Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
11 pending office actions • 6 clients • 11 examiners • 6 art units • 0 of 11 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Saunders McKeon PLLC has a career total of 576 applications, specializing in Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics. The firm holds a resolved allowance rate of 78.53 percent. Prosecution typically involves 3.17 office actions per allowance, showing a steady engagement with the USPTO to overcome rejections in the semiconductor field. This average provides a clear expectation of the effort and time required to achieve a patent grant.
There are 7 pending office actions currently on the firm's docket. This small number of active matters is part of its 576 career applications. The 78.53 percent allowance rate indicates a reliable success rate for its clients. With 3.17 office actions per allowance, the firm's historical data provides a benchmark for the duration of the prosecution phase. This profile reflects a firm with a consistent approach to securing patent rights in a technically demanding sector, offering steady results for its applicants.
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 (18%) |
| §103 only | 2 (18%) |
| §112 only | 1 (9%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (9%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 5 (45%) |
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 | 60.0% | +16.1% |
| KENDALL, BENJAMIN R | 1 | 33.4% | +21.5% |
| SIDDIQUE, MUSHFIQUE | 1 | 89.6% | +6.2% |
| SENGDARA, VONGSAVANH | 1 | 72.2% | +18.4% |
| WALL, VINCENT | 1 | 62.5% | +24.4% |
| MELLOTT, JAMES M | 1 | 51.1% | +44.2% |
| HOSSAIN, MOAZZAM | 1 | 88.1% | +11.1% |
| OTT, PATRICK S | 1 | 67.9% | +23.2% |
| SQUIRES, BRETT STEPHEN | 1 | 51.7% | +48.7% |
| NETTLES, CORALIE ANN | 1 | 65.0% | +26.2% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18704069 | ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE COATING OF AN ELECTRICAL COMPONENT FOR ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVELY CONTACTING A BUS BAR LOCATED OUTSIDE THE COATING | HOSSAIN, MOAZZAM | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | — |
| 19206157 | Vacuum arrangement and method | KENDALL, BENJAMIN R | — |
| 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 | — |
| 18704069 | ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE COATING OF AN ELECTRICAL COMPONENT FOR ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVELY CONTACTING A BUS BAR LOCATED OUTSIDE THE COATING | HOSSAIN, MOAZZAM | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| Ferroelectric Memory | 4 |
| VON ARDENNE Asset GmbH & Co. KG | 2 |
| TechIFab GmbH | 2 |
| Actegy Limited | 1 |
| Heliatek GmbH | 1 |
| Wandelbots GmbH | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2896 | 1 |
| 2825 | 1 |
| 1794 | 1 |
| 2899 | 1 |
| 2893 | 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 | §102§103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 06, 2025 | |
| 19206157 | Vacuum arrangement and method | Von Ardenne Asset GmbH & Co. Kg | KENDALL, BENJAMIN R | 2896 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 13, 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 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 23, 2024 | |
| 18777621 | MEMORY CELL, CAPACITIVE MEMORY STRUCTURE, AND METHODS THEREOF | Ferroelectric Memory GmbH | WALL, VINCENT | §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 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 06, 2024 | |
| 18704069 | ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE COATING OF AN ELECTRICAL COMPONENT FOR ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVELY CONTACTING A BUS BAR LOCATED OUTSIDE THE COATING | Heliatek GmbH | HOSSAIN, MOAZZAM | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 24, 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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