Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
52 pending office actions • 1 client • 31 examiners • 20 art units • 0 of 52 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 89 patents granted in the last 365 days
Dority & Manning, P.A. and Seiko Epson has 50 pending office actions in Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics. The profile records 28,426 career applications, so the current workload can be viewed against an extensive historical prosecution record.
The resolved allowance rate is 88.25%, and the average is 3.38 office actions per allowance. The allowance rate describes resolved applications rather than the pending matters, while the office-action average shows that allowance generally followed several examination exchanges. Practitioners handling this docket should distinguish the unresolved workload from the historical resolution pattern and prepare for continued prosecution activity in this technology area.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 15 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. 15 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 | 2 (4%) |
| §103 only | 26 (50%) |
| §102 only | 5 (10%) |
| §112 only | 3 (6%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 16 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LE, BAO-LUAN Q | 7 | 52.3% | +16.4% |
| HOWARD, RYAN D | 5 | 79.6% | +12.7% |
| LAMB II, CHRISTOPHER A | 4 | 72.1% | +12.5% |
| CHOWDHURY, SULTAN U. | 4 | 89.6% | +6.4% |
| OWENS, DANELL L | 4 | 75.9% | +11.2% |
| BROOKS, JERRY L. | 3 | 69.9% | +13.1% |
| FARAGALLA, MICHAEL A | 1 | 85.5% | +8.2% |
| OKEBATO, SAHLU | 1 | 76.3% | +18.4% |
| GYAWALI, BIPIN | 1 | 59.4% | +0.7% |
| PIZIALI, JEFFREY J | 1 | 42.5% | +5.8% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18606005 | LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE AND PROJECTOR | CHOWDHURY, SULTAN U. | 21d |
| 19036449 | CALIBRATION METHOD, SYSTEM, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM | CHOWDHURY, SULTAN U. | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18740930 | PROJECTION OPTICAL APPARATUS AND PROJECTOR | LE, BAO-LUAN Q | 8d |
| 17953388 | DISPLAY METHOD, DISPLAY SYSTEM, AND A NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING A PROGRAM | MEHMOOD, JENNIFER | 26d |
| 19541586 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING DISPLAY APPARATUS AND DISPLAY SYSTEM | FARAGALLA, MICHAEL A | — |
| 19353793 | INTERACTIVE SYSTEM AND INPUT AREA SETTING METHOD | GYAWALI, BIPIN | — |
| 19343657 | CONTROL METHOD AND DISPLAY SYSTEM | PIZIALI, JEFFREY J | — |
| 19220332 | INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD | SATHIRAJU, SRINIVAS | — |
| 19188603 | DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, DISPLAY CONTROL PROGRAM, AND PROJECTOR | PIERORAZIO, MICHAEL | — |
| 19081397 | AUTHORITY MANAGEMENT DEVICE | AHSAN, SYED M | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18358086 | PROJECTION OPTICAL APPARATUS AND PROJECTOR | LE, BAO-LUAN Q | 10d overdue |
| 18740930 | PROJECTION OPTICAL APPARATUS AND PROJECTOR | LE, BAO-LUAN Q | 8d |
| 18358089 | PROJECTION OPTICAL APPARATUS AND PROJECTOR | LE, BAO-LUAN Q | 16d |
| 18621186 | PROJECTOR | HOWARD, RYAN D | 23d |
| 18414776 | PROJECTOR | HOWARD, RYAN D | 70d |
| 18393831 | PROJECTOR | BROOKS, JERRY L. | 84d |
| 18503256 | PROJECTOR | BROOKS, JERRY L. | 84d |
| 19535729 | DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM, AND DISPLAY CONTROL SYSTEM | OKEBATO, SAHLU | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| Epson | 52 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2882 | 26 |
| 2853 | 3 |
| 2625 | 2 |
| 2628 | 2 |
| 2426 | 2 |
| 2664 | 2 |
| 2624 | 1 |
| 2627 | 1 |
| 2622 | 1 |
| 2845 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19541586 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING DISPLAY APPARATUS AND DISPLAY SYSTEM | Seiko Epson Corporation | FARAGALLA, MICHAEL A | 2624 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 17, 2026 |
| 19535729 | DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM, AND DISPLAY CONTROL SYSTEM | Seiko Epson Corporation | OKEBATO, SAHLU | 2625 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 10, 2026 |
| 19353793 | INTERACTIVE SYSTEM AND INPUT AREA SETTING METHOD | Seiko Epson Corporation | GYAWALI, BIPIN | 2625 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 09, 2025 |
| 19343657 | CONTROL METHOD AND DISPLAY SYSTEM | Seiko Epson Corporation | PIZIALI, JEFFREY J | 2628 | §102§103§112Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 29, 2025 |
| 19341445 | CONTROL METHOD AND DISPLAY DEVICE | Seiko Epson Corporation | BUTCHER, BRIAN M | 2627 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 26, 2025 |
| 19220252 | DISPLAY METHOD AND DISPLAY SYSTEM | Seiko Epson Corporation | FOX, JOSEPH PATRICK | 2622 | §102 | Final Rejection | 28d | Pending | May 28, 2025 |
| 19220332 | INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD | Seiko Epson Corporation | SATHIRAJU, SRINIVAS | 2845 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 28, 2025 |
| 19220285 | DISPLAY METHOD AND DISPLAY SYSTEM | Seiko Epson Corporation | ABEBE, SOSINA | 2628 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 28, 2025 |
| 19188623 | PROJECTION METHOD, PROJECTOR, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM | Seiko Epson Corporation | ALATA, YASSIN | 2426 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 24, 2025 |
| 19188603 | DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, DISPLAY CONTROL PROGRAM, AND PROJECTOR | Seiko Epson Corporation | PIERORAZIO, MICHAEL | 2426 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 24, 2025 |
| 19097292 | PROJECTOR | Seiko Epson Corporation | HOWARD, RYAN D | 2882 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 01, 2025 |
| 19087801 | PROJECTION METHOD AND PROJECTION DEVICE | Seiko Epson Corporation | LAMB II, CHRISTOPHER A | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 24, 2025 | |
| 19081397 | AUTHORITY MANAGEMENT DEVICE | Seiko Epson Corporation | AHSAN, SYED M | 2491 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 17, 2025 |
| 19063854 | LIGHT SOURCE APPARATUS AND PROJECTOR | Seiko Epson Corporation | HOWARD, RYAN D | 2882 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 26, 2025 |
| 19044851 | LIQUID EJECTING DEVICE | Seiko Epson Corporation | SHENDEROV, ALEXANDER D | 2853 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 04, 2025 |
| 19044845 | LIQUID EJECTING DEVICE | Seiko Epson Corporation | ZIMMERMANN, JOHN P | 2853 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 04, 2025 |
| 19036449 | CALIBRATION METHOD, SYSTEM, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM | Seiko Epson Corporation | CHOWDHURY, SULTAN U. | 2882 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 24, 2025 |
| 19036484 | PROJECTOR | Seiko Epson Corporation | CHOWDHURY, SULTAN U. | 2882 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 24, 2025 |
| 19036467 | PROJECTOR WITH STAND | Seiko Epson Corporation | OWENS, DANELL L | 2882 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 24, 2025 |
| 19014474 | WAVELENGTH CONVERTING APPARATUS, LIGHT SOURCE APPARATUS, AND PROJECTOR | Seiko Epson Corporation | OWENS, DANELL L | 2882 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 09, 2025 |
| 18979768 | PROJECTOR | Seiko Epson Corporation | LAMB II, CHRISTOPHER A | 2882 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 13, 2024 |
| 18978220 | ILLUMINATOR AND PROJECTOR | Seiko Epson Corporation | LAMB II, CHRISTOPHER A | 2882 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 12, 2024 |
| 18976613 | RECORDING DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD OF RECORDING DEVICE | Seiko Epson Corporation | LEBRON, JANNELLE M | 2853 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 11, 2024 |
| 18926593 | WAVELENGTH CONVERTER, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING WAVELENGTH CONVERTER, LIGHT SOURCE APPARATUS, AND PROJECTOR | Seiko Epson Corporation | HOWARD, RYAN D | 2882 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 25, 2024 |
| 18912650 | PROJECTION METHOD, PROJECTION APPARATUS, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | Seiko Epson Corporation | OWENS, DANELL L | 2882 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 11, 2024 |
| 18906228 | PROJECTOR | Seiko Epson Corporation | LE, BAO-LUAN Q | 2882 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 04, 2024 |
| 18806796 | PROJECTION METHOD, PROJECTOR, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM | Seiko Epson Corporation | CHOWDHURY, SULTAN U. | 2882 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 16, 2024 |
| 18790882 | WAVELENGTH CONVERSION DEVICE, LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE, AND PROJECTOR | Seiko Epson Corporation | CHANG, AUDREY Y | 2872 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 31, 2024 |
| 18759155 | GARMENT FABRIC AND GARMENT FABRIC MANUFACTURING METHOD | Seiko Epson Corporation | SALVATORE, LYNDA | 1789 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 28, 2024 |
| 18740930 | PROJECTION OPTICAL APPARATUS AND PROJECTOR | Seiko Epson Corporation | LE, BAO-LUAN Q | 2882 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 8d | Pending | Jun 12, 2024 |
| 18673606 | PHOSPHOR, WAVELENGTH CONVERSION DEVICE, ILLUMINATION DEVICE, AND PROJECTOR | Seiko Epson Corporation | KOSLOW, CAROL M | 1734 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 24, 2024 |
| 18621186 | PROJECTOR | Seiko Epson Corporation | HOWARD, RYAN D | 2882 | §112 | Final Rejection | 23d | Pending | Mar 29, 2024 |
| 18619812 | DISPLAY METHOD, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM | Seiko Epson Corporation | DEBROW, JAMES J | 2174 | §103 | Final Rejection | 1d overdue | Pending | Mar 28, 2024 |
| 18618440 | PROJECTOR AND CONTROL APPARATUS | Seiko Epson Corporation | LE, BAO-LUAN Q | 2882 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 27, 2024 |
| 18606005 | LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE AND PROJECTOR | Seiko Epson Corporation | CHOWDHURY, SULTAN U. | 2882 | §103 | Final Rejection | 21d | Pending | Mar 15, 2024 |
| 18605278 | PHOSPHOR, WAVELENGTH CONVERSION DEVICE, ILLUMINATION DEVICE, AND PROJECTOR | Seiko Epson Corporation | ANDERSON II, JAMES M | 2425 | §103 | Final Rejection | 4d overdue | Pending | Mar 14, 2024 |
| 18605316 | WAVELENGTH CONVERSION DEVICE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING WAVELENGTH CONVERSION DEVICE, ILLUMINATION DEVICE, AND PROJECTOR | Seiko Epson Corporation | LEE, JONG SUK | 2875 | §103 | Final Rejection | 6d | Pending | Mar 14, 2024 |
| 18414776 | PROJECTOR | Seiko Epson Corporation | HOWARD, RYAN D | 2882 | §103 | Final Rejection | 70d | Pending | Jan 17, 2024 |
| 18393894 | PIXEL SHIFTING DEVICE AND PROJECTOR | Seiko Epson Corporation | LE, BAO-LUAN Q | 2882 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 22, 2023 |
| 18393831 | PROJECTOR | Seiko Epson Corporation | BROOKS, JERRY L. | 2882 | §112 | Non-Final OA | 84d | Pending | Dec 22, 2023 |
| 18503256 | PROJECTOR | Seiko Epson Corporation | BROOKS, JERRY L. | 2882 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 84d | Pending | Nov 07, 2023 |
| 18498237 | METHOD OF OUTPUTTING PATTERN IMAGE, PROJECTOR, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM | Seiko Epson Corporation | THOMAS, SOUMYA | 2664 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 31, 2023 |
| 18454926 | PROJECTOR | Seiko Epson Corporation | BROOKS, JERRY L. | 2882 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 24, 2023 |
| 18365321 | IMAGE DETERMINATION METHOD BASED ON OPERATION INFORMATION | Seiko Epson Corporation | ORR, HENRY W | 2172 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 26d overdue | Pending | Aug 04, 2023 |
| 18358086 | PROJECTION OPTICAL APPARATUS AND PROJECTOR | Seiko Epson Corporation | LE, BAO-LUAN Q | 2882 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 10d overdue | Pending | Jul 25, 2023 |
| 18358089 | PROJECTION OPTICAL APPARATUS AND PROJECTOR | Seiko Epson Corporation | LE, BAO-LUAN Q | 2882 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 16d | Pending | Jul 25, 2023 |
| 18322653 | DISPLAY METHOD AND DISPLAY SYSTEM | Seiko Epson Corporation | MANCINI, EVAN THOMAS | 2855 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 24, 2023 |
| 18192808 | POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT MACHINE, COMPRESSOR, COOLING APPARATUS, AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT | Seiko Epson Corporation | GAYE, SAMBA NMN | 3763 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 28d | Pending | Mar 30, 2023 |
| 18192854 | PROJECTOR AND LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE | Seiko Epson Corporation | OWENS, DANELL L | 2882 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 30, 2023 |
| 17993177 | HEAT DIFFUSER, WAVELENGTH CONVERTER, LIGHT SOURCE APPARATUS, AND PROJECTOR | Seiko Epson Corporation | LAMB II, CHRISTOPHER A | 2882 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 23, 2022 |
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Start Free Trial88.2% of resolved applications prosecuted by Dority & Manning, P.A. And Seiko Epson were allowed, across 28,426 applications in USPTO records.
3.38 office actions per allowed application on average.
52 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 1 client, before 31 examiners in 20 art units.
