Technology areas: Communications • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
195 pending office actions • 12 clients • 177 examiners • 83 art units • 2 of 195 (1%) have an AI response strategy ready
F. CHAU & ASSOCIATES, LLC handles Communications matters with 194 pending office actions and 14264 career applications. That application history provides a substantial basis for reviewing the firm’s prosecution activity, while the pending docket identifies a significant current workload.
The resolved allowance rate is 93.55%, and the average is 3.06 office actions per allowance. Together, these figures describe a record in which a high share of resolved matters reached allowance, with prosecution commonly involving multiple office-action exchanges. A prospective client can use the combination to examine both outcome history and expected response effort.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 35 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. 35 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 | 2 (1%) |
| §101 + other | 14 (7%) |
| §103 only | 86 (44%) |
| §102 only | 19 (10%) |
| §112 only | 7 (4%) |
| Double-patenting only | 3 (2%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 2 (1%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 60 (31%) |
| No statute on record | 2 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PHAM, LONG D | 3 | 77.3% | +15.6% |
| YANG, ANDREW GUS | 2 | 69.1% | +7.3% |
| FLORES, ROBERTO W | 2 | 49.8% | +14.0% |
| PIZIALI, JEFFREY J | 2 | 42.5% | +5.8% |
| BUTCHER, BRIAN M | 2 | 77.7% | +14.3% |
| TUNG, DAVID | 2 | 62.6% | +16.5% |
| JOSEPH, DENNIS P | 2 | 49.1% | +17.8% |
| HARRISON, CHANTE E | 2 | 68.9% | +29.2% |
| WU, YANNA | 2 | 81.0% | +34.1% |
| STATZ, BENJAMIN TOM | 2 | 25.0% | +33.3% |
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19203973 | DISPLAY DEVICE | BUTCHER, BRIAN M | 50d overdue |
| 18477670 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DATA CLUSTERING USING MACHINE LEARNING | LE, HUNG D | 15d overdue |
| 18051364 | GENERATIVE GRAPH MODELING FRAMEWORK | BAKER, EZRA JAMES | 4d overdue |
| 18047335 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DATA CORRECTION | PHAM, JESSICA THUY | 4d overdue |
| 17938668 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME | ROBITAILLE, JOHN P | 4d overdue |
| 18462389 | DISPLAY PANEL INCLUDING PIXEL DRIVING TRANSISTOR | WEILAND, ADAM DAVID | 12d |
| 18773274 | PROMPT AUGMENTATION BASED ON ENTITY TAGGING | MASTERS, KRISTEN MICHELLE | 14d |
| 18533509 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODE DISPLAY DEVICE | WOLDEGEORGIS, ERMIAS T | 15d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19203973 | DISPLAY DEVICE | BUTCHER, BRIAN M | 50d overdue |
| 18505063 | INPUT SENSING METHOD AND INPUT SENSING DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME | FLORES, ROBERTO W | 7d |
| 19445978 | INPUT SENSING METHOD AND INPUT SENSING DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME | FLORES, ROBERTO W | — |
| 19401730 | DUAL MODE DISPLAY DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME | PHAM, LONG D | — |
| 19013378 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OPTICALLY COMPENSATING THE SAME | TUNG, DAVID | — |
| 18999375 | DISPLAY DEVICE, METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME | TUNG, DAVID | — |
| 18976631 | DISPLAY DEVICE | JOSEPH, DENNIS P | — |
| 18973021 | TOUCH DRIVER AND DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME | BUTCHER, BRIAN M | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2893 | 10 |
| 2897 | 10 |
| 2621 | 8 |
| 2628 | 7 |
| 2875 | 7 |
| 2623 | 6 |
| 2627 | 6 |
| 3791 | 6 |
| 2622 | 5 |
| 2615 | 5 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18957769 | Untitled | Adobe Inc. | YANG, ANDREW GUS | 2614 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | |
| 18821237 | Untitled | Adobe Inc. | HOANG, PHI | 2619 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | |
| 19445978 | INPUT SENSING METHOD AND INPUT SENSING DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME | Samsung Display Co., Ltd. | FLORES, ROBERTO W | 2621 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 12, 2026 |
| 19428933 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME | Samsung Display Co., Ltd. | NADKARNI, SARVESH J | 2629 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 22, 2025 |
| 19401730 | DUAL MODE DISPLAY DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME | Samsung Display Co., Ltd. | PHAM, LONG D | 2623 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 26, 2025 |
| 19398341 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING AN ORGANJC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY DEVICE | Samsung Display Co., Ltd. | DIAMOND, ALAN D | 3991 | §112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 24, 2025 |
| 19390877 | DISPLAY DEVICE | Samsung Display Co., Ltd. | HALEY, JOSEPH R | 2621 | §103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 17, 2025 |
| 19389325 | SCAN DRIVING CIRCUIT INCLUDING SHARED LOGIC CIRCUIT, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | Samsung Display Co., Ltd. | SHARIFI-TAFRESHI, KOOSHA | 2628 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 14, 2025 |
| 19386414 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND A SENSING SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME | Samsung Display Co., Ltd. | MISHLER, ROBIN J | 2628 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 12, 2025 |
| 19382585 | DISPLAY APPARATUS, METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME | Samsung Display Co., Ltd. | ONYEKABA, AMY | 2628 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 07, 2025 |
| 19374242 | DISPLAY DEVICE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND DRIVING METHOD OF DISPLAY DEVICE | Samsung Display Co., Ltd. | XAVIER, ANTONIO J | 2622 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 30, 2025 |
| 19358839 | DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING A TOUCH SENSING UNIT AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING THE SAME | Samsung Display Co., Ltd. | LIN, HANG | 2626 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 15, 2025 |
| 19336890 | DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING ARBITRARY SHAPE | Samsung Display Co., Ltd. | LAMB, CHRISTOPHER RAY | 2622 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 23, 2025 |
| 19325770 | DISPLAY DEVICE, METHOD OF DRIVING THE DISPLAY DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING THE DISPLAY DEVICE | Samsung Display Co., Ltd. | AZONGHA, SARDIS F | 2627 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 11, 2025 |
| 19262436 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING THE DISPLAY DEVICE | Samsung Display Co., Ltd. | CHATLY, AMIT | 2624 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 08, 2025 |
| 19240426 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME | Samsung Display Co., Ltd. | PIZIALI, JEFFREY J | 2628 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 17, 2025 |
| 19220587 | SCAN DRIVER AND DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | Samsung Display Co., Ltd. | BOGALE, AMEN W | 2628 | §102§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 28, 2025 |
| 19211610 | DISPLAY APPARATUS, METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME | Samsung Display Co., Ltd. | AZARI, SEPEHR | 2621 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 19, 2025 |
| 19206154 | DISPLAY PANEL AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME | Samsung Display Co., Ltd. | EDWARDS, MARK | 2624 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 13, 2025 |
| 19203973 | DISPLAY DEVICE | Samsung Display Co., Ltd. | BUTCHER, BRIAN M | 2627 | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | 50d overdue | Pending | May 09, 2025 |
| 19192782 | DISPLAY DEVICE | Samsung Display Co., Ltd. | ZUBAJLO, JENNIFER L | 2627 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 29, 2025 |
| 19181739 | DISPLAY APPARATUS | Samsung Display Co., Ltd. | SUTEERAWONGSA, JARURAT | 2623 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 17, 2025 |
| 19093773 | DISPLAY DEVICE | Samsung Display Co., Ltd. | SNYDER, ADAM J | 2623 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 28, 2025 |
| 19092473 | DISPLAY PANEL AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME | Samsung Display Co., Ltd. | SUBEDI, DEEPROSE D | 2627 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 27, 2025 |
| 19090544 | ADAPTIVE TOKEN COMPRESSION RATIOS FOR EFFICIENT TRANSFORMERS | Adobe Inc. | SAJOUS, WESNER | 2612 | §101§102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 26, 2025 |
| 19071954 | IMPROVED TEXT RENDERING IN GENERATED IMAGES | Adobe Inc. | YANG, ANDREW GUS | 2614 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 06, 2025 |
| 19106662 | METHOD OF CREATING EMBEDDED COMPONENTS ON AN ANTENNA SUBSTRATE AND ANTENNA APPARATUS FORMED WITH SAME | Viasat, Inc. | WAHEED, NAZRA NUR | 3648 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 26, 2025 |
| 19013378 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OPTICALLY COMPENSATING THE SAME | Samsung Display Co., Ltd. | TUNG, DAVID | 2622 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 08, 2025 |
| 19004827 | DISPLAY MODULE | Samsung Display Co., Ltd. | CHOWDHURY, ROCKSHANA D | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 30, 2024 | |
| 19004613 | DISPLAY APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME AND A METHOD OF DRIVING A DISPLAY PANEL USING THE SAME | Samsung Display Co., Ltd. | ELNAFIA, SAIFELDIN E | 2625 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 30, 2024 |
| 18999375 | DISPLAY DEVICE, METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME | Samsung Display Co., Ltd. | TUNG, DAVID | 2622 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 23, 2024 |
| 18989513 | MEMORY DEVICE USING COMPRESSED ZONES AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | WESTBROOK, MICHAEL L | 2139 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | AI Ready | Dec 20, 2024 |
| 18981343 | MASK MANUFACTURING DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF MASK USING THE SAME | Samsung Display Co., Ltd. | KURPLE, KARL | 1717 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 13, 2024 |
| 18977412 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME | Samsung Display Co., Ltd. | PIZIALI, JEFFREY J | 2628 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 11, 2024 |
| 18976631 | DISPLAY DEVICE | Samsung Display Co., Ltd. | JOSEPH, DENNIS P | 2621 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 11, 2024 |
| 18973021 | TOUCH DRIVER AND DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME | Samsung Display Co., Ltd. | BUTCHER, BRIAN M | 2627 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 08, 2024 |
| 18969749 | PROCESSING-IN-MEMORY (PIM) DEVICE AND OPERATING METHOD OF PIM DEVICE | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | ALLI, KASIM A | 2183 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 05, 2024 |
| 18968536 | DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING BIOMETRIC INFORMATION MEASUREMENT AREAS | Samsung Display Co., Ltd. | BROWN, HELENE CATHERINE | 3797 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 04, 2024 |
| 18958842 | STYLE KITS GENERATION AND CUSTOMIZATION | Adobe Inc. | GOCO, JOHN PATRICK | 2611 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 25, 2024 |
| 18958493 | SELF-IMPROVING DIFFUSION MODELS WITH SYNTHETIC DATA | Adobe Inc. | HARRISON, CHANTE E | 2615 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 25, 2024 |
| 18957772 | SUBJECT DRIVEN IMAGE EDITING | Adobe Inc. | GE, JIN | 2619 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 24, 2024 |
| 18957817 | MASKED LATENT DECODER FOR IMAGE INPAINTING | Adobe Inc. | BARHAM, RYAN ALLEN | 2613 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 24, 2024 |
| 18956138 | JOINT INTRINSIC LAYERS FROM LATENT DIFFUSION MODELS | Adobe Inc. | WU, YANNA | 2615 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 22, 2024 |
| 18954880 | DUAL CROP SAMPLING FOR GENERATIVE INPAINTING | Adobe Inc. | HELCO, NICHOLAS JOHN | 2667 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 21, 2024 |
| 18954701 | GLASS PROCESSING METHOD AND GLASS PROCESSING DEVICE OF PERFORMING THE SAME | Samsung Display Co., Ltd. | HERRING, LISA L | 1741 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 21, 2024 |
| 18950718 | ATTENTION CONTRAST-AND-COMPLETE FOR INITIAL NOISE OPTIMIZATION IN TEXT-TO-IMAGE SYNTHESIS | Adobe Inc. | BROWN, SHEREE N | 2612 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 18, 2024 |
| 18947407 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RELIGHTED IMAGE GENERATION | Adobe Inc. | WELCH, DAVID T | 2613 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 14, 2024 |
| 18948089 | CONTROLLING DEPTH SENSITIVITY IN CONDITIONAL TEXT-TO-IMAGE | Adobe Inc. | MARCELINO HERNAND, JASMIN | 2676 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 14, 2024 |
| 18944179 | DISPLAY DEVICE | ULSAN NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY | KING, MONICA C | 2844 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 71d | Pending | Nov 12, 2024 |
| 18938404 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ADHESIVE MEMBER, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME, AND DISPLAY DEVICE MANUFACTURED BY THE METHOD OF MANUFACTURING DISPLAY DEVICE | Samsung Display Co., Ltd. | GRUSBY, REBECCA LYNN | 1746 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 06, 2024 |
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Start Free Trial93.5% of resolved applications prosecuted by F. Chau & Associates, LLC were allowed, across 14,264 applications in USPTO records.
3.06 office actions per allowed application on average.
195 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 12 clients, before 177 examiners in 83 art units.
