Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
72 pending office actions • 50 art units • 72 examiners • 0 of 72 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 100 patents granted in the last 365 days
Yokogawa Electric Corporation has 73 pending office actions in Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics. The matters involve 73 distinct examiners and 50 distinct art units. The examiner count indicates that every reported pending matter has a separate examiner, while the art-unit count shows that some matters share broader technical examination settings.
HAQUE, MD NAZMUL is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. There is therefore no reported examiner concentration beyond one matter. Portfolio management should emphasize consistent claim-position tracking across art units while preserving matter-specific responses to individual examiners.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 15 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. 15 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 | 6 (8%) |
| §101 + other | 15 (21%) |
| §103 only | 18 (25%) |
| §102 only | 6 (8%) |
| §112 only | 2 (3%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (1%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 24 (33%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HAQUE, MD NAZMUL | 1 | 83.4% | +15.4% |
| HOSSAIN, FARZANA E | 1 | 65.4% | +18.6% |
| NGUYEN, NAM V | 1 | 78.5% | +14.3% |
| KO, TONY | 1 | 87.8% | +2.8% |
| ARMSTRONG, JONATHAN D | 1 | 55.3% | +3.5% |
| WOOD, BLAKE ANDREW | 1 | 72.1% | +13.6% |
| SUN, MICHAEL | 1 | 88.5% | -1.9% |
| YENINAS, STEVEN LEE | 1 | 73.7% | +5.3% |
| MAUPIN, HUGH H | 1 | 87.5% | +6.3% |
| NGUYEN, BAO LONG T | 1 | 83.1% | +7.2% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19078520 | MEASUREMENT APPARATUS, MEASUREMENT METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM | MAUPIN, HUGH H | — |
| 19072640 | MANAGEMENT SERVER, ROBOT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, AND ROBOT MANAGEMENT METHOD | NGUYEN, BAO LONG T | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17877256 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM, AND MODEL GENERATION METHOD | BEAN, GRIFFIN TANNER | 66d overdue |
| 17679050 | LEARNING APPARATUS, EVALUATION APPARATUS, EVALUATION SYSTEM, LEARNING METHOD, EVALUATION METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM | LAHAM BAUZO, ALVARO SALIM | 15d overdue |
| 18296156 | ANALYSIS SYSTEM | LEE, SANGKYUNG | 9d overdue |
| 18373715 | CERTIFICATION SYSTEM, CERTIFICATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM | NIMOX, RAYMOND LONDALE | 9d |
| 18171336 | WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM, WATER TREATMENT METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS | THOMPSON, CURTIS A | 26d |
| 18338361 | MODEL SELECTION APPARATUS, MODEL SELECTION METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM | ISLAM, MOHAMMAD K | 35d |
| 18324177 | APPARATUS, METHOD AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM FOR MAINTAINING FACILITY | PADOT, TIMOTHY | 60d |
| 18315462 | DATA ACQUISITION APPARATUS, DATA ACQUISITION METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM | CHEN, XUEMEI G | 62d |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19165830 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, OUTDOOR UNIT OF INTERCOM SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM | HAQUE, MD NAZMUL | — |
| 19149754 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND PROGRAM | HOSSAIN, FARZANA E | — |
| 19143252 | PROCESS AUTOMATION ALARMS FOR DISTRIBUTED CONTROL NODES | NGUYEN, NAM V | — |
| 19089505 | ROBOT STAGING AREA MANAGEMENT | WOOD, BLAKE ANDREW | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2858 | 5 |
| 2877 | 4 |
| 3625 | 3 |
| 2119 | 3 |
| 1693 | 3 |
| 2685 | 2 |
| 2878 | 2 |
| 2884 | 2 |
| 2616 | 2 |
| 2857 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19165830 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, OUTDOOR UNIT OF INTERCOM SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM | HAQUE, MD NAZMUL | 2487 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 16, 2025 |
| 19149754 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND PROGRAM | HOSSAIN, FARZANA E | 2482 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 21, 2025 |
| 19143252 | PROCESS AUTOMATION ALARMS FOR DISTRIBUTED CONTROL NODES | NGUYEN, NAM V | 2685 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 25, 2025 |
| 19217867 | MEASUREMENT APPARATUS, MEASUREMENT METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM | KO, TONY | 2878 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 23, 2025 |
| 19123935 | STATE DETECTION APPARATUS AND STATE DETECTION SYSTEM | ARMSTRONG, JONATHAN D | 3645 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 24, 2025 |
| 19089505 | ROBOT STAGING AREA MANAGEMENT | WOOD, BLAKE ANDREW | 3658 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 25, 2025 |
| 19081743 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM | SUN, MICHAEL | 2183 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 17, 2025 |
| 19079668 | MEASUREMENT APPARATUS AND MEASUREMENT METHOD | YENINAS, STEVEN LEE | 2858 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 14, 2025 |
| 19078520 | MEASUREMENT APPARATUS, MEASUREMENT METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM | MAUPIN, HUGH H | 2884 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 13, 2025 |
| 19072640 | MANAGEMENT SERVER, ROBOT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, AND ROBOT MANAGEMENT METHOD | NGUYEN, BAO LONG T | 3656 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 06, 2025 |
| 19069969 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, VISUALIZATION METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM | ROBINSON, TERRELL M | 2614 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 04, 2025 |
| 19065696 | INFORMATION PROVIDING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROVIDING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM | FEACHER, LORENA R | 3625 | §101 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 27, 2025 |
| 19057245 | OPTICAL FIBER CHARACTERISTIC MEASUREMENT APPARATUS AND OPTICAL FIBER CHARACTERISTIC MEASUREMENT METHOD | AYUB, HINA F | 2877 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 19, 2025 |
| 19051069 | FLUORESCENCE READING DEVICE AND FLUORESCENCE READING METHOD | TRAN, MAI THI NGOC | 2878 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 11, 2025 |
| 19045455 | APPARATUS, METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM | PHAM, ANNIE | 2662 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 04, 2025 |
| 19041835 | APPARATUS, METHOD, AND, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM | NGUYEN, PHU K | 2616 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 30, 2025 |
| 19040785 | COMPRESSION APPARATUS, DECOMPRESSION APPARATUS, COMPRESSION METHOD, DECOMPRESSION METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM | NGUYEN, KHAI M | 2845 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 29, 2025 |
| 19038872 | MEASUREMENT DEVICE AND ROTATION DETECTION METHOD | MCDONNOUGH, COURTNEY G | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 28, 2025 |
| 19025206 | CONTROL APPARATUS, CONTROL SYSTEM, AND CONTROL METHOD | PATEL, SHARDUL D | 3664 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 16, 2025 |
| 18989688 | POWER SUPPLY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM | NOSIN, NISAT TABASSUM | 2119 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2024 |
| 18983498 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, EVALUATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM | LEMIEUX, JESSICA | 3600 | §101 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 17, 2024 |
| 18984772 | APPARATUS, METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM | GRAY, FRANCIS C | 2852 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 17, 2024 |
| 18972283 | PLANT OPERATION SUPPORT DEVICE | SANDERS, JOSHUA T | 2119 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 06, 2024 |
| 18939549 | EVALUATION APPARATUS, EVALUATION METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM | PERLMAN, DAVID S | 2673 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 07, 2024 |
| 18928156 | MEASUREMENT DEVICE AND ESTIMATION SYSTEM | SCHINDLER, DAVID M | 2858 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 27, 2024 |
| 18920473 | ELECTROMAGNETIC FLOW METER | CRAVEN, COLIN SCOTT | 2855 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 18, 2024 |
| 18919524 | SAMPLE CONTAINER HOLDING DEVICE | SINGER, DAVID L | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 18, 2024 |
| 18911966 | SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS DEVICE AND SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS METHOD | SMITH, MAURICE C | 2877 | §112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 10, 2024 |
| 18911423 | COMMUNICATION CONTROL DEVICE, COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM, AND COMMUNICATION CONTROL SYSTEM | GILLIS, BRIAN J | 2472 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 10, 2024 |
| 18815266 | SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS DEVICE AND SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS METHOD | STOCK JR, GORDON J | 2877 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 26, 2024 |
| 18809600 | INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND PROGRAM | MEINECKE DIAZ, SUSANNA M | 3625 | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 20, 2024 |
| 18799347 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM | ONAT, UMUT | 2196 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 09, 2024 |
| 18795616 | OPTICAL FIBER CHARACTERISTICS MEASUREMENT APPARATUS | KIDWELL, KAITLYN ELIZABETH | 2877 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 06, 2024 |
| 18772689 | MEASUREMENT APPARATUS AND MEASUREMENT METHOD | LEE, SHUN K | 2884 | §103 | Final Rejection | 19d overdue | Pending | Jul 15, 2024 |
| 18764538 | DETECTION APPARATUS AND COMBUSTION SYSTEM | LEE, BYUNG RO | 2858 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 05, 2024 |
| 18756876 | DEVICE, COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM, AND SOFTWARE SWITCH METHOD | WANG, HARRY Z | 2184 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 27, 2024 |
| 18744677 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE, COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM | PHAM, QUANG | 2685 | §103 | Final Rejection | 42d | Pending | Jun 16, 2024 |
| 18744681 | APPARATUS, METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM | EL CHANTI, HUSSEIN A | 3669 | §101§102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 16, 2024 |
| 18672067 | PLANT CONTROL SYSTEM AND PLANT CONTROL METHOD | RAO, SHEELA S | 2119 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 23, 2024 |
| 18666146 | CONTROL DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, AND CONTROL SYSTEM | BROWN, MICHAEL J | 2115 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 16, 2024 |
| 18704503 | FINE CELLULOSE FIBER POWDER AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING FINE CELLULOSE FIBER POWDER | MCINTOSH III, TRAVISS C | 1693 | §103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 25, 2024 |
| 18704516 | FINE CELLULOSE FIBER SOLID MATERIAL AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING FINE CELLULOSE FIBER SOLID MATERIAL | LAU, JONATHAN S | 1693 | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 25, 2024 |
| 18385050 | USING TEXT-TO-IMAGE MODEL(S) TO GENERATE SYNTHETIC IMAGES FOR TRAINING ANOMALY DETECTION MODEL(S) | YANG, YI | 2616 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 30, 2023 |
| 18373715 | CERTIFICATION SYSTEM, CERTIFICATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM | NIMOX, RAYMOND LONDALE | 2857 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 9d | Pending | Sep 27, 2023 |
| 18284318 | COMPOSITION COMPRISING CELLULOSE NANOFIBER AND LIGNIN OR COMPLEX OF THESE COMPONENTS, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING LIGNOCELLULOSE-DERIVED MATERIAL | KRISHNAN, GANAPATHY | 1693 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 27, 2023 |
| 18372377 | INFORMATION MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, INFORMATION MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM | MANSFIELD, THOMAS L | 3624 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 25, 2023 |
| 18283937 | MEMBRANE FILTRATION APPARATUS, CONCENTRATION APPARATUS, AND CONCENTRATION METHOD | LY, KRISTINA ELISABETH | 1671 | §112 | Final Rejection | 16d | Pending | Sep 25, 2023 |
| 18242875 | SOLUBILITY EVALUATION DEVICE, SOLUBILITY EVALUATION METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM | STUBBS, JOHN THOMAS | 1686 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 06, 2023 |
| 18242789 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM | SULTANA, DILARA | 2858 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 8d | Pending | Sep 06, 2023 |
| 18279422 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING ASYMMETRIC PHOSPHORIC ACID TRIESTER, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SYMMETRIC PHOSPHORIC ACID TRIESTER, METHOD FOR PRODUCING PHOSPHORIC ACID ESTER, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUND | HAVLIN, ROBERT H | 1626 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 30, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialYokogawa Electric Corporation has 72 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 50 art units and 72 examiners.
Md Nazmul Haque has the most, with 1 of Yokogawa Electric Corporation's pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
