Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
62 pending office actions • 10 clients • 58 examiners • 40 art units • 0 of 62 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
MILES & STOCKBRIDGE PC handles Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics matters and has 4,685 career applications. Its docket includes 57 pending office actions, and its resolved allowance rate is 84.35%, indicating favorable outcomes across most resolved applications.
The average of 2.75 office actions per allowance suggests that successful cases generally reached allowance after a relatively contained examination process. The substantial application history and active docket provide a broad basis for assessing prosecution experience in this technology area.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 24 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. 24 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 | 4 (6%) |
| §101 + other | 10 (16%) |
| §103 only | 13 (21%) |
| §102 only | 4 (6%) |
| §112 only | 5 (8%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (2%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 25 (40%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LU, JIONG-PING | 2 | 83.6% | +7.9% |
| BENNETT, CHARLEE | 2 | 58.8% | +35.1% |
| PHAM, THOMAS T | 2 | 51.5% | +15.8% |
| MONTICELLO, WILLIAM THOMAS | 2 | 49.0% | +49.0% |
| DUCLAIR, STEPHANIE P. | 1 | 72.3% | +19.6% |
| YOON, ERIC | 1 | 58.7% | +65.9% |
| PRICE JR, RICHARD THOMAS | 1 | 87.4% | +5.9% |
| SATHIRAJU, SRINIVAS | 1 | 89.0% | +5.7% |
| ATMAKURI, VIKAS NMN | 1 | 46.9% | +31.6% |
| EL-BATHY, MOHAMED N | 1 | 28.8% | +31.8% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19004865 | PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS | LU, JIONG-PING | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17433693 | PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS | REYES, JOSHUA NATHANIEL PI | 138d overdue |
| 18389049 | NON-CONTRASTIVE UNSUPERVISED LEARNING OF PHYSIOLOGICAL SIGNALS FROM VIDEO | CHAN, CAROL WANG | 121d overdue |
| 18215350 | EVALUATION METHOD, SEARCH METHOD, AND SEARCH SYSTEM | TAN, DAVE | 119d overdue |
| 16642187 | PLASMA PROCESSING METHOD AND PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS | ALEJANDRO MULERO, LUZ L | 86d overdue |
| 17278423 | PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND PLASMA PROCESSING METHOD | KACKAR, RAM N | 85d overdue |
| 17351095 | DYNAMICALLY EVALUATING HEALTH CARE RISK | MONTICELLO, WILLIAM THOMAS | 79d overdue |
| 17563405 | REVERSE THREAD BONE SCREW | KAMIKAWA, TRACY L | 73d overdue |
| 18279755 | PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND HEATING APPARATUS | BENNETT, CHARLEE | 60d 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17351095 | DYNAMICALLY EVALUATING HEALTH CARE RISK | MONTICELLO, WILLIAM THOMAS | 79d overdue |
| 18279755 | PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND HEATING APPARATUS | BENNETT, CHARLEE | 60d overdue |
| 17351075 | DYNAMICALLY EVALUATING HEALTH CARE RISK | MONTICELLO, WILLIAM THOMAS | 23d overdue |
| 18840189 | Untitled | DUCLAIR, STEPHANIE P. | — |
| 18692050 | Untitled | YOON, ERIC | — |
| 19077259 | METHOD OF TRANSMITTING SIGNAL AND APPARATUS THEREOF | ATMAKURI, VIKAS NMN | — |
| 19070841 | COOPERATIVE ACTION SUPPORT SYSTEM AND COOPERATIVE ACTION SUPPORT METHOD | EL-BATHY, MOHAMED N | — |
| 18690502 | PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND PLASMA PROCESSING METHOD | BENNETT, CHARLEE | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| Hitachi | 48 |
| South Korean Government | 3 |
| UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME DU LAC | 3 |
| b.well Connected Health | 2 |
| Lta Distributing, LLC | 1 |
| Hitachi High- Tech Corporation | 1 |
| Psytechvr | 1 |
| University of Maryland Medical Center, LLC | 1 |
| TGrid Technologies Pty Ltd | 1 |
| Securiport LLC | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1716 | 5 |
| 1718 | 5 |
| 1713 | 3 |
| 2881 | 3 |
| 2857 | 3 |
| 2116 | 2 |
| 1795 | 2 |
| 2893 | 2 |
| 2897 | 2 |
| 2446 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18840189 | Untitled | Hitachi High-Tech Corporation | DUCLAIR, STEPHANIE P. | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | ||
| 18692050 | Untitled | Hitachi High-Tech Corporation | YOON, ERIC | 2446 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | |
| 18838430 | Untitled | Hitachi High-Tech Corporation | LU, JIONG-PING | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | ||
| 19438955 | FEATHER CAP | Lta Distributing, LLC | PRICE JR, RICHARD THOMAS | 3643 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 02, 2026 |
| 19286823 | PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS | Hitachi High-Tech Corporation | SATHIRAJU, SRINIVAS | 2845 | §101DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 31, 2025 |
| 19077259 | METHOD OF TRANSMITTING SIGNAL AND APPARATUS THEREOF | Agency For Defense Development | ATMAKURI, VIKAS NMN | 3645 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 12, 2025 |
| 19070841 | COOPERATIVE ACTION SUPPORT SYSTEM AND COOPERATIVE ACTION SUPPORT METHOD | Hitachi, Ltd. | EL-BATHY, MOHAMED N | 3624 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 05, 2025 |
| 19099595 | PLASMA PROCESSING METHOD | Hitachi High-Tech Corporation | DEO, DUY VU NGUYEN | 1713 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 29, 2025 |
| 19099160 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURING SYSTEM, SERVER, AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD | Hitachi High-Tech Corporation | KHUU, HIEN DIEU THI | 2116 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 28, 2025 |
| 19004865 | PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS | Hitachi High-Tech Corporation | LU, JIONG-PING | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 30, 2024 | |
| 18873963 | ANALYSIS METHOD AND CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS DEVICE | Hitachi High-Tech Corporation | NOGUEROLA, ALEXANDER STEPHAN | 1795 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 11, 2024 |
| 18947743 | MEASUREMENT DEVICE AND SCANNING IMAGE ACQUISITION METHOD | Hitachi High- Tech Corporation | IPPOLITO, NICOLE MARIE | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 14, 2024 | |
| 18864289 | ION MILLING DEVICE AND ION MILLING METHOD | Hitachi High-Tech Corporation | KALISZEWSKI, ALINA ROSE | 2881 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 08, 2024 |
| 18931482 | METHOD FOR CHANGING TARGET SHOOTING CYCLE FOR RECONNAISSANCE OF TARGET AND APPARATUS FOR THE SAME | Agency For Defense Development | TSAI, TSUNG YIN | 2656 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 30, 2024 |
| 18856757 | CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OUTPUTTING IMAGE DATA OF INTEREST | Hitachi High-Tech Corporation | STOFFA, WYATT A | 2881 | §101§102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 14, 2024 |
| 18853245 | BIOLOGICAL SAMPLE MEASUREMENT DEVICE | Hitachi High-Tech Corporation | MEGNA FUENTES, ANTHONY W | 2855 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 01, 2024 |
| 18896372 | ETCHING METHOD | Hitachi High-Tech Corporation | CULBERT, ROBERTS P | 1716 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 25, 2024 |
| 18847379 | EVALUATION APPARATUS AND EVALUATION METHOD | Hitachi High-Tech Corporation | PATEL, JIGNESHKUMAR C | 2116 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 16, 2024 |
| 18839950 | COMMUNICATION CONTROL DEVICE AND CONTROL COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | Hitachi High-Tech Corporation | AL SAMAHI, SANAA SHAKER ABED | 2463 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 20, 2024 |
| 18744824 | PROMOTING GENERALIZATION IN CROSS-DATASET REMOTE PHOTOPLETHYSMOGRAPHY | UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME DU LAC | LUONG, PETER | 3797 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 30d | Pending | Jun 17, 2024 |
| 18717570 | AUTOMATIC ANALYZER | Hitachi High-Tech Corporation | WRIGHT, PATRICIA KATHRYN | 1798 | §101§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 07, 2024 |
| 18625685 | LIVENESS DETECTION | UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME DU LAC | FLYNN, RANDY A | 2424 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 99d overdue | Pending | Apr 03, 2024 |
| 18691713 | ABNORMALITY DETECTION APPARATUS AND ABNORMALITY DETECTION METHOD | Hitachi High-Tech Corporation | JARRETT, RYAN A | 2815 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 13, 2024 |
| 18690918 | PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND PLASMA PROCESSING METHOD | Hitachi High-Tech Corporation | SWEELY, KURT D | 1718 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 11, 2024 |
| 18690502 | PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND PLASMA PROCESSING METHOD | Hitachi High-Tech Corporation | BENNETT, CHARLEE | 1718 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 08, 2024 |
| 18598375 | ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT STATE MONITORING SYSTEM, MONITORING SYSTEM, AND ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT STATE MONITORING METHOD | Hitachi, Ltd. | KRASNIC, BERNARD | 2671 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 07, 2024 |
| 18598494 | Electronic Apparatus for Jamming and Operation Method Thereof | Agency For Defense Development | LAWRENCE, JOHN CALEB | 2646 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 22d | Pending | Mar 07, 2024 |
| 18689261 | PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND PLASMA PROCESSING METHOD | Hitachi High-Tech Corporation | SENGDARA, VONGSAVANH | 6221 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 05, 2024 |
| 18591334 | PROTOCOL EVALUATION SUPPORT APPARATUS AND PROTOCOL EVALUATION SUPPORT METHOD | Hitachi, Ltd. | HOLZMACHER, DERICK J | 3625 | §101 | Final Rejection | 55d | Pending | Feb 29, 2024 |
| 18294267 | ELECTROLYTE ANALYZER AND ANALYSIS METHOD | Hitachi High-Tech Corporation | SUN, CAITLYN MINGYUN | 1795 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 24d overdue | Pending | Feb 01, 2024 |
| 17641538 | PLASMA PROCESSING DEVICE | Hitachi High-Tech Corporation | DANIELS, MATTHEW J | 1742 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 08, 2023 |
| 18567158 | DETECTION PROBE, PROBE MICROSCOPE, AND SAMPLE TEMPERATURE MEASURING METHOD | Hitachi, Ltd. | LI, LARRY | 2881 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 05, 2023 |
| 18510993 | RESERVOIR COMPUTER AND EQUIPMENT STATE DETECTION SYSTEM | Hitachi, Ltd. | SUN, MICHAEL | 2183 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 16, 2023 |
| 18389049 | NON-CONTRASTIVE UNSUPERVISED LEARNING OF PHYSIOLOGICAL SIGNALS FROM VIDEO | UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME DU LAC | CHAN, CAROL WANG | 2672 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 121d overdue | Pending | Nov 13, 2023 |
| 18507319 | ELECTRIC-POWER CONVERSION DEVICE, ELECTRICITY RECEIVING SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME | Hitachi, Ltd. | ALZATEEMEH, HUSSAM ALDEEN | 3662 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 13, 2023 |
| 18374224 | ETCHING PROCESSING METHOD AND ETCHING PROCESSING APPARATUS | Hitachi High-Tech Corporation | PHAM, THOMAS T | 1713 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 28, 2023 |
| 18280600 | MANUFACTURING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE | Hitachi High-Tech Corporation | WOLDEGEORGIS, ERMIAS T | 2893 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 06, 2023 |
| 18280374 | PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS | Hitachi High-Tech Corporation | LEE, AIDEN Y | 1718 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 05, 2023 |
| 18279755 | PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND HEATING APPARATUS | Hitachi High-Tech Corporation | BENNETT, CHARLEE | 1718 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 60d overdue | Pending | Aug 31, 2023 |
| 18279809 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND PLASMA PROCESSING METHOD | Hitachi High-Tech Corporation | SEHAR, FAKEHA | 2893 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 5d | Pending | Aug 31, 2023 |
| 18279818 | PLASMA PROCESSING METHOD | Hitachi High-Tech Corporation | COLEMAN, RYAN L | 1714 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 31, 2023 |
| 18275477 | ELECTROLYTE MEASUREMENT DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING ABNORMALITY OF ELECTROLYTE CONCENTRATION MEASUREMENT UNIT | Hitachi High-Tech Corporation | UTECH, BENJAMIN L | 1700 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 02, 2023 |
| 18215350 | EVALUATION METHOD, SEARCH METHOD, AND SEARCH SYSTEM | Hitachi High-Tech Corporation | TAN, DAVE | 2897 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 119d overdue | Pending | Jun 28, 2023 |
| 18269619 | ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL DEVICE, ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL METHOD, AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL PROGRAM | Hitachi, Ltd. | SHARMIN, ANZUMAN | 2115 | §101§103§112 | Final Rejection | 16d overdue | Pending | Jun 26, 2023 |
| 18137593 | RAIL STATE MONITORING APPARATUS AND RAIL STATE MONITORING METHOD | Hitachi, Ltd. | SCHINDLER, DAVID M | 2858 | §112 | Non-Final OA | 7d | Pending | Apr 21, 2023 |
| 18133275 | VR/AR PHOBIA TRAINING IN A CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENT WITH STRESS LEVEL SENSORS AND MANAGEMENT THROUGH SCENARIOS CONTROL | Psytechvr | ELISCA, PIERRE E | 3715 | §102 | Non-Final OA | 56d | Pending | Apr 11, 2023 |
| 18026217 | DIAGNOSTIC DEVICE, SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING EQUIPMENT SYSTEM, SEMICONDUCTOR EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURING SYSTEM, AND DIAGNOSTIC METHOD | Hitachi High-Tech Corporation | SHAMSUZZAMAN, MOHAMMED | 2897 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 28d overdue | Pending | Mar 14, 2023 |
| 18026071 | DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS AND DIAGNOSTIC METHOD, AND SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING APPARATUS SYSTEM AND SEMICONDUCTOR APPARATUS MANUFACTURING SYSTEM | Hitachi High-Tech Corporation | ISLAM, MOHAMMAD K | 2857 | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | 43d overdue | Pending | Mar 13, 2023 |
| 18025774 | DIAGNOSTIC DEVICE, DIAGNOSTIC METHOD, SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING EQUIPMENT SYSTEM, AND SEMICONDUCTOR EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURING SYSTEM | Hitachi High-Tech Corporation | RASTOVSKI, CATHERINE T | 2857 | §101§102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 10, 2023 |
| 18113846 | PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS | Hitachi High-Tech Corporation | CHEN, KEATH T | 1716 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 24, 2023 |
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Start Free Trial84.3% of resolved applications prosecuted by Miles & Stockbridge Pc were allowed, across 4,685 applications in USPTO records.
2.75 office actions per allowed application on average.
62 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 10 clients, before 58 examiners in 40 art units.
