Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Communications • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
195 pending office actions • 19 clients • 162 examiners • 65 art units • 1 of 195 (1%) have an AI response strategy ready
Rossi, Kimms & McDowell LLP has 10249 career applications in Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics. The firm's resolved allowance rate is 93.2 percent. It averages 3.14 office actions per allowance, providing a measure of the typical prosecution effort required.
The firm has 109 pending office actions. The 93.2 percent allowance rate is achieved across 10249 career applications. The 3.14 average office actions per allowance indicates the frequency of examiner communication before an allowance is secured. This data reflects the firm's long-term performance and strategy in the semiconductors sector.
With 10249 career applications, the firm has a well-established track record. The 109 pending office actions represent the current active docket. The 93.2 percent allowance rate and 3.14 average office actions per allowance are key figures for practitioners to consider when evaluating the firm's prosecution efficiency and success.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 37 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. 37 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 (2%) |
| §101 + other | 21 (11%) |
| §103 only | 66 (34%) |
| §102 only | 24 (12%) |
| §112 only | 6 (3%) |
| Double-patenting only | 4 (2%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 2 (1%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 67 (34%) |
| No statute on record | 1 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GILLESPIE, NICOLE KATHLEEN | 5 | 54.5% | +50.3% |
| BEATTY, ROBERT B | 4 | 92.5% | +3.1% |
| MORRISON, THOMAS A | 3 | 74.0% | +30.2% |
| GUILLERMETY, JUAN M | 3 | 72.6% | +14.2% |
| SCOLES, PHILIP GRANT | 3 | 56.3% | +15.6% |
| QIN, JIANCHUN | 3 | 69.3% | +14.4% |
| PARSLEY, DAVID J | 2 | 54.0% | +28.8% |
| GRAINGER, QUANA M | 2 | 88.8% | -3.7% |
| BANH, DAVID H | 2 | 71.8% | +12.5% |
| ASFAW, MESFIN T | 2 | 83.1% | +13.9% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19338402 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM AND IMAGE READING APPARATUS | GRAINGER, QUANA M | — |
| 19278883 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS THAT COOLS AN EXPOSURE DEVICE | BEATTY, ROBERT B | — |
| 19200048 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS | BEATTY, ROBERT B | — |
| 19063911 | EXPOSURE APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM, AND ARTICLE MANUFACTURING METHOD | ASFAW, MESFIN T | — |
| 18811932 | CARTRIDGE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING A RECESSED BACKGROUND WITH TRADEMARK CHARACTER OR LOGO THAT IS RECESSED OR RAISED FROM THE RECESSED BACKGROUND | GRAINGER, QUANA M | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18360184 | COMMUNICATION METHOD, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE | WEBB, MARGARET G | 146d overdue |
| 17941351 | TECHNIQUE FOR PROVIDING A USER-ADAPTED SERVICE TO A USER | MALKOWSKI, KENNETH J | 80d overdue |
| 19050506 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS | BANH, DAVID H | 49d overdue |
| 18489269 | FIXING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS | AYDIN, SEVAN A | 16d overdue |
| 18511103 | SMART HYBRID WATCH | KNOX, KALERIA | 5d overdue |
| 18297850 | MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, PROCESSING SYSTEM, MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND ARTICLE MANUFACTURING METHOD | WERNER, MARSHALL L | 1d overdue |
| 18742006 | PARAMETER DEFINITION APPARATUS, METHOD OF DEFINING PARAMETER, AND MEDIUM | LEE, SHIN | 8d |
| 18336111 | FILM FORMING METHOD AND ARTICLE MANUFACTURING METHOD | ANGEBRANNDT, MARTIN J | 9d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19050506 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS | BANH, DAVID H | 49d overdue |
| 18112619 | INPUT DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENT | QIN, JIANCHUN | 14d |
| 18840534 | MEAT PROCESSING APPARATUS AND MEAT PROCESSING SYSTEM | PARSLEY, DAVID J | 27d |
| 19475553 | WORK GRASPING APPARATUS AND WORK GRASPING METHOD | PARSLEY, DAVID J | — |
| 19171879 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE | BANH, DAVID H | — |
| 19063911 | EXPOSURE APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM, AND ARTICLE MANUFACTURING METHOD | ASFAW, MESFIN T | — |
| 19021949 | SHEET DISCHARGING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS | MORRISON, THOMAS A | — |
| 19018323 | IMPRINT METHOD, MOLD, IMPRINT APPARATUS AND ARTICLE MANUFACTURING METHOD | ASFAW, MESFIN T | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| Canon | 131 |
| Yamaha | 20 |
| Omron | 17 |
| Kardium | 7 |
| IDEXX LABORATORIES, Inc. | 3 |
| MAYEKAWA MFG. CO., LTD. | 3 |
| OPTOELECTRONICS CO., LTD. | 2 |
| Mayekawa Mfg. Co., Ltd. | 1 |
| 2GenPen | 1 |
| Mikuni | 1 |
| Textmine Limited | 1 |
| THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO | 1 |
| SONUUS LIMITED | 1 |
| Bellabeat | 1 |
| Peelable Dinnerware LLC | 1 |
| School Corporation Shujitsugakuen | 1 |
| National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology | 1 |
| Canon Machinery Inc. | 1 |
| 2HFUTURA | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2852 | 9 |
| 2837 | 6 |
| 3653 | 4 |
| 2853 | 3 |
| 3684 | 3 |
| 1744 | 3 |
| 1749 | 3 |
| 2857 | 3 |
| 2683 | 3 |
| 3643 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19313262 | Untitled | Canon Kabushiki Kaisha | AZONGHA, SARDIS F | 2627 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | |
| 19398737 | DETECTION APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC STETHOSCOPE | Canon Kabushiki Kaisha | TALTY, MARIA CHRISTINA | 3797 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 24, 2025 |
| 19475553 | WORK GRASPING APPARATUS AND WORK GRASPING METHOD | Mayekawa Mfg. Co., Ltd. | PARSLEY, DAVID J | 3643 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 15, 2025 |
| 19338402 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM AND IMAGE READING APPARATUS | Canon Kabushiki Kaisha | GRAINGER, QUANA M | 2852 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 24, 2025 |
| 19294921 | CHARGE-ELIMINATING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM | Canon Kabushiki Kaisha | THERRIEN, CARLA J | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 08, 2025 | |
| 19278883 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS THAT COOLS AN EXPOSURE DEVICE | Canon Kabushiki Kaisha | BEATTY, ROBERT B | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 24, 2025 | |
| 19277802 | INTERCHANGEABLE LENS AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS | Canon Kabushiki Kaisha | LEE, JIMMY S | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 23, 2025 | |
| 19273568 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING DUCT STRUCTURE THAT SUPPORTS LIGHT EMITTING ELEMENTS FOR EXPOSING A PHOTOCONDUCTOR | Canon Kabushiki Kaisha | BEATTY, ROBERT B | §101§102§103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 18, 2025 | |
| 19262288 | MEASURING APPARATUS, MEASURING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | Canon Kabushiki Kaisha | BALAOING, ARIEL A | 2624 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 08, 2025 |
| 19247535 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS | Canon Kabushiki Kaisha | ROTH, LAURA K | 2852 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 24, 2025 |
| 19220677 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND CARTRIDGE SET | Canon Kabushiki Kaisha | GIAMPAOLO II, THOMAS S | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 28, 2025 | |
| 19219281 | SETTING DEVICE, SENSOR, SETTING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM | Omron Corporation | NGUYEN, BAO LONG T | 3656 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 27, 2025 |
| 19214422 | OPTICAL APPARATUS | Canon Kabushiki Kaisha | PHAM, QUAN L | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 21, 2025 | |
| 19199874 | SHEET CONVEYANCE APPARATUS, IMAGE READING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS | Canon Kabushiki Kaisha | SANDERS, HOWARD J | 3653 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 06, 2025 |
| 19200048 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS | Canon Kabushiki Kaisha | BEATTY, ROBERT B | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 06, 2025 | |
| 19194865 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND ADJUSTMENT METHOD FOR THE IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS | Canon Kabushiki Kaisha | AMEH, YAOVI M | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 30, 2025 | |
| 19186831 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS FOR OBTAINING POWER CONSUMPTION VALUE | Canon Kabushiki Kaisha | BEATTY, ROBERT B | 2852 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 23, 2025 |
| 19179018 | IMPRINT APPARATUS AND ARTICLE MANUFACTURING METHOD | Canon Kabushiki Kaisha | LIU, XUE H | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 15, 2025 | |
| 19175365 | SHEET FEEDING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS | Canon Kabushiki Kaisha | GOKHALE, PRASAD V | 3653 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 10, 2025 |
| 19171879 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE | Canon Kabushiki Kaisha | BANH, DAVID H | 2853 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 07, 2025 |
| 19082370 | EXPOSURE APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING EXPOSURE APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING PRODUCT | Canon Kabushiki Kaisha | NGUYEN, HUNG | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 18, 2025 | |
| 19082647 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS | Canon Kabushiki Kaisha | TRAN, HOAN H | 2852 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 18, 2025 |
| 19079907 | EXPOSURE HEAD | Canon Kabushiki Kaisha | POLK, SHARON A | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 14, 2025 | |
| 19071128 | MACHINE LEARNING MODELS FOR QUALITATIVE DOMAINS | 2Genpen LLC | NGUYEN, TIEN C | §101DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 05, 2025 | |
| 19063911 | EXPOSURE APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM, AND ARTICLE MANUFACTURING METHOD | Canon Kabushiki Kaisha | ASFAW, MESFIN T | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 26, 2025 | |
| 19062819 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS | Canon Kabushiki Kaisha | CHEN, SOPHIA S | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 25, 2025 | |
| 19058354 | MEDICAL SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FAULT-TOLERANT TISSUE ABLATION | Kardium Inc. | BOCK, ABIGAIL MARIE | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 20, 2025 | |
| 19057241 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS CAPABLE OF SUPPRESSING POWER CONSUMPTION IN THE INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS ACCORDING TO USAGE STATE OF THE INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD FOR INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | Canon Kabushiki Kaisha | REHMAN, MOHAMMED H | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 19, 2025 | |
| 19050439 | STORAGE MEDIUM AND CONTROL METHOD FOR PERFORMING COLOR REDUCTION OF PRINT DATA TO MAKE PRINT DATA PRINTABLE BY PRINTING APPARATUS | Canon Kabushiki Kaisha | DIABY, MOUSTAPHA | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 11, 2025 | |
| 19050506 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS | Canon Kabushiki Kaisha | BANH, DAVID H | 2853 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 49d overdue | AI Ready | Feb 11, 2025 |
| 19044973 | PUMP UNIT AND AIR SUPPLY DEVICE | Canon Kabushiki Kaisha | WONG, JOSEPH S | 2852 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 04, 2025 |
| 19043983 | ACCESSORY APPARATUS, IMAGE PICKUP SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD OF ACCESSORY APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | Canon Kabushiki Kaisha | CALDERON, CYNTHIA | 2639 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 03, 2025 |
| 19039029 | SENSOR, CONTROL METHOD FOR SENSOR, PROGRAM, AND SAFETY MONITORING SYSTEM | Omron Corporation | PRINGLE-PARKER, JASON A | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 28, 2025 | |
| 19039073 | OPTICAL APPARATUS AND IMAGING APPARATUS | Canon Kabushiki Kaisha | RHODES, JR, LEON W | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 28, 2025 | |
| 19039045 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND INSPECTION SYSTEM | Canon Kabushiki Kaisha | CRUZ, IRIANA | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 28, 2025 | |
| 19038094 | STORAGE MEDIUM STORING APPLICATION PROGRAM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS | Canon Kabushiki Kaisha | ZHENG, JACKY X | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 27, 2025 | |
| 19033909 | PRINTING APPARATUS, PRINTING SYSTEM, METHOD OF CONTROLLING PRINTING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | Canon Kabushiki Kaisha | ZONG, HELEN | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 22, 2025 | |
| 19033900 | INSPECTION SYSTEM, INSPECTION APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE INSPECTION APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | Canon Kabushiki Kaisha | GARCIA, PAULO ANDRES | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 22, 2025 | |
| 19024332 | AUTOMATIC PLAYING PIANO, AUTOMATIC PLAYING METHOD AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | Yamaha Corporation | MCCORD, PAUL C | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 16, 2025 | |
| 19021949 | SHEET DISCHARGING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS | Canon Kabushiki Kaisha | MORRISON, THOMAS A | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 15, 2025 | |
| 19018323 | IMPRINT METHOD, MOLD, IMPRINT APPARATUS AND ARTICLE MANUFACTURING METHOD | Canon Kabushiki Kaisha | ASFAW, MESFIN T | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 13, 2025 | |
| 19015971 | DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD FOR THE SAME, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS | Canon Kabushiki Kaisha | CHEN, HUO LONG | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 10, 2025 | |
| 19009314 | BONDING APPARATUS, BONDING METHOD, AND ARTICLE MANUFACTURING METHOD | Canon Kabushiki Kaisha | ZERVOS, NIKOLAOS PHILLIP | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 03, 2025 | |
| 19009409 | MACHINE LEARNING MODELS FOR ADDISON'S DISEASE RISK ANALYSIS | IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. | REYES, REGINALD R | 3684 | §101 | Final Rejection | 28d | Pending | Jan 03, 2025 |
| 19007984 | FILM FORMATION METHOD, FILM FORMATION APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ARTICLE | Canon Kabushiki Kaisha | BERNARD, ADRIEN J | 1741 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 02, 2025 |
| 19004711 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM | Canon Kabushiki Kaisha | AYDIN, SEVAN A | 2852 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 30, 2024 |
| 18999404 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS | Canon Kabushiki Kaisha | SEO, JUSTIN | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 23, 2024 | |
| 18985728 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM THAT CUTS MEDIUM TO BE CUT, STORAGE MEDIUM STORING CUTTING APPLICATION, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS | Canon Kabushiki Kaisha | GUILLERMETY, JUAN M | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 18, 2024 | |
| 18984201 | FILM FORMING APPARATUS, FILM FORMING METHOD, AND ARTICLE MANUFACTURING METHOD | Canon Kabushiki Kaisha | TAUFIQ, FARAH N | 1754 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 17, 2024 |
| 18982251 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SELECTING, ACTIVATING, OR SELECTING AND ACTIVATING TRANSDUCERS | Kardium Inc. | GEDEON, BRIAN T | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 16, 2024 |
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Start Free Trial93.2% of resolved applications prosecuted by Rossi, Kimms & Mcdowell LLP were allowed, across 10,265 applications in USPTO records.
3.14 office actions per allowed application on average.
195 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 19 clients, before 162 examiners in 65 art units.