Technology areas: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
945 pending office actions • 448 clients • 851 examiners • 303 art units • 0 of 945 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, P.C. has 941 pending office actions in Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics and 53625 career applications. The figures describe a very active prosecution operation with extensive experience in a specialized technology area.
The resolved allowance rate is 89.72%, and the average is 2.62 office actions per allowance. Resolved matters therefore show a strong allowance result, while the action average indicates that allowance commonly follows more than one examination interaction.
For practitioners, the scale of the application record and pending docket is important when considering resources, delegation, and docket controls. The outcome metrics add a historical performance dimension, but should be read alongside the substantial volume represented by the profile.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 169 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. 169 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 | 18 (2%) |
| §101 + other | 73 (8%) |
| §103 only | 295 (31%) |
| §102 only | 52 (6%) |
| §112 only | 66 (7%) |
| Double-patenting only | 5 (1%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 11 (1%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 419 (44%) |
| No statute on record | 6 (1%) |
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, LAUREN | 4 | 54.8% | +34.3% |
| KIM, SU C | 4 | 77.8% | -11.4% |
| GALSTER, SAMUEL LEONARD | 4 | 52.1% | +42.2% |
| AYALA DELGADO, ANTHONY | 3 | 79.7% | +17.1% |
| HIGGINS, GERARD T | 3 | 63.3% | +39.4% |
| MCGINNITY, JAMES RYAN | 3 | 60.3% | +49.8% |
| SNYDER, ALAN W | 3 | 82.2% | +12.3% |
| QUINN, RICHALE LEE | 3 | 51.4% | +30.3% |
| CHANG, CHARLES S | 3 | 78.3% | +17.8% |
| EDENFIELD, KUEI-JEN L | 3 | 77.6% | +15.3% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18470094 | MACHINE TOOL | SNYDER, ALAN W | 68d |
| 19088133 | MACHINE TOOL SYSTEM | SNYDER, ALAN W | — |
| 18168032 | WAFER PLACEMENT TABLE | SNYDER, ALAN W | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18029974 | POLISHING EQUIPMENT FOR SPHERICAL BODY | TEIXEIRA MOFFAT, JONATHAN CHARLES | 195d overdue |
| 17686639 | METHOD OF BIOIMPEDANCE VECTOR ANALYSIS TECHNOLOGY TO EVALUATE LOCAL OR WHOLE BODY BONE MINERAL DENSITY | KERN, ASHLEIGH LAUREN | 190d overdue |
| 18423891 | WEIGHT LIFTING APPARATUS WITH INTERMITTENT DRIVE | LETTERMAN, CATRINA A | 114d overdue |
| 18558039 | SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATICALLY EVALUATING THE QUALITY OF NETWORK TRAFFIC SIGNATURES | HO, DAO Q | 110d overdue |
| 18701013 | LAMINATE CLOTH AND SINGLE CIRCULAR KNITTED FABRIC | CHOI, PETER Y | 100d overdue |
| 18011885 | CLEANING GASES FROM THE DEGASSING OF POLYMER MELTS | SHAO, PHILLIP Y | 77d overdue |
| 18542250 | REPLACEMENT OF LEAD BATTERIES WITH LITHIUM BATTERIES | HERNANDEZ, MANUEL J | 72d overdue |
| 18771460 | DIGITAL TRANSPORT SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF | OBEID, FAHD A | 66d 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17208378 | WIRE-EQUIPPED STENT, CATHETER, AND CATHETER-STENT SYSTEM | MCGINNITY, JAMES RYAN | 28d overdue |
| 18269213 | MOLECULE FOR INDUCING SPONTANEOUS CALCIFICATION OF TUMOR CELLS AND USE THEREOF | GALSTER, SAMUEL LEONARD | 24d overdue |
| 18176185 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE | NGUYEN, LAUREN | 13d |
| 17814436 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE | NGUYEN, LAUREN | 34d |
| 18470094 | MACHINE TOOL | SNYDER, ALAN W | 68d |
| 19435714 | FLUID DRIVING MECHANISM | AYALA DELGADO, ANTHONY | — |
| 19432794 | FLUID DRIVING MECHANISM | AYALA DELGADO, ANTHONY | — |
| 19267742 | THERMAL TRANSFER SHEET, DISCOLORED OR DECOLORIZED PRINTED MATERIAL, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING DISCOLORED OR DECOLORIZED PRINTED MATERIAL | HIGGINS, GERARD T | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2872 | 24 |
| 3761 | 22 |
| 3763 | 21 |
| 2871 | 20 |
| 3723 | 17 |
| 3791 | 15 |
| 2812 | 15 |
| 3722 | 11 |
| 2853 | 11 |
| 2899 | 11 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19358111 | Untitled | Innolux Corporation | TON, ANABEL | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | ||
| 19562301 | USE OF NUCLEOTIDE OF LACTOBACILLUS FERMENTUM GM-090 FOR PREPARING PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION FOR REGULATING IMMUNITY | Genmont Biotech Incorporation | DAVIS, RUTH A | 1699 | §102§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 10, 2026 |
| 19435714 | FLUID DRIVING MECHANISM | Actutek Corporation | AYALA DELGADO, ANTHONY | 3746 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 29, 2025 |
| 19432794 | FLUID DRIVING MECHANISM | Actutek Corporation | AYALA DELGADO, ANTHONY | 3746 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 24, 2025 |
| 19382974 | DRIVING MECHANISM | Actutek Corporation | KASTURE, DNYANESH G | 3746 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 07, 2025 |
| 19480958 | METHOD, TRAFFIC MONITORING SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT | Jenoptik Robot GmbH | HSIA, SHERRIE Y | 2422 | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 03, 2025 |
| 19480660 | DENTAL-TREATMENT INDEX, DENTAL-TREATMENT INDEX FIXING HOLDER, DENTAL-TREATMENT SET, METHOD FOR GENERATING THREE-DIMENSIONAL DATA OF DENTAL-TREATMENT INDEX, AND DATA FOR PREPARING DENTAL-TREATMENT INDEX | Amidex, Inc. | LUCCHESI, NICHOLAS D | 3772 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 31, 2025 |
| 19363347 | DRIVING CIRCUIT, DRIVING METHOD, DISPLAY SUBSTRATE, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF AND DISPLAY DEVICE | BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD. | LU, WILLIAM | 2624 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 20, 2025 |
| 19476261 | RUBBER VALVE TYPE OF SOLENOID VALVE | Shinwa Controls Co., Ltd. | ROST, ANDREW J | 3753 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 17, 2025 |
| 19471612 | APPARATUSES AND PROCESSES FOR PRODUCING OPTICAL EFFECTS LAYERS | Sicpa Holding SA | WALSH, DANIEL I | 2876 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 01, 2025 |
| 19167761 | VEHICLE SUSPENSION ARRANGEMENT AND ELECTRIC VEHICLE | Eldar Aliev | KECK, DANIEL M | 3614 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 22, 2025 |
| 19314209 | A Sealing Structure | Zhejiang Sanou Machinery Co. Ltd. | LEE, GILBERT Y | 3675 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 29, 2025 |
| 19305446 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR REDUCING NETWORK PACKET LOAD | Nuvoton Technology Corporation | HO, VIVIAN DANG | 2497 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 20, 2025 |
| 19298470 | INTELLIGENT HUMAN CENTRIC LIGHTING SYSTEM WITH AMBIENT LIGHT MONITORING OF LIGHTING SITE ENVIRONMENT | Lawrence Lin | KAISER, SYED M | 2831 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 13, 2025 |
| 19281929 | UNLOCKING TRANSMISSION MECHANISM FOR ELECTRIC CONTROL SYSTEM OF EMERGENCY EXIT DOOR LOCK AND MULTI-SELECTIVE KIT THEREOF | Shanghai Ming Wei Hardware Co., Ltd. | BROWN, EMILY GAIL | 3675 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 28, 2025 |
| 19278205 | DOUBLE-SIDED YARN-DYED FABRIC | Pai Lung Machinery Mill Co., Ltd. | MARIN, DAKOTA | 3732 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 23, 2025 |
| 19271829 | METHOD FOR TREATING OR PREVENTING CALCIUM RELEASE-ACTIVATED CALCIUM CHANNEL OR DISCOIDIN DOMAIN RECEPTOR 2 RELATED DISORDERS OR CONDITIONS | Lumistar Biotechnology, Inc. | SIMMONS, CHRIS E | 1622 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 17, 2025 |
| 19267742 | THERMAL TRANSFER SHEET, DISCOLORED OR DECOLORIZED PRINTED MATERIAL, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING DISCOLORED OR DECOLORIZED PRINTED MATERIAL | Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. | HIGGINS, GERARD T | 1785 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 14, 2025 |
| 19147316 | RUBBER EXTRUDER, RUBBER EXTRUSION SYSTEM, AND RUBBER MATERIAL FEEDING METHOD | Nakata Engineering Co., Ltd. | WILLIAMS, CEDRICK S | 1749 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 10, 2025 |
| 19250223 | ULTRASONIC SURGICAL HOLDER | Astron Medtech Corporation | ROBINSON, NICHOLAS A | 3798 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 70d | Pending | Jun 26, 2025 |
| 19249073 | METHOD, SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR CAPTURING A TARGET IMAGE | Solomon Technology Corporation | AGGARWAL, YOGESH K | 2637 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 25, 2025 |
| 19247544 | NETWORK-PACKET FILTERING SYSTEM AND METHOD | Nuvoton Technology Corporation | CHOLLETI, RAGHAVENDER NMN | 2492 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 24, 2025 |
| 19247264 | WIRELESS TRANSMISSION SYSTEM | TDK Corporation | LAM, ALEX W | 2836 | §102§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 24, 2025 |
| 19245895 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN ACCUMULATOR AND DEVICE FOR PRODUCING AN ACCUMULATOR | Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft | GOFF II, JOHN L | 1746 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 23, 2025 |
| 19237320 | OPTICAL ELEMENT DRIVING MECHANISM | Actutek Corporation | HSU, AMY R | 2638 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 13, 2025 |
| 19237759 | OPTICAL MODULE | Actutek Corporation | WU, ZHENZHEN | 2637 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 13, 2025 |
| 19234960 | METHOD FOR RISK ANALYSIS AND CONTROL OF PRE-FLOOD ENERGY STORAGE IN A CASCADE HYDRO-WIND-SOLAR COMPLEMENTARY SYSTEM | Dalian University Of Technology | KASSIM, HAFIZ A | 3623 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 11, 2025 |
| 19136801 | Vehicle control method with improved collision prevention safety | SAFRAN | ALAM, NAEEM TASLIM | 3668 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 06, 2025 |
| 19229710 | CIRCUIT FOR CONTROLLING A CURRENT FLOW THROUGH A RELAY COIL FIELD | Wago Verwaltungsgesellschaft Mit Beschränkter Haftung | COMBER, KEVIN J | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 05, 2025 | |
| 19229274 | DISPLAY SUBSTRATE WITH MULTIPLE SIGNAL LINES ARRANGED IN ONE SHIFT REGISTER UNIT, AND DISPLAY DEVICE | BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD. | SHEN, YUZHEN | 2623 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 05, 2025 |
| 19135195 | A high-conductivity high-mobility n-type diamond thin film and preparation method thereof | ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY | WIECZOREK, MICHAEL P | 1712 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 03, 2025 |
| 18877480 | REFLECTION STRUCTURE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING REFLECTION STRUCTURE, AND FREQUENCY-SELECTIVE REFLECTION PLATE SET | Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. | MUNOZ, DANIEL | 2845 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 30, 2025 |
| 19224641 | MONITORING AND AUDITING TOOL OF BLOCKCHAIN BASED FINANCIAL PAYMENT AND CLEARING | Remi Investment Limited | REAGAN, JAMES A | 3697 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 30, 2025 |
| 19222982 | IGNITION SYSTEM, PROPELLANT CHARGE AND PIECE OF AMMUNITION | Rheinmetall Waffe Munition GmbH | CLEMENT, MICHELLE RENEE | 3641 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 29, 2025 |
| 19218010 | FAN WHEEL FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE | Brose Fahrzeugteile SE & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Wuerzburg | AYALA DELGADO, ANTHONY | 3746 | — | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 23, 2025 |
| 19215823 | PROPELLANT CHARGE, PROPELLANT CHARGE ASSEMBLY, AND CARTRIDGE AMMUNITION | Rheinmetall Waffe Munition GmbH | BERGIN, JAMES S | 3641 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 30d | Pending | May 22, 2025 |
| 19211443 | METHOD OF PRODUCING PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT AND PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT | NGK Insulators, Ltd. | TRINH, THANH TRUC | 1726 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 19, 2025 |
| 19211971 | ENDODONTIC NEEDLE ASSEMBLY | Odne AG | EIDE, HEIDI MARIE | 3772 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 19, 2025 |
| 19210687 | IMPREGNATION METHOD FOR FIBER PREPREG | Formosa Plastics Corporation | SWANSON, ANDREW L | 1745 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 16, 2025 |
| 19209258 | OPTICAL SYSTEM | Actutek Corporation | HESS, MICHAEL J | 2481 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 15, 2025 |
| 19208559 | BRUSHLESS ELECTRIC MOTOR FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE | Brose Fahrzeugteile SE & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Wuerzburg | KENERLY, TERRANCE L | 2834 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 14, 2025 |
| 19207993 | ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTER CIRCUIT | Nuvoton Technology Corporation | JEAN PIERRE, PEGUY | 2845 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 14, 2025 |
| 19129632 | HOLDER FOR PORTABLE INFORMATION TERMINAL | Sprasann LLC | LARSON, JUSTIN MATTHEW | 3734 | §103 | Final Rejection | 23d overdue | Pending | May 13, 2025 |
| 19204721 | EVAPORATOR | NGK Insulators, Ltd. | SULLENS, TAVIA L | 3763 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 12, 2025 |
| 19128701 | PUNCH FOR PARTITIONING A CORNEAL GRAFT AND CORRESPONDING BLADE HOLDER | Moria | MCGRATH, ERIN E | 3771 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 09, 2025 |
| 19203981 | AN OPTICAL DETECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATES | Spirox Corporation | UNDERWOOD, JARREAS C | 2877 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 09, 2025 |
| 19203121 | DEVICE FOR EXAMINING MATERIAL SAMPLES BY MEANS OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION WITH SELECTABLE DETECTOR | Nova Industrial Analytics GmbH | AMARA, MOHAMED K | 2877 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 08, 2025 |
| 19202755 | DEVICE FOR ANALYZING MATERIAL SAMPLES BY MEANS OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION WITH SELECTABLE LIGHT SOURCE | Nova Industrial Analytics GmbH | GARBER, ERIN R | 2878 | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 08, 2025 |
| 19201890 | CONVEYING DEVICES FOR BULK MATERIAL, SYSTEM COMPRISING A CONVEYING DEVICE OF THIS TYPE AND METHOD FOR CLEANING A CONVEYING DEVICE | Qlar Europe GmbH | AWAIS, MUHAMMAD SUMRAIZ | 3651 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 07, 2025 |
| 19199521 | TIRE CONDITION OR VEHICLE MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD | Coda Innovations S.R.O. | AKHTER, SHARMIN | 2689 | §102Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 06, 2025 |
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Start Free Trial89.7% of resolved applications prosecuted by Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, P.C. were allowed, across 53,625 applications in USPTO records.
2.62 office actions per allowed application on average.
945 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 448 clients, before 851 examiners in 303 art units.
