Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
100 pending office actions • 36 clients • 93 examiners • 67 art units • 0 of 100 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Alleman Hall LLP has 100 pending office actions in Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics and 4404 career applications. The active docket and application history together show a substantial prosecution record in a technology area where architecture, circuit relationships, and device operation may drive claim analysis.
The resolved allowance rate is 91.49%, and the average office actions per allowance is 2.34. Resolved applications therefore show frequent allowance outcomes after more than one examination exchange on average. These measures provide useful context for planning response resources and evaluating the likely need for iterative claim development.
The current-action figure addresses present workload, while the career measures summarize resolved matters. Practitioners can use both perspectives in portfolio planning, but the profile does not attribute results to particular examiners, semiconductor technologies, or claim strategies.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 21 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. 21 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 | 3 (3%) |
| §101 + other | 10 (10%) |
| §103 only | 39 (39%) |
| §102 only | 12 (12%) |
| §112 only | 1 (1%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (1%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 34 (34%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| THERRIEN, CARLA J | 2 | 87.0% | +4.5% |
| KNIEF, THOMAS RAY | 2 | 89.1% | +12.0% |
| MILIA, MARK R | 2 | 59.0% | +22.2% |
| CHELST, SHLOMIT ESTHER | 2 | 90.0% | +12.5% |
| SHAKERI, HADI | 2 | 62.2% | +36.8% |
| HUNTSINGER, PETER K | 2 | 29.0% | +17.6% |
| THOMPSON, CAMIE S | 2 | 73.7% | +10.5% |
| GRAY, FRANCIS C | 1 | 90.9% | +7.4% |
| SANCHEZ-MEDINA, REINALDO | 1 | 78.5% | +21.0% |
| PEERCE, MATTHEW J | 1 | 68.4% | +26.5% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18810826 | MAINTENANCE DEVICE AND INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS | KNIEF, THOMAS RAY | 36d |
| 19396147 | SHEET FEED CONTROL SYSTEM AND SHEET FEED CONTROL METHOD | GRAY, FRANCIS C | — |
| 19176636 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS CAPABLE OF DETERMINING WHETHER OR NOT TO-BE-TRANSFERRED TONER IMAGE WILL STICK OUT FROM CONTACT AREA OF IMAGE-CARRYING MEMBER WITH SHEET, AND DETERMINATION METHOD | THERRIEN, CARLA J | — |
| 19036549 | SHEET CONVEYING DEVICE CAPABLE OF ADJUSTING ATTITUDE OF CORRECTING PORTION THAT CORRECTS CONVEYANCE ATTITUDE OF SHEET, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS | CHELST, SHLOMIT ESTHER | — |
| 19021972 | INKJET CONTROL METHOD AND INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS | CHELST, SHLOMIT ESTHER | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19112430 | OPTIMIZED ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING OF OPTICS | THROWER, LARRY W | 190d overdue |
| 18343024 | LIQUID DISCHARGE DEVICE AND DOSING DEVICE | ARBLE, JESSICA R | 88d overdue |
| 18150976 | LIGHT EMITTING DIODES AND METHOD OF MAKING THEREOF BY SELECTIVELY GROWING ACTIVE LAYERS FROM TRENCH SEPARATED AREAS | CHEN, YU | 5d |
| 18584719 | INDIRECT TAX LEGISLATION FILTER | ORTIZ ROMAN, DENISSE Y | 15d |
| 18725046 | MODULAR STORAGE SYSTEM, METHOD FOR CONSTRUCTING A STORAGE SYSTEM, AND STORAGE METHOD | TIGHE, BRENDAN P | 33d |
| 18590814 | CONNECTED DEVICE FOR MEDICAL DEVICE TRANSMISSIONS | LIU, SIMING | 36d |
| 18597775 | PIEZO ELEMENT DIAGNOSIS DEVICE, PIEZO ELEMENT DIAGNOSIS METHOD, PIEZO ELEMENT DIAGNOSIS PROGRAM, FLUID CONTROL DEVICE, AND VAPORIZATION SYSTEM | TRAN, TRAN M. | 42d |
| 17636802 | BIOLOGICAL TISSUE IDENTIFICATION METHOD, BIOLOGICAL TISSUE IDENTIFICATION DEVICE, AND BIOLOGICAL TISSUE IDENTIFICATION PROGRAM | ZHANG, LEI | 70d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18810826 | MAINTENANCE DEVICE AND INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS | KNIEF, THOMAS RAY | 36d |
| 18052686 | WRENCH | SHAKERI, HADI | 40d |
| 19469856 | VALVE DEVICE | SANCHEZ-MEDINA, REINALDO | — |
| 19219319 | VISIBLE LIGHT REFLECTOR AND RELATED METHODS | PEERCE, MATTHEW J | — |
| 19078699 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS CAPABLE OF SUPPRESSING GENERATION OF CURLS IN SHEETS, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD | KNIEF, THOMAS RAY | — |
| 19046304 | LASER SCANNING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS | MILIA, MARK R | — |
| 19036549 | SHEET CONVEYING DEVICE CAPABLE OF ADJUSTING ATTITUDE OF CORRECTING PORTION THAT CORRECTS CONVEYANCE ATTITUDE OF SHEET, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS | CHELST, SHLOMIT ESTHER | — |
| 19033052 | SHEET CONVEYING DEVICE CAPABLE OF DETERMINING WHETHER OR NOT SHEET HAS ANOMALOUS SHAPE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND DETERMINATION METHOD | MILIA, MARK R | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2853 | 9 |
| 2682 | 5 |
| 2852 | 4 |
| 2834 | 4 |
| 2681 | 4 |
| 2683 | 3 |
| 3723 | 3 |
| 1786 | 3 |
| 3753 | 2 |
| 2877 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19396147 | SHEET FEED CONTROL SYSTEM AND SHEET FEED CONTROL METHOD | Kyocera Document Solutions Inc. | GRAY, FRANCIS C | 2852 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 20, 2025 |
| 19469856 | VALVE DEVICE | Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha | SANCHEZ-MEDINA, REINALDO | 3753 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 26, 2025 |
| 19270978 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND ADJUSTMENT METHOD CAPABLE OF SUPPRESSING OCCURRENCE OF DIFFERENCE IN AMOUNT OF VARIATION IN IMAGE QUALITY OF OUTPUT IMAGE AMONG PLURALITY OF IMAGE FORMING SPEEDS WITH SIMPLE CONTROL | Kyocera Document Solutions Inc. | THERRIEN, CARLA J | 2852 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 16, 2025 |
| 19219319 | VISIBLE LIGHT REFLECTOR AND RELATED METHODS | Hot Rod Cameras, LLC | PEERCE, MATTHEW J | 2875 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 27, 2025 |
| 19217875 | NAVIGATION ASSISTANCE SYSTEM, NAVIGATION ASSISTANCE DEVICE, AND NAVIGATION ASSISTANCE METHOD | Furuno Electric Co., Ltd. | BARAKAT, MOHAMED | 2689 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 23, 2025 |
| 19131924 | ILLUMINATION LIGHT RECEPTION DEVICE | University Of Hyogo | LEE, HWA S | 2877 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 21, 2025 |
| 19189745 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS CAPABLE OF SHORTENING INTERVAL OF SHEET FEED OPERATION BY SHEET FEED PORTION, AND DRIVE CONTROL METHOD | Kyocera Document Solutions Inc. | HEREDIA OCASIO, ARLENE J | 2852 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 25, 2025 |
| 19176636 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS CAPABLE OF DETERMINING WHETHER OR NOT TO-BE-TRANSFERRED TONER IMAGE WILL STICK OUT FROM CONTACT AREA OF IMAGE-CARRYING MEMBER WITH SHEET, AND DETERMINATION METHOD | Kyocera Document Solutions Inc. | THERRIEN, CARLA J | 2852 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 11, 2025 |
| 19082010 | LIGHT SCANNING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS | Kyocera Document Solutions Inc. | LIU, KENDRICK X | 2853 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 17, 2025 |
| 19112430 | OPTIMIZED ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING OF OPTICS | Vadient Optics, LLC | THROWER, LARRY W | 1754 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 190d overdue | Pending | Mar 17, 2025 |
| 19080174 | CIRCUIT BOARD MOUNTING STRUCTURE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS | Kyocera Document Solutions Inc. | KRIM, PETER | 2841 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 14, 2025 |
| 19078699 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS CAPABLE OF SUPPRESSING GENERATION OF CURLS IN SHEETS, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD | Kyocera Document Solutions Inc. | KNIEF, THOMAS RAY | 2853 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 13, 2025 |
| 19111005 | FLUID SUPPLY MECHANISM AND FLUID SUPPLY METHOD | Horiba Stec, Co., Ltd. | PRICE, CRAIG JAMES | 3753 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 12, 2025 |
| 19109961 | NANOPARTICLE COMPOSITE | Shoei Chemical Inc. | JACKSON, MONIQUE R | 1787 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 07, 2025 |
| 19062412 | IN-VEHICLE EQUIPMENT | Mazda Motor Corporation | RODRIGUEZ, JOSHUA KIEL MIGUEL | 2834 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 25, 2025 |
| 19063283 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE QUALITY ADJUSTMENT METHOD CAPABLE OF SUPPRESSING EXPANSION AND CONTRACTION OF FORMED IMAGE IN SHEET CONVEYING DIRECTION WITHOUT CONSUMING INK | Kyocera Document Solutions Inc. | TIEU, BENNY QUOC | 2682 | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 25, 2025 |
| 19062001 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND OPERATION CONTROL METHOD CAPABLE OF SUPPRESSING CONTINUED USE OF ADMINISTRATOR PASSWORD WHEN ADMINISTRATOR PASSWORD IS INITIAL PASSWORD | Kyocera Document Solutions Inc. | KIM, TAE K | 2496 | §102§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 24, 2025 |
| 19056671 | CONTROL DEVICE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND CONTROL METHOD CAPABLE OF REDUCING NUMBER OF OUTPUT TERMINALS OF PROCESSOR EXECUTING DATA COMMUNICATION WITH INTEGRATED CIRCUIT | Kyocera Document Solutions Inc. | NGUYEN, LONG T | 2842 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 18, 2025 |
| 19055938 | VEHICLE POWERTRAIN STRUCTURE | Mazda Motor Corporation | ELNAKIB, AHMED | 2834 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 18, 2025 |
| 19053034 | GENERATION OF JURISDICTIONS LISTS FOR INPUT TEXT | Vertex, Inc. | SHAIKH, ZEESHAN MAHMOOD | 2658 | §101§102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 13, 2025 |
| 19046304 | LASER SCANNING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS | Kyocera Document Solutions Inc. | MILIA, MARK R | 2681 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 05, 2025 |
| 19042285 | PRESSURE-SENSITIVE ADHESIVE TAPE FOR SEMICONDUCTOR WAFER PROCESSING | Nitto Denko Corporation | DODDS, SCOTT | 1746 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 31, 2025 |
| 19041393 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS CAPABLE OF FORMING IMAGE ON WHICH TILT OF IMAGE PICKUP PORTION IS REFLECTED, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD | Kyocera Document Solutions Inc. | VAN KREUNINGEN, KYRA MELOR | 2853 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 30, 2025 |
| 19036549 | SHEET CONVEYING DEVICE CAPABLE OF ADJUSTING ATTITUDE OF CORRECTING PORTION THAT CORRECTS CONVEYANCE ATTITUDE OF SHEET, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS | Kyocera Document Solutions Inc. | CHELST, SHLOMIT ESTHER | 2853 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 24, 2025 |
| 19034478 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND OPERATION CONTROL METHOD CAPABLE OF EXECUTING PRINT JOB HELD IN PRINT SERVER | Kyocera Document Solutions Inc. | ZONG, HELEN | 2683 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 22, 2025 |
| 19033052 | SHEET CONVEYING DEVICE CAPABLE OF DETERMINING WHETHER OR NOT SHEET HAS ANOMALOUS SHAPE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND DETERMINATION METHOD | Kyocera Document Solutions Inc. | MILIA, MARK R | 2681 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 21, 2025 |
| 19022080 | PRINT SPEED SETTING SYSTEM CAPABLE OF CHANGING PRINT SPEED OF IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCAPABLE OF COMMUNICATING VIA NETWORK, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND PRINT SPEED SETTING METHOD | Kyocera Document Solutions Inc. | AUGUSTIN, MARCELLUS | 2682 | §102Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 15, 2025 |
| 19021972 | INKJET CONTROL METHOD AND INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS | Kyocera Document Solutions Inc. | CHELST, SHLOMIT ESTHER | 2853 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 15, 2025 |
| 18995025 | DATA CONFLICT PROCESSING METHOD, SYSTEM, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | Ebaotech Corporation | WALDRON, SCOTT A | 2156 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 15, 2025 |
| 19019904 | VEHICLE DRIVE SYSTEM | Mazda Motor Corporation | SCHLAK, DANIEL KEITH | 2834 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 14, 2025 |
| 19019997 | PRINT SPEED SETTING SYSTEM CAPABLE OF CHANGING PRINT SPEED OF IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCAPABLE OF COMMUNICATING VIA NETWORK, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND PRINT SPEED SETTING METHOD | Kyocera Document Solutions Inc. | ZHENG, JACKY X | 2681 | §102Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 14, 2025 |
| 18730217 | MEASUREMENT INSTRUMENT, MEASUREMENT DEVICE, MEASUREMENT SYSTEM, AND MEASUREMENT METHOD | Horiba Advanced Techno, Co., Ltd. | NGUYEN, SANG H | 2877 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 09, 2025 |
| 19011988 | CONTROL DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS | Kyocera Document Solutions Inc. | RODRIGUEZGONZALEZ, LENNIN R | 2683 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 07, 2025 |
| 19003942 | HUMAN-POWERED VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE | Shimano Inc. | CAMBY, RICHARD M | 3661 | §101Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 27, 2024 |
| 18987639 | IMAGE FORMATION CONTROL METHOD AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS | Kyocera Document Solutions Inc. | DOTTIN, DARRYL V | 2683 | §112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 19, 2024 |
| 18965785 | SHIP INFORMATION SHARING DEVICE, SHIP INFORMATION SHARING METHOD AND SHIP INFORMATION SHARING SYSTEM | Furuno Electric Co., Ltd. | MAKHDOOM, SAMARINA | 3648 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 02, 2024 |
| 18963010 | IMAGE READING DEVICE CAPABLE OF READING PLURALITY OF DOCUMENT SHEETS OF DIFFERENT SIZES THAT ARE PLACED ON DOCUMENT SHEET PLACING PORTION, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE READING METHOD | Kyocera Document Solutions Inc. | WASHINGTON, JAMARES | 2681 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 27, 2024 |
| 18963049 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND DATA STORAGE METHOD CAPABLE OF REDUCING THE NUMBER OF STORAGE PORTIONS CONNECTABLE TO LOGIC CIRCUIT | Kyocera Document Solutions Inc. | ZHANG, FAN | 2682 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 27, 2024 |
| 18869371 | TOOL | Kyoto Tool Co., Ltd. | SHAKERI, HADI | 3723 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 26, 2024 |
| 18950441 | ENGINE COMBUSTION CONTROL SYSTEM | Mazda Motor Corporation | MCDONNOUGH, COURTNEY G | 2858 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 18, 2024 |
| 18717637 | SURFACE TREATMENT METHOD FOR STRUCTURE, BLAST TREATMENT APPARATUS, DEPOSIT REMOVAL METHOD AND APPARATUS INCORPORATED IN MANUFACTURING FACILITY FOR PRODUCING PARTICULATE PRODUCT, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD AND FACILITY FOR PRODUCING PARTICULATE PRODUCT | Grandline Inc. | HUANG, STEVEN | 3723 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 12, 2024 |
| 18720542 | ELECTRIC MOTOR | Shigehiro Hagiwara | QURESHI, MOHAMMED AHMED | 2834 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 12, 2024 |
| 18943212 | IMAGE READING DEVICE CAPABLE OF SUPPRESSING SITUATION WHERE IMAGE READ FROM DOUBLE-PAGE DOCUMENT SHEET BECOMES IMAGE UNINTENDED BY USER, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE READING METHOD | Kyocera Document Solutions Inc. | HUNTSINGER, PETER K | 2682 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 11, 2024 |
| 18938474 | CONTROL PARAMETER CALCULATION APPARATUS, CONTROL PARAMETER CALCULATION METHOD, AND CONTROL PARAMETER CALCULATION PROGRAM | Horiba Stec, Co., Ltd. | CHEN, GEORGE YUNG CHIEH | 3628 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 06, 2024 |
| 18861307 | NOVEL NRF2 ACTIVATOR AND USE THEREOF | Shanghai Institute For Biomedical And Pharmaceutical Technologies | ONDACHI, PAULINE WANJIKU MUCH | 1627 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 29, 2024 |
| 18860246 | ARTIFICIAL HAIR | Kaneka Corporation | MCKINNON, LASHAWNDA T | 3772 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 25, 2024 |
| 18856435 | EGG FILLING APPARATUS | Nabel Co., Ltd. | TECCO, ANDREW M | 3731 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 8d | Pending | Oct 11, 2024 |
| 18900084 | USER AUTHENTICATION SYSTEM CAPABLE OF GENERATING ONE-TIME PASSWORD HAVING FIXED EFFECTIVE PERIOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | Kyocera Document Solutions Inc. | BROWN, CHRISTOPHER J | 2439 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 27, 2024 |
| 18850523 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS | Kyocera Document Solutions Inc. | HUNTSINGER, PETER K | 2682 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 24, 2024 |
| 18849923 | FIBER BUNDLE FOR ARTIFICIAL HAIR, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING FIBER BUNDLE FOR ARTIFICIAL HAIR, AND IN-PROCESS FIBER BAND | Kaneka Corporation | THOMPSON, CAMIE S | 1786 | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 23, 2024 |
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Start Free Trial91.5% of resolved applications prosecuted by Alleman Hall LLP were allowed, across 4,404 applications in USPTO records.
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100 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 36 clients, before 93 examiners in 67 art units.
