PROGRAMMABLE LINK TRAINING AND STATUS STATE MACHINE AND STATE BRANCHING | DUNCAN, MARC M | — |
| 19058809 | MONITORING, ANALYZING AND GENERATING RADIO FREQUENCY (RF) ENVIRONMENTS UTILIZING DISTRIBUTED DEVICES | ELMEJJARMI, ABDELILLAH | — |
| 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 | — |
| 19016073 | CONCEALMENT COMPONENT FOR AN OPTICAL SENSOR DEVICE | HANEY, NOAH JAMES | — |
| 19011123 | HIGH CHROMATICITY PIGMENT FLAKES AND FOILS | JACKSON, MONIQUE R | — |
| 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 | — |
| 18827065 | PRINTING MACHINE AND FIXED PATTERNED PLATE | NGUYEN, QUANG X.L. | — |
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 | — |
| 19058809 | MONITORING, ANALYZING AND GENERATING RADIO FREQUENCY (RF) ENVIRONMENTS UTILIZING DISTRIBUTED DEVICES | ELMEJJARMI, ABDELILLAH | — |
| 19041071 | MULTI-SENSOR SYSTEM | PHAM, QUAN L | — |
| 19016073 | CONCEALMENT COMPONENT FOR AN OPTICAL SENSOR DEVICE | HANEY, NOAH JAMES | — |
| 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 | — |
| 18808234 | OPTICAL INTERFERENCE FILTER | DAGENAIS, KRISTEN A | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2872 | 5 |
| 2877 | 3 |
| 2855 | 2 |
| 2874 | 2 |
| 2462 | 1 |
| 2637 | 1 |
| 2635 | 1 |
| 2644 | 1 |
| 2409 | 1 |
| 2113 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19240081 | PERIPHERAL COMPONENT INTERCONNECT BOARD PROGRAMMABLE LINK TRAINING AND STATUS STATE MACHINE AND STATE BRANCHING | DUNCAN, MARC M | — | §102DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 17, 2025 |
| 19072164 | PLUGGABLE TRANSCEIVER TO FACILITATE NETWORK TRAFFIC ANALYSIS | DOAN, DUYEN MY | — | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 06, 2025 |
| 19058809 | MONITORING, ANALYZING AND GENERATING RADIO FREQUENCY (RF) ENVIRONMENTS UTILIZING DISTRIBUTED DEVICES | ELMEJJARMI, ABDELILLAH | 2462 | DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 20, 2025 |
| 19041071 | MULTI-SENSOR SYSTEM | PHAM, QUAN L | 2637 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 30, 2025 |
| 19016073 | CONCEALMENT COMPONENT FOR AN OPTICAL SENSOR DEVICE | HANEY, NOAH JAMES | — | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 10, 2025 |
| 19011123 | HIGH CHROMATICITY PIGMENT FLAKES AND FOILS | JACKSON, MONIQUE R | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 06, 2025 |
| 19000123 | OPTICAL DEVICE HAVING OPTICAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES | CHOUDHURY, MUSTAK | — | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 23, 2024 |
| 18974500 | THIN FILM INTERFERENCE PIGMENTS WITH A COATING OF NANOPARTICLES | CHANG, AUDREY Y | — | §102§103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 09, 2024 |
| 18960477 | UTILIZING INVARIANT USER BEHAVIOR DATA FOR TRAINING A MACHINE LEARNING MODEL | WILLIAMS, ELTON S | — | 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 |
| 18827065 | PRINTING MACHINE AND FIXED PATTERNED PLATE | NGUYEN, QUANG X.L. | — | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 06, 2024 |
| 18824635 | CREATING CHANNELS FOR NETWORK TESTING USING NETWORK BEAM INFORMATION | HO, HUY C | 2644 | §102§103 | 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 | 2872 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 19, 2024 |
| 18781514 | OPTICAL DEVICES WITH ASYMMETRIC LAYER STRUCTURE | PARBADIA, BALRAM T | — | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 23, 2024 |
| 18773232 | OPTICAL DEVICES WITH COLORED REFLECTOR LAYER | LEI, JIE | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 15, 2024 |
| 18742724 | MEASURING AND ANALYZING DATA TO GENERATE RECOMMENDATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH A DIGITAL SUBSCRIPTION LINE (DSL) | WANG, YAOTANG | 2409 | §103Other | Final Rejection | 28d | Pending | Jun 13, 2024 |
| 18678588 | OPTICAL ELEMENT OF AN EMITTER | JAHAN, BILKIS | — | §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 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 23, 2024 |
| 18671510 | MULTIPLICATIVE SCATTER CORRECTION BASED ANALYSIS FOR DYNAMIC PROCESS END POINT DETECTION | BRYANT, CHRISTIAN THOMAS | — | §101§102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 22, 2024 |
| 18653617 | PASSIVATED PIGMENT WITH CORE ENCAPSULATION | MANGOHIG, THOMAS A | — | §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 |
| 18625697 | PHOTONIC TRANSMISSION STRUCTURE | WONG, ERIC K | 2874 | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 03, 2024 |
| 18604109 | HIGH PERFORMANCE BATTERY SEPARATOR MEMBRANE | BLACKWELL-RUDASIL, RYAN KENZIE | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 13, 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 |
| 18352709 | TEMPERATURE-ACTIVE COATING ON A COMPONENT | SUMLAR, JOURNEY F | 2872 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 49d overdue | Pending | Jul 14, 2023 |
| 18190564 | FIBER OPTIC CABLE BENDING DEVICE FOR PASSIVE OPTICAL NETWORKS | TRAN, HOANG Q | 2874 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 27, 2023 |
| 18107284 | NETWORK THROUGHPUT TESTS AT PREDEFINED THRESHOLDS | DU, ZONGHUA A | 2444 | §103 | Final Rejection | 30d | Pending | Feb 08, 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 |
| 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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