Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
197 pending office actions • 45 clients • 175 examiners • 84 art units • 0 of 197 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 413 patents granted in the last 365 days
ARENTFOX SCHIFF LLP - New York manages 133 pending office actions in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. The firm has a total of 33520 career applications, showing a deep history of USPTO engagement. Its resolved allowance rate pct is 88.05, indicating a high success rate for resolved cases. This 88.05 rate is a primary indicator of the firm's effectiveness across its extensive career history.
The firm experiences an avg office actions per allowance of 3.26. This average suggests that the 133 pending office actions will likely require several iterations with examiners. Given the 33520 career applications, the 88.05 resolved allowance rate pct reflects a robust and reliable prosecution history. Practitioners can use the 3.26 avg office actions per allowance to set realistic expectations for the 133 pending office actions. The data shows that while the 88.05 resolved allowance rate pct is high, it is achieved through a consistent process averaging 3.26 office actions per case. This level of detail is essential for managing the complex prosecution requirements of the semiconductor and optics industries.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 36 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. 36 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 | 8 (4%) |
| §101 + other | 14 (7%) |
| §103 only | 64 (32%) |
| §102 only | 14 (7%) |
| §112 only | 15 (8%) |
| Double-patenting only | 3 (2%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (1%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 78 (40%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| OUTTEN, SAMUEL S | 4 | 79.2% | +19.4% |
| NGUYEN, KHIEM D | 4 | 85.8% | +12.5% |
| ROSENAU, DEREK JOHN | 4 | 77.7% | +8.0% |
| SINCLAIR, DAVID M | 3 | 68.4% | +19.6% |
| THOMAS, ERIC W | 3 | 82.6% | -1.9% |
| RAMASWAMY, ARUN | 3 | 84.8% | +12.3% |
| KEAGY, ROSE ALYSSA | 2 | 93.5% | +10.3% |
| TORRES, TIMOTHY JOSEPH | 2 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| LE, HOA T | 2 | 72.6% | +11.8% |
| NGUYEN, QUYNH H | 2 | 87.4% | +17.0% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18519256 | METHOD FOR OBTAINING AN INTEGRATED DEVICE COMPRISING USING AN ETCHING MASK TO DEFINE DICING LINES | KEAGY, ROSE ALYSSA | 10d overdue |
| 18659947 | AUDIO DECODER, AUDIO ENCODER, METHOD FOR DECODING, METHOD FOR ENCODING AND BITSTREAM, USING A PLURALITY OF PACKETS, THE PACKETS COMPRISING ONE OR MORE SCENE CONFIGURATION PACKETS, ONE OR MORE SCENE UPDATE PACKETS, ONE OR MORE SCENE PAYLOAD PACKETS | NGUYEN, QUYNH H | 8d overdue |
| 18659927 | AUDIO DECODER, AUDIO ENCODER, METHOD FOR DECODING, METHOD FOR ENCODING AND BITSTREAM, USING A PLURALITY OF PACKETS, THE PACKETS COMPRISING ONE OR MORE SCENE CONFIGURATION PACKETS AND ONE OR MORE SCENE UPDATE PACKETS WITH OF ONE OR MORE UPDATE CONDITIONS | NGUYEN, QUYNH H | 5d |
| 19032667 | FILM CAPACITOR | TORRES, TIMOTHY JOSEPH | — |
| 18973301 | CAPACITOR ELEMENT | THOMAS, ERIC W | — |
| 18957064 | CAPACITOR ARRAY | THOMAS, ERIC W | — |
| 18942859 | CAPACITOR AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME | RAMASWAMY, ARUN | — |
| 18943309 | TRACKER CIRCUITS AND VOLTAGE SUPPLY METHOD | NGUYEN, KHIEM D | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17675517 | HAND HELD SCREED RAKING DEVICE FOR APPLYING PAVING MATERIAL TO A SURFACE | CHU, KATHERINE J | 49d overdue |
| 18283234 | DISC FOR DISC BRAKES | WILLIAMS, THOMAS J | 19d overdue |
| 18614898 | SENSING DEVICE AND DEVICE SET | WALKER, OLIVIA | 16d overdue |
| 18274516 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING DANGEROUSNESS OF PERSON, APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND STORAGE MEDIUM | WHITAKER, ANDREW B | 15d overdue |
| 18158643 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ADJUSTING A TIME SEQUENCE RESPONSIVE TO A PREDICTED OR A DETECTED AUSTERE EVENT | SCHEUNEMANN, RICHARD N | 8d overdue |
| 18476716 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GEOGRAPHY-BASED DATA COLLECTION AND EVALUATION | GOYEA, OLUSEGUN | 5d overdue |
| 18494861 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE | PAGHADAL, PARESH H | 3d overdue |
| 18651238 | RESIN FILM | WEYDEMEYER, ALICIA JANE | 9d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18519256 | METHOD FOR OBTAINING AN INTEGRATED DEVICE COMPRISING USING AN ETCHING MASK TO DEFINE DICING LINES | KEAGY, ROSE ALYSSA | 10d overdue |
| 18659947 | AUDIO DECODER, AUDIO ENCODER, METHOD FOR DECODING, METHOD FOR ENCODING AND BITSTREAM, USING A PLURALITY OF PACKETS, THE PACKETS COMPRISING ONE OR MORE SCENE CONFIGURATION PACKETS, ONE OR MORE SCENE UPDATE PACKETS, ONE OR MORE SCENE PAYLOAD PACKETS | NGUYEN, QUYNH H | 8d overdue |
| 18659927 | AUDIO DECODER, AUDIO ENCODER, METHOD FOR DECODING, METHOD FOR ENCODING AND BITSTREAM, USING A PLURALITY OF PACKETS, THE PACKETS COMPRISING ONE OR MORE SCENE CONFIGURATION PACKETS AND ONE OR MORE SCENE UPDATE PACKETS WITH OF ONE OR MORE UPDATE CONDITIONS | NGUYEN, QUYNH H | 5d |
| 18797327 | TRANSVERSELY-EXCITED FILM BULK ACOUSTIC RESONATOR WITH A BACK-SIDE DIELECTRIC LAYER | OUTTEN, SAMUEL S | 9d |
| 18601370 | LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMER PELLET, LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMER POWDER, LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMER FILM, AND METHOD OF PRODUCING SAME | LE, HOA T | 14d |
| 18400668 | SANDWICHED XBAR FOR THIRD HARMONIC OPERATION | OUTTEN, SAMUEL S | 56d |
| 18439965 | CAPACITOR ELEMENT HAVING AN ANODE REGION IN A CATHODE REGION | SINCLAIR, DAVID M | 63d |
| 19185707 | SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE WITH CRACK-BLOCKING THREE-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURE | KEAGY, ROSE ALYSSA | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2843 | 9 |
| 2847 | 5 |
| 3791 | 5 |
| 3624 | 5 |
| 2434 | 3 |
| 3715 | 3 |
| 1788 | 3 |
| 2837 | 3 |
| 3794 | 3 |
| 2818 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19285487 | SYSTEM FOR MANAGING THE AUTHORIZATION TO PROCEED WITH AN INTAKE OF A DRUG DOSE BY A USER AS A FUNCTION OF THE PHYSICAL ACTIVITY PERFORMED BY THE USER AND RELATED METHOD | Technogym S.p.A. | KHATTAR, RAJESH | 3684 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 30, 2025 |
| 19146375 | MOVABLE PANEL SYSTEM | Metalglas Bonomi S.r.l. | MENEZES, MARCUS | 3634 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 08, 2025 |
| 19259289 | IMAGING UNIT | Maxell, Ltd. | KHAN, USMAN A | 2637 | §102Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 03, 2025 |
| 19203651 | TRANSVERSELY-EXCITED FILM BULK ACOUSTIC RESONATOR WITH CONTROLLED CONDUCTOR SIDEWALL ANGLES | Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. | GLENN, KIMBERLY E | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 09, 2025 | |
| 19199319 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FILTERING DATA FOR TRANSMISSION TO USER DEVICES | Just Crossed Corporation | ELCHANTI, TAREK | §101§103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 05, 2025 | |
| 19127028 | COOLING AND LUBRICATING SYSTEM FOR HYBRID POWERTRAIN | Jing-Jin Electric Technologies Co., Ltd. | BUSE, MARK KENNETH | 3654 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 02, 2025 |
| 19191401 | SERVICE PROCESSING METHOD AND SYSTEM, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | Ruijie Networks Co., Ltd. | SHIU, HO T | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 28, 2025 | |
| 19185707 | SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE WITH CRACK-BLOCKING THREE-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURE | Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. | KEAGY, ROSE ALYSSA | 2818 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 22, 2025 |
| 19179805 | ACOUSTIC RESONATOR DEVICE | Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. | SALAZAR JR, JORGE L | 2843 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 15, 2025 |
| 19169569 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ELIMINATING DUPLICATE CORRELATION CHAINS OF EVENTS DURING DETECTION OF INFORMATION SECURITY INCIDENTS | Ao Kaspersky Lab | ALMAMUN, ABDULLAH | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 03, 2025 | |
| 19098047 | SYSTEM AND METHOD MACHINE LEARNING-ASSISTED DETECTION OF HARMFUL SCRIPTS | Ao Kaspersky Lab | WADE-WRIGHT, SHAQUEAL D | §101§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 02, 2025 | |
| 19081197 | ROTATING ELECTRIC MACHINE | Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. | RODRIGUEZ, JOSHUA KIEL MIGUEL | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 17, 2025 | |
| 19077100 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF BLOCKING MALICIOUS ACTIVITY OF LEGITIMATE DRIVERS | Ao Kaspersky Lab | RAHMAN, SM AZIZUR | 2434 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 12, 2025 |
| 19073123 | FILTER USING TRANSVERSELY-EXCITED FILM BULK ACOUSTIC RESONATORS | Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. | POOS, JOHN W | 2896 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 07, 2025 |
| 19038972 | SOLID ELECTROLYTIC CAPACITOR | Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. | SINCLAIR, DAVID M | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 28, 2025 | |
| 19032667 | FILM CAPACITOR | Shizuki Electric Co., Inc. | TORRES, TIMOTHY JOSEPH | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 21, 2025 | |
| 18996056 | DISPLAY SUBSTRATE, DISPLAY PANEL, AND DISPLAY DEVICE | BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD. | SHAH, PRIYANK J | 2626 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 18995225 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE | BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD. | NAZRUL, SHAHBAZ | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 16, 2025 | |
| 19019914 | CAPACITOR | Shizuki Electric Co., Inc. | SINCLAIR, DAVID M | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 14, 2025 | |
| 18993762 | LIDAR ASSEMBLY AND APPARATUS WITH A DETECTION FUNCTION | BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD. | RIDER, JUSTIN W | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 13, 2025 | |
| 19018361 | SYSTEM, APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR EVALUATING VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL FUNCTION | Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. | KRETZER, KYLE W. | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 13, 2025 | |
| 19014695 | A PAINTBALL LOADER | Ex Corporation OY | ROGERS, ADAM D | 3617 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 09, 2025 |
| 18992527 | ROTOR CORE AND ROTOR | Jing-Jin Electric Technologies Co., Ltd. | DESAI, NAISHADH N | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 08, 2025 | |
| 19010325 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING THE LOCAL POSITION OF AT LEAST ONE OPTICAL ELEMENT IN A MACHINE FOR LASER PROCESSING OF A MATERIAL, USING LOW-COHERENCE OPTICAL INTERFEROMETRY TECHNIQUES | Adige S.p.A. | LYONS, MICHAEL A | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 06, 2025 | |
| 19010397 | SIGNAL CONVERSION MODULE, SIGNAL CONVERSION METHOD, OPTICAL FIBER TRANSMISSION SYSTEM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | Ruijie Networks Co., Ltd. | SANDHU, AMRITBIR K | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 06, 2025 | |
| 19007874 | CAPACITOR ELEMENT | Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. | MCFADDEN, MICHAEL P | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 02, 2025 | |
| 19005100 | FILM CAPACITOR AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING FILM CAPACITOR | Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. | FERGUSON, DION | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 30, 2024 | |
| 19003972 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ADJUSTING AN AVATAR MODEL BASED ON COMPUTATIONAL COST | Constructor Education And Research Genossenschaft | MCDOWELL, JR, MAURICE L | 2612 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 27, 2024 |
| 19003810 | ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE BASED GRADING OF WRITTEN RESPONSE TESTS | Constructor Education And Research Genossenschaft | GEBREMICHAEL, BRUK A | 3715 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 27, 2024 |
| 18990315 | FILM AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME | Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. | LE, HOA T | 1718 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2024 |
| 18986217 | COMPACTLY PARALLELIZED FILTER STRUCTURE | Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. | TRA, ANH QUAN | 2843 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 18, 2024 |
| 18982088 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SPEECH GENERATION USING LATENT FEATURES EXTRACTED FROM INTERMEDIATE LAYERS OF AN ACOUSTIC MODEL | Constructor Education And Research Genossenschaft | SCHMIEDER, NICOLE A K | 2659 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 16, 2024 |
| 18976421 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING VALUES OF METABOLIC PARAMETERS OF A USER WHEN PERFORMING PHYSICAL ACTIVITY ON AN EXERCISE MACHINE | Technogym S.p.A. | FARAG, AMAL ALY | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 11, 2024 | |
| 18873927 | METHOD FOR RECOVERING THERMAL ENERGY IN A MATERIAL DRYING PROCESS, HEAT RECOVERY SYSTEM, AND ARRANGEMENT FOR DRYING MATERIAL | Spinnova Oyj | MARTIN, ELIZABETH J | §112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 11, 2024 | |
| 18873380 | AUTOMATIC FLAT-PIECE CUTTING MACHINE AND RELATED METHOD | Fk Group S.p.A. | HOLLY, LEE A | 3724 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 10, 2024 |
| 18973271 | CAPACITOR ELEMENT | Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. | TORRES, TIMOTHY JOSEPH | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 09, 2024 | |
| 18973301 | CAPACITOR ELEMENT | Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. | THOMAS, ERIC W | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 09, 2024 | |
| 18963859 | AVERAGE POWER TRACKING MODULE, AVERAGE POWER TRACKING CIRCUIT, COMMUNICATION DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR SUPPLYING POWER SUPPLY VOLTAGE | Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. | RETEBO, METASEBIA T | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 29, 2024 | |
| 18960080 | VOC REMOVAL METHOD | Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. | ORLANDO, AMBER ROSE | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 26, 2024 | |
| 18960290 | MULTILAYER SUBSTRATE | Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. | EGOAVIL, GUILLERMO J | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 26, 2024 | |
| 18959780 | TRANSVERSELY-EXCITED FILM BULK ACOUSTIC RESONATOR WITH REDUCED SUBSTRATE TO CONTACT BUMP THERMAL RESISTANCE | Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. | OUTTEN, SAMUEL S | 2843 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 26, 2024 |
| 18957064 | CAPACITOR ARRAY | Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. | THOMAS, ERIC W | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 22, 2024 | |
| 18955117 | CAPACITOR ARRAY | Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. | RAMASWAMY, ARUN | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 21, 2024 | |
| 18953865 | ACOUSTIC FILTER DEVICE WITH LOW-EDGE STEEPNESS | Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. | OUTTEN, SAMUEL S | 2843 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 20, 2024 |
| 18952325 | SOLID ELECTROLYTIC CAPACITOR AND CAPACITOR ARRAY | Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. | RAMASWAMY, ARUN | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 19, 2024 | |
| 18946021 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRAINING NEURAL NETWORKS TO IDENTIFY AND GEOLOCATE RACERS ON A RACE COURSE | Constructor Education And Research Genossenschaft | DARDANO, STEFANO ANTHONY | 2663 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 13, 2024 |
| 18942859 | CAPACITOR AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME | Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. | RAMASWAMY, ARUN | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 11, 2024 | |
| 18943309 | TRACKER CIRCUITS AND VOLTAGE SUPPLY METHOD | Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. | NGUYEN, KHIEM D | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 11, 2024 | |
| 18940990 | DRIVE UNIT FOR AN ELECTRIC OUTBOARD MOTOR | Torqeedo GmbH | DAVIS, RICHARD G | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 08, 2024 | |
| 18937093 | BOAT DRIVE | Torqeedo GmbH | FIX, THOMAS S | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 05, 2024 |
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Start Free Trial88.0% of resolved applications prosecuted by Arentfox Schiff LLP - New York were allowed, across 33,520 applications in USPTO records.
3.26 office actions per allowed application on average.
197 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 45 clients, before 175 examiners in 84 art units.