Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
363 pending office actions • 171 clients • 345 examiners • 188 art units • 0 of 363 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
HSML P.C. has 367 pending office actions in Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics and 18290 career applications. Its resolved allowance rate is 85.54%, with an average of 2.91 office actions per allowance.
The profile reflects a large historical application base and the largest reported current workload for this practice record. The resolved allowance rate supplies an outcome perspective, while the office-action average describes examination effort per allowance. Practitioners can use these measures to distinguish broad prosecution experience from the immediate operational demands of the pending docket.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 86 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. 86 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 | 3 (1%) |
| §101 + other | 27 (7%) |
| §103 only | 128 (35%) |
| §102 only | 21 (6%) |
| §112 only | 12 (3%) |
| Double-patenting only | 4 (1%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 10 (3%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 157 (43%) |
| No statute on record | 1 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NGUYEN, CUONG B | 3 | 88.3% | +15.3% |
| FORREST, MICHAEL | 3 | 59.6% | +13.7% |
| DOMAN, SHAWN | 2 | 64.9% | +25.9% |
| BOOHER, ADAM W | 2 | 75.5% | +9.1% |
| DUNNING, RYAN S | 2 | 76.0% | +24.2% |
| ROSSI, JULIA ANNE LORRAIN | 2 | 45.7% | +61.3% |
| KRUER, KEVIN R | 2 | 26.6% | +29.5% |
| IJAZ, MUHAMMAD | 2 | 74.3% | +24.5% |
| YUSHINA, GALINA G | 2 | 79.7% | +16.3% |
| BAUER, BRIANNA LEE | 2 | 66.7% | +0.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18506359 | SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME | NGUYEN, CUONG B | 41d |
| 18652315 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE | NGUYEN, CUONG B | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18043419 | COMPOUND FOR INHIBITING MUTANT EGFR AND USE THEREOF | SAMSELL, RILLA MARIE | 118d overdue |
| 18005552 | ORAL CARE AGENT | PETRITSCH, AMANDA MICHELLE | 86d overdue |
| 17906956 | METHOD FOR CREATING MULTIMERIC IgA ANTIBODY, AND MULTISPECIFIC MULTIMERIC IgA ANTIBODY | ROSSI, JULIA ANNE LORRAIN | 60d overdue |
| 18724487 | COMPOSITION FOR FILM FORMATION AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SUBSTRATE | ABU ALI, SHUANGYI | 53d overdue |
| 18698948 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF TRANSFERRING DATA | SWEARINGEN, JEFFREY R | 50d overdue |
| 18042430 | GRAPHENE GRID, METHOD FOR PRODUCING GRAPHENE GRID, AND METHOD FOR ANALYZING STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS TARGET SUBSTANCE | STOFFA, WYATT A | 44d overdue |
| 18043501 | CELL PREPARATION FOR USE IN SUPPRESSING MUSCLE MASS LOSS | GRABER, JAMES J | 37d overdue |
| 18921815 | LIGHT FIELD PROJECTORS AND METHODS FOR REDISTRIBUTING LIGHT DYNAMICALLY TO ACHIEVE A LIGHT FIELD | LAM, NELSON C | 25d 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17906956 | METHOD FOR CREATING MULTIMERIC IgA ANTIBODY, AND MULTISPECIFIC MULTIMERIC IgA ANTIBODY | ROSSI, JULIA ANNE LORRAIN | 60d overdue |
| 18506359 | SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME | NGUYEN, CUONG B | 41d |
| 18480978 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE | NGUYEN, CUONG B | 56d |
| 19089853 | TASK EXECUTION METHOD FOR LARGE MODEL, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | DOMAN, SHAWN | — |
| 18993814 | OPTICAL FILM, OPTICAL EFFECT FILM, EASILY ADHESIVE FILM, OPTICAL MULTILAYER BODY, SURFACE PLATE, IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE, AND POLARIZING PLATE | DUNNING, RYAN S | — |
| 18944920 | OPTICAL LAYERED BODY, POLARIZING PLATE, DISPLAY PANEL, AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE | DUNNING, RYAN S | — |
| 18854146 | AN ORODISPERSIBLE TABLET OF RIVAROXABAN | ROSSI, JULIA ANNE LORRAIN | — |
| 18845268 | COMPOSITION FOR VULCANIZATION BONDING, COMPOSITIONS FOR VULCANIZATION-BONDED LAMINATE, AND LAMINATE OBTAINED FROM SAID COMPOSITIONS | KRUER, KEVIN R | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3785 | 11 |
| 2818 | 11 |
| 2872 | 8 |
| 2812 | 7 |
| 2893 | 7 |
| 1764 | 6 |
| 3791 | 6 |
| 1738 | 6 |
| 1615 | 5 |
| 2857 | 5 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19371695 | PROCESS FOR AUTOMATED HANDLING OF WORKPIECES AND AUTOMATION MODULE | Mg Beteiligungsgesellschaft Mbh | WATTS III, JAMES MILLER | 3657 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 28, 2025 |
| 19350671 | ALUMINOSILICATE-CONTAINING COMPOSITION | Nippon Shokubai Co., Ltd. | LOUGHRAN, RYAN PATRICK | 1731 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 26d | Pending | Oct 06, 2025 |
| 19471925 | PREDICTION SYSTEM, PREDICTION METHOD, AND PROGRAM | Shionogi & Co., Ltd. | TORRICO-LOPEZ, ALAN | 3625 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 02, 2025 |
| 19315416 | A RESPIRATORY OBSTRUCTION REMOVAL DEVICE | Dcstar Inc. | ZHANG, TINA | 3785 | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 29, 2025 |
| 19305514 | PATIENT INTERFACE CUSHION WITH FABRIC | Dcstar Inc. | DIXON, ANNETTE FREDRICKA | 3785 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 19d overdue | Pending | Aug 20, 2025 |
| 19295986 | HINGE FOR AN ORTHOSIS | Plus Meditech Co., Ltd. | MCCARTHY, GINA | 3786 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 11, 2025 |
| 19287985 | GUIDING A ROBOTIC SURGICAL SYSTEM TO PERFORM A SURGICAL PROCEDURE | Ix Innovation LLC | FERNANDEZ, KATHERINE L | 3798 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 01, 2025 |
| 19150642 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VISUAL IMAGE GUIDANCE DURING A MEDICAL PROCEDURE | Katholieke Universiteit Leuven | BRUCE, FAROUK A | 3797 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 24, 2025 |
| 19279218 | SOFT STARTER AND SYSTEM MAINBOARD WITH SOFT-START FUNCTION | Alpha Networks Inc. | PUENTES, DANIEL CALRISSIAN | 2836 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 24, 2025 |
| 19270137 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, SEMICONDUCTOR MODULE, RELAY UNIT, BATTERY UNIT, AND VEHICLE | Rohm Co., Ltd. | PHAM, DUC M | 2836 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 15, 2025 |
| 19251344 | ATTACHMENT FIXTURE | D.O.N Co., Ltd. | BROWN, HELENE CATHERINE | 3793 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 26, 2025 |
| 19246354 | MULTIMODAL INFORMATION INTERACTION METHOD, INTELLIGENT AGENT, DEVICE AND MEDIUM | BEIJING BAIDU NETCOM SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. | LE, HUNG D | 2161 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 23, 2025 |
| 19242010 | METHOD FOR THE OPERATION OF A PNEUMATIC SYSTEM AND PNEUMATIC SYSTEM | Festo SE & Co. Kg | WIBLIN, MATTHEW | 3745 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 18, 2025 |
| 19240973 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR BI-DIRECTIONAL INTEGRATION BETWEEN AN INTRAORAL SCANNER AND A DENTAL LAB | Techco Holdings, Inc. | NAJARIAN, LENA | 3687 | §101§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 17, 2025 |
| 19215936 | AUDIO DEVICE WITH SIDETONE PROCESSING | Gn Hearing A/S | ESCALANTE, OVIDIO | 3992 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 22, 2025 |
| 18998698 | REFLECTIVE TYPE OPTICAL SCALE FOR ENCODER, REFLECTIVE TYPE OPTICAL ENCODER, METHOD FOR PRODUCING REFLECTIVE TYPE OPTICAL SCALE FOR ENCODER, AND MULTI-SURFACE ATTACHING REFLECTIVE TYPE OPTICAL SCALE FOR ENCODER | Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. | PYO, KEVIN K | 2878 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 06, 2025 |
| 19191908 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE | Rohm Co., Ltd. | BERHANE, ADOLF D | Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 28, 2025 | |
| 19119359 | DRIVING MECHANISM AND BLOOD PUMP | Shenzhen Core Medical Technology Co., Ltd. | MORALES, JON ERIC C | 3796 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 08, 2025 |
| 19171883 | TRANSFER ROBOT | Daihen Corporation | MCCLAIN, GERALD | 3652 | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 07, 2025 |
| 19098745 | SEAT | Ts Tech Co., Ltd. | BARFIELD, ANTHONY DERRELL | 3636 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 02, 2025 |
| 19094099 | MICROPHONE ARRAY CALIBRATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, TELEPHONE HEADSET, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT | Merry Electronics (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. | OJO, OYESOLA C | 2695 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 28, 2025 |
| 18833328 | GLASS SUBSTRATE, GLASS LAMINATE, MEMBER FOR DISPLAY DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE, GLASS SUBSTRATE INSPECTION METHOD, AND DISPLAY DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD | Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. | WALSHON, SCOTT R | 1788 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 27, 2025 |
| 19089853 | TASK EXECUTION METHOD FOR LARGE MODEL, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | BEIJING BAIDU NETCOM SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. | DOMAN, SHAWN | 2183 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 25, 2025 |
| 19088692 | ROBOT LAWN MOWER AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF | URSrobot AI Inc. | PEDERSEN, DAVID RUBEN | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 24, 2025 | |
| 19083114 | INTERACTIVE METHOD BASED ON LARGE MODEL, TRAINING METHOD, INTELLIGENT AGENT, DEVICE, AND MEDIUM | BEIJING BAIDU NETCOM SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. | MUELLER, PAUL JOSEPH | 2657 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 18, 2025 |
| 19081850 | VEHICLE SEAT | Ts Tech Co., Ltd. | ABRAHAM, TANIA | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 17, 2025 | |
| 19081891 | POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SUPPLYING POWER IMPLEMENTED BY THE SAME | Lite-On Technology Corp. | JOHNSON, TERRELL S | 2176 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 17, 2025 |
| 19074913 | SUCTION CUP FOR A HANDLING DEVICE | Festo SE & Co. Kg | VARMA, ASHISH K | 3674 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 10, 2025 |
| 18686648 | ENERGY MODULATING DEVICE, PARTICLE BEAM IRRADIATING DEVICE USING THE SAME, PARTICLE BEAM IRRADIATING METHOD, AND PARTICLE-BEAM RADIATION THERAPY PLANNING DEVICE | National Institutes For Quantum Science And Technology | SONG, HOON K | 2884 | §102Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 05, 2025 |
| 19108408 | BEARING RETAINER FOR PUMP AND WET-OPERATION PUMP UNIT HAVING SAME | Shanghai Moons' Electric Co., Ltd. | HAGHIGHIAN, BEHNOUSH | 3745 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 03, 2025 |
| 19108104 | DRIVING MECHANISM AND BLOOD PUMP | Shenzhen Core Medical Technology Co., Ltd. | SOLOMON, JOSHUA BRENDON | 3792 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 28, 2025 |
| 19107452 | USE OF COMPOSITION INCLUDING MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS FOR ALLEVIATING MYELOFIBROSIS | Medical And Pharmaceutical Industry Technology And Development Center | JACKSON III, WALTER | 1638 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 27, 2025 |
| 19106059 | ECO-FRIENDLY TIRE CORD AND TIRE USING SAME | Hs Hyosung Advanced Materials Corporation | FISCHER, JUSTIN R | 1749 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 24, 2025 |
| 19104633 | TEMPERATURE CONTROL SYSTEM FOR MULTI-RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION NEEDLES AND METHOD THEREFOR | Shanghai Maagi Medical Technology Co., Ltd. | SARCENO ROBLES, CHRISTIAN MANUEL | 3794 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 18, 2025 |
| 19103781 | WEARABLE ITEM | Okamoto Corporation | TRIEU, TIMOTHY K | 3732 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 13, 2025 |
| 19101394 | GYPSUM BOARD MANUFACTURING METHOD | Yoshino Gypsum Co., Ltd. | DODDS, SCOTT | 1746 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 05, 2025 |
| 18847156 | CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY HAVING SOLID-STATE COOLING MEDIUM, AND VEHICLE | Jilin Zhong Ying High Technology Co., Ltd. | NGUYEN, CHAU N | 2847 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 21, 2025 |
| 18996478 | METHOD FOR GROWING PLANT USING WATER ABSORBING RESIN, AND WATER ABSORBING RESIN AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME | UNITIKA LTD. | VALENTI, ANDREA M | 3643 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 26d | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 19024638 | POSITIVE TEMPERATURE COEFFICIENT POLYMER COMPOSITION AND CIRCUIT PROTECTION DEVICE | Fuzetec Technology Co., Ltd. | NGUYEN, TRI V | 1764 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 16, 2025 |
| 19022155 | MACHINE TOOL | Schwäbische Werkzeugmaschinen GmbH | WILENSKY, MOSHE K | 3726 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 15, 2025 |
| 19022618 | OPTICAL FILM, AND POLARIZING PLATE, SURFACE PLATE, IMAGE DISPLAY PANEL AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE OPTICAL FILM, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE OPTICAL FILM, AND METHOD FOR SELECTING OPTICAL FILM, AND EVALUATION METHOD OF FINGER PRINT WIPING PROPERTY | Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. | BOOHER, ADAM W | 2872 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 15, 2025 |
| 18838559 | DISTANCE COMPENSATION METHOD FOR OPERATING APPERATUS DURING RELATIVE MOTION OF TWO WORKPIECES | Parcan Nanotech Co., Ltd. | BARAKAT, MOHAMED | 2689 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 14, 2025 |
| 18993814 | OPTICAL FILM, OPTICAL EFFECT FILM, EASILY ADHESIVE FILM, OPTICAL MULTILAYER BODY, SURFACE PLATE, IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE, AND POLARIZING PLATE | Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. | DUNNING, RYAN S | 2872 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 13, 2025 |
| 18993369 | ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE TOKEN TRANSACTION SUPPORT APPARATUS, ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE TOKEN TRANSACTION SUPPORT METHOD, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM | Leaf Publications Co., Ltd. | GIBSON-WYNN, KENNEDY ANNA | 3688 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 10, 2025 |
| 18992442 | MODEL GENERATION METHOD, IMAGE CLASSIFICATION METHOD, CONTROLLER AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | Third Reality, Inc. | OMETZ, DAVID LOUIS | 2672 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 08, 2025 |
| 19014101 | BOUNDARY DEFINING METHOD AND SYSTEM, AND A COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT | URSrobot AI Inc. | PARK, CHANMIN | 3661 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 08, 2025 |
| 18881588 | SULFUR DIOXIDE MIXTURE-FILLED CONTAINER AND SULFUR DIOXIDE COMPOSITION | Sumitomo Seika Chemicals Co., Ltd. | GEHMAN, BRYON P | 3736 | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 06, 2025 |
| 18881677 | LEARNING-BASED PRINTER PAPER POSITIONING METHOD, PRINTING METHOD FOR PRINTER PAPER, AND PRINTER | Shanghai Sunmi Technology Co., Ltd. | GOKHALE, PRASAD V | 3653 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 06, 2025 |
| 18881133 | OPTICAL DEVICE, IMAGE SENSOR, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING OPTICAL DEVICE | Nippon Sheet Glass Company, Limited | COLLINS, DARRYL J | 2872 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 03, 2025 |
| 19008389 | SEAT SYSTEM AND PROGRAM | Ts Tech Co., Ltd. | BLOCH, MICHAEL RYAN | 3791 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 02, 2025 |
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Start Free Trial85.5% of resolved applications prosecuted by Hsml P.C. were allowed, across 18,290 applications in USPTO records.
2.91 office actions per allowed application on average.
363 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 171 clients, before 345 examiners in 188 art units.
