Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
129 pending office actions • 44 clients • 122 examiners • 95 art units • 0 of 129 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 326 patents granted in the last 365 days
Li & Cai Intellectual Property(USA) office has 6,017 career applications in Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics and 125 pending office actions. The figures show a broad prosecution history and an active current workload in this technology area.
The resolved allowance rate is 89.52%, and the average is 2.18 office actions per allowance. These measures describe resolved outcomes and the office-action activity associated with allowed matters.
Practitioners should use the pending docket to identify matters needing immediate attention and the historical figures to frame strategy discussions. The aggregate data does not indicate which semiconductor, circuit, or optics claims account for the reported outcomes.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 26 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. 26 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 | 2 (2%) |
| §101 + other | 11 (9%) |
| §103 only | 60 (47%) |
| §102 only | 3 (2%) |
| §112 only | 4 (3%) |
| Double-patenting only | 3 (2%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 4 (3%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 42 (33%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| COLGAN, LAUREN ROBINSON | 4 | 69.8% | +16.2% |
| HONG, DUNG | 2 | 83.9% | +14.2% |
| PARTHASARATHY, ROHIT | 2 | 90.2% | +13.2% |
| BUGG, PAIGE KATHLEEN | 2 | 58.5% | +59.0% |
| REYES, JOSHUA NATHANIEL PI | 2 | 42.3% | +50.5% |
| HONG, MICHAEL HYUN | 1 | 74.4% | +23.6% |
| HANSEN, JAMES ORVILLE | 1 | 70.5% | +21.8% |
| KNACKSTEDT, JACOB BENEDICT | 1 | 86.2% | +18.9% |
| LAMPRECHT, JOEL | 1 | 81.4% | +16.5% |
| BAYARD, EMMANUEL | 1 | 90.0% | +5.2% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18897652 | INTER-AREA MEDIA SERVICE SWITCHING METHOD, SERVER, SYSTEM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | HONG, DUNG | — |
| 18890105 | SENSOR PACKAGE STRUCTURE | PARTHASARATHY, ROHIT | — |
| 18648672 | CAPACITIVE COUPLING PACKAGE STRUCTURE | PARTHASARATHY, ROHIT | — |
| 18562295 | SESSION BINDING RELATIONSHIP PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND READABLE MEDIUM | HONG, DUNG | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17440794 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME | MILLER, ALEXANDER MICHAEL | 31d overdue |
| 18792483 | MEETING MINUTES AUTOMATIC GENERATION SYSTEM AND MEETING MINUTES AUTOMATIC GENERATION METHOD | TENGBUMROONG, NATHAN NARA | 5d overdue |
| 18391558 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING MULTIPLE FILTERS WITH FABRY-PEROT CAVITY STRUCTURE, MULTISPECTRAL TRANSMISSION FILTER ARRAY AND MULTISPECTRAL TRANSMISSION FILTER STRUCTURE | SIPES, JOHN CURTIS | 6d |
| 18657941 | MOTOR DRIVER IMPROVING RESONANCE NOISE CAUSED BY MOTOR | LAUGHLIN, CHARLES S | 13d |
| 19054163 | MAGNET ROLLER, MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR A MAGNET ROLLER, AND DEVELOPING APPARATUS | ROTH, LAURA K | 19d |
| 18648716 | BONE-CONDUCTION TRANSCRANIAL CEREBRAL PRESSURE MONITORING DEVICE AND BONE-CONDUCTION TRANSCRANIAL CEREBRAL PRESSURE MONITORING MODULE | EISEMAN, ADAM JARED | 29d |
| 18105343 | POWER TRANSFORMER HAVING A NOISE REDUCTION FUNCTION | NGUYEN, TUYEN T | 77d |
| 19115830 | APPLICATION PERMISSION MANAGEMENT METHOD, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | KNACKSTEDT, JACOB BENEDICT | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18686875 | CHEMICALLY STRENGTHENED OPTICAL GLASS | COLGAN, LAUREN ROBINSON | 53d overdue |
| 18834606 | INORGANIC COMPOSITION ARTICLE | COLGAN, LAUREN ROBINSON | 29d overdue |
| 19186815 | VIDEO PROCESSING DEVICE AND VIDEO PROCESSING METHOD SUPPORTING FREE PAIRING OF PICTURE-IN-PICTURE MODE AND PICTURE-BY-PICTURE MODE | HONG, MICHAEL HYUN | — |
| 19093375 | EXPANSION MESH AND WARDROBE FRAME | HANSEN, JAMES ORVILLE | — |
| 19115830 | APPLICATION PERMISSION MANAGEMENT METHOD, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | KNACKSTEDT, JACOB BENEDICT | — |
| 19088410 | CIRCULATORY SYSTEM STIMULATION DEVICE | LAMPRECHT, JOEL | — |
| 18994649 | INORGANIC COMPOSITION ARTICLE | COLGAN, LAUREN ROBINSON | — |
| 18897652 | INTER-AREA MEDIA SERVICE SWITCHING METHOD, SERVER, SYSTEM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | HONG, DUNG | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1784 | 4 |
| 2872 | 4 |
| 3785 | 4 |
| 2443 | 3 |
| 3763 | 3 |
| 2812 | 3 |
| 2898 | 3 |
| 2426 | 2 |
| 3624 | 2 |
| 2458 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19186815 | VIDEO PROCESSING DEVICE AND VIDEO PROCESSING METHOD SUPPORTING FREE PAIRING OF PICTURE-IN-PICTURE MODE AND PICTURE-BY-PICTURE MODE | Realtek Semiconductor Corp. | HONG, MICHAEL HYUN | 2426 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 23, 2025 |
| 19093375 | EXPANSION MESH AND WARDROBE FRAME | Gaatu Inc. | HANSEN, JAMES ORVILLE | 3637 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 28, 2025 |
| 19115830 | APPLICATION PERMISSION MANAGEMENT METHOD, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | ZTE CORPORATION | KNACKSTEDT, JACOB BENEDICT | 2408 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 27, 2025 |
| 19088410 | CIRCULATORY SYSTEM STIMULATION DEVICE | National Taiwan University | LAMPRECHT, JOEL | 3798 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 24, 2025 |
| 19114407 | IMPLEMENTATION METHOD OF MLSE EQUALIZER, CHIP, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM | ZTE CORPORATION | BAYARD, EMMANUEL | 2633 | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 21, 2025 |
| 19083953 | INTELLIGENT METHOD FOR LOGGING IN OPERATING SYSTEM AND SYSTEM | Realtek Semiconductor Corp. | PEARSON, DAVID J | 2407 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 19, 2025 |
| 19109715 | METHOD FOR PROCESSING APPLICATION INFORMATION, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM | ZTE CORPORATION | SHITAYEWOLDETSADI, BERHANU | 2455 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 07, 2025 |
| 19054163 | MAGNET ROLLER, MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR A MAGNET ROLLER, AND DEVELOPING APPARATUS | Kyocera Document Solutions Inc. | ROTH, LAURA K | 2852 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 19d | Pending | Feb 14, 2025 |
| 18997054 | DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD, NETWORK DEVICE, COMPUTER DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | ZTE CORPORATION | KIM, HEE SOO | 2443 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 18, 2025 |
| 18996027 | PASSENGER FLOW PREDICTION METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM | Crsc Communication & Information Group Company Ltd. | YESILDAG, MEHMET | 3624 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 18995340 | PASSENGER FLOW PREDICTION METHOD, MODEL TRAINING METHOD, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND READABLE MEDIUM | Crsc Communication & Information Group Company Ltd. | MANSFIELD, THOMAS L | 3624 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 16, 2025 |
| 18994658 | INORGANIC COMPOSITION ARTICLE | Ohara Inc. | RUMMEL, IAN A | 1785 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 15, 2025 |
| 18994649 | INORGANIC COMPOSITION ARTICLE | Ohara Inc. | COLGAN, LAUREN ROBINSON | 1784 | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 15, 2025 |
| 18994662 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ACTIVATING CONFIGURATION DATA, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | ZTE CORPORATION | NGUYEN, QUANG N | 2441 | §101§102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 15, 2025 |
| 18994120 | CONTROL METHOD, COMMUNICATION METHOD, CONTROLLER, NODE DEVICE, AND READABLE MEDIUM | ZTE CORPORATION | COX, NATISHA D | 2458 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 14, 2025 |
| 18993718 | SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, DEVICE, AND SYSTEM | Innolight Technology (Suzhou) Ltd. | LEE, JAI M | 2634 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 13, 2025 |
| 19018333 | OIL-IMMERSED TRANSFORMER AND OIL LEVEL DETECTION DEVICE THEREOF | Fortune Electric Co., Ltd. | HUANG, DAVID Z | 2855 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 13, 2025 |
| 18993046 | FILTER IMPLEMENTATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, NOISE SUPPRESSION METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER DEVICE | Innolight Technology (Suzhou) Ltd. | ABDELRAHEEM, MOHAMMED SAID | 2635 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 10, 2025 |
| 18993117 | MULTI-TARGET POSITION CLASSIFICATION WIRELESS SENSING METHOD, DEVICE, AND MEDIUM | ZTE CORPORATION | HODAC, ERIC KHOI | 3648 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 10, 2025 |
| 19015102 | CARBON TARIFF CALCULATION METHOD AND SERVICE SYSTEM | Cedars Digital Pte. Ltd. | CAMPEN, KELLY SCAGGS | 3691 | §101§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 09, 2025 |
| 19013841 | POWER CONVERTER HAVING VOLTAGE MODULATED BASED ON LOW-SIDE SENSED DATA | Anpec Electronics Corporation | CHOI, SEUNG HO | 2838 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 08, 2025 |
| 19012956 | CONTACT LENS | Azurewave Technologies, Inc. | ABDUR, RAHMAN | 2872 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 08, 2025 |
| 19008185 | EARBUD WITH TEMPERATURE SENSING | Pixart Imaging Inc. | MOONEY, JAMES K | 2695 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 02, 2025 |
| 18984341 | SYSTEM WITH INTEGRATION OF FLAT DISPLAY AND FLOATING IMAGE DISPLAY AND OPERATING METHOD | Lixel Inc. | RAHAMAN, SHAHAN UR | 2426 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 17, 2024 |
| 18980682 | MINIATURIZED OPTICAL DEVICE AND OPTICAL LENS SYSTEM | Megaforce Company Limited | KIM, RICHARD H | 2871 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 13, 2024 |
| 18974933 | SMART CONTACT LENS AND EMBEDDED MODULE THEREOF | Azurewave Technologies, Inc. | HUSTOFT, JUSTIN WAYNE | 2872 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 10, 2024 |
| 18973193 | FIXING MODULE AND PROCESSING DEVICE | Adnanotek Corp. | BESLER, CHRISTOPHER JAMES | 3726 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 09, 2024 |
| 18966422 | OPTICAL TRANSCEIVER MODULE | Innolight Technology (Suzhou) Ltd. | WANG, QUAN ZHEN | 2685 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 03, 2024 |
| 18869394 | CHANNEL INFORMATION FEEDBACK METHOD, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM | ZTE CORPORATION | LO, DIANE LEE | 2469 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 26, 2024 |
| 18869321 | CHANNEL INFORMATION FEEDBACK METHOD, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM | ZTE CORPORATION | YU, LIHONG | 2631 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 26, 2024 |
| 18953817 | WEBCAM AND DATA PROCESSING METHOD THEREOF | Realtek Semiconductor Corp. | SUN, ANDREW NMN | 2195 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 20, 2024 |
| 18951993 | AUTOMATED FILE ADJUSTMENT METHOD AND AUTOMATED FILE ADJUSTMENT SYSTEM | Iscoollab Co., Ltd. | MAHMOOD, REZWANUL | 2159 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 19, 2024 |
| 18947257 | ENCLOSED LIQUID-COOLING COOLER | Amulaire Thermal Technology, Inc. | LANE, DEVON | 3763 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 14, 2024 |
| 18945795 | COLLABORATIVE OPERATING SYSTEM OF AUDIOVISUAL PERIPHERAL DEVICES AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF | Realtek Semiconductor Corp. | JONES, CARISSA ANNE | 2691 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 13, 2024 |
| 18938500 | STORAGE BOX | Gaatu Inc. | ISLAM, SANJIDUL | 3736 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 06, 2024 |
| 18929944 | HEAT SPREADER, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, AND POROUS CARRIER THEREOF | Cmtek Co., Ltd. | WEILAND, HANS R. | 3763 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 29, 2024 |
| 18924142 | MECHANICAL KEY COMPONENT AND MECHANICAL KEYBOARD | Pixart Imaging Inc. | JIMENEZ, ANTHONY R | 2831 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 23, 2024 |
| 18858845 | METHOD FOR PLAYING AND PROVIDING INCOMING CALL RINGTONE, AND TERMINAL, SERVER AND MEDIUM | ZTE CORPORATION | ELAHEE, MD S | 2694 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 22, 2024 |
| 18857249 | RESOURCE MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | ZTE CORPORATION | NGUYEN, THERESA | 2418 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 16, 2024 |
| 18856953 | CIRCUIT BOARD AND CIRCUIT BOARD ASSEMBLY | ZTE CORPORATION | TSO, STANLEY | 2847 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 15, 2024 |
| 18900857 | MULTI-AXIS OPERATION APPARATUS IN ISOTROPIC ARRANGEMENT | Gallant Micro. Machining Co., Ltd. | PATEL, JAIMIN GHANSHYAM | 3652 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 29, 2024 |
| 18851768 | HEAT DISSIPATION DEVICE AND BASE STATION EQUIPMENT | ZTE CORPORATION | FENG, ZHENGFU J | 2841 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 27, 2024 |
| 18897652 | INTER-AREA MEDIA SERVICE SWITCHING METHOD, SERVER, SYSTEM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | ZTE CORPORATION | HONG, DUNG | 2643 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 26, 2024 |
| 18850623 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING COMPILE OPTIMIZATION OPTION, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | ZTE CORPORATION | VO, TED T | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 25, 2024 | |
| 18895406 | OPTICAL DEVICE | Tong Hsing Electronic Industries, Ltd. | BIRCH, EKATERINA THOMASA | 2818 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 25, 2024 |
| 18894115 | SENSING DRIVING WHEEL AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME | Pixart Imaging Inc. | JOHNSON, VICKY A | 3617 | §102 | Non-Final OA | 126d overdue | Pending | Sep 24, 2024 |
| 18890105 | SENSOR PACKAGE STRUCTURE | Tong Hsing Electronic Industries, Ltd. | PARTHASARATHY, ROHIT | 2899 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 19, 2024 |
| 18885767 | AUTOMATED CARBON ASSET NETWORK SYSTEM AND CARBON ASSET MANAGEMENT METHOD | Cedars Digital Pte. Ltd. | HATCHER, DEIRDRE D | 3625 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 16, 2024 |
| 18885763 | METHOD FOR PROCESSING NATURAL LANGUAGE MESSAGES AND NATURAL-LANGUAGE-MESSAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM | Playsee Inc. | HASSAN, ALI MOHAMAD | 2653 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 16, 2024 |
| 18822413 | EVENT NOTIFICATION METHOD, APPARATUS AND STORAGE MEDIUM | ZTE CORPORATION | DIVITO, WALTER J | 2465 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 02, 2024 |
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Start Free Trial89.5% of resolved applications prosecuted by Li & Cai Intellectual Property(Usa) Office were allowed, across 6,017 applications in USPTO records.
2.18 office actions per allowed application on average.
129 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 44 clients, before 122 examiners in 95 art units.
