Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Wuhan Xinxin Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd.

10 pending office actions • 7 art units • 8 examiners • 0 of 10 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 22 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

10
Total Pending OAs
6
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 9 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

3
Overdue
1
Due this week
2
Due this month
3
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

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. 9 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (3)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (2)Due ≤ 60 days (3)

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.

0
Hard (0%)
10
Medium (100%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only10 (100%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
10% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
9
Semiconductors
90% 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.

100 h
Manual time on pending OAs
20 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
35 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.9 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
WELLS, JAMES STEVEN 2 100.0% +0.0%
SHEKER, RHYS PONIENTE 2 84.9% +9.8%
JONES, ERIC W 1 61.3% +17.7%
WATTS, JEREMY DANIEL 1 85.9% +11.5%
BELOUSOV, ALEXANDER 1 76.1% +16.4%
GREWAL, HEIM KIRIN 1 90.3% -5.8%
LAOBAK, ANDREW KEELAN 1 78.4% +31.3%
FARMER, EMILY NICOLE 1 93.8% +8.7%

Quick Wins (7)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18089560 MEMORY BLOCK, MEMORY-CELL GROUP AND MEMORY DEVICE FARMER, EMILY NICOLE 81d overdue
18146471 MEMORY BLOCK AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF WELLS, JAMES STEVEN 38d overdue
18251781 BACKSIDE ILLUMINATED IMAGE SENSOR SUBSTRATE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING BACKSIDE ILLUMINATED IMAGE SENSOR GREWAL, HEIM KIRIN 8d overdue
18528818 MEMORY BLOCK AND MANUFACTURE METHOD THEREOF WELLS, JAMES STEVEN 6d
17799112 BONDING STRUCTURE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR SHEKER, RHYS PONIENTE 12d
17829182 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR SHEKER, RHYS PONIENTE 34d
18551987 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND FABRICATION METHOD THEREFOR WATTS, JEREMY DANIEL

Interview Candidates (4)

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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18017469 METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE LAOBAK, ANDREW KEELAN 15d
18543478 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MAKING SAME JONES, ERIC W 34d
18364921 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE BELOUSOV, ALEXANDER 41d
18551987 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND FABRICATION METHOD THEREFOR WATTS, JEREMY DANIEL

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2825 2
2812 2
2813 2
2892 1
2897 1
2818 1
1713 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18543478 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MAKING SAME JONES, ERIC W 2892 §103 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Dec 18, 2023
18528818 MEMORY BLOCK AND MANUFACTURE METHOD THEREOF WELLS, JAMES STEVEN 2825 §103 Non-Final OA 6d Pending Dec 05, 2023
18551987 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND FABRICATION METHOD THEREFOR WATTS, JEREMY DANIEL 2897 §103 Final Rejection Pending Sep 22, 2023
18364921 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE BELOUSOV, ALEXANDER 2818 §103 Final Rejection 41d Pending Aug 03, 2023
18251781 BACKSIDE ILLUMINATED IMAGE SENSOR SUBSTRATE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING BACKSIDE ILLUMINATED IMAGE SENSOR GREWAL, HEIM KIRIN 2812 §103 Non-Final OA 8d overdue Pending May 04, 2023
18017469 METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE LAOBAK, ANDREW KEELAN 1713 §103 Non-Final OA 15d Pending Jan 23, 2023
18146471 MEMORY BLOCK AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF WELLS, JAMES STEVEN 2825 §103 Non-Final OA 38d overdue Pending Dec 27, 2022
18089560 MEMORY BLOCK, MEMORY-CELL GROUP AND MEMORY DEVICE FARMER, EMILY NICOLE 2812 §103 Non-Final OA 81d overdue Pending Dec 27, 2022
17799112 BONDING STRUCTURE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR SHEKER, RHYS PONIENTE 2813 §103 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Aug 11, 2022
17829182 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR SHEKER, RHYS PONIENTE 2813 §103 Final Rejection 34d Pending May 31, 2022

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