Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Communications • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
8 pending office actions • 1 client • 8 examiners • 5 art units • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Entropy Matters LLC operates as a patent law firm with a focus on Communications. The firm has managed 523 career applications, indicating a specialized practice in this technical field. It maintains a high resolved allowance rate of 96.72 percent, demonstrating a strong track record of successful patent acquisitions. This performance metric is a key indicator of its effectiveness in the Communications sector. The firm's prosecution history provides a clear data set for prospective clients.
The firm currently handles 9 pending office actions. Its average of 3.14 office actions per allowance reflects the typical level of engagement required with patent examiners. This figure, combined with the 96.72 percent allowance rate, provides a clear picture of the firm's prosecution strategy. Practitioners can use the 523 career applications and the 3.14 average office actions per allowance to evaluate the firm's operational results and prosecution intensity. These statistics offer a transparent view of the firm's work in its primary technology area.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 4 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NAH, JONGBONG | 1 | 75.2% | +17.5% |
| YAZBACK, MAHER | 1 | 76.5% | +23.9% |
| ISLAM, PROMOTTO TAJRIAN | 1 | 77.4% | +13.8% |
| SILVA-AVINA, EMMANUEL | 1 | 80.2% | +9.5% |
| BOYAR, NOAH WILLIAM | 1 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| DHOOGE, DEVIN J | 1 | 71.3% | +31.7% |
| TRICE III, WILLIAM CLARENCE | 1 | 81.8% | +27.2% |
| TANINGCO, MARCUS H | 1 | 81.0% | +6.6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18735144 | COMBINING DEEP LEARNING MODEL HIDDEN LAYER OUTPUT WITH SPECIMEN-SPECIFIC INPUT FOR DEFECT CLASSIFICATION OR ANOTHER SEMICONDUCTOR APPLICATION | BOYAR, NOAH WILLIAM | — |
| 18358841 | PHOTOLUMINESCENCE FOR SEMICONDUCTOR YIELD RELATED APPLICATIONS | TANINGCO, MARCUS H | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due 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 | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due 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 | — |
| 18603002 | DEEP LEARNING MODEL DIAGNOSTICS TOOLS USING STACKED IMAGES | DHOOGE, DEVIN J | — |
| 18404530 | IMAGE SENSORS WITH A TUNABLE FLOATING DIFFUSION STRUCTURE | TRICE III, WILLIAM CLARENCE | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| KLA | 8 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2669 | 2 |
| 2674 | 1 |
| 2677 | 1 |
| 2893 | 1 |
| 2884 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | §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 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 06, 2024 | |
| 18735144 | COMBINING DEEP LEARNING MODEL HIDDEN LAYER OUTPUT WITH SPECIMEN-SPECIFIC INPUT FOR DEFECT CLASSIFICATION OR ANOTHER SEMICONDUCTOR APPLICATION | Kla Corporation | BOYAR, NOAH WILLIAM | 2669 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 05, 2024 |
| 18603002 | DEEP LEARNING MODEL DIAGNOSTICS TOOLS USING STACKED IMAGES | Kla Corporation | DHOOGE, DEVIN J | 2677 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 12, 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 |
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