Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
Wuxi Smart Memories Technologies Co. Ltd. has 2 pending office actions in Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics. The matters are assigned to 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units, indicating separate examination channels.
WHALEN, DANIEL B is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. Counsel should maintain independent tracking for each file because the data shows no examiner or art-unit concentration.
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 |
|---|---|
| §112 only | 1 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WHALEN, DANIEL B | 1 | 80.3% | +15.9% |
| NGUYEN, DUY T V | 1 | 79.0% | +16.7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18660327 | FERROELECTRIC MEMORY DEVICE WITH STACKED CAPACITORS AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF | WHALEN, DANIEL B | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18595968 | FERROELECTRIC MEMORY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR FORMING THE SAME | NGUYEN, DUY T V | — |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18660327 | FERROELECTRIC MEMORY DEVICE WITH STACKED CAPACITORS AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF | WHALEN, DANIEL B | — |
| 18595968 | FERROELECTRIC MEMORY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR FORMING THE SAME | NGUYEN, DUY T V | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2893 | 1 |
| 2818 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18660327 | FERROELECTRIC MEMORY DEVICE WITH STACKED CAPACITORS AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF | WHALEN, DANIEL B | 2893 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 10, 2024 |
| 18595968 | FERROELECTRIC MEMORY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR FORMING THE SAME | NGUYEN, DUY T V | 2818 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 05, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialWuxi Smart Memories Technologies Co. Ltd. has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Daniel B Whalen has the most, with 1 of Wuxi Smart Memories Technologies Co. Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
