Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
470 pending office actions • 103 clients • 387 examiners • 190 art units • 0 of 470 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 108 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. 108 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 | 26 (6%) |
| §101 + other | 65 (14%) |
| §103 only | 144 (31%) |
| §102 only | 26 (6%) |
| §112 only | 13 (3%) |
| Double-patenting only | 15 (3%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 19 (4%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 156 (33%) |
| No statute on record | 6 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DAVIS, CHENEA | 6 | 72.4% | +16.2% |
| KOO, LAMONT B | 6 | 80.6% | +5.2% |
| SPALLA, DAVID C | 4 | 84.5% | +4.7% |
| JEFFERSON, QUOVAUNDA | 4 | 79.4% | +8.7% |
| YI, CHANGHYUN | 4 | 93.9% | +4.3% |
| KIM, TONG-HO | 4 | 95.3% | +0.7% |
| LEE, CHEUNG | 4 | 92.2% | +4.2% |
| NGUYEN, DAO H | 4 | 91.4% | +5.7% |
| SEOL, DAVIN | 3 | 67.6% | +16.0% |
| HULL, JAMES B | 3 | 45.4% | +52.4% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18361569 | BENT FIN DEVICES | KOO, LAMONT B | 10d overdue |
| 18474606 | THROUGH SILICON VIA WITH TEXTURED STRUCTURE AND FOOTING FEATURES | NGUYEN, DAO H | 46d |
| 18786797 | FIELD-EFFECT TRANSISTOR DEVICE WITH GATE SPACER STRUCTURE | SPALLA, DAVID C | — |
| 18787838 | BACKSIDE POWER RAIL AND METHODS OF FORMING THE SAME | YI, CHANGHYUN | — |
| 18787005 | POST-FORMATION MENDS OF DIELECTRIC FEATURES | SPALLA, DAVID C | — |
| 18783563 | Integrated Hybrid Standard Cell Structure with Gate-All-Around Device | KIM, TONG-HO | — |
| 18784531 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE WITH S/D BOTTOM ISOLATION AND METHODS OF FORMING THE SAME | LEE, CHEUNG | — |
| 18782962 | HYBRID SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE | YI, CHANGHYUN | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17710934 | PARTNER FEE RECOMMENDATION SERVICE | LEE, PO HAN | 182d overdue |
| 18191757 | MEASURING SYSTEM FOR A CONSTRUCTION AND WORK MACHINE | RAYNAL, ASHLEY BROWN | 86d overdue |
| 17884064 | SYSTEM SECURITY | AVERY, JEREMIAH L | 78d overdue |
| 19028925 | Systems And Methods For Monitoring And Controlling Tank Pressure And Related Componentry | BUTCHER, CAROLINE N | 52d overdue |
| 16687554 | INTELLIGENT POPULATION OF INTERFACE ELEMENTS FOR CONVERTING TRANSACTIONS | PINSKY, DOUGLAS W | 46d overdue |
| 18643916 | PUMP WASHOUT DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM | FINK, THOMAS ANDREW | 45d overdue |
| 18148979 | PROVIDING APPLICATION NOTIFICATION FOR COMPUTING APPLICATION LIMITATIONS | BORLINGHAUS, JASON M | 42d overdue |
| 18781018 | Metal Contacts on Metal Gates and Methods Thereof | CULBERT, CHRISTOPHER A | 36d 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18439717 | AUTONOMOUS AND ASSISTED DOCKING SYSTEMS AND METHODS | SEOL, DAVIN | 23d |
| 18766103 | CREATION OF CHANNELS USING PRE-ENCODED MEDIA ASSETS | DAVIS, CHENEA | 41d |
| 19447185 | PUBLISHING DISPARATE LIVE MEDIA OUTPUT STREAMS USING LIVE INPUT STREAMS | DAVIS, CHENEA | — |
| 19029425 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING A PRE-ENCODED MEDIA ASSET FOR IMMEDIATE PLAYBACK | DAVIS, CHENEA | — |
| 19031242 | AUTONOMOUS AND ASSISTED DOCKING SYSTEMS AND METHODS | SEOL, DAVIN | — |
| 19030469 | PUBLISHING A DISPARATE PER-CLIENT LIVE MEDIA OUTPUT STREAM BASED ON DYNAMIC INSERTION OF TARGETED NON-PROGRAMMING CONTENT AND CUSTOMIZED PROGRAMMING CONTENT | DAVIS, CHENEA | — |
| 19030491 | DYNAMIC PLAYOUT BUFFER FOR DISPARATE LIVE MEDIA OUTPUT STREAM | DAVIS, CHENEA | — |
| 19031263 | COLLISION AVOIDANCE SYSTEMS AND METHODS | SEOL, DAVIN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2812 | 22 |
| 2898 | 22 |
| 2893 | 17 |
| 2897 | 17 |
| 2818 | 15 |
| 3715 | 13 |
| 2817 | 13 |
| 2899 | 12 |
| 3797 | 10 |
| 2811 | 8 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19391033 | Untitled | Salesforce, Inc. | TRAN, JENNY NGAN | 2615 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | |
| 19538693 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS RELATED TO ELONGATE DEVICES | Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. | TALTY, MARIA CHRISTINA | 3797 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 12, 2026 |
| 19447185 | PUBLISHING DISPARATE LIVE MEDIA OUTPUT STREAMS USING LIVE INPUT STREAMS | Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. | DAVIS, CHENEA | 2421 | §101§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 13, 2026 |
| 19418339 | HEALTH ADHERENCE SYSTEM WITH LABELING | Endurance Unlimited Inc. | BURGESS, JOSEPH D | 3685 | §101§102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 12, 2025 |
| 19410178 | DOWNHOLE IMAGING DEVICE FOR A PERFORATING GUN STRING | Oso Perforating, LLC | CARROLL, DAVID P. | 3674 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 05, 2025 |
| 19400887 | Container Treatment System With Component Receptacle | Krones AG | SEIF, DARIUSH | 3731 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 25, 2025 |
| 19395631 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REGISTERING ELONGATE DEVICES TO THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGES IN IMAGE-GUIDED PROCEDURES | Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. | PEHLKE, CAROLYN A | 3799 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 20, 2025 |
| 19393131 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR UPDATING A TARGET LOCATION USING INTRAOPERATIVE IMAGE DATA | Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. | REMALY, MARK DONALD | 3797 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 18, 2025 |
| 19387436 | TOKEN SERVICE PROVIDER FOR ELECTRONIC/MOBILE COMMERCE TRANSACTIONS | Paypal, Inc. | FENSTERMACHER, JASON B | 3698 | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 12, 2025 |
| 19334596 | QUBIT ADJUSTMENT | Oxford Quantum Circuits Limited | COX, CASSANDRA F | 2836 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 19, 2025 |
| 19305672 | System and Method for Creating and Delivering Digital Media Assets | Adhawk AI, Inc. | CIRNU, ALEXANDRU | 3622 | §101 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 20, 2025 |
| 19295951 | MULTI-PARTY COMPUTATION IN A COMPUTER SHARDING ENVIRONMENT | Paypal, Inc. | LOZA, JANICE JOMARIE | 3698 | §101§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 11, 2025 |
| 19286970 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. | RAMIREZ, ALEXANDRE XAVIER | 2812 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 31, 2025 |
| 19277090 | CATHETERS WITH CONTROL MODES FOR INTERCHANGEABLE PROBES | Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. | ALDARRAJI, ZAINAB MOHAMMED | 3797 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 22, 2025 |
| 19274149 | Dynamic Cached Point of Interest Object Databases with Content Based on Mobile Device Location and/or User Interests | Yellcast, Inc. | SHECHTMAN, CHERYL MARIA | 2164 | §101§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 18, 2025 |
| 19270064 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATICALLY GENERATING AN ANATOMICAL BOUNDARY | Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. | CELESTINE, NYROBI I | 3798 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 15, 2025 |
| 19266513 | HYBRID ELECTRIC TRANSMISSION WITH SUPERCAPACITOR | Iny LLC | MACARTHUR, VICTOR L | 3618 | §112 | Final Rejection | 28d overdue | Pending | Jul 11, 2025 |
| 19264599 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SPECULAR REFLECTION DETECTION AND REDUCTION | Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. | SHENG, CHAO | 3797 | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 09, 2025 |
| 19248595 | DISPARATE LIVE MEDIA OUTPUT STREAM PLAYOUT AND BROADCAST DISTRIBUTION | Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. | KIM, WILLIAM JW | 2409 | §101§102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 25, 2025 |
| 19239816 | ANTI-CD19 ANTIBODIES AND CAR-T STRUCTURES | Teneobio, Inc. | WEIDNER, ADAM M | 1675 | §112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 16, 2025 |
| 19237476 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PARAMETER ENSEMBLING FOR REDUCING HALLUCINATION IN ABSTRACTIVE SUMMARIZATION | Salesforce, Inc. | MEIS, JON CHRISTOPHER | 2654 | §101§102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 13, 2025 |
| 19228941 | PERIANAL SUPPORT DEVICE WITH FLEXIBLE SIDE SUPPORTS | Stetrix, Inc. | MOK, ANDREW JUN-WAI | 3786 | §102 | Final Rejection | 5d | Pending | Jun 05, 2025 |
| 19228597 | POOL GUARDIAN AND SURVEILLANCE SAFETY SYSTEMS AND METHODS | Kourai Inc. | POINT, RUFUS C | 2685 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 04, 2025 |
| 19227142 | FRICTION-FIT IMPLANTABLE DEVICES AND ASSEMBLIES | Orthofix US LLC | HAMMOND, ELLEN CHRISTINA | 3773 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 03, 2025 |
| 19222818 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SYNTHETIC PRIVATE DATA GENERATION FOR RETRIEVAL AUGMENTED GENERATION | Salesforce, Inc. | WONG, HUEN | 2168 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 29, 2025 |
| 19201545 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING A HYDRATION CONDITION OF A FLEXBILE ELONGATED DEVICE | Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. | BARKER, DAYTON HYUN JIN | 3795 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 07, 2025 |
| 19199860 | CONFIGURATION-AWARE MICRO-DATABASE CACHES | Paypal, Inc. | NGUYEN, THU N | 2154 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 06, 2025 |
| 19199707 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FACILITATING ELECTRONIC FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS DURING A COMMUNICATION SESSION | Paypal, Inc. | HAMILTON, SARA CHANDLER | 3691 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 06, 2025 |
| 19183181 | HEALTH ADHERENCE SYSTEM | Endurance Unlimited Inc. | KHATTAR, RAJESH | 3684 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 18, 2025 |
| 19183526 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR UNIFIED VISION-LANGUAGE UNDERSTANDING AND GENERATION | Salesforce, Inc. | SOHRABY, PARDIS | 2664 | §112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 18, 2025 |
| 19178560 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MAKING CONTENT-BASED RECOMMENDATIONS USING A USER PROFILE LIKELIHOOD MODEL | Paypal, Inc. | GARG, YOGESH C | 3688 | §101Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 14, 2025 |
| 19178271 | UNIVERSAL ROLLER BRACKET FOR A MOVABLE BARRIER | Overhead Door Corporation | SHABLACK, JOHNNIE A | 3634 | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 14, 2025 |
| 19175519 | ORDER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM WITH SYNCHRONIZED MULTIPLE PNR CAPABILITY | Sabre Glbl Inc. | MOLNAR, HUNTER A | 3628 | §101§102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 10, 2025 |
| 19175424 | SOCIAL NETWORK PAYMENT SYSTEM | Paypal, Inc. | GARCIA MIZE, KARLYANNIE MARIE | 3698 | §101§103§112 | Final Rejection | 36d | Pending | Apr 10, 2025 |
| 19175729 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ARRANGING CHANNELS OF AN ELONGATE FLEXIBLE DEVICE | Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. | NGUYEN, TUAN VAN | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 10, 2025 | |
| 19172540 | EDGE CLOUD CACHING USING REAL-TIME CUSTOMER JOURNEY INSIGHTS | Paypal, Inc. | KHANAL, SANDARVA | 2453 | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 07, 2025 |
| 19171032 | DYNAMIC GRAPH DATA QUERY ENGINE | Paypal, Inc. | NGUYEN, THU N | 2154 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 04, 2025 |
| 19169780 | MOBILE SAND SLURRY DELIVERY SYSTEM | Proppant Express Solutions, LLC | SAYRE, JAMES G | 3676 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 03, 2025 |
| 19088632 | CAMERA ALIGNMENT USING REFERENCE IMAGE FOR ASSET INSPECTION SYSTEMS AND METHODS | Flir Systems AB | BHUIYAN, FAYEZ A | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 24, 2025 | |
| 19086725 | BRIDGING WITH WEB MANAGER ACCESS | Lantronix, Inc. | NGUYEN, HAO HONG | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 21, 2025 | |
| 19085878 | WEAR MEMBER ASSEMBLY FOR A MATERIAL DISPLACEMENT APPARATUS | Hensley Industries, Inc. | MCCLAIN, GERALD | 3652 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 20, 2025 |
| 19085324 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE EVALUATOR OF GENERATIVE MODELS | Salesforce, Inc. | SHIN, SEONG-AH A | 2659 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 20, 2025 |
| 19083988 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PREDICTING AND PROVIDING AUTOMATED ONLINE CHAT ASSISTANCE | Paypal, Inc. | TANG, KAREN C | 2447 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 19, 2025 |
| 19083278 | BAR GUN | Taprite Micro Matic, Inc. | CARROLL, JEREMY W | 3754 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 18, 2025 |
| 19110701 | IMAGING SYSTEM WITH NEEDLE ALIGNED TO FIELD OF VIEW | Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. | STARKEY, OLIVIA GRACE | 3795 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 11, 2025 |
| 19072812 | Dynamic Locally Cached Point of Interest Object Databases with Content Based on Mobile Device Location and/or User Interests | Yellcast, Inc. | SHECHTMAN, CHERYL MARIA | 2164 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | 23d overdue | Pending | Mar 06, 2025 |
| 19064448 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR NAVIGATING HIDDEN ANATOMIC PASSAGEWAYS | Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. | PEHLKE, CAROLYN A | 3799 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 39d | Pending | Feb 26, 2025 |
| 19056353 | FREE-FORM, AUTOMATICALLY-GENERATED CONVERSATIONAL GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES | Paypal, Inc. | HUSSAIN, IMAD | 2453 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 18, 2025 |
| 19050991 | MACHINE LEARNING ENABLED LOCALIZATION OF FOVEAL CENTER IN SPECTRAL DOMAIN OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY VOLUME SCANS | Hoffmann-La Roche, Inc. | HUYNH, VAN D | 2665 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 11, 2025 |
| 19049617 | PASSIVE RETROREFLECTION COUNTERMEASURES BY A DIFFRACTION GRATING AT THE IMAGE PLANE | Qioptiq Limited | JEBARI, MOHAMMED | 2482 | §103 | Final Rejection | 11d overdue | Pending | Feb 10, 2025 |
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