Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Crowe & Dunlevy - St

37 pending office actions • 2 clients • 37 examiners • 26 art units • 0 of 37 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 187 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

37
Total Pending OAs
26
Non-Final OAs
8
Final Rejections
3
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

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.

20
Overdue
2
Due this week
10
Due this month
2
Due in next 60 days
2
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

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.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (20)Due ≤ 7 days (2)Due ≤ 30 days (10)Due ≤ 60 days (2)Due later (2)

Case Difficulty Mix

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.

1
Hard (3%)
32
Medium (86%)
4
Easy (11%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (3%)
§103 only28 (76%)
§102 only4 (11%)
§112 only4 (11%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

2
Life Sciences
5% of docket
4
Information Tech
11% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
29
Semiconductors
78% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
5% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

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.

370 h
Manual time on pending OAs
74 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
130 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
3.2 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
AVERY, JEREMIAH L 1 82.9% +15.3%
GOLDEN, ANDREW J 1 42.1% +39.0%
CHANG, DANIEL D 1 91.3% +3.9%
ANDERSON, WILLIAM H 1 85.7% +15.4%
LEE, JYE-JUNE 1 84.9% +2.9%
DEO, DUY VU NGUYEN 1 82.3% +7.0%
FOX, DANIELLE A 1 83.0% +13.4%
LOUIE, HOWARD H 1 82.8% +60.1%
AHMED, SHAHED 1 90.7% +0.2%
KEAGY, ROSE ALYSSA 1 96.7% +6.3%

Quick Wins (9)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18434522 SECURE START OF A PROCESSING DEVICE LOUIE, HOWARD H 72d overdue
18752274 METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR PRODUCTS, SEMICONDUCTOR PRODUCT, DEVICE AND TESTING METHOD ANDERSON, WILLIAM H 19d overdue
18540482 ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT COMPRISING A TRANSISTOR CELL AHMED, SHAHED 11d overdue
18537135 VARIABLE-CAPACITANCE DIODE KEAGY, ROSE ALYSSA 5d
18620041 METHOD FOR MAKING A HIGH ASPECT RATIO TRENCH DEO, DUY VU NGUYEN 6d
18938809 CLOCK SIGNAL DETECTION CIRCUIT, CORRESPONDING ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF OPERATION CHANG, DANIEL D 12d
18678767 VOLTAGE REGULATOR LEE, JYE-JUNE 22d
18613428 METASURFACE BASED FULL STOKES POLARIMETRIC CAMERA WITH SINGLE APERTURE STOP FOX, DANIELLE A 30d

Hard Cases (1)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18358331 Tensor Decomposition Rank Exploration for Neural Network Compression PARK, GRACE A 70d

Interview Candidates (5)

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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18434522 SECURE START OF A PROCESSING DEVICE LOUIE, HOWARD H 72d overdue
18752274 METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR PRODUCTS, SEMICONDUCTOR PRODUCT, DEVICE AND TESTING METHOD ANDERSON, WILLIAM H 19d overdue
18613428 METASURFACE BASED FULL STOKES POLARIMETRIC CAMERA WITH SINGLE APERTURE STOP FOX, DANIELLE A 30d
18943113 METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THERMOELECTRIC GENERATORS GOLDEN, ANDREW J 34d
18953647 AUTHENTICATION METHOD AVERY, JEREMIAH L 69d

Client Portfolio (2 clients)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
STMicroelectronics 35
Deeplite Inc. 2

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
28173
28133
28183
28442
28382
28432
28142
28982
24311
17261

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18953647 AUTHENTICATION METHOD STMicroelectronics AVERY, JEREMIAH L 2431 §103 Non-Final OA 69d Pending Nov 20, 2024
18943113 METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THERMOELECTRIC GENERATORS STMicroelectronics GOLDEN, ANDREW J 1726 §103 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Nov 11, 2024
18938809 CLOCK SIGNAL DETECTION CIRCUIT, CORRESPONDING ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF OPERATION STMicroelectronics CHANG, DANIEL D 2844 §102 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Nov 06, 2024
18752274 METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR PRODUCTS, SEMICONDUCTOR PRODUCT, DEVICE AND TESTING METHOD STMicroelectronics ANDERSON, WILLIAM H 2817 §103 Final Rejection 19d overdue Pending Jun 24, 2024
18678767 VOLTAGE REGULATOR STMicroelectronics LEE, JYE-JUNE 2838 §103 Non-Final OA 22d Pending May 30, 2024
18620041 METHOD FOR MAKING A HIGH ASPECT RATIO TRENCH STMicroelectronics DEO, DUY VU NGUYEN 1713 §103 Non-Final OA 6d Pending Mar 28, 2024
18613428 METASURFACE BASED FULL STOKES POLARIMETRIC CAMERA WITH SINGLE APERTURE STOP STMicroelectronics FOX, DANIELLE A 2884 §103 Non-Final OA 30d Pending Mar 22, 2024
18434522 SECURE START OF A PROCESSING DEVICE STMicroelectronics LOUIE, HOWARD H 2494 §103 Final Rejection 72d overdue Pending Feb 06, 2024
18540482 ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT COMPRISING A TRANSISTOR CELL STMicroelectronics AHMED, SHAHED 2813 §103 Non-Final OA 11d overdue Pending Dec 14, 2023
18537135 VARIABLE-CAPACITANCE DIODE STMicroelectronics KEAGY, ROSE ALYSSA 2818 §112 Non-Final OA 5d Pending Dec 12, 2023
18537473 INTEGRATED CIRCUIT COMPRISING A TEMPERATURE SENSOR STMicroelectronics GIBSON, RANDY W 2855 §103 Non-Final OA 10d overdue Pending Dec 12, 2023
18387627 TRANSISTOR MANUFACTURING METHOD STMicroelectronics CHANG, JAY C 2817 §112 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Nov 07, 2023
18379262 ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT COMPRISING A REFERENCE VOLTAGE CIRCUIT AND A START CHECK CIRCUIT STMicroelectronics SHAW, LAUREN ASHLEY 2838 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 12, 2023
18369583 MEASUREMENT SYSTEM, RELATED INTEGRATED CIRCUIT AND METHOD STMicroelectronics NGUYEN, KHIEM D 2843 §102 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Sep 18, 2023
18244782 ANALOG IN-MEMORY COMPUTATION PROCESSING CIRCUIT USING SEGMENTED MEMORY ARCHITECTURE STMicroelectronics CHO, SUNG IL 2825 §102 Non-Final OA 201d overdue Pending Sep 11, 2023
18243754 AUDIO AMPLIFICATION METHOD AND DEVICE STMicroelectronics NGUYEN, KHANH V 2843 §102 Non-Final OA 42d overdue Pending Sep 08, 2023
18233092 POWER LEADFRAME PACKAGE WITH REDUCED SOLDER VOIDS STMicroelectronics VALENZUELA, PATRICIA D 2812 §103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Aug 11, 2023
18230423 MOSFET TRANSISTOR STMicroelectronics MCCOY, THOMAS WILSON 2814 §103 Non-Final OA 44d overdue Pending Aug 04, 2023
18228898 INTEGRATED CIRCUIT PACKAGE STMicroelectronics INOUSSA, MOULOUCOULAY 2818 §103 Final Rejection 4d overdue Pending Aug 01, 2023
18226409 INTEGRATED CIRCUIT PACKAGE STMicroelectronics FAN, SU JYA 2818 §103 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Jul 26, 2023
18358331 Tensor Decomposition Rank Exploration for Neural Network Compression Deeplite Inc. PARK, GRACE A 2144 §101 Non-Final OA 70d Pending Jul 25, 2023
18224701 METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES, CORRESPONDING SUBSTRATE AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE STMicroelectronics DYKES, LAURA M 2892 §103 Non-Final OA 15d Pending Jul 21, 2023
18224805 METHODS OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES AND CORRESPONDING SEMICONDUCTOR PRODUCTS STMicroelectronics KUSUMAKAR, KAREN M 2897 §103 Final Rejection 23d overdue Pending Jul 21, 2023
18209605 OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICE STMicroelectronics VU, JIMMY T 2844 §103 Non-Final OA 147d overdue Pending Jun 14, 2023
18204009 TRIAC GATE DESIGN FOR COMMUTATION SENSITIVITY TRADE OFF IMPROVEMENT STMicroelectronics AHMAD, KHAJA 2813 §103 Non-Final OA 9d overdue Pending May 31, 2023
18202418 EMBEDDED SILICON NANOSTRUCTURES FOR SHORT-WAVE-INFRARED (SWIR) METAOPTICS IMPLEMENTATION STMicroelectronics MERLIN, JESSICA M 2871 §103 Final Rejection 31d overdue Pending May 26, 2023
18197909 TRANSISTOR STMicroelectronics NICELY, JOSEPH C 2813 §103 Non-Final OA 9d overdue Pending May 16, 2023
18131543 INTEGRATED CIRCUIT INCLUDING A METAL PILLAR IN CONTACT WITH A SILICON REGION ON AN OHMIC COUPLING REGION, AND CORRESPONDING MANUFACTURING METHOD STMicroelectronics ABDELAZIEZ, YASSER A 2898 §103 Non-Final OA 60d overdue Pending Apr 06, 2023
18119026 ELECTRONIC DEVICE STMicroelectronics SHARMA, ADITYA 2847 §103 Non-Final OA 58d overdue Pending Mar 08, 2023
18106908 POLARIZATION SWITCHABLE MULTI-ZONE ILLUMINATION SYSTEM USING A POLARIZATION SWITCHABLE LIGHT SOURCE AND POLARIZATION SENSITIVE OPTIC STMicroelectronics BUI PHO, PASCAL M 3798 §103 Final Rejection 60d overdue Pending Feb 07, 2023
18094775 CHIP CARRIER STMicroelectronics KIM, PAUL D 3729 §103 Non-Final OA 30d Pending Jan 09, 2023
18079610 THICK BONDING PAD STRUCTURE FOR WIRE BOND STRESS REDUCTION STMicroelectronics ONUTA, TIBERIU DAN 2814 §103 Final Rejection 128d overdue Pending Dec 12, 2022
17847679 PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING A VERTICAL CONDUCTION SILICON CARBIDE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND VERTICAL CONDUCTION SILICON CARBIDE ELECTRONIC DEVICE STMicroelectronics ENAD, CHRISTINE A 2811 §103 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Jun 23, 2022
17847824 METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES TO INCLUDE LASER DIRECT STRUCTURED (LDS) ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE LEADS STMicroelectronics CHEN, DAVID Z 2815 §103 Non-Final OA 59d overdue Pending Jun 23, 2022
17845232 PIXEL AND DISPLAY DEVICE STMicroelectronics ADHIKARI DAWADI, BIPANA 2898 §112 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Jun 21, 2022
17839976 ELECTRONIC CHIP STMicroelectronics GOODWIN, DAVID J 2817 §112 Final Rejection 15d Pending Jun 14, 2022
17250928 System and Method for Automated Precision Configuration for Deep Neural Networks Deeplite Inc. TRIEU, EM N 2128 §103 Non-Final OA 147d overdue Pending Mar 29, 2021

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