Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Entropy Matters LLC

Technology areas: Communications • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics

7 pending office actions • 1 client • 7 examiners • 7 art units • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

Entropy Matters LLC has 7 pending office actions in Communications and 526 career applications. The data shows an active communications practice with a recorded application base.

The resolved allowance rate is 96.73%, and the average office actions per allowance is 3.13. The outcome measure is high within the recorded portfolio, while the action average indicates that allowance commonly followed multiple examination actions.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Quality Metrics (n=526 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

96.7%
Allowance Rate
n=526
+0.55σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=526
3.1
OAs to Allowance
n=444
+0.02σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=444
1094 days
Time to Allowance
n=444
+1.3pp
Interview Lift
n=526
25.7%
RCE Rate
n=526
9.9%
Appeal Rate
n=526

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

94.8%
§101 Overcome
n=77
89.0%
§102 Overcome
n=136
89.4%
§103 Overcome
n=216
87.5%
§112 Overcome
n=72

Specialization & Scale

G01N, H10P, G06T
Top CPC Subclasses
51%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=526
1
Practitioners
n=526
526.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=526

Portfolio Summary

7
Total Pending OAs
5
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

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.

5
Hard (71%)
2
Medium (29%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (14%)
§103 only2 (29%)
Multi-statute (no §101)4 (57%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
1
Information Tech
14% of docket
3
Communications
43% of docket
3
Semiconductors
43% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% 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.

70 h
Manual time on pending OAs
14 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
24 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
NAH, JONGBONG 1 76.0% +17.5%
YAZBACK, MAHER 1 77.8% +21.2%
ISLAM, PROMOTTO TAJRIAN 1 76.4% +15.1%
SILVA-AVINA, EMMANUEL 1 79.5% +11.3%
TRICE III, WILLIAM CLARENCE 1 82.1% +26.2%
TANINGCO, MARCUS H 1 81.0% +6.6%
LU, QIANG 1 — —

Quick Wins (1)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18358841 PHOTOLUMINESCENCE FOR SEMICONDUCTOR YIELD RELATED APPLICATIONS TANINGCO, MARCUS H —

Hard Cases (5)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
19012641 DYNAMIC RANGE EXTENSION OF OPTICAL SYSTEMS WITH MULTIPLE LOW INTENSITY BEAMS YAZBACK, MAHER —
18959278 ENCODING DESIGN INFORMATION FOR A SPECIMEN FOR RUNTIME USE IN INSPECTION AND OTHER PROCESSES ISLAM, PROMOTTO TAJRIAN —
18907563 SEGMENTATION-BASED CARE AREA SETUP FOR INSPECTION OF A SPECIMEN USING EDGE DETECTION SILVA-AVINA, EMMANUEL —
18404530 IMAGE SENSORS WITH A TUNABLE FLOATING DIFFUSION STRUCTURE TRICE III, WILLIAM CLARENCE —
18334357 PROTECTING DATA SOURCES FROM DIFFERENT ENTITIES FOR SEMICONDUCTOR YIELD RELATED APPLICATIONS LU, QIANG —

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
19051999 VISION FOUNDATION MODEL FOR MULTIMODE IMAGING NAH, JONGBONG —
19012641 DYNAMIC RANGE EXTENSION OF OPTICAL SYSTEMS WITH MULTIPLE LOW INTENSITY BEAMS YAZBACK, MAHER —
18959278 ENCODING DESIGN INFORMATION FOR A SPECIMEN FOR RUNTIME USE IN INSPECTION AND OTHER PROCESSES ISLAM, PROMOTTO TAJRIAN —
18907563 SEGMENTATION-BASED CARE AREA SETUP FOR INSPECTION OF A SPECIMEN USING EDGE DETECTION SILVA-AVINA, EMMANUEL —
18404530 IMAGE SENSORS WITH A TUNABLE FLOATING DIFFUSION STRUCTURE TRICE III, WILLIAM CLARENCE —

Client Portfolio (1 client)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
KLA 7

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
26741
28771
26691
26731
28931
28841
21871

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19051999 VISION FOUNDATION MODEL FOR MULTIMODE IMAGING Kla Corporation NAH, JONGBONG 2674 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Feb 12, 2025
19012641 DYNAMIC RANGE EXTENSION OF OPTICAL SYSTEMS WITH MULTIPLE LOW INTENSITY BEAMS Kla Corporation YAZBACK, MAHER 2877 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 07, 2025
18959278 ENCODING DESIGN INFORMATION FOR A SPECIMEN FOR RUNTIME USE IN INSPECTION AND OTHER PROCESSES Kla Corporation ISLAM, PROMOTTO TAJRIAN 2669 §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 25, 2024
18907563 SEGMENTATION-BASED CARE AREA SETUP FOR INSPECTION OF A SPECIMEN USING EDGE DETECTION Kla Corporation SILVA-AVINA, EMMANUEL 2673 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 06, 2024
18404530 IMAGE SENSORS WITH A TUNABLE FLOATING DIFFUSION STRUCTURE Kla Corporation TRICE III, WILLIAM CLARENCE 2893 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Jan 04, 2024
18358841 PHOTOLUMINESCENCE FOR SEMICONDUCTOR YIELD RELATED APPLICATIONS Kla Corporation TANINGCO, MARCUS H 2884 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 25, 2023
18334357 PROTECTING DATA SOURCES FROM DIFFERENT ENTITIES FOR SEMICONDUCTOR YIELD RELATED APPLICATIONS Kla Corporation LU, QIANG 2187 §101§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 13, 2023

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is Entropy Matters LLC's patent allowance rate?

96.7% of resolved applications prosecuted by Entropy Matters LLC were allowed, across 526 applications in USPTO records.

How many office actions does Entropy Matters LLC average before allowance?

3.13 office actions per allowed application on average.

How many pending office actions does Entropy Matters LLC have?

7 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 1 client, before 7 examiners in 7 art units.

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