Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
344 pending office actions • 68 clients • 313 examiners • 120 art units • 0 of 344 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
CKC & Partners Co., LLC manages an extensive portfolio with 10694 career applications, primarily focused on the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. The firm achieves a resolved allowance rate of 90.91 percent, demonstrating a very high success rate across its vast history of filings. This performance metric is particularly notable given the technical complexity inherent in semiconductor patent prosecution.
The firm averages 2.45 office actions per allowance, suggesting a streamlined and efficient process for moving applications toward a grant. There are currently 211 pending office actions, indicating a high volume of active work that continues to expand the firm's footprint beyond its 10694 career applications. For practitioners, the combination of a 90.91 percent allowance rate and 2.45 office actions per allowance highlights a highly effective prosecution strategy. The 211 pending office actions ensure that the firm remains a significant player in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics sector.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 61 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. 61 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 (1%) |
| §101 + other | 27 (8%) |
| §103 only | 138 (40%) |
| §102 only | 31 (9%) |
| §112 only | 9 (3%) |
| Double-patenting only | 3 (1%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 8 (2%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 123 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LIAN, MANG TIN BIK | 3 | 70.3% | +25.6% |
| DYER, ANDREW R | 2 | 59.8% | +39.5% |
| OMORI, MARY I | 2 | 50.8% | +56.9% |
| ARANT, HARRY E | 2 | 49.9% | +21.3% |
| PAGHADAL, PARESH H | 2 | 60.0% | +21.7% |
| IMANI, ELIZABETH MARY COLE | 2 | 33.5% | +25.0% |
| LU, ZHIYU | 2 | 48.9% | +14.3% |
| TRAN, BINH X | 2 | 81.7% | +12.0% |
| BEHM, HARRY RAYMOND | 2 | 79.6% | +7.4% |
| NGUYEN, TRUC T | 2 | 87.4% | +7.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18813036 | METHOD OF FORMING SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE | TRAN, BINH X | — |
| 18739298 | WIRE END CONNECTOR | NGUYEN, TRUC T | — |
| 18641361 | HIGH CURRENT CONNECTOR | NGUYEN, TRUC T | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18465170 | VEHICLE LIGHTING DEVICE | CHAN, WEI | 208d overdue |
| 18148415 | INSTRUCTION DEVICE, BEHAVIOR PLAN INSTRUCTION SYSTEM, AND DRIVING ROUTE CREATION METHOD | WAKELY, REECE ANTHONY | 60d overdue |
| 18488026 | PACKAGE STRUCTURE | MINNEY, GABRIEL SEBASTIAN | 43d overdue |
| 18593964 | POWER SUPPLY CIRCUIT AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF | JACKSON, LAKAISHA | 42d overdue |
| 18523109 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF FORMING THE SAME | NEWTON, VALERIE N | 30d overdue |
| 17449952 | DATA SIFTING METHOD AND APPARATUS | LIU, GUOZHEN | 30d overdue |
| 18253595 | FILTER DEVICE, PRODUCTION METHOD THEREFOR, AND AIR CONDITIONER | MCKENZIE, THOMAS B | 15d overdue |
| 18616624 | AUGMENTED REALITY SYSTEM AND AUGMENTED REALITY METHOD | MALDONADO, STEVEN | 11d 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17663214 | INDUCTOR DEVICE | LIAN, MANG TIN BIK | 6d |
| 19119413 | Untitled | DYER, ANDREW R | — |
| 19119414 | Untitled | DYER, ANDREW R | — |
| 19053390 | ENGINEERED STONE | OMORI, MARY I | — |
| 19026455 | ENERGY STORING DEVICE | ARANT, HARRY E | — |
| 19002616 | HEAT-RELEASE RETARDATIVE COLD CONDUCTION DEVICE WITH MULTI-CAVITY AND MULTI-PHASE CHANGE AND METHOD OF CALCULATING TRANSFER HEAT THEREOF | ARANT, HARRY E | — |
| 18853121 | COMPOUND SUPERCONDUCTING PRECURSOR WIRE, COMPOUND SUPERCONDUCTING PRECURSOR STRAND, AND COMPOUND SUPERCONDUCTING STRAND | PAGHADAL, PARESH H | — |
| 18827876 | WATER-BASED HOT-MELT ADHESIVE AND WATER-BASED HOT MELT ADHESIVE COATED NON-WOVEN FABRIC | IMANI, ELIZABETH MARY COLE | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2897 | 8 |
| 2872 | 7 |
| 2838 | 6 |
| 2837 | 6 |
| 2898 | 5 |
| 2899 | 5 |
| 2812 | 5 |
| 2893 | 5 |
| 1723 | 4 |
| 2622 | 3 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19119413 | Untitled | Honda Motor Co., Ltd. | DYER, ANDREW R | §101§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | ||
| 19119414 | Untitled | Honda Motor Co., Ltd. | DYER, ANDREW R | §101§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | ||
| 19348751 | DISPLAY INTEGRATION EQUIPMENT | Iris Optronics Co., Ltd. | JEBARI, MOHAMMED | 2482 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 02, 2025 |
| 19334990 | PIXEL CIRCUIT | E Ink Holdings Inc. | XAVIER, ANTONIO J | 2622 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 22, 2025 |
| 19271768 | BACKLIGHT MODULE, AUTOMOTIVE DISPLAY AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING BACKLIGHT MODULE | Amtran Technology Co., Ltd. | KRYUKOVA, ERIN | 2875 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 16, 2025 |
| 19262117 | MEMORY MODULE AND METHOD FOR TESTING MEMORY MODULE | Nanya Technology Corporation | BUTLER, SARAI E | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 08, 2025 | |
| 19250082 | VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE, VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING A COMPUTER PROGRAM | Honda Motor Co., Ltd. | LAGUARDA, GONZALO | 3747 | §101§102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 26, 2025 |
| 19228775 | ELECTRONIC PAPER DISPLAY SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EQUIPMENT SURFACE | E Ink Holdings Inc. | PHAM, QUAN L | 2637 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 05, 2025 |
| 19221557 | KNOWLEDGE BASE SYSTEM BASED ON LARGE LANGUAGE MODEL AND CONSTRUCTING METHOD THEREOF | National Cheng Kung University | SPIELER, WILLIAM | 2159 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 29, 2025 |
| 19212726 | HOOK STRUCTURE, MULTI-LAYERED STRUCTURE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF HOOK STRUCTURE | Taiwan Paiho Limited | BROOKS, KARA JEAN | 3677 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 20, 2025 |
| 19211307 | VIDEO CONFERENCE DEVICE AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF | Amtran Technology Co., Ltd. | SHAH, MEHULKUMAR J | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 19, 2025 | |
| 19206084 | MEDIA ACCESS CONTROL ADDRESS TABLE UPDATING DEVICE | Realtek Semiconductor Corporation | BENGZON, GREG C | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 13, 2025 | |
| 19199388 | LIGHT DIFFUSION DEVICE | Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. | GARLEN, ALEXANDER K | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 06, 2025 | |
| 19182572 | AMPLIFYING CIRCUIT AND VOLTAGE GENERATING CIRCUIT | Realtek Semiconductor Corporation | LAM, TUAN THIEU | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 17, 2025 | |
| 19096645 | GAIT BALANCE MONITORING SYSTEM AND GAIT BALANCE MONITORING METHOD | National Taipei University | MELHUS, BENJAMIN S | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 31, 2025 | |
| 19086152 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PARTIALLY MAGNIFYING IMAGE AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM | Aver Information Inc. | LAM, HUNG H | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 21, 2025 | |
| 19086146 | WIRELESS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD | Delta Electronics, Inc. | WAHEED, NAZRA NUR | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 21, 2025 | |
| 19074520 | SOUND COLLECTING DEVICE | Honda Motor Co., Ltd. | TRAN, SINH N | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 10, 2025 | |
| 19071780 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TESTING MEMORY DEVICE | Nanya Technology Corporation | YANG, HAN | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 06, 2025 | |
| 19070496 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING A POWER SYSTEM | Delta Electronics, Inc. | LY, XUAN | 2836 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 04, 2025 |
| 19064739 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SOLID-STATE BATTERY | Honda Motor Co., Ltd. | MUSSER, BARBARA J | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 27, 2025 | |
| 19063332 | VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE, FLYING VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE, VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM | Honda Motor Co., Ltd. | TRAN, LONG T | 3747 | §101§102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 26, 2025 |
| 19059473 | FASTENING ASSEMBLY | Jentech Precision Industrial Co., Ltd. | SAETHER, FLEMMING | 3675 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 21, 2025 |
| 19056782 | LEFT VENTRICULAR MASS ESTIMATION APPARATUS AND METHOD | National Taiwan University Hospital | WALKER, OLIVIA | 3796 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 19, 2025 |
| 19056763 | JOINT | Honda Motor Co., Ltd. | CHOI, WILLIAM SOON | 3679 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 19, 2025 |
| 19053390 | ENGINEERED STONE | Queen Ceramic Incorporation | OMORI, MARY I | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 13, 2025 | |
| 19051139 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | HTC Corporation | PARK, HYORIM NMN | 2615 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 11, 2025 |
| 19048284 | HEAT PIPE | Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. | MCKINNON, TERRELL L | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 07, 2025 | |
| 19047603 | ONLINE CONFERENCE SYSTEM, ONLINE CONFERENCE CONTROL METHOD, TERMINAL DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE, READABLE MEDIUM | Amtran Technology Co., Ltd. | LONSBERRY, HUNTER B | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 06, 2025 | |
| 19043542 | CONTROL APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | Honda Motor Co., Ltd. | EMMETT, MADISON B | 3658 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 03, 2025 |
| 19032105 | QUERY IMAGE GENERATING DEVICE, QUERY IMAGE GENERATING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM THEREOF | HTC Corporation | DU, HAIXIA | 2611 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 19, 2025 |
| 19026455 | ENERGY STORING DEVICE | Honda Motor Co., Ltd. | ARANT, HARRY E | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 | |
| 19026119 | DATA PROTECTION METHOD, WEARABLE DEVICE AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | HTC Corporation | NGUYEN, DAVID VAN | 2617 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 16, 2025 |
| 19020122 | CONVERTING DEVICE AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF | Omnion Power Technology GmbH | MOODY, KYLE J | 2838 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 14, 2025 |
| 19017787 | METHOD AND AUXILIARY DEVICE FOR COATING WITH ELECTRODE INK | Honda Motor Co., Ltd. | THOMAS, BINU | 1717 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 13, 2025 |
| 19012998 | LOAD DETECTION APPARATUS FOR FUEL CELL STACK | Honda Motor Co., Ltd. | MORELLO, JEAN F | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 08, 2025 | |
| 19004498 | IMAGING ELEMENT CLEANING DEVICE AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME | Industrial Technology Research Institute | BERGNER, ERIN FLANAGAN | 1713 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 30, 2024 |
| 19002616 | HEAT-RELEASE RETARDATIVE COLD CONDUCTION DEVICE WITH MULTI-CAVITY AND MULTI-PHASE CHANGE AND METHOD OF CALCULATING TRANSFER HEAT THEREOF | Cccc First Highway Consultants Co., Ltd. | ARANT, HARRY E | 3763 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 26, 2024 |
| 19001422 | SPATTER DETECTION METHOD | Honda Motor Co., Ltd. | NGUYEN, HOAI AN D | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 25, 2024 | |
| 19000707 | MEMORY TESTING SYSTEM AND MEMORY TESTING METHOD | Nanya Technology Corporation | TRAN, MICHAEL THANH | §102Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 24, 2024 | |
| 19001386 | DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION ALGORITHM SYSTEM, OPERATION METHOD OF THE SAME AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | Industrial Technology Research Institute | SCHAETZLE, KENNEDY | 3796 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 24, 2024 |
| 18991738 | METHOD OF EVALUATING ELECTRODE ACTIVITY | Honda Motor Co., Ltd. | PATEL, PARESH H | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 23, 2024 | |
| 19000580 | POWER CONTROL DEVICE AND POWER CONTROL METHOD | DELTA ELECTRONICS (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD. | CORDOVA RODRIGUEZ, ULARISLAO | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 23, 2024 | |
| 18988850 | FAN ASSEMBLY | Delta Electronics, Inc. | WIEHE, NATHANIEL EDWARD | 3745 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 19, 2024 |
| 18977954 | TRACKING APPARATUS AND METHOD | HTC Corporation | LIU, XIAO | 2664 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 12, 2024 |
| 18974692 | MEMORY CIRCUIT, RESISTIVE NON-VOLATILE MEMORY AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF | Eraytroniks Co., Ltd. | NGUYEN, VIET Q | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 09, 2024 | |
| 18973129 | DEPTH SENSING SYSTEM AND DEPTH SENSING METHOD THEREOF | Himax Technologies Limited | YENTRAPATI, AVINASH | 2672 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 09, 2024 |
| 18967685 | CONNECTING PIECE | Jentech Precision Industrial Co., Ltd. | BINDA, GREGORY JOHN | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 04, 2024 | |
| 18967683 | CONTROL APPARATUS AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | Honda Motor Co., Ltd. | RAYAN, MIHIR K | 2622 | §103 | Final Rejection | 41d | Pending | Dec 04, 2024 |
| 18966144 | METHOD FOR REGENERATING CARBON FIBER BUNDLE AND APPARATUS FOR REGENERATING CARBON FIBER BUNDLE | Honda Motor Co., Ltd. | THROWER, LARRY W | 1754 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 03, 2024 |
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Start Free Trial90.9% of resolved applications prosecuted by Ckc & Partners Co., LLC were allowed, across 10,694 applications in USPTO records.
2.45 office actions per allowed application on average.
344 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 68 clients, before 313 examiners in 120 art units.