Technology areas: Communications • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
359 pending office actions • 17 clients • 332 examiners • 185 art units • 1 of 359 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 495 patents granted in the last 365 days
CHIP LAW GROUP has a substantial Communications prosecution profile, with 12183 career applications and 344 pending office actions. The pending docket represents active work requiring continuing review of examiner positions, claim scope, and response deadlines.
Its resolved allowance rate is 85.4%, while the average office actions per allowance is 4.27. The allowance rate indicates that a large share of resolved matters reached allowance, but the action average shows that allowance often followed multiple examination exchanges. For practitioners, this combination supports maintaining amendment and argument strategies over an extended prosecution process rather than relying on a single response.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 77 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. 77 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 | 17 (5%) |
| §101 + other | 78 (22%) |
| §103 only | 99 (28%) |
| §102 only | 27 (8%) |
| §112 only | 6 (2%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 2 (1%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 128 (36%) |
| No statute on record | 2 (1%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SITTNER, MICHAEL J | 3 | 10.8% | +14.8% |
| BAGHDASARYAN, HOVHANNES | 3 | 77.3% | +16.9% |
| HALIYUR, PADMA | 2 | 86.7% | +13.2% |
| KLIMOWICZ, WILLIAM JOSEPH | 2 | 80.8% | +18.2% |
| HSU, AMY R | 2 | 86.6% | -1.1% |
| TABA, MONICA TERESA | 2 | 88.9% | +2.8% |
| SIMPSON, DIONE N | 2 | 32.3% | +32.3% |
| HULKA, JAMES R | 2 | 76.3% | +11.9% |
| MALIKASIM, JONATHAN L | 2 | 80.5% | +0.0% |
| HAQUE, MD NAZMUL | 2 | 83.4% | +15.4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18834363 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS | HALIYUR, PADMA | 41d |
| 18758384 | LOW CROSSTALK PIGGY-BACK TAPE HEAD | KLIMOWICZ, WILLIAM JOSEPH | 84d |
| 19154487 | PHOTODETECTION DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS | HALIYUR, PADMA | — |
| 19150473 | MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM | KLIMOWICZ, WILLIAM JOSEPH | — |
| 19123204 | IMAGING DEVICE | HSU, AMY R | — |
| 18849699 | DISTANCE MEASUREMENT DEVICE | HAQUE, MD NAZMUL | — |
| 18815095 | INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | HSU, AMY R | — |
| 18557573 | PHOTODETECTOR AND DISTANCE MEASUREMENT APPARATUS | HAQUE, MD NAZMUL | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17087568 | PROBABILISTIC NONLINEAR RELATIONSHIPS CROSS-MULTI TIME SERIES AND EXTERNAL FACTORS FOR IMPROVED MULTIVARIATE TIME SERIES MODELING AND FORECASTING | HOOVER, BRENT JOHNSTON | 225d overdue |
| 18898749 | ULTRASONIC MEASUREMENT APPARATUS | JASANI, ASHISH SHIRISH | 163d overdue |
| 18258303 | MOBILE OBJECT | ARCE, MARLON ALEXANDER | 147d overdue |
| 18553431 | WAVELENGTH SELECTIVE PHASE DIFFERENCE ELEMENT AND PROJECTION DISPLAY APPARATUS | BROOKS, JERRY L. | 132d overdue |
| 18715532 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM | TISSIRE, ABDELAAZIZ | 127d overdue |
| 18871398 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD | ALLEN, NICHOLAS E | 126d overdue |
| 18549372 | FLIP CONNECTION STRUCTURE, ROOM-TEMPERATURE FLIP CONNECTION STRUCTURE, AND CONNECTION METHOD THEREFOR | MCCOY, THOMAS WILSON | 110d overdue |
| 17556860 | PERSONALIZED HEALTH ASSISTANT | BARTLEY, KENNETH | 79d overdue |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18247752 | RANGING SENSOR, RANGING SYSTEM, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | BAGHDASARYAN, HOVHANNES | 1d overdue |
| 18785960 | SERVICE INFORMATION PROVIDING SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD | SIMPSON, DIONE N | 26d |
| 18834363 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS | HALIYUR, PADMA | 41d |
| 18361496 | CARBON-AWARE WORKLOAD ALLOCATION IN CLOUD ENVIRONMENT | SITTNER, MICHAEL J | 70d |
| 18758384 | LOW CROSSTALK PIGGY-BACK TAPE HEAD | KLIMOWICZ, WILLIAM JOSEPH | 84d |
| 19154487 | PHOTODETECTION DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS | HALIYUR, PADMA | — |
| 19150473 | MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM | KLIMOWICZ, WILLIAM JOSEPH | — |
| 18989668 | GENERATION OF PRODUCT DOCUMENTATION USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE MODELS | SIMPSON, DIONE N | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| Sony | 220 |
| IBM | 72 |
| Epson | 39 |
| Rohm | 9 |
| Larsen & Toubro | 3 |
| TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD. | 3 |
| Yamaha | 2 |
| PELTBEAM INC. | 2 |
| Constructor Technology AG | 1 |
| Infotrends Software Solutions Private Limited | 1 |
| Rincell Corporation | 1 |
| Ar & Ns Investment, LLC | 1 |
| MIT | 1 |
| FeliCa Networks, Inc. | 1 |
| Magnolia Blue Corporation | 1 |
| Sony Interactive Entertainement LLC | 1 |
| University of Illinois | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3645 | 10 |
| 2637 | 8 |
| 2638 | 7 |
| 2611 | 7 |
| 2639 | 6 |
| 2812 | 6 |
| 2899 | 6 |
| 2853 | 5 |
| 2897 | 5 |
| 2146 | 5 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18706298 | Untitled | Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation | HOSSAIN, MOAZZAM | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | ||
| 19136473 | Untitled | Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation | CHOW, VAN NGUYEN | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | ||
| 18706714 | Untitled | Sony Group Corporation | BURGDORF, STEPHEN R | 2685 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | |
| 18697013 | Untitled | Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation | HANNETT, JAMES M | 2637 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | |
| 18866296 | Untitled | Sony Group Corporation | DOROS, KAYLA RENEE | 3657 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | |
| 19123118 | Untitled | Sony Group Corporation | LEE, TYLER J | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | ||
| 19480302 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM | Sony Group Corporation | WAKELY, REECE ANTHONY | 3667 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 30, 2025 |
| 19479484 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM | Sony Group Corporation | WASEEM, HUMA | 3686 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 28, 2025 |
| 19471624 | ROBOTIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLIONG ROBOTIC DEVICE | Sony Group Corporation | BUI, NHI QUYNH | 3656 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 01, 2025 |
| 19154487 | PHOTODETECTION DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS | Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation | HALIYUR, PADMA | 2639 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 07, 2025 |
| 19150473 | MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM | Sony Group Corporation | KLIMOWICZ, WILLIAM JOSEPH | 2688 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 23, 2025 |
| 19261406 | MOBILE DEVICE, IMAGING SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING MOBILE DEVICE | Sony Group Corporation | KATZ, DYLAN MICHAEL | 3657 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 07, 2025 |
| 19206323 | OSCILLATION CIRCUIT AND POWER SUPPLY DEVICE | Rohm Co., Ltd. | BHATIA, AMIT R | 2836 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 13, 2025 |
| 19128611 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE | Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation | PETERSON, CHRISTOPHER K | 2637 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 09, 2025 |
| 19123204 | IMAGING DEVICE | Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation | HSU, AMY R | 2638 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 22, 2025 |
| 19122098 | IMAGING ELEMENT AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS | Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation | WANG, XI | 2637 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 17, 2025 |
| 19117403 | IMAGING DEVICE | Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation | HASSAN, MEHEDI NMN | 2637 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 01, 2025 |
| 19091922 | CUSHIONING MATERIAL, PACKAGING MATERIAL, AND PACKAGED ITEM | Seiko Epson Corporation | KMET, LAUREN ELIZABETH | 3735 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 27, 2025 |
| 19090870 | PARTICLE COATING APPARATUS AND PARTICLE COATING METHOD | Seiko Epson Corporation | KITT, STEPHEN A | 1717 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 26, 2025 |
| 19112607 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM | Sony Group Corporation | GILLIARD, DELOMIA L | 2661 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 18, 2025 |
| 19078678 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING ANALYTICAL QUERIES TO EXTRACT BUSINESS INSIGHTS AND SUPPORT DECISION-MAKING FROM ENTERPRISE DATA | Lti Mindtree Ltd. | KOESTER, MICHAEL RICHARD | 3624 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 13, 2025 |
| 19076073 | LIQUID EJECTION APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR LIQUID EJECTION APPARATUS | Seiko Epson Corporation | LEGESSE, HENOK D | 2853 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 11, 2025 |
| 19076240 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD | Sony Group Corporation | VILLENA, MARK | 2658 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 11, 2025 |
| 19109282 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD | Sony Group Corporation | WATKO, JULIE ANNE | 2627 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 06, 2025 |
| 19108792 | PHOTODETECTION ELEMENT AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation | MOREHEAD III, JOHN H | 2639 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 05, 2025 |
| 19070710 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | Seiko Epson Corporation | GARCIA, GABRIEL I | 2682 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 05, 2025 |
| 19108184 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM | Sony Group Corporation | KURR, JASON R | 2695 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 03, 2025 |
| 19066200 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM | Seiko Epson Corporation | ROGERS, SCOTT A | 2681 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 28, 2025 |
| 19062038 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING NATURAL LANGUAGE QUERIES FOR GENERATING ANALYTICAL INSIGHTS | Lti Mindtree Ltd. | NGUYEN, CAM LINH T | 2161 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 25, 2025 |
| 19106205 | SOUND REPRODUCING DEVICE, ACOUSTIC SYSTEM, AND MOBILE DEVICE | Sony Group Corporation | HUBER, PAUL W | 2691 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 24, 2025 |
| 19105622 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM | Sony Group Corporation | TRAN, NHAN T | 2638 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 21, 2025 |
| 19105583 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM | Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation | SHARMA, SHIVAM | 3665 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 21, 2025 |
| 19104270 | LIGHT DETECTION DEVICE AND LIGHT DETECTION SYSTEM | Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation | TABA, MONICA TERESA | 2878 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 17, 2025 |
| 19104344 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND PROGRAM | Sony Group Corporation | LE, MICHAEL | 2614 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 17, 2025 |
| 19054929 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND TEST CHART | Seiko Epson Corporation | BAKER, CHARLOTTE M | 2664 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 17, 2025 |
| 19104337 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM | Sony Group Corporation | TRUONG, KARL DUC | 2614 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 17, 2025 |
| 19054946 | METHOD OF PERFORMING INDIVIDUAL IDENTIFICATION OF ANIMAL, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM | Seiko Epson Corporation | SHERRILLO, DYLAN JOSEPH | 2665 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 17, 2025 |
| 19051249 | DYNAMIC ACTIVATION OF SINGLETON SERVICE | International Business Machines Corporation | WOO, ANDREW M | 2458 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 12, 2025 |
| 19103212 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM | Sony Group Corporation | MATTSON, SEAN D | 3798 | §101§112 | Final Rejection | 79d | Pending | Feb 11, 2025 |
| 19102532 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM | Sony Group Corporation | MARTINEZ, ELIZABETH GALYN | 3668 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 10, 2025 |
| 19102617 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM | Sony Group Corporation | BLACK-CHILDRESS, RAJSHEED O | 2685 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 10, 2025 |
| 19047898 | COMPLEXITY REDUCTION OF SIGNIFICANCE MAP CODING | Sony Group Corporation | GEROLEO, FRANCIS | 3619 | §103DP | Non-Final OA | 35d | Pending | Feb 07, 2025 |
| 19101686 | NANOSTRUCTURE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING NANOSTRUCTURE, FILM, AND STRUCTURE INCLUDING FILM | Sony Group Corporation | BARBER, KIMBERLY | 1615 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 06, 2025 |
| 19101772 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, SEMICONDUCTOR MODULE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS | Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation | THOMAS, LUCY M | 2838 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 06, 2025 |
| 19046843 | USING A VOLTAGE CONTROL LOOP TO MODIFY VOLTAGES IN A PROCESSING UNIT | International Business Machines Corporation | CLEARY, THOMAS J | 2175 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 06, 2025 |
| 19101242 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM | Sony Group Corporation | TRAN, CON P | 2695 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 04, 2025 |
| 19037910 | NEGATIVE ATTENTION PATTERN NOTIFICATION | International Business Machines Corporation | YANG, JAMES J | 2686 | §112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 27, 2025 |
| 19023500 | LIQUID EJECTING DEVICE AND LIQUID EJECTING METHOD | Seiko Epson Corporation | CHELST, SHLOMIT ESTHER | 2853 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 16, 2025 |
| 19020392 | DYNAMIC STRENGTHENING USING 3D PRINTING AND ROBOTIC SUPPORT | International Business Machines Corporation | COLLINS, GARY | 2115 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 14, 2025 |
| 19018429 | DETECTION DEVICE | Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd. | HUANG, DAVID Z | 2855 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 13, 2025 |
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Start Free Trial85.4% of resolved applications prosecuted by Chip Law Group were allowed, across 12,183 applications in USPTO records.
4.27 office actions per allowed application on average.
359 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 17 clients, before 332 examiners in 185 art units.
