Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Perkins Coie LLP - Sdo General

Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Networking & Security • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics

11 pending office actions • 6 clients • 10 examiners • 9 art units • 0 of 11 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 56 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Perkins Coie LLP - SDO General focuses on Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics and has 11 pending office actions. Its career application record includes 4305 applications, providing extensive historical context for the active docket.

The resolved allowance rate is 95.21%, and the average office actions per allowance is 2.71. The allowance rate addresses resolved outcomes, while the action average reflects the examination activity preceding allowance. For practitioners, the profile offers a basis for considering current prosecution demands alongside the firm’s established record in semiconductor, circuit, and optics matters.

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

Quality Metrics (n=4305 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

95.2%
Allowance Rate
n=4305
+0.56σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=4305
2.7
OAs to Allowance
n=2943
-0.33σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=2943
913 days
Time to Allowance
n=2943
-0.7pp
Interview Lift
n=4305
24.8%
RCE Rate
n=4305
0.4%
Appeal Rate
n=4305

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

88.5%
§101 Overcome
n=278
93.4%
§102 Overcome
n=1092
92.5%
§103 Overcome
n=1784
91.7%
§112 Overcome
n=989

Specialization & Scale

H04L, H04W, G06F
Top CPC Subclasses
22%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=4305
0
Practitioners
n=4305
—
Apps / Practitioner
n=4305 (min 20)

Portfolio Summary

11
Total Pending OAs
5
Non-Final OAs
5
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

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

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.

4
Hard (36%)
7
Medium (64%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (9%)
§101 + other1 (9%)
§103 only6 (55%)
§102 only1 (9%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (18%)

Industry Mix

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

2
Life Sciences
18% of docket
2
Information Tech
18% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
4
Semiconductors
36% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
18% of docket
1
Business / Other
9% 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.

110 h
Manual time on pending OAs
22 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
38 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.0 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
MELLER, MICHAEL V 2 47.2% +28.0%
RAZA, ZEHRA 1 44.3% +47.3%
LAM, KENNETH T 1 85.1% +11.3%
GHYKA, ALEXANDER G 1 84.0% +13.6%
SCHNASE, PAUL DANIEL 1 67.7% +7.7%
BELL, LAUREN R 1 40.3% +32.8%
CHAKRAVARTHY, LATHA 1 44.1% +52.3%
VIDAL CARPIO, MARIELA 1 76.6% +1.0%
LIN, ARIC 1 59.4% +12.1%
MALDONADO, STEVEN 1 26.9% +42.9%

Quick Wins (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18663570 LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE AND DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME GHYKA, ALEXANDER G —

Hard Cases (5)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17478686 LIGHT IRRADIATION DEVICE MALDONADO, STEVEN 56d
18850390 A CRYPTOGRAPHICALLY SECURE PROTECTION AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR ART DATA AND ART ASSETS RAZA, ZEHRA —
18750301 TRACKING AREA UPDATE AND PAGING METHOD FOR NON-TERRESTRIAL SATELLITE NETWORKS LAM, KENNETH T —
18355238 IMAGE SENSING DEVICE BELL, LAUREN R —
17513788 CHANNEL MEASUREMENT METHOD AND APPARATUS VIDAL CARPIO, MARIELA —

Interview Candidates (9)

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
17478686 LIGHT IRRADIATION DEVICE MALDONADO, STEVEN 56d
18900504 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR PREVENTING AND RECOVERY FROM DETRIMENTAL EFFECTS OF ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION MELLER, MICHAEL V —
18900420 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR PREVENTING AND RECOVERY FROM DETRIMENTAL EFFECTS OF ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION MELLER, MICHAEL V —
18850390 A CRYPTOGRAPHICALLY SECURE PROTECTION AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR ART DATA AND ART ASSETS RAZA, ZEHRA —
18750301 TRACKING AREA UPDATE AND PAGING METHOD FOR NON-TERRESTRIAL SATELLITE NETWORKS LAM, KENNETH T —
18663570 LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE AND DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME GHYKA, ALEXANDER G —
18355238 IMAGE SENSING DEVICE BELL, LAUREN R —
18153572 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PERFORMING MOBILITY OPERATIONS IN AN INTEGRATED ACCESS AND BACKHAUL SYSTEM CHAKRAVARTHY, LATHA —

Client Portfolio (6 clients)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
ZTE 3
Cheers Health 2
Seoul Semiconductor 2
SK Group 2
Ldvs, Inc. 1
SeeQC Inc. 1

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
16552
36971
28001
28771
28961
24611
24761
28511
37971

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18900504 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR PREVENTING AND RECOVERY FROM DETRIMENTAL EFFECTS OF ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION Cheers Health, Inc. MELLER, MICHAEL V 1655 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 27, 2024
18900420 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR PREVENTING AND RECOVERY FROM DETRIMENTAL EFFECTS OF ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION Cheers Health, Inc. MELLER, MICHAEL V 1655 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 27, 2024
18850390 A CRYPTOGRAPHICALLY SECURE PROTECTION AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR ART DATA AND ART ASSETS Ldvs, Inc. RAZA, ZEHRA 3697 §101§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 24, 2024
18750301 TRACKING AREA UPDATE AND PAGING METHOD FOR NON-TERRESTRIAL SATELLITE NETWORKS ZTE CORPORATION LAM, KENNETH T §101 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 21, 2024
18663570 LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE AND DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME Seoul Viosys Co., Ltd. GHYKA, ALEXANDER G 2800 §102Other Non-Final OA — Pending May 14, 2024
18357018 PROBE CARD SK Hynix Inc. SCHNASE, PAUL DANIEL 2877 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Jul 21, 2023
18355238 IMAGE SENSING DEVICE SK Hynix Inc. BELL, LAUREN R 2896 §102§103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Jul 19, 2023
18153572 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PERFORMING MOBILITY OPERATIONS IN AN INTEGRATED ACCESS AND BACKHAUL SYSTEM ZTE CORPORATION CHAKRAVARTHY, LATHA 2461 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 12, 2023
17513788 CHANNEL MEASUREMENT METHOD AND APPARATUS ZTE CORPORATION VIDAL CARPIO, MARIELA 2476 §103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Oct 28, 2021
17501897 INTERCONNECTIONS BETWEEN QUANTUM COMPUTING MODULE AND NON-QUANTUM PROCESSING MODULES IN QUANTUM COMPUTING SYSTEMS Seeqc, Inc. LIN, ARIC 2851 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Oct 14, 2021
17478686 LIGHT IRRADIATION DEVICE Seoul Viosys Co., Ltd. MALDONADO, STEVEN 3797 §103 Final Rejection 56d Pending Sep 17, 2021

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is Perkins Coie LLP - Sdo General's patent allowance rate?

95.2% of resolved applications prosecuted by Perkins Coie LLP - Sdo General were allowed, across 4,305 applications in USPTO records.

How many office actions does Perkins Coie LLP - Sdo General average before allowance?

2.71 office actions per allowed application on average.

How many pending office actions does Perkins Coie LLP - Sdo General have?

11 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 6 clients, before 10 examiners in 9 art units.

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