Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
20 pending office actions • 7 art units • 13 examiners • 0 of 20 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 31 patents granted in the last 365 days
Yokowo Co., Ltd. currently has 20 pending office actions within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. These matters are distributed among 13 distinct examiners and 7 distinct art units. This volume indicates a robust prosecution pipeline with significant activity across multiple technical subgroups. The presence of 7 distinct art units suggests that the company is pursuing protection for a wide array of semiconductor and optical innovations, necessitating a broad understanding of different examination practices.
The busiest examiner for this portfolio is HO, ANH N, who manages 4 pending office actions. While HO, ANH N handles a larger share than others, the remaining pending office actions are distributed across the other distinct examiners. This distribution means that while a single examiner has a higher concentration of cases, the majority of the 20 pending office actions are handled by a diverse group of officials. Practitioners should note that the 13 distinct examiners provide a wide range of perspectives on the portfolio, even as 4 pending office actions are centralized under a single individual.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 6 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. 6 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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 4 (20%) |
| §102 only | 2 (10%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 14 (70%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HO, ANH N | 4 | 80.7% | +14.2% |
| LEVI, DAMEON E | 3 | 64.8% | +1.8% |
| ISLAM, HASAN Z | 2 | 84.8% | +12.6% |
| BURNS, TREMESHA WILLIS | 2 | 78.2% | +17.2% |
| ALEJNIKOV JR, ROBERT P | 1 | 85.8% | +17.6% |
| MARSH, STEVEN M | 1 | 79.5% | +7.9% |
| YENINAS, STEVEN LEE | 1 | 73.5% | +5.4% |
| PATEL, PARESH H | 1 | 79.5% | -1.1% |
| DUONG, DIEU HIEN | 1 | 78.2% | +16.5% |
| ALKASSIM JR, AB SALAM | 1 | 76.5% | +21.9% |
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18283816 | ANTENNA DEVICE | HO, ANH N | 2d overdue |
| 18277774 | PATCH ANTENNA | LEVI, DAMEON E | 26d |
| 18284172 | ALLOY MATERIAL FOR PROBE PINS | ROE, JESSEE RANDALL | 33d |
| 18723468 | PATCH ANTENNA AND ANTENNA DEVICE | ISLAM, HASAN Z | 55d |
| 19129310 | ANTENNA DEVICE | ISLAM, HASAN Z | — |
| 19087827 | POSITIONING DEVICE OF PROBE CARD | ALEJNIKOV JR, ROBERT P | — |
| 18878652 | VEHICULAR DEVICE ATTACHING TOOL AND VEHICULAR DEVICE ATTACHING STRUCTURE | MARSH, STEVEN M | — |
| 18869442 | DEVICE | YENINAS, STEVEN LEE | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18713194 | ASSEMBLY | BURNS, TREMESHA WILLIS | 36d overdue |
| 18283816 | ANTENNA DEVICE | HO, ANH N | 2d overdue |
| 18723468 | PATCH ANTENNA AND ANTENNA DEVICE | ISLAM, HASAN Z | 55d |
| 19129310 | ANTENNA DEVICE | ISLAM, HASAN Z | — |
| 19087827 | POSITIONING DEVICE OF PROBE CARD | ALEJNIKOV JR, ROBERT P | — |
| 18704926 | FLEXIBLE SUBSTRATE AND TESTING JIG | BURNS, TREMESHA WILLIS | — |
| 18832110 | ANTENNA DEVICE | HO, ANH N | — |
| 18727941 | ANTENNA DEVICE | DUONG, DIEU HIEN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2845 | 11 |
| 3632 | 1 |
| 2858 | 1 |
| 2847 | 1 |
| 3648 | 1 |
| 1759 | 1 |
| 2844 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19129310 | ANTENNA DEVICE | ISLAM, HASAN Z | 2845 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 13, 2025 |
| 19087827 | POSITIONING DEVICE OF PROBE CARD | ALEJNIKOV JR, ROBERT P | — | §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 | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 26, 2024 |
| 18704926 | FLEXIBLE SUBSTRATE AND TESTING JIG | BURNS, TREMESHA WILLIS | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 16, 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 |
| 18284564 | VEHICULAR ANTENNA DEVICE | HO, ANH N | 2845 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 28, 2023 |
| 18284172 | ALLOY MATERIAL FOR PROBE PINS | ROE, JESSEE RANDALL | 1759 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 33d | Pending | Sep 26, 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 |
| 18274013 | ANTENNA DEVICE | CRAWFORD, JASON | 2844 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 25, 2023 |
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