Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 04, 2026

Kenealy Vaidya LLP

Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics

73 pending office actions • 11 clients • 58 examiners • 24 art units • 0 of 73 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

KENEALY VAIDYA LLP specializes in Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics, with 4169 career applications. The firm has achieved a resolved allowance rate pct of 91.23. Currently, there are 36 pending office actions. The 91.23 resolved allowance rate pct demonstrates effectiveness in securing patent grants in this technical field. The 36 pending office actions are fewer than the 4169 career applications.

The firm averages 2.67 office actions per allowance. This indicates an efficient path to allowance in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics sector. The combination of the 91.23 resolved allowance rate pct and the 2.67 avg office actions per allowance suggests a prosecution strategy. With 4169 career applications, the firm has a base of experience to support these performance figures. Practitioners can use these metrics to set expectations for the prosecution cycle.

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

Quality Metrics (n=4169 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

91.2%
Allowance Rate
n=4169
+0.59σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=4169
2.7
OAs to Allowance
n=3254
-0.44σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=3254
870 days
Time to Allowance
n=3254
+5.2pp
Interview Lift
n=4169
19.9%
RCE Rate
n=4169
1.3%
Appeal Rate
n=4169

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

81.1%
§101 Overcome
n=169
88.4%
§102 Overcome
n=1461
88.3%
§103 Overcome
n=1904
86.8%
§112 Overcome
n=1121

Specialization & Scale

H01R, B60R, F21S
Top CPC Subclasses
18%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=4169
5
Practitioners
n=4169
833.8
Apps / Practitioner
n=4169

Portfolio Summary

73
Total Pending OAs
53
Non-Final OAs
17
Final Rejections
3
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 15 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

5
Overdue
0
Due this week
5
Due this month
5
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. 15 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (5)Due ≤ 30 days (5)Due ≤ 60 days (5)

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.

34
Hard (47%)
31
Medium (42%)
7
Easy (10%)
1
Unknown (1%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (1%)
§101 + other3 (4%)
§103 only24 (33%)
§102 only7 (10%)
§112 only4 (5%)
Double-patenting only3 (4%)
Multi-statute (no §101)30 (41%)
No statute on record1 (1%)

Industry Mix

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

3
Life Sciences
4% of docket
2
Information Tech
3% of docket
3
Communications
4% of docket
20
Semiconductors
27% of docket
9
Mechanical / Eng
12% of docket
36
Business / Other
49% 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.

730 h
Manual time on pending OAs
146 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
255 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
6.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
PAGHADAL, PARESH H 6 59.9% +21.6%
ROBINSON, KRYSTAL 3 86.3% -5.1%
GANI, OBAIDUL NMN 3 100.0% +0.0%
KRATT, JUSTIN M 3 86.7% +5.4%
LEGESSE, HENOK D 2 86.4% +2.2%
FEGGINS, KRISTAL J 2 89.9% +8.4%
GUSHI, ROSS N 2 83.9% +2.2%
VALENTI, ANDREA M 2 42.6% +57.4%
GEORGALAS, ANNE MARIE 1 43.0% +51.4%
URBIEL GOLDNER, GARY D 1 73.4% +60.6%

Quick Wins (8)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18928685 NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING SET OF PROGRAM INSTRUCTIONS FOR CREATING A PLURALITY OF PRINT LABELS WITH PRINTING DEVICE FEGGINS, KRISTAL J 33d
19008602 WIRE HARNESS ROBINSON, KRYSTAL —
19002751 ROUTING STRUCTURE OF WIRE HARNESS GANI, OBAIDUL NMN —
18986583 BUSBAR HOLDER ROBINSON, KRYSTAL —
18974762 PRINTING CASSETTE LEGESSE, HENOK D —
18926887 PRINTING DEVICE INCLUDING HEATING ELEMENTS HEATING INK RIBBON SELECTIVELY USING FIRST ENERGY AND SECOND ENERGY FEGGINS, KRISTAL J —
18927799 WIRE HARNESS ROUTING STRUCTURE ROBINSON, KRYSTAL —
18653974 CONNECTOR KRATT, JUSTIN M —

Hard Cases (34)

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
17965225 APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR RUNOFF ASSESSMENT AT A LOCATION MCGOWAN, JAMIE LOUISE 138d overdue
18140928 TOY / TRAINING TOOL FOR ANIMAL CONTAINMENT ASSEMBLY ALMATRAHI, SAHAR FARIS 24d overdue
19217680 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LINKING GEOGRAPHIC SEGMENTED AREAS TO TOKENS USING ARTWORK BIBBEE, JARED M 8d overdue
18329574 STORAGE BATTERY CONNECTION MODULE, WIRE HARNESS, AND POWER STORAGE SYSTEM HORNSBY, BARTHOLOMEW ANDREW 2d overdue
18960108 COMMUNICATION APPARATUS OSMAN, RAMY M 14d
18628682 WIRE HARNESS AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF WIRE HARNESS PAGHADAL, PARESH H 27d
18677807 WIRE HARNESS PAGHADAL, PARESH H 36d
19281482 NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, SERVER, AND LABEL DATA SHARING SYSTEM GEORGALAS, ANNE MARIE —

Interview Candidates (10)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18542402 ATTACHMENT DEVICE FOR AN ANIMAL CRATE VALENTI, ANDREA M 15d
18628682 WIRE HARNESS AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF WIRE HARNESS PAGHADAL, PARESH H 27d
18677807 WIRE HARNESS PAGHADAL, PARESH H 36d
19281482 NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, SERVER, AND LABEL DATA SHARING SYSTEM GEORGALAS, ANNE MARIE —
19221152 CLIMBING SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THE SAME URBIEL GOLDNER, GARY D —
18815796 BUSBAR MODULE PAGHADAL, PARESH H —
18663028 WIRE HARNESS PAGHADAL, PARESH H —
18437096 CORRUGATED TUBE AND WIRE HARNESS PAGHADAL, PARESH H —

Client Portfolio (11 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
28475
28534
36433
37332
28722
28342
28592
21611
28451
36281

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19281482 NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, SERVER, AND LABEL DATA SHARING SYSTEM Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha GEORGALAS, ANNE MARIE §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 25, 2025
19221152 CLIMBING SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THE SAME Pyramide Usa Inc. URBIEL GOLDNER, GARY D §112 Non-Final OA — Pending May 28, 2025
19217680 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LINKING GEOGRAPHIC SEGMENTED AREAS TO TOKENS USING ARTWORK Shotspotz LLC BIBBEE, JARED M 2161 §102§103 Final Rejection 8d overdue Pending May 23, 2025
19214830 VEHICLE HEADLIGHT SYSTEM Stanley Electric Co., Ltd. KING, MONICA C §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending May 21, 2025
19126012 CONTROL APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE HEADLIGHT, CONTROL METHOD FOR VEHICLE HEADLIGHT, AND VEHICLE HEADLIGHT SYSTEM Stanley Electric Co., Ltd. CHAN, WEI 2845 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 30, 2025
19183749 CONTAINER BOX Yazaki Corporation PARKER, LAURA EBERT 3733 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 18, 2025
19170537 PRINTING CASSETTE INCLUDING PRINTING TAPE ROLL AND FIRST CASE HAVING FIRST OUTER SURFACE, SECOND OUTER SURFACE, THIRD OUTER SURFACE AND FOURTH OUTER SURFACE Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha POLK, SHARON A §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 04, 2025
19083035 CONSUMABLE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND CONSUMABLE MANAGEMENT APPARATUS Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha SIMPSON, DIONE N 3628 §101§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 18, 2025
19071135 CASSETTE INCLUDING PROTRUSION CONFIGURED TO CONTACT WIDTHWISE CENTER PORTION OF INK RIBBON TO CAUSE INK RIBBON TO BE CURVED Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha FIDLER, SHELBY LEE §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 05, 2025
19056370 NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING SET OF INSTRUCTIONS FOR REGISTERING MEDIUM SIZE AS REGISTERED SIZE Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha BAKER, CHARLOTTE M §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 18, 2025
19031842 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING APPROPRIATE OBJECTS ON SCREEN Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha RODRIGUEZGONZALEZ, LENNIN R §101 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 18, 2025
19031162 BOX-SHAPED BODY Yazaki Corporation ALLEN, JEFFREY R 3733 §112 Final Rejection 50d Pending Jan 17, 2025
19027172 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PERFORMING AUTOMATED FASTENER SELECTION Indie LLC WAGGONER, TIMOTHY R DP Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 17, 2025
19008602 WIRE HARNESS Yazaki Corporation ROBINSON, KRYSTAL §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 02, 2025
19002751 ROUTING STRUCTURE OF WIRE HARNESS Yazaki Corporation GANI, OBAIDUL NMN §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 27, 2024
18879156 VEHICLE LAMP SYSTEM Stanley Electric Co., Ltd. WELLS, KENNETH B 2842 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Dec 26, 2024
18986583 BUSBAR HOLDER Yazaki Corporation ROBINSON, KRYSTAL §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 18, 2024
18984818 BUS BAR MODULE Yazaki Corporation GANI, OBAIDUL NMN §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 17, 2024
18974762 PRINTING CASSETTE Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha LEGESSE, HENOK D DP Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 09, 2024
18960108 COMMUNICATION APPARATUS Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha OSMAN, RAMY M 2457 §103§112 Final Rejection 14d Pending Nov 26, 2024
18940727 ROUTING STRUCTURE Yazaki Corporation ZHUO, WENWEI §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 07, 2024
18863975 GRAPE DATA FORMAT AND METHOD OF 3D PRINTING Copner Biotech Ltd. NGUYEN, THUY-VI THI §101§102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 07, 2024
18935398 WIRE HARNESS ROUTING STRUCTURE Yazaki Corporation BLANKENSHIP, GREGORY A §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 01, 2024
18928685 NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING SET OF PROGRAM INSTRUCTIONS FOR CREATING A PLURALITY OF PRINT LABELS WITH PRINTING DEVICE Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha FEGGINS, KRISTAL J 2853 DP Non-Final OA 33d Pending Oct 28, 2024
18926887 PRINTING DEVICE INCLUDING HEATING ELEMENTS HEATING INK RIBBON SELECTIVELY USING FIRST ENERGY AND SECOND ENERGY Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha FEGGINS, KRISTAL J 2853 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 25, 2024
18927799 WIRE HARNESS ROUTING STRUCTURE Yazaki Corporation ROBINSON, KRYSTAL §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 25, 2024
18893895 ROUTING STRUCTURE Yazaki Corporation CATALANO, JACKSON RICHARD §103Other Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 23, 2024
18892310 ROUTING STRUCTURE Yazaki Corporation GANI, OBAIDUL NMN Other Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 20, 2024
18892307 ROUTING STRUCTURE Yazaki Corporation SANTIAGO, ANAYANSI ISABEL §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 20, 2024
18889289 BUS BAR Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha TSO, STANLEY §103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Sep 18, 2024
18847049 VEHICLE LAMP Stanley Electric Co., Ltd. CHIANG, MICHAEL 2875 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 13, 2024
18843241 FLUID STERILIZATION DEVICE Stanley Electric Co., Ltd. SMITH, DAVID E §102§103§112Other Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 31, 2024
18822045 ELECTRONIC COMPONENT UNIT AND WIRE HARNESS Yazaki Corporation THAYER, ABIGAIL MARIE §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 30, 2024
18843063 CAP UNIT, STORAGE TANK, AND FLOWING WATER STERILIZATION DEVICE Stanley Electric Co., Ltd. KALISZEWSKI, ALINA ROSE §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 30, 2024
18815796 BUSBAR MODULE Yazaki Corporation PAGHADAL, PARESH H §102 Final Rejection — Pending Aug 26, 2024
18815801 MIRROR DEVICE AND VEHICLE DISPLAY DEVICE Yazaki Corporation PICHLER, MARIN §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 26, 2024
18814433 COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Yazaki Corporation WEI, XIAOMING 2611 §103 Non-Final OA 56d Pending Aug 23, 2024
18805996 METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ELECTRICAL WIRE WITH TERMINAL, TERMINAL, AND ELECTRICAL WIRE WITH TERMINAL Yazaki Corporation TA, THO DAC §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 15, 2024
18781535 LABEL PRINTER Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha BOELITZ, SAMUEL FREDERICK 2853 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Jul 23, 2024
18727895 A COMPOSITION FOR JOINING AND/OR TREATING MATERIALS Qinetiq Limited VETERE, ROBERT A §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 10, 2024
18764030 DESCENDING TRACK SWING SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THE SAME Pyramide Usa Inc. SMITH, JASON CHRISTOPHER §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 03, 2024
18759725 LOCK MECHANISM AND PROTECTOR Yazaki Corporation GARFT, CHRISTOPHER 3632 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 28, 2024
18754157 VEHICLE DISPLAY DEVICE Yazaki Corporation JONES, JAMES 2872 §102 Final Rejection — Pending Jun 26, 2024
18748032 CONNECTOR Yazaki Corporation MOUNTAIN, JEFFREY WIGHTMAN §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 19, 2024
18677807 WIRE HARNESS Yazaki Corporation PAGHADAL, PARESH H 2847 §103§112 Final Rejection 36d Pending May 29, 2024
18663839 NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING COMPUTER-READABLE INSTRUCTIONS FOR FIRST SERVER, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING COMPUTER-READABLE INSTRUCTIONS FOR TERMINAL DEVICE Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha CATO, MIYA J 2681 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending May 14, 2024
18663036 CONNECTION TERMINAL Yazaki Corporation GUSHI, ROSS N §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending May 13, 2024
18663028 WIRE HARNESS Yazaki Corporation PAGHADAL, PARESH H 2847 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending May 13, 2024
18653974 CONNECTOR Yazaki Corporation KRATT, JUSTIN M §103 Non-Final OA — Pending May 03, 2024
18653976 CONNECTOR Yazaki Corporation KRATT, JUSTIN M §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending May 03, 2024
18653979 CONNECTOR AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING CONNECTOR Yazaki Corporation KRATT, JUSTIN M §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending May 03, 2024
18702796 FLUID STERILIZATION DEVICE Stanley Electric Co., Ltd. ROYCE, LIAM A §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 18, 2024
18628682 WIRE HARNESS AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF WIRE HARNESS Yazaki Corporation PAGHADAL, PARESH H 2847 §102§103 Final Rejection 27d Pending Apr 06, 2024
18625210 CONNECTOR Yazaki Corporation GUSHI, ROSS N §103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Apr 03, 2024
18624060 POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM Yazaki Corporation PARRIES, DRU M 2836 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 01, 2024
18621645 TERMINAL DEVICE AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM THEREFOR Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha HU, RUI MENG 2643 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Mar 29, 2024
18600461 CONNECTOR AND TERMINAL CONNECTION METHOD Yazaki Corporation QUIGLEY, THOMAS K 2834 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 08, 2024
18437096 CORRUGATED TUBE AND WIRE HARNESS Yazaki Corporation PAGHADAL, PARESH H 2847 §102§112 Final Rejection — Pending Feb 08, 2024
18398148 HEAD-UP DISPLAY DEVICE Yazaki Corporation BOURQUINE, MACKENZI TATE 2872 §103 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Dec 28, 2023
18398137 CONNECTOR Yazaki Corporation PAUMEN, GARY F 2834 §103 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Dec 27, 2023
18542402 ATTACHMENT DEVICE FOR AN ANIMAL CRATE Diggs Inc. VALENTI, ANDREA M 3643 §102Other Non-Final OA 15d Pending Dec 15, 2023
18465585 PRINTING APPARATUS Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha LEGESSE, HENOK D 2853 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 12, 2023
18278886 CELL CULTURE SCAFFOLD FORMED VIA 3D PRINTING Copner Biotech Ltd. DERUSSO, JOHN J 1633 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 25, 2023
18345488 SHEET CUTTING APPARATUS Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha MACFARLANE, EVAN H 3724 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 30, 2023
18338256 STORAGE BATTERY CONTROL DEVICE, POWER STORAGE SYSTEM, AND STORAGE BATTERY CONTROL METHOD Yazaki Corporation HERNANDEZ, MANUEL J 2859 §103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Jun 20, 2023
18336956 WIRE HARNESS AND MANUFACTURING METHOD Yazaki Corporation PAGHADAL, PARESH H 2847 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 16, 2023
18329574 STORAGE BATTERY CONNECTION MODULE, WIRE HARNESS, AND POWER STORAGE SYSTEM Yazaki Corporation HORNSBY, BARTHOLOMEW ANDREW 1728 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 2d overdue Pending Jun 05, 2023
18320953 CONDUCTIVE MODULE Yazaki Corporation VARGHESE, ROSHN K 2896 §103 Non-Final OA 5d overdue Pending May 19, 2023
18140928 TOY / TRAINING TOOL FOR ANIMAL CONTAINMENT ASSEMBLY Diggs Inc. ALMATRAHI, SAHAR FARIS 3643 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 24d overdue Pending Apr 28, 2023
18298319 BYPASS CIRCUIT AND ELECTRICAL STORAGE SYSTEM Yazaki Corporation JEPPSON, PAMELA J 2859 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Apr 10, 2023
18124417 MODULAR ANIMAL CRATE Diggs Inc. VALENTI, ANDREA M 3643 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 21, 2023
17965225 APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR RUNOFF ASSESSMENT AT A LOCATION Honda Motor Co., Ltd. MCGOWAN, JAMIE LOUISE 3671 §102§112 Non-Final OA 138d overdue Pending Oct 13, 2022
17720314 CONDUCTIVE MODULE AND CONDUCTIVE SYSTEM Yazaki Corporation CHOI, EVERETT TIMOTHY 1751 §103 Final Rejection 29d Pending Apr 14, 2022

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