Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 26, 2026

Yokowo Co., Ltd.

Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics

18 pending office actions • 7 art units • 12 examiners • 0 of 18 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 34 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Yokowo Co., Ltd. has 17 pending office actions in Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics. The matters involve 11 distinct examiners across 6 distinct art units, combining substantial examiner dispersion with repeated assignments in some examination groups.

HO, ANH N is the busiest examiner, with 4 pending matters. That concentration supports coordinated review of responses before filing, while the broader examiner and art-unit distribution requires disciplined portfolio-wide tracking.

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

Portfolio Summary

18
Total Pending OAs
11
Non-Final OAs
7
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

3
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
1
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. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

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

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.

14
Hard (78%)
4
Medium (22%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only3 (17%)
§102 only1 (6%)
Multi-statute (no §101)14 (78%)

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
16
Semiconductors
89% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
11% 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.

180 h
Manual time on pending OAs
36 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
63 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
HO, ANH N 4 81.1% +13.9%
LEVI, DAMEON E 3 64.8% +1.8%
ALKASSIM JR, AB SALAM 2 76.6% +22.4%
OUTTEN, SAMUEL S 1 79.3% +19.2%
ALEJNIKOV JR, ROBERT P 1 85.8% +17.6%
MARSH, STEVEN M 1 79.5% +7.2%
YENINAS, STEVEN LEE 1 73.7% +5.3%
PATEL, PARESH H 1 79.6% -1.1%
DUONG, DIEU HIEN 1 78.3% +16.5%
ISLAM, HASAN Z 1 84.9% +12.6%

Quick Wins (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18283451 ANTENNA DEVICE HO, ANH N —

Hard Cases (14)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18283816 ANTENNA DEVICE HO, ANH N 2d overdue
18277774 PATCH ANTENNA LEVI, DAMEON E 26d
18723468 PATCH ANTENNA AND ANTENNA DEVICE ISLAM, HASAN Z 55d
19138116 CONVERSION CIRCUIT OUTTEN, SAMUEL S —
19130121 ANTENNA DEVICE ALKASSIM JR, AB SALAM —
19115571 VEHICULAR ANTENNA DEVICE HO, ANH N —
19087827 POSITIONING DEVICE OF PROBE CARD ALEJNIKOV JR, ROBERT P —
18878652 VEHICULAR DEVICE ATTACHING TOOL AND VEHICULAR DEVICE ATTACHING STRUCTURE MARSH, STEVEN M —

Interview Candidates (10)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18283816 ANTENNA DEVICE HO, ANH N 2d overdue
18723468 PATCH ANTENNA AND ANTENNA DEVICE ISLAM, HASAN Z 55d
19138116 CONVERSION CIRCUIT OUTTEN, SAMUEL S —
19130121 ANTENNA DEVICE ALKASSIM JR, AB SALAM —
19115571 VEHICULAR ANTENNA DEVICE HO, ANH N —
19087827 POSITIONING DEVICE OF PROBE CARD ALEJNIKOV JR, ROBERT P —
18832110 ANTENNA DEVICE HO, ANH N —
18727941 ANTENNA DEVICE DUONG, DIEU HIEN —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2845 11
2858 2
2842 1
2857 1
3632 1
2847 1
3648 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19138116 CONVERSION CIRCUIT OUTTEN, SAMUEL S 2842 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 12, 2025
19130121 ANTENNA DEVICE ALKASSIM JR, AB SALAM 2845 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending May 15, 2025
19115571 VEHICULAR ANTENNA DEVICE HO, ANH N 2845 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 26, 2025
19087827 POSITIONING DEVICE OF PROBE CARD ALEJNIKOV JR, ROBERT P 2857 §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 24, 2025
18878652 VEHICULAR DEVICE ATTACHING TOOL AND VEHICULAR DEVICE ATTACHING STRUCTURE MARSH, STEVEN M 3632 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 24, 2024
18869442 DEVICE YENINAS, STEVEN LEE 2858 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 26, 2024
18850058 PROBE PATEL, PARESH H 2858 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Sep 24, 2024
18832110 ANTENNA DEVICE HO, ANH N 2845 §102§103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Jul 23, 2024
18727941 ANTENNA DEVICE DUONG, DIEU HIEN 2845 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 10, 2024
18724139 PATCH ANTENNA AND ANTENNA DEVICE ALKASSIM JR, AB SALAM 2845 §102 Final Rejection — Pending Jun 25, 2024
18723468 PATCH ANTENNA AND ANTENNA DEVICE ISLAM, HASAN Z 2845 §103§112 Non-Final OA 55d Pending Jun 24, 2024
18713194 ASSEMBLY BURNS, TREMESHA WILLIS 2847 §103 Final Rejection 36d overdue Pending May 24, 2024
18578730 ANTENNA DEVICE WOLFORD, NAOMI M 3648 §103 Final Rejection 70d overdue Pending Jan 12, 2024
18284533 VEHICULAR ANTENNA DEVICE LEVI, DAMEON E 2845 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Sep 28, 2023
18283816 ANTENNA DEVICE HO, ANH N 2845 §103§112 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Sep 25, 2023
18283451 ANTENNA DEVICE HO, ANH N 2845 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 22, 2023
18278409 ANTENNA DEVICE LEVI, DAMEON E 2845 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 23, 2023
18277774 PATCH ANTENNA LEVI, DAMEON E 2845 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 26d Pending Aug 18, 2023

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Yokowo Co., Ltd. have?

Yokowo Co., Ltd. has 18 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 7 art units and 12 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Yokowo Co., Ltd. applications?

Anh N Ho has the most, with 4 of Yokowo Co., Ltd.'s pending office actions.

What technology area are Yokowo Co., Ltd.'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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