Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
9 pending office actions • 5 clients • 9 examiners • 8 art units • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Saunders McKeon PLLC has 584 career applications and 10 pending office actions in Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics. The record shows an established application history alongside a limited current action workload in a field where claim scope can depend on circuit relationships, device structures, and optical or semiconductor process details.
The resolved allowance rate is 79.1%, with an average of 3.12 office actions per allowance. The allowance figure describes resolved outcomes, while the action average addresses examination effort. Practitioners can use those measures to frame portfolio expectations, but the metrics do not identify the grounds or claim types driving individual results.
File-level review should therefore connect the historical indicators to the technical record. Particular attention may be warranted for distinctions over cited references, support for combined electrical and physical limitations, and amendments that address an examiner's position without unnecessarily narrowing useful protection.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 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. 3 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 + other | 2 (22%) |
| §103 only | 1 (11%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (11%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 5 (56%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HUSSAINI, ATTIYA SAYYADA | 1 | 61.7% | +19.5% |
| SIDDIQUE, MUSHFIQUE | 1 | 89.6% | +6.1% |
| SENGDARA, VONGSAVANH | 1 | 72.3% | +18.4% |
| WALL, VINCENT | 1 | 62.6% | +24.4% |
| MELLOTT, JAMES M | 1 | 51.1% | +44.1% |
| OTT, PATRICK S | 1 | 68.0% | +23.7% |
| SQUIRES, BRETT STEPHEN | 1 | 52.4% | +42.2% |
| NETTLES, CORALIE ANN | 1 | 60.5% | +31.7% |
| KASPER, BYRON XAVIER | 1 | 71.0% | +17.4% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17757306 | HANDHELD DEVICE FOR TRAINING AT LEAST ONE MOVEMENT AND AT LEAST ONE ACTIVITY OF A MACHINE, SYSTEM AND METHOD | KASPER, BYRON XAVIER | 22d |
| 18541027 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR SPUTTERING AT LEAST TWO ELEMENTS | OTT, PATRICK S | 33d |
| 18486180 | MEMORY CELL ARRANGEMENT AND METHODS | SQUIRES, BRETT STEPHEN | 33d |
| 18830663 | MEMORY CELL ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD OF READING A CAPACITIVE MEMORY CELL | SIDDIQUE, MUSHFIQUE | — |
| 18840946 | MEMRISTIVE STRUCTURE, MEMRISTIVE ARRAY, AND METHODS THEREOF | SENGDARA, VONGSAVANH | — |
| 18777621 | MEMORY CELL, CAPACITIVE MEMORY STRUCTURE, AND METHODS THEREOF | WALL, VINCENT | — |
| 18735203 | VACUUM COATING APPARATUS, CONTROL DEVICE AND METHOD FOR INFLUENCING A RATE AT WHICH A COATING MATERIAL IS EMITTED | MELLOTT, JAMES M | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17757306 | HANDHELD DEVICE FOR TRAINING AT LEAST ONE MOVEMENT AND AT LEAST ONE ACTIVITY OF A MACHINE, SYSTEM AND METHOD | KASPER, BYRON XAVIER | 22d |
| 18541027 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR SPUTTERING AT LEAST TWO ELEMENTS | OTT, PATRICK S | 33d |
| 18486180 | MEMORY CELL ARRANGEMENT AND METHODS | SQUIRES, BRETT STEPHEN | 33d |
| 19230877 | Apparatus For Detecting Motion | HUSSAINI, ATTIYA SAYYADA | — |
| 18840946 | MEMRISTIVE STRUCTURE, MEMRISTIVE ARRAY, AND METHODS THEREOF | SENGDARA, VONGSAVANH | — |
| 18777621 | MEMORY CELL, CAPACITIVE MEMORY STRUCTURE, AND METHODS THEREOF | WALL, VINCENT | — |
| 18735203 | VACUUM COATING APPARATUS, CONTROL DEVICE AND METHOD FOR INFLUENCING A RATE AT WHICH A COATING MATERIAL IS EMITTED | MELLOTT, JAMES M | — |
| 17814745 | MEMORY CELL AND METHODS FOR PROCESSING A MEMORY CAPACITOR | NETTLES, CORALIE ANN | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| Ferroelectric Memory | 4 |
| TechIFab GmbH | 2 |
| Actegy Limited | 1 |
| VON ARDENNE Asset GmbH & Co. KG | 1 |
| Wandelbots GmbH | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2893 | 2 |
| 3792 | 1 |
| 2825 | 1 |
| 2898 | 1 |
| 1759 | 1 |
| 1794 | 1 |
| 2899 | 1 |
| 3657 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19230877 | Apparatus For Detecting Motion | Actegy Limited | HUSSAINI, ATTIYA SAYYADA | 3792 | §102§103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 06, 2025 |
| 18830663 | MEMORY CELL ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD OF READING A CAPACITIVE MEMORY CELL | Ferroelectric Memory GmbH | SIDDIQUE, MUSHFIQUE | 2825 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 11, 2024 |
| 18840946 | MEMRISTIVE STRUCTURE, MEMRISTIVE ARRAY, AND METHODS THEREOF | Techifab GmbH | SENGDARA, VONGSAVANH | 2893 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 23, 2024 |
| 18777621 | MEMORY CELL, CAPACITIVE MEMORY STRUCTURE, AND METHODS THEREOF | Ferroelectric Memory GmbH | WALL, VINCENT | 2898 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 19, 2024 |
| 18735203 | VACUUM COATING APPARATUS, CONTROL DEVICE AND METHOD FOR INFLUENCING A RATE AT WHICH A COATING MATERIAL IS EMITTED | Von Ardenne Asset GmbH & Co. Kg | MELLOTT, JAMES M | 1759 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 06, 2024 |
| 18541027 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR SPUTTERING AT LEAST TWO ELEMENTS | Techifab GmbH | OTT, PATRICK S | 1794 | §101§103§112 | Final Rejection | 33d | Pending | Dec 15, 2023 |
| 18486180 | MEMORY CELL ARRANGEMENT AND METHODS | Ferroelectric Memory GmbH | SQUIRES, BRETT STEPHEN | 2899 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 33d | Pending | Oct 13, 2023 |
| 17814745 | MEMORY CELL AND METHODS FOR PROCESSING A MEMORY CAPACITOR | Ferroelectric Memory GmbH | NETTLES, CORALIE ANN | 2893 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 25, 2022 |
| 17757306 | HANDHELD DEVICE FOR TRAINING AT LEAST ONE MOVEMENT AND AT LEAST ONE ACTIVITY OF A MACHINE, SYSTEM AND METHOD | Wandelbots GmbH | KASPER, BYRON XAVIER | 3657 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 22d | Pending | Jun 14, 2022 |
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Start Free Trial79.1% of resolved applications prosecuted by Saunders Mckeon Pllc were allowed, across 584 applications in USPTO records.
3.12 office actions per allowed application on average.
9 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 5 clients, before 9 examiners in 8 art units.
