Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
148 pending office actions • 43 clients • 132 examiners • 66 art units • 0 of 148 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Ruggiero McAllister & McMahon LLC manages 2983 career applications in Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics. The firm has a resolved allowance rate of 94.28 percent. It averages 3.6 office actions per allowance, indicating the typical frequency of examiner communication before an allowance is granted.
There are 108 pending office actions currently. The 94.28 percent allowance rate is based on the 2983 career applications. The 3.6 average office actions per allowance serves as a metric for the expected volume of examiner correspondence. This data reflects the firm's long-term performance and strategy in the semiconductors sector.
With 2983 career applications, the firm has a well-established track record. The 108 pending office actions represent the current active docket. The 94.28 percent allowance rate and 3.6 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. 36 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. 36 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 (3%) |
| §101 + other | 7 (5%) |
| §103 only | 45 (30%) |
| §102 only | 15 (10%) |
| §112 only | 11 (7%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 4 (3%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 61 (41%) |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KENDALL, CHUCK O | 3 | 86.8% | +8.0% |
| VANG, MENG | 2 | 78.2% | +26.9% |
| FINCH III, FRED E | 2 | 80.2% | +17.2% |
| RIVERA-PEREZ, CARLOS O | 2 | 72.3% | +19.2% |
| ZABEL, ANDREW JOHN | 2 | 82.5% | +25.9% |
| YECHURI, SITARAMARAO S | 2 | 85.5% | -8.2% |
| PANCHOLI, RINA C | 2 | 86.0% | +22.2% |
| CORTES, HOWARD | 2 | 78.5% | +14.4% |
| TRAN, DZUNG | 2 | 83.6% | +5.6% |
| AHMED, SHAHED | 2 | 90.9% | -0.2% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18467786 | REDUCED STRESS CLIP FOR SEMICONDUCTOR DIE | TRAN, DZUNG | 27d |
| 18458589 | VERTICAL SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR | AHMED, SHAHED | 39d |
| 18817690 | MANAGING SOFTWARE APPLICATION TEST INTERACTION | KENDALL, CHUCK O | — |
| 18817711 | MANAGING SOFTWARE APPLICATION TEST INTERACTION | KENDALL, CHUCK O | — |
| 18797582 | MANAGING SOFTWARE APPLICATION TEST INTERACTION | KENDALL, CHUCK O | — |
| 18620317 | VALLEY CURRENT LIMIT DETECTION SCHEME FOR SWITCHING REGULATORS | FINCH III, FRED E | — |
| 18186403 | VERTICAL ORIENTED SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE HAVING A REDUCED LATERAL FIELD TERMINATION DISTANCE, AS WELL AS A CORRESPONDING METHOD | AHMED, SHAHED | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18454218 | System and Method for Correlating Diverse Medication Information | CHOI, DAVID | 117d overdue |
| 17931066 | CHEMICALLY STRENGTHENED GLASS SHEET AND METHOD FOR ITS PRODUCTION | SAMPLE, DAVID R | 96d overdue |
| 16379133 | SENSOR RECEPTACLE FOR A BIOREACTOR, AND BIOREACTOR WITH SENSOR RECEPTACLE, AND METHOD FOR PROPAGATION OR CULTIVATION OF BIOLOGICAL MATERIAL | ESPERON, NATHAN GREGORY | 72d overdue |
| 18659162 | INDUCTOR-LESS POWER CONVERTER | RIVERA-PEREZ, CARLOS O | 30d overdue |
| 18955416 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ADDRESSING CROSS-PEGGING IN A MULTI-LEVEL SEARCH | MITCHELL, NATHAN A | 15d overdue |
| 17670893 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND A METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE | ZABEL, ANDREW JOHN | 2d overdue |
| 18349555 | METHOD FOR REDUCING RAISED STRUCTURES ON GLASS ELEMENTS, AND GLASS ELEMENT PRODUCED ACCORDING TO THE METHOD | FLORES JR, DONALD M | 1d overdue |
| 18316281 | ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE POROUS SINTERING BODY HAVING ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE MATERIALS METHOD FOR PRODUCING | TRAN, THIEN S | 7d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18659162 | INDUCTOR-LESS POWER CONVERTER | RIVERA-PEREZ, CARLOS O | 30d overdue |
| 17670893 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND A METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE | ZABEL, ANDREW JOHN | 2d overdue |
| 19073415 | Network Intelligence-as-a-Service in A.I.-Native Telecommunication Systems | VANG, MENG | — |
| 19046608 | SWITCHING STAGE OF A SWITCHED MODE POWER SUPPLY, SMPS, AS WELL AS AN SMPS AND CORRESPONDING METHOD | FINCH III, FRED E | — |
| 18948812 | SEGMENT ROUTING IPV6 EXTENSION TO SUPPORT MULTICAST IN RAN AND PC | VANG, MENG | — |
| 18926650 | A SWITCHED MODE POWER SUPPLY ARRANGED FOR EFFICIENTLY POWERING A RANGE OF LOADS AND METHOD OF OPERATING SUCH | RIVERA-PEREZ, CARLOS O | — |
| 18754735 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR ASSEMBLIES | ZABEL, ANDREW JOHN | — |
| 18656872 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISTRIBUTED UNIT OR CENTRALIZED UNIT FLOW CONTROL OPTIMIZATIONS FOR HIGHLY SCALABLE CELLULAR SYSTEMS | PANCHOLI, RINA C | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2893 | 8 |
| 2818 | 6 |
| 2898 | 6 |
| 2813 | 5 |
| 2838 | 4 |
| 1781 | 4 |
| 2477 | 3 |
| 2897 | 3 |
| 1731 | 3 |
| 1784 | 3 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19381185 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EFFICIENT CONSOLIDATION OF RECORD BLOCKS | Kinaxis Inc. | UDDIN, MD I | 2169 | §101§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 06, 2025 |
| 19355719 | DOWNHOLE TOOL | Welltec A/S | GAY, JENNIFER HAWKINS | 3619 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 10, 2025 |
| 19352799 | GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM MATERIALS | Ale Systems, Inc. | HALL, KRISTYN A | 3672 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 08, 2025 |
| 19328872 | TRANSPARENT ACCESS TO AN EXTERNAL DATA SOURCE WITHIN A DATA SERVER | Kinaxis Inc. | OWYANG, MICHELLE N | 2168 | §101§103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 15, 2025 |
| 19298899 | SAFETY SYSTEM FOR A BAGGAGE TRACTOR | Hi Performance Electric Vehicle Systems, Inc. | VON VOLKENBURG, KEITH ALLEN | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 13, 2025 | |
| 19147183 | FILTER AND MULTIPLEXER | Aniui Anuki Technologies Co., Ltd. | GLENN, KIMBERLY E | 2843 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 10, 2025 |
| 19233024 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISTRIBUTED VERSION RECLAIM | Kinaxis Inc. | SYED, FARHAN M | 2161 | §102Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 10, 2025 |
| 19225844 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR WEB SCRAPING AND COUNTERMEASURE SOLVER | Zyte Group Ltd. | KUDDUS, DANIEL A | 2154 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 15d | Pending | Jun 02, 2025 |
| 19200304 | PNEUMATIC FERTILIZER SPREADER AND METHOD FOR SPREADING GRANULAR AGRICULTURAL SPREADING MATERIAL | Horsch Leeb Application Systems GmbH | KIM, CHRISTOPHER S | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 06, 2025 | |
| 19195873 | QUERY-BASED ISOLATOR | Kinaxis Inc. | WU, TONY | 2166 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | 29d overdue | Pending | May 01, 2025 |
| 19171514 | METHODS AND DEVICES TO REDUCE DAMAGING EFFECTS OF CONCUSSIVE OR BLAST FORCES ON A SUBJECT | Thornhill Research, Inc. | LAUER, CHRISTINA C | §112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 07, 2025 | |
| 19097934 | UE COMMUNICATION EXPERIENCE THROUGH RNA OPTIMIZATION | Mavenir Systems, Inc. | GUZMAN, JAVIER O | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 02, 2025 | |
| 19077523 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PERSISTENCE OF IN-MEMORY ANALYTICS RESULTS | Kinaxis Inc. | CHAPPELL, DANIEL C | 2135 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 12, 2025 |
| 19073415 | Network Intelligence-as-a-Service in A.I.-Native Telecommunication Systems | Mavenir Systems, Inc. | VANG, MENG | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 07, 2025 | |
| 19063430 | THREE PIN CURRENT TRIGGERED TVS PROTECTION SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE | Nexperia B.V | COMBER, KEVIN J | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 26, 2025 | |
| 19046608 | SWITCHING STAGE OF A SWITCHED MODE POWER SUPPLY, SMPS, AS WELL AS AN SMPS AND CORRESPONDING METHOD | Nexperia B.V. | FINCH III, FRED E | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 06, 2025 | |
| 19036649 | HEAT SINK | Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. | ARANT, HARRY E | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 24, 2025 | |
| 19035211 | Method and Apparatus for Passive Intermodulation (PIM) Interference Cancellation in Dual-band Wireless Network | Mavenir Systems, Inc. | SCHWARTZ, JOSHUA L | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 23, 2025 | |
| 18993343 | ANIMAL EXCREMENT SCREENER | Petkit Network Technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. | CALLAWAY, SPENCER THOMAS | 3642 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 10, 2025 |
| 18992280 | AIR INTAKE DAMPER | Nissens Cooling Solutions A/S | TANENBAUM, TZVI SAMUEL | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 08, 2025 | |
| 18877459 | BALANCING WEIGHT FOR WHEELS | Wheel Balance Aps | BELLINGER, JASON R | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2024 | |
| 18966876 | MIRROR AND MIRROR SUBSTRATE WITH HIGH ASPECT RATIO, AND METHOD AND MEANS FOR PRODUCING SUCH A MIRROR SUBSTRATE | Schott AG | CHUNG, DAVID Y | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 03, 2024 | |
| 18955416 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ADDRESSING CROSS-PEGGING IN A MULTI-LEVEL SEARCH | Kinaxis Inc. | MITCHELL, NATHAN A | 3627 | §101 | Final Rejection | 15d overdue | Pending | Nov 21, 2024 |
| 18948812 | SEGMENT ROUTING IPV6 EXTENSION TO SUPPORT MULTICAST IN RAN AND PC | Mavenir Systems, Inc. | VANG, MENG | 2443 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 15, 2024 |
| 18947066 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR USER PLANE GEO REDUNDANCY WITH SESSION CONTINUITY | Mavenir Systems, Inc. | AHMED, ABDULLAHI | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 14, 2024 | |
| 18944156 | METHOD AND APPARATUS TO DETECT AND CORRECT RESOURCE ALLOCATION MISMATCH IN DIFFERENT RAN NODES | Mavenir Systems, Inc. | ABU ROUMI, MAHRAN Y | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 12, 2024 | |
| 18926650 | A SWITCHED MODE POWER SUPPLY ARRANGED FOR EFFICIENTLY POWERING A RANGE OF LOADS AND METHOD OF OPERATING SUCH | Nexperia B.V | RIVERA-PEREZ, CARLOS O | 2838 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 25, 2024 |
| 18925946 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EXTRACTION FOR SMART SPIDER | Zyte Group Limited | NGUYEN, LOAN T | 2165 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 24, 2024 |
| 18921623 | METHOD FOR A WEB SCRAPING TOOL AND CLASSIFICATION ENGINE | Zyte Group Limited | FUJITA, KATRINA R | 2672 | §112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 21, 2024 |
| 18920846 | UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE (UAV) DATA COLLECTION & CLAIM PRE-GENERATION FOR INSURED APPROVAL | State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company | MILEF, ELDA G | 3694 | §103DP | Non-Final OA | 76d | Pending | Oct 18, 2024 |
| 18907799 | METHOD TO SHUT DOWN AND RESTART RADIO UNITS IN OPEN-RAN CBRS NETWORKS | Mavenir Systems, Inc. | SOE, KYAW Z | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 07, 2024 | |
| 18897181 | METHOD OF AND INTERMEDIATE FOR MANUFACTURING A SEMICONDUCTOR DIE PACKAGE | Nexperia B.V. | KNUDSON, BRAD ALLAN | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 26, 2024 | |
| 18895944 | FIRE RISK DETERMINATION | Nearmap Australia Pty Ltd. | KOROMA, SORIE IBRAHIM | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 25, 2024 | |
| 18849598 | Apparatus for Stabilizing Body Joints and/or for Supporting Sports Equipment | BETTERGUARDS TECHNOLOGY GMBH | TAYLOR II, JAMES JOSEPH | 3792 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 23, 2024 |
| 18890920 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING RAN PARAMETERS OVER E2 INTERFACE USING E2SM-RC FOR TRAFFIC STEERING-BASED SLA OPTIMIZATION UPON CELL SHUTDOWN FOR ENERGY SAVINGS ACTIVATION | Mavenir Systems, Inc. | LEE, JUSTIN YE | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 20, 2024 | |
| 18889581 | CLIP | Nexperia B.V. | ESKRIDGE, CORY W | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 19, 2024 | |
| 18888251 | OPTIMIZED MANAGEMENT OF BANDWIDTH PARTS FOR CELLULAR NETWORKS | Mavenir Systems, Inc. | CHOWDHURY, MAHBUBUL BAR | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 18, 2024 | |
| 18884234 | EXTRACTION OF COFFEE OIL FROM SPENT COFFEE GROUNDS USING MECHANICAL HYDRAULIC PRESS AND PURIFICATION THEREOF | Kaffa Kuwwa Innovations Pvt. Ltd. | SHELLHAMMER, JAMES PAUL | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 13, 2024 | |
| 18846771 | BLADE FOR A WIND TURBINE AND CONNECTION METHOD FOR CONNECTING SAID BLADE TO A HUB OF SAID WIND TURBINE | Bladeworks S.r.l. | RIBADENEYRA, THEODORE C | 3745 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 13, 2024 |
| 18884343 | Method and Apparatus to Encode RAN OAM-Related Data Over the R1 and Other O-RAN Open Interfaces Using Generic Data Encoding Model and Information Semantics | Mavenir Systems, Inc. | NGUYEN, BRANDON A | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 13, 2024 | |
| 18817690 | MANAGING SOFTWARE APPLICATION TEST INTERACTION | Kinaxis Inc. | KENDALL, CHUCK O | §102Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 28, 2024 | |
| 18817711 | MANAGING SOFTWARE APPLICATION TEST INTERACTION | Kinaxis Inc. | KENDALL, CHUCK O | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 28, 2024 | |
| 18807067 | POLICY-BASED PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT FOR 5G NETWORK SLICES IN O-RAN NETWORKS | Mavenir Systems, Inc. | HENSON, JAMAAL R | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 16, 2024 | |
| 18802923 | VAPOR CHAMBER | Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd. | SCHERMERHORN, JON | 3763 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 13, 2024 |
| 18797582 | MANAGING SOFTWARE APPLICATION TEST INTERACTION | Kinaxis Inc. | KENDALL, CHUCK O | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 08, 2024 | |
| 18794552 | CU-DU FLOW CONTROL OPTIMIZATIONS FOR LOSSY MIDHAUL IN O-RAN NETWORKS | Mavenir Systems, Inc. | LIN, SHERMAN L | 2447 | §103 | Final Rejection | 15d | Pending | Aug 05, 2024 |
| 18793198 | Method to Categorize SCG Handover Failures in Dual Connectivity | Mavenir Systems, Inc. | MATTIS, JASON E | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 02, 2024 | |
| 18791858 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR SHIFTING A VOLTAGE LEVEL | Nexperia B.V. | BHATIA, AMIT R | 2842 | §102 | Final Rejection | 9d overdue | Pending | Aug 01, 2024 |
| 18833442 | DELIVERY DEVICE FOR SPRING COIL | Shanghai Shenqi Medical Technology Co., Ltd. | NEMER, OSAMA MOHAMMAD | 3771 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 26, 2024 |
| 18779313 | Virtual RAN Cell Site Resiliency and Energy Efficiency | Mavenir Systems, Inc. | NIKMANESH, SEAHVOSH J | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 22, 2024 |
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Start Free Trial94.3% of resolved applications prosecuted by Ruggiero Mcallister & Mcmahon LLC were allowed, across 2,990 applications in USPTO records.
3.59 office actions per allowed application on average.
148 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 43 clients, before 132 examiners in 66 art units.