Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
607 pending office actions • 75 clients • 500 examiners • 186 art units • 51 of 607 (8%) have an AI response strategy ready
HARNESS, DICKEY & PIERCE, P.L.C. handles 95099 career applications, with a focus on Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics. The firm has a resolved allowance rate_pct of 87.62. Prosecution involves an avg_office_actions_per_allowance of 3.17, reflecting a steady and persistent prosecution strategy across a massive volume of filings.
The firm currently has 422 pending office actions. The 87.62 allowance rate across 95099 career applications demonstrates a high level of success in the semiconductor field. The 3.17 office actions per allowance provides a benchmark for the effort required to reach an allowance. For practitioners, these data points highlight a firm with extensive experience and a reliable success rate in navigating the complexities of Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics patent prosecution on a very large scale.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 143 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. 143 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 | 10 (2%) |
| §101 + other | 52 (9%) |
| §103 only | 215 (35%) |
| §102 only | 33 (5%) |
| §112 only | 25 (4%) |
| Double-patenting only | 4 (1%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 8 (1%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 258 (43%) |
| No statute on record | 2 (0%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHEN, KEATH T | 8 | 30.2% | +24.8% |
| MOORE, KARLA A | 7 | 43.1% | +13.7% |
| BENNETT, CHARLEE | 6 | 58.6% | +34.9% |
| ZERVIGON, RUDY | 4 | 66.8% | -5.4% |
| MACARTHUR, SYLVIA | 4 | 65.8% | +25.8% |
| ORTA, LAUREN GRACE | 3 | 75.7% | +27.0% |
| AHMED, SHAMIM | 3 | 78.4% | +22.2% |
| BRYANT, MICHAEL CASEY | 3 | 78.4% | +17.0% |
| MCDONALD, RODNEY GLENN | 3 | 63.6% | +24.4% |
| SWEELY, KURT D | 3 | 52.6% | +34.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17781447 | PRESSURE BATCH COMPENSATION TO STABILIZE CD VARIATION FOR TRIM AND DEPOSITION PROCESSES | ZERVIGON, RUDY | 317d overdue |
| 18497180 | AUTHENTICATION RELAY PROCEDURE FOR PASSIVE IOT | ALMAGHAYREH, KHALID M | 280d overdue |
| 18514693 | PRODUCTION OF AN ARTIFICIAL TURF FIBER WITH A NON-CIRCULAR CLADDING | CHOI, PETER Y | 190d overdue |
| 18176741 | BRAIN FUNCTION DETERMINATION APPARATUS, BRAIN FUNCTION DETERMINATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM | BAVA, JANKI MAHESH | 168d overdue |
| 17631984 | EDGE RING SYSTEMS FOR SUBSTRATE PROCESSING SYSTEMS | MOORE, KARLA A | 150d overdue |
| 18017208 | THIN SHADOW RING FOR LOW-TILT TRENCH ETCHING | FORD, NATHAN K | 99d overdue |
| 18450585 | METHOD AND FACILITY FOR PROVIDING A SET OF CONTROL COMMANDS FOR CONTROLLING A MEDICAL IMAGING SYSTEM | BLANCHETTE, JOSHUA B | 91d overdue |
| 18261860 | MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL PROTOCOL DATA UNIT FORWARDING | LO, DIANE LEE | 81d overdue |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17631984 | EDGE RING SYSTEMS FOR SUBSTRATE PROCESSING SYSTEMS | MOORE, KARLA A | 150d overdue |
| 17790009 | MIXED METAL BASEPLATES FOR IMPROVED THERMAL EXPANSION MATCHING WITH THERMAL OXIDE SPRAYCOAT | MACARTHUR, SYLVIA | 37d overdue |
| 18035200 | PEDESTAL INCLUDING SEAL | CHEN, KEATH T | 3d overdue |
| 18148078 | LIFT PIN UNIT AND UNIT FOR SUPPORTING SUBSTRATE AND SUBSTRATE TREATING APPARATUS | CHEN, KEATH T | 3d overdue |
| 18146693 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TREATING SUBSTRATE | CHEN, KEATH T | 3d overdue |
| 18492149 | SUBSTRATE TREATMENT APPARATUS USING SUPERCRITICAL FLUID | MCDONALD, RODNEY GLENN | 6d |
| 18147473 | SUBSTRATE TREATMENT APPARATUS AND SUBSTRATE TREATMENT METHOD | MOORE, KARLA A | 8d |
| 17979149 | DETECTING UNIT AND SUBSTRATE TREATING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME | MACARTHUR, SYLVIA | 12d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1716 | 32 |
| 1718 | 14 |
| 2898 | 12 |
| 2812 | 11 |
| 2893 | 10 |
| 2897 | 9 |
| 2818 | 9 |
| 2884 | 8 |
| 1714 | 7 |
| 2813 | 6 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19412725 | WORK VEHICLE DIG PREPARATION CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD | Deere & Company | REIDY, SEAN PATRICK | 3663 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 08, 2025 |
| 19472202 | TURBINE BLADE | The University Court of the University of Edinburgh | BUI, ANDREW THANH | 3745 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 03, 2025 |
| 19337229 | DISPLAY PANEL INCLUDING SENSING ELECTRODE AND ELECTRODE OF LIGHT EMITTING ELEMENT ELECTRICALLY SEPARATED BY AT LEAST ONE SEPARATOR AND DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME | Samsung Display Co., Ltd. | LIN, CHUN-NAN | 2629 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 23, 2025 |
| 19285021 | NONVOLATILE MEMORY AND STORAGE DEVICE | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | SAIN, GAUTAM | 2135 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 30, 2025 |
| 19283982 | CONDUIT ACCESS ADAPTOR DEVICES AND METHODS | Joey Mac Inventions LLC | KEE, FANNIE C | 3679 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 15d | Pending | Jul 29, 2025 |
| 19280645 | MEMORY DEVICE HAVING IMPROVED CALCULATION ACCURACY OF OPTIMAL READ LEVEL AND OPERATING METHOD OF THE MEMORY DEVICE | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | SIMONETTI, NICHOLAS J | 2137 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 25, 2025 |
| 19274807 | METHOD OF COMPENSATING FOR DEGENERATION OF ELECTROLUMINESCENT DISPLAY DEVICE AND DISPLAY SYSTEM PERFORMING THE SAME | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | CRAWLEY, KEITH L | 2626 | §102§103§112DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 21, 2025 |
| 19267702 | Method, computer program, controller for a mobile medical apparatus and mobile medical apparatus | Siemens Healthineers AG | YOUNG, TIFFANY P | 3665 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 14, 2025 |
| 19265429 | METHOD OF WIRELESS POWER TRANSFER THROUGH A MEDIUM | Solace Power Inc. | DEBERADINIS, ROBERT L | 2836 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 10, 2025 |
| 19262327 | ARRANGEMENT FOR LUBRICATION | Deere & Company | TRUONG, MINH D | 3654 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 08, 2025 |
| 19262236 | OPERATION METHOD OF UNIVERSAL FLASH STORAGE HOST AND OPERATION METHOD OF UNIVERSAL FLASH STORAGE SYSTEM | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | NGUYEN, THAN VINH | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 08, 2025 | |
| 19246617 | ELECTROSTATIC EDGE RING MOUNTING SYSTEM FOR SUBSTRATE PROCESSING | Lam Research Corporation | PHAM, THAI N | 2844 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 23, 2025 |
| 19232060 | MEMORY DEVICE, MEMORY CONTROLLER, AND MEMORY SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | PINGA, JASON MICHAEL | 2137 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 09, 2025 |
| 19230341 | FIELD EFFECT EMITTER MICROSTRUCTURE HAVING A REDUCED GATE CURRENT | Siemens Healthineers AG | FAYE, MAMADOU | 2884 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 06, 2025 |
| 19214781 | STORAGE DEVICE | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | SADLER, NATHAN | 2139 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 21, 2025 |
| 19213430 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CREATING PASSWORD USING DYNAMICALLY CHANGEABLE REGULAR EXPRESSION | LY CORPORATION | MAYE, AYUB A | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 20, 2025 | |
| 19210015 | DISPLAY DEVICE | Samsung Display Co., Ltd. | FARAGALLA, MICHAEL A | 2624 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 16, 2025 |
| 19203547 | CONNECTOR MODULE, WRITING UNIT, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS | Ricoh Company, Ltd. | BEATTY, ROBERT B | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 09, 2025 | |
| 19202358 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FORMULATING BIDDING STRATEGY BASED ON PHOTOVOLTATIC POWER GENERATION | Hanwha Solutions Corporation | FU, HAO | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 08, 2025 | |
| 19197429 | STORAGE DEVICE AND OPERATING METHOD OF STORAGE DEVICE | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | TABONE JR, JOHN J | 2111 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 02, 2025 |
| 19186801 | COMBINATION OF X-RAY INSTALLATIONS TO FORM AN X-RAY SYSTEM | Siemens Healthineers AG | SONG, HOON K | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 23, 2025 | |
| 19122533 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PARTICLE AND GAS DETECTION | Beamonics AB | AYUB, HINA F | 2877 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 18, 2025 |
| 19170233 | SHEET FOLDER, POST-PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM | Ricoh Company, Ltd. | NICHOLSON III, LESLIE AUGUST | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 04, 2025 | |
| 19090945 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING REVIEW MANAGEMENT SERVICE | Naver Corporation | WHITAKER, ANDREW B | 3628 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 16d | Pending | Mar 26, 2025 |
| 19090531 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CHECKING PLAUSIBILITY OF ANALOG INPUT DATA | Hanwha Solutions Corporation | JOO, JEANU | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 26, 2025 | |
| 19085268 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD | Ricoh Company, Ltd. | HEREDIA OCASIO, ARLENE J | 2852 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 20, 2025 |
| 19112343 | Method for Treating a Geological Formation | Swellfix UK Limited | AHUJA, ANURADHA | 3674 | §103Other | Final Rejection | 4d overdue | Pending | Mar 17, 2025 |
| 19112379 | METHOD FOR TREATING A GEOLOGICAL FORMATION | Swellfix UK Limited | AHUJA, ANURADHA | 3674 | §103 | Final Rejection | 12d | Pending | Mar 17, 2025 |
| 19080648 | OPTIMIZING PROMPT AUGMENTATION | Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy | GURMU, MULUEMEBET | 2163 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 14, 2025 |
| 19079041 | MEDIUM PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM | Ricoh Company, Ltd. | KUMAR, RAKESH | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 13, 2025 | |
| 19111545 | TABBING DEVICE AND TABBING METHOD | Hanwha Solutions Corporation | MALLEY JR., DANIEL PATRICK | 1726 | §112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 13, 2025 |
| 19077235 | ESTIMATING A RATE OF RANDOMLY-OCCURRING COINCIDENCES IN A COUNTING X-RAY DETECTOR | Siemens Healthineers AG | FAYE, MAMADOU | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 12, 2025 | |
| 19076585 | CLOTHING | Relive Co., Ltd. | BRAVO, JOCELYN MARY | 3732 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 11, 2025 |
| 19069580 | BELT DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCORPORATING SAME | Ricoh Company, Ltd. | WONG, JOSEPH S | 2852 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 04, 2025 |
| 19063700 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING DATA FROM A ROTATING PORTION OF A MEDICAL IMAGING DEVICE TO A STATIONARY PORTION OF THE MEDICAL IMAGING DEVICE AND MEDICAL IMAGING FACILITY | Siemens Healthineers AG | GUNBERG, EDWIN C | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 26, 2025 | |
| 19063807 | MEDICAL IMAGING SYSTEM WITH A MAIN RAIL SYSTEM AND A SECURING RAIL SYSTEM | Siemens Healthineers AG | THOMAS, COURTNEY D | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 26, 2025 | |
| 19063638 | X-RAY ROTATING ANODE WITH REDUCED EXTRAFOCAL X-RAY RADIATION | Siemens Healthineers AG | GUNBERG, EDWIN C | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 26, 2025 | |
| 19061336 | DEVELOPING DEVICE, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS | Ricoh Company, Ltd. | AYDIN, SEVAN A | 2852 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 24, 2025 |
| 19061343 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME | Samsung Display Co., Ltd. | LAM, NELSON C | 2627 | §103 | Final Rejection | 2d overdue | Pending | Feb 24, 2025 |
| 19060006 | INSPECTION APPARATUS | Hanwha Solutions Corporation | LUU, THANH X | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 21, 2025 | |
| 19050911 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING USER TERMINAL ON BASIS OF USER TERMINAL BEING POSITIONED IN PRESET CUSTOM AREA | Naver Corporation | MA, MICHELLE HAU | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 11, 2025 | |
| 19046002 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR POWER BASED LOAD MATCHING | Deere & Company | DYER, ANDREW R | 3662 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 05, 2025 |
| 19044838 | METHOD, COMPUTER DEVICE, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM TO CURATE CONTENT ON VARIOUS TOPICS USING CHATBOT | Line Plus Corporation | WAHID, MUSADDIQUE | 2458 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 04, 2025 |
| 19042816 | PEDESTAL THERMAL PROFILE TUNING USING MULTIPLE HEATED ZONES AND THERMAL VOID | Lam Research Corporation | WEDDLE, ALEXANDER MARION | 1712 | §102§103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 31, 2025 |
| 19039264 | COLOR IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS | Ricoh Company, Ltd. | KNIEF, THOMAS RAY | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 28, 2025 | |
| 18998228 | POSITIONING METHOD, TERMINAL, NETWORK-SIDE DEVICE, LMF, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | Datang Mobile Communications Equipment Co., Ltd. | SHEDRICK, CHARLES TERRELL | 2646 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 24, 2025 |
| 19032888 | CAMERA-BASED GUIDANCE FOR NEEDLE INTERVENTION | Siemens Healthineers AG | PARK, PATRICIA JOO YOUNG | 3798 | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | 40d | Pending | Jan 21, 2025 |
| 19032163 | REDUCTION OF ARTIFACTS IN SPECTRAL COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY IMAGE DATA | Siemens Healthineers AG | KAUR, JASPREET | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 20, 2025 | |
| 19021933 | MULTI-OBJECTIVE DESIGN OPTIMIZATION METHOD FOR AUXILIARY RESONANT COMMUTATED POLE INVERTER | Deere & Company | CHAPA MILLS, NICOLAS ALDEN | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 15, 2025 | |
| 19022197 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE | Ricoh Company, Ltd. | LEE, PO HAN | 3623 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 16d | Pending | Jan 15, 2025 |
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Start Free Trial87.6% of resolved applications prosecuted by Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C. were allowed, across 95,099 applications in USPTO records.
3.17 office actions per allowed application on average.
607 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 75 clients, before 500 examiners in 186 art units.