Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Williams & Lake LLC

Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics

1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

Williams & Lake LLC has 1 pending office action in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. This matter is assigned to 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit. This concentration shows that the company's current pending prosecution is focused on a single point of review, with no other matters currently active across different examiners or art units.

The busiest examiner for the company is LE, TUNG X, who is managing 1 pending office action. This single action accounts for the total pending activity currently reported for the portfolio. For practitioners, this means that the outcome of the company's current pending portfolio is dependent on the findings of LE, TUNG X within this specific art unit. There are no other pending matters to provide broader context or alternative prosecution paths within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics sector at this time.

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

Portfolio Summary

1
Total Pending OAs
1
Non-Final OAs
0
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 (100%)
0
Medium (0%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (100%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
100% 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.

10 h
Manual time on pending OAs
2 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
4 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
LE, TUNG X 1 87.0% +3.3%

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
19189189 BRAKE LIGHT MODULATION DEVICE WITH CONSTANT OUTPUT CURRENT LE, TUNG X —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2845 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19189189 BRAKE LIGHT MODULATION DEVICE WITH CONSTANT OUTPUT CURRENT LE, TUNG X 2845 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 24, 2025

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Williams & Lake LLC have?

Williams & Lake LLC has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Williams & Lake LLC applications?

Tung X Le has the most, with 1 of Williams & Lake LLC's pending office actions.

What technology area are Williams & Lake LLC'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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