Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
124 pending office actions • 19 clients • 103 examiners • 48 art units • 0 of 124 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 18 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. 18 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 | 1 (1%) |
| §101 + other | 7 (6%) |
| §103 only | 37 (30%) |
| §102 only | 10 (8%) |
| §112 only | 5 (4%) |
| Double-patenting only | 4 (3%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 5 (4%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 54 (44%) |
| No statute on record | 1 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BELOUSOV, ALEXANDER | 6 | 76.6% | +16.3% |
| PARKER, JOHN M | 6 | 92.0% | +0.4% |
| LIN, JOHN | 3 | 60.0% | +8.5% |
| WARD, ERIC A | 2 | 78.3% | +13.3% |
| DIAZ, JOSE R | 2 | 87.0% | +7.9% |
| HOSSAIN, MOAZZAM | 2 | 88.1% | +11.1% |
| KLEIN, JORDAN M | 2 | 85.6% | +7.9% |
| HO, TU TU V | 2 | 93.6% | +5.2% |
| WINTERS, SEAN AYERS | 2 | 88.7% | +17.9% |
| TRAN, TRANG Q | 2 | 81.4% | +7.2% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18357251 | CAVITY IN METAL INTERCONNECT STRUCTURE | PARKER, JOHN M | 3d overdue |
| 18783569 | CAPACITOR DEVICE WITH SELF ALIGNED SPACER | DIAZ, JOSE R | — |
| 18781081 | BACK-SIDE DEEP TRENCH ISOLATION STRUCTURE FOR IMAGE SENSOR | KLEIN, JORDAN M | — |
| 18772364 | CAPPING LAYER OVER FET FERAM TO INCREASE CHARGE MOBILITY | DIAZ, JOSE R | — |
| 18679546 | USING A LINER LAYER TO ENLARGE PROCESS WINDOW FOR A CONTACT VIA | PARKER, JOHN M | — |
| 18645455 | 2D LAYER ON INTERCONNECT CONDUCTIVE STRUCTURE | PARKER, JOHN M | — |
| 18444896 | IMAGE SENSOR AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING IMAGE SENSOR | HOSSAIN, MOAZZAM | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17210938 | INVERTER WITH A HOUSING HAVING A COOLING UNIT | RALIS, STEPHEN J | 175d overdue |
| 17393619 | VIA RAIL SOLUTION FOR HIGH POWER ELECTROMIGRATION | LIN, JOHN | 72d overdue |
| 19027128 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HANDLING DIGITAL CONTENT GOVERNANCE IN AN ORGANIZATION | LE, UYEN T | 30d overdue |
| 17750746 | BOND ROUTING STRUCTURE FOR STACKED WAFERS | SON, ERIKA HEERA | 18d overdue |
| 18170030 | IMAGE SENSOR WITH TRANSISTOR HAVING HIGH RELATIVE PERMITTIVITY | RODRIGUEZ VILLANU, SANDRA MILENA | 8d |
| 18753075 | CROSS-ENTERPRISE DOCUMENT SHARING (XDS) METADATA MORPHING | HAMILTON, MATTHEW L | 16d |
| 18919483 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TWO-DIMENSIONAL ION BEAM PROFILING | LOGIE, MICHAEL J | 34d |
| 18918276 | DEPOSITION MONITOR FOR SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING SYSTEM | MENDOZA, ALEXANDRIA ARELLANO | 42d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18346544 | MULTIPLE WAVELENGTH BAND LIGHT SENSOR DEVICE | BELOUSOV, ALEXANDER | 14d |
| 18395841 | IMAGE SENSORS AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE | WINTERS, SEAN AYERS | 55d |
| 18921069 | FeRAM MFM STRUCTURE WITH SELECTIVE ELECTRODE ETCH | WARD, ERIC A | — |
| 18783538 | HIGH REFLECTANCE ISOLATION STRUCTURE TO INCREASE IMAGE SENSOR PERFORMANCE | BELOUSOV, ALEXANDER | — |
| 18783574 | DIELECTRIC PROTECTION LAYER CONFIGURED TO INCREASE PERFORMANCE OF MEMS DEVICE | HOSSAIN, MOAZZAM | — |
| 18782159 | IMAGE SENSOR AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF | BELOUSOV, ALEXANDER | — |
| 18779305 | DISHING PREVENTION STRUCTURE EMBEDDED IN A GATE ELECTRODE | WARD, ERIC A | — |
| 18778985 | CSI WITH CONTROLLABLE ISOLATION STRUCTURE AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING AND USING THE SAME | BELOUSOV, ALEXANDER | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2818 | 13 |
| 2893 | 13 |
| 2897 | 9 |
| 2899 | 9 |
| 2812 | 8 |
| 2898 | 7 |
| 2815 | 6 |
| 2811 | 4 |
| 2874 | 3 |
| 2813 | 3 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19303520 | AUTOMATIC POOL CLEANING DEVICE AND ITS CONTROLLING METHOD | Aiper Global Pte. Ltd. | ALAM, NAEEM TASLIM | 3668 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 19, 2025 |
| 19243074 | THERMAL BARRIER STRUCTURE IN PHASE CHANGE MATERIAL DEVICE | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. | TAN, DAVE | 2897 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 19, 2025 |
| 19209878 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR RESTORING A STATE OF AN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT | Infineon Technologies AG | JACKSON, JAYLUN ARMAN | 2112 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 16, 2025 |
| 19093485 | DOOR PROTECTION DEVICE | Waspw, LLC | MENEZES, MARCUS | 3634 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 28, 2025 |
| 19089118 | PROTECTION OF AI MODELS | Infineon Technologies AG | SRIRAM, ADITYA | 2491 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 25, 2025 |
| 19073656 | POWER/AREA EFFICIENT ACCELERATION OF PROCESSOR-BASED ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK COMPUTATION | Infineon Technologies AG | SADLER, NATHAN | 2139 | §103DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 07, 2025 |
| 19063918 | LOW-TEMPERATURE VAPORIZER FOR ION IMPLANTER WITH IN-VACUUM CONTROLLED FLOW | Axcelis Technologies, Inc. | CHEN, KEATH T | 1716 | §103 | Final Rejection | 132d overdue | Pending | Feb 26, 2025 |
| 19105161 | FEEDER POLE APPARATUS, METHOD OF USE AND MANUFACTURE THEREOF | Innovative Blasting Technologies Pty Ltd. | CULLER, JILL E | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 20, 2025 | |
| 19058173 | RESOLVING A HARDWARE FAULT OCCURRENCE IN A MULTI-DOMAIN DEVICE | Infineon Technologies AG | RUSIN, KAYO LISA | 2114 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 20, 2025 |
| 19099902 | STORAGE STABLE MICROBIAL COMPOSITION | Lanbiotic GmbH | ROBINSON, HOPE A | 1652 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 30, 2025 |
| 19027128 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HANDLING DIGITAL CONTENT GOVERNANCE IN AN ORGANIZATION | Hyland UK Operations Limited | LE, UYEN T | 2156 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 30d overdue | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 19028479 | PERMISSIONS-CONSTRAINED DYNAMIC FACETING OF SEARCH RESULTS IN A CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM | Hyland UK Operations Limited | WILLOUGHBY, ALICIA M | 2156 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | 33d | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 18981800 | MEMORY CELL WITH UNIPOLAR SELECTORS | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. | LAPPAS, JASON | 2827 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 16, 2024 |
| 18980276 | WAFER ALIGNMENT, CLEANLINESS, AND SURFACE QUALITY VERIFICATION USING LASER LIGHT SCATTERING | Axcelis Technologies, Inc. | STOCK JR, GORDON J | 2877 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 13, 2024 |
| 18969428 | IMAGE SENSOR SCHEME FOR OPTICAL AND ELECTRICAL IMPROVEMENT | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. | SOHN, SEUNG C | 2878 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 05, 2024 |
| 18950296 | APPLICATION OF SECURITY PARAMETERS FOR CONTENT | Hyland UK Operations Limited | CHOY, KA SHAN | 2435 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 18, 2024 |
| 18935391 | MULTI-CHANNEL CONTROL SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING PLURALITY OF SMART WINDOWS | Gooil Solution Co., Ltd. | WILSON, PAISLEY L | 2871 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 01, 2024 |
| 18921069 | FeRAM MFM STRUCTURE WITH SELECTIVE ELECTRODE ETCH | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. | WARD, ERIC A | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 21, 2024 | |
| 18919483 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TWO-DIMENSIONAL ION BEAM PROFILING | Axcelis Technologies, Inc. | LOGIE, MICHAEL J | 2881 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 34d | Pending | Oct 18, 2024 |
| 18918276 | DEPOSITION MONITOR FOR SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING SYSTEM | Axcelis Technologies, Inc. | MENDOZA, ALEXANDRIA ARELLANO | 2877 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 42d | Pending | Oct 17, 2024 |
| 18901408 | MEDICAL ANALYSIS USING SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS AND TRANSFORMER-BASED MODELS | Emory University | HUYNH, VAN D | 2665 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 30, 2024 |
| 18783997 | STOPPER BUMP STRUCTURES FOR MEMS DEVICE | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. | WATTS, JEREMY DANIEL | 2897 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 25, 2024 |
| 18783569 | CAPACITOR DEVICE WITH SELF ALIGNED SPACER | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. | DIAZ, JOSE R | 2815 | §102§103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 25, 2024 |
| 18784638 | NOVEL MIM STRUCTURE | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. | PAGE, STEVEN MITCHELL CHR | 2812 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 25, 2024 |
| 18783538 | HIGH REFLECTANCE ISOLATION STRUCTURE TO INCREASE IMAGE SENSOR PERFORMANCE | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. | BELOUSOV, ALEXANDER | 2818 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 25, 2024 |
| 18783574 | DIELECTRIC PROTECTION LAYER CONFIGURED TO INCREASE PERFORMANCE OF MEMS DEVICE | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. | HOSSAIN, MOAZZAM | 2898 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 25, 2024 |
| 18783824 | BOND PAD WITH ENHANCED RELIABILITY | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. | DIALLO, MAMADOU L | 2897 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 25, 2024 |
| 18784428 | INTERCONNECT STRUCTURE AND METHOD OF FORMING THE SAME | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. | VU, HUNG K | 2897 | §112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 25, 2024 |
| 18783529 | BARRIER STRUCTURE CONFIGURED TO INCREASE PERFORMANCE OF III-V DEVICES | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. | JUNG, MICHAEL YOO LIM | 2817 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 25, 2024 |
| 18782439 | HIGH ASPECT RATIO BOSCH DEEP ETCH | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. | CHAMBLISS, ALONZO | 2897 | §102DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 24, 2024 |
| 18782159 | IMAGE SENSOR AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. | BELOUSOV, ALEXANDER | 2818 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 24, 2024 |
| 18782291 | INTERPOSER FRAME AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. | AU, BAC H | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 24, 2024 | |
| 18780959 | SELECTIVE POLYSILICON GROWTH FOR DEEP TRENCH POLYSILICON ISOLATION STRUCTURE | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. | BRASFIELD, QUINTON A | 2814 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 23, 2024 |
| 18781081 | BACK-SIDE DEEP TRENCH ISOLATION STRUCTURE FOR IMAGE SENSOR | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. | KLEIN, JORDAN M | 2893 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 23, 2024 |
| 18780581 | INTEGRATED CHIP WITH SOLID-STATE POWER STORAGE DEVICE | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. | MOJADDEDI, OMAR F | 2898 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 23, 2024 |
| 18779180 | CLADDING STRUCTURE FOR SEMICONDUCTOR WAVEGUIDE | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. | ENDRESEN, KIRSTEN DANIELA | 2874 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 22, 2024 |
| 18779252 | STILTED PAD STRUCTURE | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. | VU, DAVID | 2818 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 22, 2024 |
| 18779844 | DOPED SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE FOR NIR SENSORS | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. | SARKER-NAG, AKHEE | 2893 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 22, 2024 |
| 18779188 | IMAGE SENSOR WITH DIFFUSION BARRIER STRUCTURE | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. | ROLAND, CHRISTOPHER M | 2893 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 22, 2024 |
| 18779221 | METHOD AND STRUCTURE FOR IMPROVED MEMORY INTEGRITY AT ARRAY BOUNDARIES | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. | LEE, ALVIN LYNGHI | 2813 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 22, 2024 |
| 18779305 | DISHING PREVENTION STRUCTURE EMBEDDED IN A GATE ELECTRODE | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. | WARD, ERIC A | 2891 | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 22, 2024 |
| 18778990 | SPACER SCHEME AND METHOD FOR MRAM | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. | HO, TU TU V | 2818 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 21, 2024 |
| 18778989 | MEMORY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. | MICHAUD, NICHOLAS BRIAN | 2818 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 21, 2024 |
| 18778985 | CSI WITH CONTROLLABLE ISOLATION STRUCTURE AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING AND USING THE SAME | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. | BELOUSOV, ALEXANDER | 2818 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 21, 2024 |
| 18777885 | CONDUCTIVE BOND STRUCTURE TO INCREASE MEMBRANE SENSITIVTY IN MEMS DEVICE | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. | CRITE, ANTONIO B | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 19, 2024 | |
| 18778189 | SONAR SENSOR IN PROCESSING CHAMBER | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. | OH, JAEHWAN | 2899 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 19, 2024 |
| 18777807 | STRAP TECHNOLOGY TO IMPROVE ESD HBM PERFORMANCE | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. | ZHU, SHENG-BAI | 2897 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 19, 2024 |
| 18776416 | 3DIC STRUCTURE FOR HIGH VOLTAGE DEVICE ON A SOI SUBSTRATE | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. | GEBREMARIAM, SAMUEL A | 2811 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 18, 2024 |
| 18774988 | METHOD (AND RELATED APPARATUS) FOR FORMING A RESISTOR OVER A SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. | CHIU, TSZ K | 2898 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 17, 2024 |
| 18775130 | INTEGRATED CHIP WITH INTER-WIRE CAVITIES | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. | CLINTON, EVAN GARRETT | 2899 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 17, 2024 |
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