Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Intellectual Valley Law, P.C.

Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics

21 pending office actions • 5 clients • 19 examiners • 15 art units • 0 of 21 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

Intellectual Valley Law, P.C. has 18 pending office actions in Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics and a career record of 1085 applications. The data places an active docket within a substantial prosecution history.

The resolved allowance rate is 96.33%, and the average is 2.15 office actions per allowance. Practitioners can use the rate to examine resolved outcomes and the average to assess examination activity associated with allowed matters.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Quality Metrics (n=1085 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

96.3%
Allowance Rate
n=1085
+0.60σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=1085
2.2
OAs to Allowance
n=841
-0.64σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=841
874 days
Time to Allowance
n=841
+3.6pp
Interview Lift
n=1085
12.6%
RCE Rate
n=1085
0.2%
Appeal Rate
n=1085

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

57.1%
§101 Overcome
n=42
87.9%
§102 Overcome
n=446
86.8%
§103 Overcome
n=604
84.3%
§112 Overcome
n=267

Specialization & Scale

H10K, G09G, G06F
Top CPC Subclasses
38%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=1085
1
Practitioners
n=1085
1085.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=1085

Portfolio Summary

21
Total Pending OAs
13
Non-Final OAs
7
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

1
Overdue
1
Due this week
1
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

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. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (1)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (1)

Case Difficulty Mix

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.

11
Hard (52%)
8
Medium (38%)
2
Easy (10%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (5%)
§101 + other2 (10%)
§103 only5 (24%)
§102 only3 (14%)
§112 only2 (10%)
Multi-statute (no §101)8 (38%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
2
Information Tech
10% of docket
3
Communications
14% of docket
14
Semiconductors
67% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
5% of docket
1
Business / Other
5% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

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.

210 h
Manual time on pending OAs
42 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
74 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.8 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
KHOO, STACY 2 82.1% +14.2%
KIM, TONG-HO 2 95.3% +0.7%
NGUYEN, KIM T 1 87.3% +8.3%
NGUYEN, TUAN DUC 1 82.9% +16.7%
WERONSKI, MATTHEW S 1 9.4% +20.3%
BREVAL, ELMITO 1 76.8% +10.7%
RAHMAN, MOHAMMAD A 1 87.2% +10.6%
PRASAD, NEIL R 1 85.5% +9.6%
MERCADO, ALEXANDER A 1 69.4% +19.7%
HO, TU TU V 1 93.6% +5.2%

Quick Wins (4)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19323301 DISPLAY PANEL KHOO, STACY —
18729121 ARRAY SUBSTRATE AND DISPLAY APPARATUS RAHMAN, MOHAMMAD A —
18747462 SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGING STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR FORMING THE SAME KIM, TONG-HO —
18690054 DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF FABRICATING DISPLAY APPARATUS HO, TU TU V —

Hard Cases (11)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
19115984 COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD OF DISTRIBUTED ADMINISTRATION OF A LOCK, APPRATUS FOR DISTRIBUTED ADMINISTRATION OF A LOCK, AND COMPUTER-PROGRAM PRODUCT NGUYEN, KIM T —
19084582 CLOCK GENERATION CIRCUIT AND MEMORY NGUYEN, TUAN DUC —
19037123 PIXEL DRIVING CIRCUIT, DISPLAY PANEL, METHOD OF DRIVING DISPLAY PANEL KHOO, STACY —
18861397 COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD, APPARATUS FOR MANAGING PRODUCTION OF ONE OR MORE PRODUCTS, AND COMPUTER-PROGRAM PRODUCT WERONSKI, MATTHEW S —
18727155 DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY APPARATUS KIM, TONG-HO —
17790457 IMAGING SYSTEM HAVING MICROLENS AND PHOTO-ELECTRIC DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD PRASAD, NEIL R —
18699668 SENSOR CHIP MERCADO, ALEXANDER A —
18293908 COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD, APPARATUS, COMPUTER-PROGRAM PRODUCT HOANG, AMY P —

Interview Candidates (7)

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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19323301 DISPLAY PANEL KHOO, STACY —
19084582 CLOCK GENERATION CIRCUIT AND MEMORY NGUYEN, TUAN DUC —
19037123 PIXEL DRIVING CIRCUIT, DISPLAY PANEL, METHOD OF DRIVING DISPLAY PANEL KHOO, STACY —
18861397 COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD, APPARATUS FOR MANAGING PRODUCTION OF ONE OR MORE PRODUCTS, AND COMPUTER-PROGRAM PRODUCT WERONSKI, MATTHEW S —
18729115 LIGHT EMITTING SUBSTRATE, DISPLAY APPARATUS, SPLICING SCREEEN DISPLAY APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF OPERATING DISPLAY APPARATUS BREVAL, ELMITO —
18729121 ARRAY SUBSTRATE AND DISPLAY APPARATUS RAHMAN, MOHAMMAD A —
18699668 SENSOR CHIP MERCADO, ALEXANDER A —

Client Portfolio (5 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
28973
26242
28112
28182
21531
28241
36271
28751
28981
28551

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19323301 DISPLAY PANEL BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD. KHOO, STACY 2624 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Sep 09, 2025
19115984 COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD OF DISTRIBUTED ADMINISTRATION OF A LOCK, APPRATUS FOR DISTRIBUTED ADMINISTRATION OF A LOCK, AND COMPUTER-PROGRAM PRODUCT BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD. NGUYEN, KIM T 2153 §101 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 27, 2025
19084582 CLOCK GENERATION CIRCUIT AND MEMORY Cxmt Corporation NGUYEN, TUAN DUC 2824 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 19, 2025
19037123 PIXEL DRIVING CIRCUIT, DISPLAY PANEL, METHOD OF DRIVING DISPLAY PANEL BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD. KHOO, STACY 2624 §102§103Other Final Rejection — Pending Jan 25, 2025
18861397 COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD, APPARATUS FOR MANAGING PRODUCTION OF ONE OR MORE PRODUCTS, AND COMPUTER-PROGRAM PRODUCT BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD. WERONSKI, MATTHEW S 3627 §101§102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 29, 2024
18729115 LIGHT EMITTING SUBSTRATE, DISPLAY APPARATUS, SPLICING SCREEEN DISPLAY APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF OPERATING DISPLAY APPARATUS BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD. BREVAL, ELMITO 2875 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 15, 2024
18729121 ARRAY SUBSTRATE AND DISPLAY APPARATUS BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD. RAHMAN, MOHAMMAD A 2898 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 15, 2024
18727155 DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY APPARATUS BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD. KIM, TONG-HO 2811 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 08, 2024
17790457 IMAGING SYSTEM HAVING MICROLENS AND PHOTO-ELECTRIC DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD Changxin Memory Technologies, Inc. PRASAD, NEIL R 2897 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 30, 2024
18747462 SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGING STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR FORMING THE SAME Cxmt Corporation KIM, TONG-HO 2811 §102 Final Rejection — Pending Jun 19, 2024
18699668 SENSOR CHIP BEIJING BOE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD. MERCADO, ALEXANDER A 2855 §103§112Other Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 09, 2024
18690054 DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF FABRICATING DISPLAY APPARATUS BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD. HO, TU TU V 2818 §102 Final Rejection — Pending Mar 07, 2024
18293908 COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD, APPARATUS, COMPUTER-PROGRAM PRODUCT BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD. HOANG, AMY P 2143 §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 31, 2024
18576036 ARRAY SUBSTRATE AND DISPLAY APPARATUS BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD. TUTTLE, ETHAN ALEXANDER 2897 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 02, 2024
18264018 DISPLAY SUBSTRATE, DISPLAY APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF FABRICATING DISPLAY SUBSTRATE BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD. ZHANG, RUIYUN §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 02, 2023
18257601 LENS ASSEMBLY AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD. EDENFIELD, KUEI-JEN L 2872 §103 Final Rejection 5d Pending Jun 15, 2023
17040506 A METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A WAFER HAVING CRACK-STOPPING THROUGH-SILICON-VIAS, A WAFER HAVING CRACK-STOPPING THROUGH-SILICON-VIAS, AND A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE Changxin Memory Technologies, Inc. SIPLING, KENNETH MARK 2818 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 27, 2023
18149210 PATTERNING METHOD AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE Changxin Memory Technologies, Inc. PARENDO, KEVIN A 2896 §112 Non-Final OA 15d Pending Jan 03, 2023
17996382 ARRAY SUBSTRATE AND DISPLAY APPARATUS BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD. ABEL, GARY ROBERT 2897 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Oct 17, 2022
17907499 SCAN CIRCUIT, DISPLAY APPARATUS, METHOD OF DRIVING SCAN CIRCUIT BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD. GILES, EBONI N 2622 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 27, 2022
17891113 METHOD FOR FABRICATING SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE AND STRUCTURE THEREOF Changxin Memory Technologies, Inc. CULBERT, CHRISTOPHER A 2815 §112 Final Rejection 3d overdue Pending Aug 18, 2022

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is Intellectual Valley Law, P.C.'s patent allowance rate?

96.3% of resolved applications prosecuted by Intellectual Valley Law, P.C. were allowed, across 1,085 applications in USPTO records.

How many office actions does Intellectual Valley Law, P.C. average before allowance?

2.15 office actions per allowed application on average.

How many pending office actions does Intellectual Valley Law, P.C. have?

21 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 5 clients, before 19 examiners in 15 art units.

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