Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
20 pending office actions • 4 clients • 19 examiners • 9 art units • 0 of 20 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Schmidt Patent Law, Inc. has a career history of 1052 applications, focused on Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics. The firm has an impressive resolved allowance rate of 93.5 percent. Prosecution at the firm averages 3.31 office actions per allowance, reflecting a persistent and detailed approach to securing patent grants in the semiconductor field. This average indicates that the firm is willing to engage in multiple rounds of negotiation to achieve positive results.
Currently, the firm has 13 pending office actions. This active workload is part of its 1052 career applications. The 93.5 percent allowance rate is a very high success rate for semiconductor patents. While 3.31 office actions per allowance suggests a longer prosecution cycle, the high ultimate allowance rate demonstrates the effectiveness of the firm's persistent engagement with the USPTO. This data provides a clear expectation for applicants regarding both the likelihood of success and the effort required in this technically demanding field.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 5 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. 5 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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 8 (40%) |
| §112 only | 1 (5%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 11 (55%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SUN, MICHAEL Y | 2 | 57.1% | +26.5% |
| JANG, CHRISTIAN Y | 1 | 68.5% | +21.0% |
| AMARA, MOHAMED K | 1 | 75.8% | +29.8% |
| RILEY, JEZIA | 1 | 82.9% | +7.3% |
| WHITE, SADIE | 1 | 48.8% | +31.6% |
| YASMEEN, NISHATH | 1 | 77.3% | +9.3% |
| KOSLOW, CAROL M | 1 | 81.6% | +12.2% |
| WINTERS, SEAN AYERS | 1 | 88.2% | +19.3% |
| SEVEN, EVREN | 1 | 74.5% | +8.6% |
| SHAMSUZZAMAN, MOHAMMED | 1 | 81.1% | +54.9% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18737215 | OXONITRIDOBERYLLOSILICATE PHOSPHORS | KOSLOW, CAROL 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18761032 | PROTECTION COATING FOR SOLAR CELL WAFERS | WHITE, SADIE | 35d overdue |
| 19020080 | PCLED LIGHT SOURCE AND SWIR SPECTROMETER FOR NONINVASIVE TISSUE GLUCOSE SELF-MONITORING | JANG, CHRISTIAN Y | — |
| 18776428 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR NUCLEIC ACID SEQUENCING | RILEY, JEZIA | — |
| 18742116 | REDUCING CROSSTALK AND IMPROVING CONTRAST IN LED AND PCLED ARRAYS | YASMEEN, NISHATH | — |
| 18680059 | PATTERNING PHOSPHOR LAYERS USING POLYMER MASKS | WINTERS, SEAN AYERS | — |
| 18630689 | HIGH REFRACTIVE INDEX STRUCTURED COATING FOR EFFICIENT LIGHT EXTRACTION FROM LEDS AND PCLEDS | SHAMSUZZAMAN, MOHAMMED | — |
| 18444015 | VARIABLE TERRAIN SOLAR TRACKER | SUN, MICHAEL Y | — |
| 18433077 | VARIABLE TERRAIN SOLAR TRACKER | SUN, MICHAEL Y | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18761032 | PROTECTION COATING FOR SOLAR CELL WAFERS | WHITE, SADIE | 35d overdue |
| 19020080 | PCLED LIGHT SOURCE AND SWIR SPECTROMETER FOR NONINVASIVE TISSUE GLUCOSE SELF-MONITORING | JANG, CHRISTIAN Y | — |
| 18926083 | PHOSPHOR COMPOSITIONS AND LIGHT SOURCES FOR SWIR SPECTROSCOPY | AMARA, MOHAMED K | — |
| 18737215 | OXONITRIDOBERYLLOSILICATE PHOSPHORS | KOSLOW, CAROL M | — |
| 18680059 | PATTERNING PHOSPHOR LAYERS USING POLYMER MASKS | WINTERS, SEAN AYERS | — |
| 18630689 | HIGH REFRACTIVE INDEX STRUCTURED COATING FOR EFFICIENT LIGHT EXTRACTION FROM LEDS AND PCLEDS | SHAMSUZZAMAN, MOHAMMED | — |
| 18444015 | VARIABLE TERRAIN SOLAR TRACKER | SUN, MICHAEL Y | — |
| 18433077 | VARIABLE TERRAIN SOLAR TRACKER | SUN, MICHAEL Y | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| Lumileds | 14 |
| MAXEON SOLAR PTE. LTD. | 3 |
| NEVADOS ENGINEERING, INC. | 2 |
| ULTIMA GENOMICS, INC. | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2877 | 2 |
| 1728 | 2 |
| 1726 | 2 |
| 1721 | 1 |
| 2891 | 1 |
| 2892 | 1 |
| 2812 | 1 |
| 2813 | 1 |
| 2817 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19020080 | PCLED LIGHT SOURCE AND SWIR SPECTROMETER FOR NONINVASIVE TISSUE GLUCOSE SELF-MONITORING | Lumileds LLC | JANG, CHRISTIAN Y | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 14, 2025 | |
| 18926083 | PHOSPHOR COMPOSITIONS AND LIGHT SOURCES FOR SWIR SPECTROSCOPY | Lumileds LLC | AMARA, MOHAMED K | 2877 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 24, 2024 |
| 18776428 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR NUCLEIC ACID SEQUENCING | ULTIMA GENOMICS, INC. | RILEY, JEZIA | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 18, 2024 | |
| 18761032 | PROTECTION COATING FOR SOLAR CELL WAFERS | Maxeon Solar Pte. Ltd. | WHITE, SADIE | 1721 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 35d overdue | Pending | Jul 01, 2024 |
| 18742116 | REDUCING CROSSTALK AND IMPROVING CONTRAST IN LED AND PCLED ARRAYS | Lumileds LLC | YASMEEN, NISHATH | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 13, 2024 | |
| 18737215 | OXONITRIDOBERYLLOSILICATE PHOSPHORS | Lumileds LLC | KOSLOW, CAROL M | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 07, 2024 | |
| 18680059 | PATTERNING PHOSPHOR LAYERS USING POLYMER MASKS | Lumileds LLC | WINTERS, SEAN AYERS | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 31, 2024 | |
| 18647275 | Mass-transferable microLEDs with high wafer utilization | Lumileds LLC | SEVEN, EVREN | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 26, 2024 | |
| 18630689 | HIGH REFRACTIVE INDEX STRUCTURED COATING FOR EFFICIENT LIGHT EXTRACTION FROM LEDS AND PCLEDS | Lumileds LLC | SHAMSUZZAMAN, MOHAMMED | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 09, 2024 | |
| 18628447 | LED LAMP WITH INFRARED OUTPUT | Lumileds LLC | SANDVIK, BENJAMIN P | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 05, 2024 | |
| 18444015 | VARIABLE TERRAIN SOLAR TRACKER | Nevados Engineering, Inc. | SUN, MICHAEL Y | 1728 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 16, 2024 |
| 18433077 | VARIABLE TERRAIN SOLAR TRACKER | Nevados Engineering, Inc. | SUN, MICHAEL Y | 1728 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 05, 2024 |
| 18411556 | BONDED WIRE FOR INTERCONNECTING SOLAR CELLS | Maxeon Solar Pte. Ltd. | AYAD, TAMIR | 1726 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 67d overdue | Pending | Jan 12, 2024 |
| 18409947 | LED SENSOR MODULE | Lumileds LLC | UNDERWOOD, JARREAS C | 2877 | §103 | Final Rejection | 7d | Pending | Jan 11, 2024 |
| 18397522 | Transparent Conductive Oxide Layer With Ohmic Contact On n-type AlInGaP for LEDs and MicroLEDs | Lumileds LLC | YEMELYANOV, DMITRIY | 2891 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 27, 2023 |
| 18542189 | CHIP SCALE PACKAGE LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE WITH THIN, CONFORMAL WAVELENGTH CONVERTER | Lumileds LLC | JONES, ERIC W | 2892 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | 9d overdue | Pending | Dec 15, 2023 |
| 18541732 | Carrier Confinement Structure of AlInGaP MicroLEDs | Lumileds LLC | MAZUMDER, DIDARUL A | 2812 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 15, 2023 |
| 18514956 | LED WITH METAL REFLECTOR | Lumileds LLC | CHEEK, EDWARD RHETT | 2813 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 20, 2023 |
| 18207917 | TILEABLE MICROLED DISPLAY | Lumileds LLC | IQBAL, HAMNA FATHIMA | 2817 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 09, 2023 |
| 17870268 | FRONT CONTACT SOLAR CELL WITH FORMED EMITTER | Maxeon Solar Pte. Ltd. | PILLAY, DEVINA | 1726 | §103 | Final Rejection | 111d overdue | Pending | Jul 21, 2022 |
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