Technology areas: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
13 pending office actions • 11 clients • 12 examiners • 8 art units • 0 of 13 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Bruce Stone LLP has 13 pending office actions in Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics and 1113 career applications. The pending docket shows current examination activity, while the application total provides context for the profile’s broader prosecution record.
The resolved allowance rate is 84.24%, and the average is 1.61 office actions per allowance. The data indicates that resolved applications reach allowance in a substantial share of cases, with the listed average reflecting fewer than two office actions per allowance. Practitioners can use this record when evaluating response timing and prosecution strategy for semiconductor, circuit, and optics claims.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 4 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. 4 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 + other | 1 (8%) |
| §103 only | 6 (46%) |
| §102 only | 2 (15%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (31%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ASFAW, MESFIN T | 2 | 83.1% | +13.9% |
| NUNNERY, GRADY ALEXANDER | 1 | 42.7% | +42.9% |
| FERNANDEZ, PEDRO C | 1 | 76.4% | +16.8% |
| ZAKARIA, AKM | 1 | 82.6% | +16.2% |
| MARTINEZ, JOSEPH P | 1 | 86.0% | +3.2% |
| CHOWDHRY, BUKATUN NOOR | 1 | — | — |
| SCRUGGS, ROBERT J | 1 | 60.4% | +25.8% |
| DABBI, JYOTSNA V | 1 | 62.5% | +23.3% |
| RAHMAN, MD ARIFUR | 1 | — | — |
| JEN, MINGJEN | 1 | 79.8% | +14.1% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19078475 | ALIGNMENT SYSTEM AND ALIGNMENT METHOD FOR SEMICONDUCTOR LITHOGRAPHY PROCESSES | ASFAW, MESFIN T | — |
| 19078494 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ADJUSTING MASK DEFORMATION | ASFAW, MESFIN T | — |
| 18934170 | IC TESTING APPARATUS WITH ELASTIC CONDUCTIVE PILLARS AND ITS MANUFACTURING METHOD | ZAKARIA, AKM | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18401776 | CLEANING ROBOT CAPABLE OF DETECTING TRANSPARENT OBSTACLE AND MOVING PARALLEL TO OBSTACLE | JEN, MINGJEN | 56d |
| 19218384 | GOGGLE STRUCTURE | NUNNERY, GRADY ALEXANDER | 62d |
| 18929515 | OPTICAL LENS ASSEMBLY | MARTINEZ, JOSEPH P | — |
| 18908828 | PAIR OF PLIERS WITH A LATCH UNIT | CHOWDHRY, BUKATUN NOOR | — |
| 18597922 | STRAPPING TOOL | RAHMAN, MD ARIFUR | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18610300 | DUAL PASS BAND FILTER ELEMENT | DABBI, JYOTSNA V | 34d |
| 18401776 | CLEANING ROBOT CAPABLE OF DETECTING TRANSPARENT OBSTACLE AND MOVING PARALLEL TO OBSTACLE | JEN, MINGJEN | 56d |
| 19218384 | GOGGLE STRUCTURE | NUNNERY, GRADY ALEXANDER | 62d |
| 19078475 | ALIGNMENT SYSTEM AND ALIGNMENT METHOD FOR SEMICONDUCTOR LITHOGRAPHY PROCESSES | ASFAW, MESFIN T | — |
| 19078494 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ADJUSTING MASK DEFORMATION | ASFAW, MESFIN T | — |
| 19059202 | LIGHTING DEVICE DRIVING POWER SUPPLY CAPABLE OF FORMING DUAL CLOSED LOOPS | FERNANDEZ, PEDRO C | — |
| 18934170 | IC TESTING APPARATUS WITH ELASTIC CONDUCTIVE PILLARS AND ITS MANUFACTURING METHOD | ZAKARIA, AKM | — |
| 18624138 | SMOOTH TORQUE TOOL | SCRUGGS, ROBERT J | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2872 | 4 |
| 2882 | 2 |
| 3723 | 2 |
| 3732 | 1 |
| 2844 | 1 |
| 2858 | 1 |
| 3725 | 1 |
| 3657 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19218384 | GOGGLE STRUCTURE | Argus Vision International Limited | NUNNERY, GRADY ALEXANDER | 3732 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 62d | Pending | May 26, 2025 |
| 19078475 | ALIGNMENT SYSTEM AND ALIGNMENT METHOD FOR SEMICONDUCTOR LITHOGRAPHY PROCESSES | Lids Semiconductor Technology Co., Ltd. | ASFAW, MESFIN T | 2882 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 13, 2025 |
| 19078494 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ADJUSTING MASK DEFORMATION | Lids Semiconductor Technology Co., Ltd. | ASFAW, MESFIN T | 2882 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 13, 2025 |
| 19059202 | LIGHTING DEVICE DRIVING POWER SUPPLY CAPABLE OF FORMING DUAL CLOSED LOOPS | Xiamen Pvtech Co., Ltd. | FERNANDEZ, PEDRO C | 2844 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 20, 2025 |
| 18934170 | IC TESTING APPARATUS WITH ELASTIC CONDUCTIVE PILLARS AND ITS MANUFACTURING METHOD | He Chou Technology Inc. | ZAKARIA, AKM | 2858 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 31, 2024 |
| 18929515 | OPTICAL LENS ASSEMBLY | Newmax Technology Co., Ltd. | MARTINEZ, JOSEPH P | 2872 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 28, 2024 |
| 18908828 | PAIR OF PLIERS WITH A LATCH UNIT | Jye Lins Co., Ltd. | CHOWDHRY, BUKATUN NOOR | 3723 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 08, 2024 |
| 18624138 | SMOOTH TORQUE TOOL | Matatakitoyo Tool Co., Ltd. | SCRUGGS, ROBERT J | 3723 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 02, 2024 |
| 18610300 | DUAL PASS BAND FILTER ELEMENT | VACTRONICS TECHNOLOGIES INC. | DABBI, JYOTSNA V | 2872 | §103 | Final Rejection | 34d | Pending | Mar 20, 2024 |
| 18597922 | STRAPPING TOOL | Yang Bey Industrial Co., Ltd. | RAHMAN, MD ARIFUR | 3725 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 07, 2024 |
| 18401776 | CLEANING ROBOT CAPABLE OF DETECTING TRANSPARENT OBSTACLE AND MOVING PARALLEL TO OBSTACLE | Pixart Imaging Inc. | JEN, MINGJEN | 3657 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 56d | Pending | Jan 02, 2024 |
| 18484447 | OFF-AXIS DUAL MIRROR FOCUSING BACKLIGHT DISPLAY DEVICE AND HEAD-UP DISPLAY DEVICE | E-Lead Electronic Co., Ltd. | HALL, ELIZABETH MARY CAMPBEL | 2872 | §103 | Final Rejection | 22d | Pending | Oct 11, 2023 |
| 18220281 | OPTICAL LENS ASSEMBLY AND HEAD-MOUNTED ELECTRONIC DEVICE | Newmax Technology Co., Ltd. | RICKEL, ALEX PARK | 2872 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 11, 2023 |
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Start Free Trial84.2% of resolved applications prosecuted by Bruce Stone LLP were allowed, across 1,113 applications in USPTO records.
1.61 office actions per allowed application on average.
13 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 11 clients, before 12 examiners in 8 art units.
