Technology areas: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
110 pending office actions • 34 clients • 106 examiners • 76 art units • 0 of 110 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Shih IP Law Group, PLLC has 102 pending office actions in Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics and 2181 career applications. The figures show a substantial active workload supported by a substantial application history in this technical area.
The resolved allowance rate is 90.11%, and allowed matters averaged 2.81 office actions per allowance. The rate describes resolved allowance outcomes, while the action average describes the examination activity associated with matters that reached allowance. Practitioners reviewing the profile can therefore consider current docket pressure, historical results, and the typical response activity represented by the resolved matters.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 34 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. 34 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 | 3 (3%) |
| §101 + other | 9 (8%) |
| §103 only | 43 (39%) |
| §102 only | 9 (8%) |
| §112 only | 5 (5%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (1%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 40 (36%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHAPIRO, JEFFREY ALAN | 3 | 55.0% | +15.6% |
| DELEON, DARIO ANTONIO | 2 | 65.3% | +30.9% |
| RESTAINO, ANDREW PETER | 2 | 72.4% | +39.2% |
| TRAN, BINH Q | 1 | 88.2% | +6.6% |
| AZARI, SEPEHR | 1 | 66.8% | +7.8% |
| JIN, GEORGE C. | 1 | 84.2% | +13.3% |
| HEFLIN, HARRISON JAMES RIEL | 1 | 72.3% | +14.4% |
| HALEY, JOSEPH R | 1 | 79.1% | +7.4% |
| YU, NORMAN | 1 | 87.5% | +14.0% |
| SAKAMOTO, COLIN T | 1 | 66.7% | +25.0% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19355232 | EXHAUST TREATMENT DEVICE | TRAN, BINH Q | — |
| 19216468 | EAR-WORN DEVICE WITH NEURAL NETWORK-BASED NOISE MODIFICATION AND/OR SPATIAL FOCUSING | YU, NORMAN | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17997028 | DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING DEVICE, DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING METHOD, DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING PROGRAM, AND LEARNED MODEL | BURKE, TIONNA M | 118d overdue |
| 18179849 | CATHETER | ZIEGLER, ABIGAIL M | 31d overdue |
| 18578871 | BONE CONDUCTION-BASED EATING MONITORING METHOD AND APPARATUS, TERMINAL DEVICE, AND MEDIUM | ABDULLAH, AAISHA | 18d overdue |
| 18918173 | ALTERNATING CURRENT SIGNAL TRANSFER APPARATUS AND ALTERNATING CURRENT APPARATUS | POOS, JOHN W | 9d overdue |
| 18769483 | MUSIC REVENUE DISTRIBUTION APPARATUS AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING MUSIC REVENUE DISTRIBUTION PROGRAM | MOORE, REVA R | 3d overdue |
| 17997558 | REPLACING APPARATUS AND REPLACING METHOD | CADUGAN, ERICA E | 2d overdue |
| 18282822 | SENSING DEVICE AND LOADING RATE ESTIMATION SYSTEM | CHEN, JOSHUA NMN | 13d |
| 18538322 | MONITORING DEVICE AND DEFIBRILLATION CONTROL DEVICE | LEVICKY, WILLIAM J | 15d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18086142 | CATHETER, BALLOON EXPANSION METHOD, BALLOON COMPRESSION METHOD | RESTAINO, ANDREW PETER | 22d |
| 18483659 | BALLOON CATHETER AND BALLOON DILATATION METHOD | RESTAINO, ANDREW PETER | 40d |
| 19252215 | PISTON AND INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE | JIN, GEORGE C. | — |
| 19237097 | MONITORING SYSTEM | HEFLIN, HARRISON JAMES RIEL | — |
| 19216468 | EAR-WORN DEVICE WITH NEURAL NETWORK-BASED NOISE MODIFICATION AND/OR SPATIAL FOCUSING | YU, NORMAN | — |
| 19192727 | HANDHELD ULTRASOUND DEVICE FOR DETECTING BREAST MASS BY CONTROLLING OPERATION OF ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCERS | SAKAMOTO, COLIN T | — |
| 19102540 | A METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AN OPERATION OF A MODULAR FLUID-FLUID HEAT TRANSFER ARRANGEMENT AND A MODULAR FLUID-FLUID HEAT TRANSFER ARRANGEMENT | DELEON, DARIO ANTONIO | — |
| 18868247 | A MODULAR FLUID-FLUID HEAT TRANSFER ARRANGEMENT AND A METHOD THEREOF | DELEON, DARIO ANTONIO | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2872 | 5 |
| 3794 | 5 |
| 2694 | 4 |
| 2621 | 3 |
| 2884 | 3 |
| 3653 | 3 |
| 3619 | 3 |
| 3665 | 2 |
| 2693 | 2 |
| 3799 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19355232 | EXHAUST TREATMENT DEVICE | Isuzu Motors Limited | TRAN, BINH Q | 3746 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 10, 2025 |
| 19163078 | INTERACTION CONTROL METHOD, DEVICE, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND MEDIUM | Goertek Inc. | AZARI, SEPEHR | 2621 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 08, 2025 |
| 19252215 | PISTON AND INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE | Isuzu Motors Limited | JIN, GEORGE C. | 3747 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 27, 2025 |
| 19237097 | MONITORING SYSTEM | Isuzu Motors Limited | HEFLIN, HARRISON JAMES RIEL | 3665 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 13, 2025 |
| 19138279 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PLAYING AUDIO OF MULTI-SCREEN DISPLAY, HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAY DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | Goertek Technology Co., Ltd. | HALEY, JOSEPH R | 2621 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 12, 2025 |
| 19216468 | EAR-WORN DEVICE WITH NEURAL NETWORK-BASED NOISE MODIFICATION AND/OR SPATIAL FOCUSING | Fortell Research Inc. | YU, NORMAN | 2693 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 22, 2025 |
| 19192727 | HANDHELD ULTRASOUND DEVICE FOR DETECTING BREAST MASS BY CONTROLLING OPERATION OF ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCERS | L’Imagin Inc. | SAKAMOTO, COLIN T | 3798 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 29, 2025 |
| 19192765 | HANDHELD ULTRASOUND DEVICE FOR DETECTING BREAST MASS BY SENSING MOVEMENT SPEED OF ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCERS | L’Imagin Inc. | PEHLKE, CAROLYN A | 3799 | §103 | Final Rejection | 21d | Pending | Apr 29, 2025 |
| 19081230 | MIXING SPEECH AND NOISE IN AN EAR-WORN DEVICE BASED ON NOISE LEVEL | Fortell Research Inc. | JOSHI, SUNITA | 2691 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 17, 2025 |
| 19074887 | SEISMIC EXPLORATION METHOD, SUBSURFACE MONITORING METHOD, SEISMIC EXPLORATION SYSTEM, AND SEISMIC SOURCE DEVICE | The University of Tokyo | LUKS, JEREMY AUSTIN | 2837 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 10, 2025 |
| 19109582 | MOLYBDENUM PRECURSOR COMPOUND, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME, AND METHOD FOR DEPOSITING MOLYBDENUM-CONTAINING THIN FILM USING SAME | SK Hynix Inc. | PROCTOR, CACHET I | 1712 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 07, 2025 |
| 19073088 | IN-VEHICLE EQUIPMENT HOLDING DEVICE | Isuzu Motors Limited | AKARAGWE, YANICK A | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 07, 2025 | |
| 19065431 | PERSONALIZING A SPEECH ENHANCEMENT NEURAL NETWORK USING SAMPLES OF A TARGET SPEAKER'S CLONED VOICE | Fortell Research Inc. | REN, ZHUBING | 2658 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 27, 2025 |
| 19057129 | CONTROL SYSTEM FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE | Isuzu Motors Limited | PALL, CHARLES J | 3663 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 19, 2025 |
| 19052423 | METHOD FOR ANALYZING USER INPUT REGARDING 3D OBJECT, DEVICE, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM | Mawari Corp. | ADAMS, CARL | 2627 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 13, 2025 |
| 19102540 | A METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AN OPERATION OF A MODULAR FLUID-FLUID HEAT TRANSFER ARRANGEMENT AND A MODULAR FLUID-FLUID HEAT TRANSFER ARRANGEMENT | Qvantum Industries AB | DELEON, DARIO ANTONIO | 3763 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 10, 2025 |
| 19047954 | HYBRID VEHICLE | Isuzu Motors Limited | MUSTAFA, IMRAN K | 3668 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 07, 2025 |
| 19101698 | NON-CONTACT TACTILE SENSE PRESENTATION DEVICE AND NON-CONTACT TACTILE SENSE PRESENTATION SYSTEM | Minebea Mitsumi Inc. | GONZALEZ QUINONES, JOSE A | 2834 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 06, 2025 |
| 19029374 | PERSON SEARCH APPARATUS AND PERSON SEARCH METHOD | Jvckenwood Corporation | THOMAS, SOUMYA | 2664 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 19025558 | MOVING PICTURE CODING DEVICE, MOVING PICTURE CODING METHOD, MOVING PICTURE CODING PROGRAM, MOVING PICTURE DECODING DEVICE, MOVING PICTURE DECODING METHOD, AND MOVING PICTURE DECODING PROGRAM | Jvckenwood Corporation | PHILIPPE, GIMS S | 2424 | DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 16, 2025 |
| 18994889 | DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS, HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAY DEVICE, AND MEDIUM | Goertek Inc. | LUBIT, RYAN A | 2626 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 15, 2025 |
| 19015099 | EAR-WORN DEVICES WITH REMOTE PAIRING TO OTHER EAR-WORN DEVICES | Fortell Research Inc. | RINEHART, SEAN MICHAEL | 2694 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 09, 2025 |
| 19008703 | CORRECTION SYSTEM, TERMINAL APPARATUS, PROGRAM TO CORRECT OUTPUT OF THREE-AXIS ANGULAR SPEED SENSOR AND THREE-AXIS ACCELERATION SENSOR | Jvckenwood Corporation | HUANG, DAVID Z | 2855 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 03, 2025 |
| 18880045 | MANUFACTURING APPARATUS FOR OPTICAL FIBER TAPE CORE WIRE, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR OPTICAL FIBER TAPE CORE WIRE | Swcc Corporation | BOWMAN, ANDREW J | 1718 | §103 | Final Rejection | 75d | Pending | Dec 30, 2024 |
| 18868247 | A MODULAR FLUID-FLUID HEAT TRANSFER ARRANGEMENT AND A METHOD THEREOF | Qvantum Industries AB | DELEON, DARIO ANTONIO | 3763 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 22, 2024 |
| 18708347 | WIRELESS NODE AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD | Picocela Inc. | HAN, CLEMENCE S | 2414 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 20, 2024 |
| 18950324 | NEURAL-NETWORK BASED DENOISING OF AUDIO SIGNALS RECEIVED BY AN EAR-WORN DEVICE CONTROLLED BASED ON ACTIVATION OF A USER INPUT DEVICE ON THE EAR-WORN DEVICE | Fortell Research Inc. | DABNEY, PHYLESHA LARVINIA | 2694 | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 18, 2024 |
| 18864999 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING SYSTEM | Tokyo Electron Limited | AHMED, SHAMIM | 1713 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 12, 2024 |
| 18861891 | FILM DEPOSITING COMPOSITION INCLUDING GROUP 4 METAL ELEMENT-CONTAINING PRECURSOR COMPOUND AND METHOD FOR FORMING FILM USING SAME | UP CHEMICAL CO., LTD. | PAGANO, ALEXANDER R | 1692 | §112 | Final Rejection | 38d overdue | Pending | Oct 31, 2024 |
| 18925111 | IMAGE RECOGNITION DEVICE AND IMAGE RECOGNITION METHOD | Jvckenwood Corporation | OMETZ, DAVID LOUIS | 2672 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 24, 2024 |
| 18918186 | ALTERNATING CURRENT APPARATUS | Laser Systems Inc. | KING, MONICA C | 2844 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 22d | Pending | Oct 17, 2024 |
| 18918173 | ALTERNATING CURRENT SIGNAL TRANSFER APPARATUS AND ALTERNATING CURRENT APPARATUS | Laser Systems Inc. | POOS, JOHN W | 2842 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 9d overdue | Pending | Oct 17, 2024 |
| 18852549 | OPTICAL GAS SENSOR DEVICE, GAS DETECTION METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM | Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd. | GUNBERG, EDWIN C | 2884 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 30, 2024 |
| 18895682 | METHOD FOR ESTIMATING A CENTER FREQUENCY OF A WAVELET | Acconeer AB | LE, HAILEY R | 3648 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 25, 2024 |
| 18849694 | CHARGING A BATTERY OF A BATTERY POWERED DEVICE | Brainlit AB | KESSIE, DANIEL | 2836 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 23, 2024 |
| 18888215 | DISPLAY APPARATUS, DISPLAY METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM THAT STORES PROGRAM | Jvckenwood Corporation | HILAIRE, CLIFFORD | 2618 | §112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 18, 2024 |
| 18841494 | OPTICAL RECEPTACLE AND OPTICAL MODULE | Enplas Corporation | WONG, ERIC K | 2874 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 26, 2024 |
| 18839466 | SOUND PRODUCTION MODULE AND TERMINAL DEVICE | Goertek Inc. | LIEBGOTT, TYLER MICHAEL | 2694 | §102 | Final Rejection | 50d | Pending | Aug 19, 2024 |
| 18838755 | CONTROL ENGINE, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ONE OR MORE UV-C LIGHT SOURCES | Brainlit AB | WANG, JING | 2881 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 15, 2024 |
| 18788593 | BRAIDED STRUCTURE, TUBE STRUCTURE, TUBE STRUCTURE FOR CATHETER, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING BRAIDED STRUCTURE | Japan Lifeline Co., Ltd. | ROBERTS, ANNA L | 3791 | §102 | Final Rejection | 48d | Pending | Jul 30, 2024 |
| 18770739 | OPTICAL GAS SENSOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF OPTICAL GAS SENSOR DEVICE | Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd. | KAO, CHIH CHENG G | 2884 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 12, 2024 |
| 18769483 | MUSIC REVENUE DISTRIBUTION APPARATUS AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING MUSIC REVENUE DISTRIBUTION PROGRAM | Jvckenwood Corporation | MOORE, REVA R | 3627 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 3d overdue | Pending | Jul 11, 2024 |
| 18761100 | METHOD FOR ACTIVATING A POWERING SEGMENT IN AN ELECTRIC ROAD SYSTEM AND AN ELECTRIC ROAD SYSTEM | Elonroad AB | KUHFUSS, ZACHARY L | 3615 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 01, 2024 |
| 18756095 | COIN PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING COIN PROCESSING DEVICE | Glory Ltd. | UEBERSCHAER, JONATHAN REED | 3653 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 27, 2024 |
| 18746109 | MACHINE LEARNING APPARATUS, MACHINE LEARNING METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM STORING MACHINE LEARNING PROGRAM | Jvckenwood Corporation | RAMESH, TIRUMALE K | 2121 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 18, 2024 |
| 18741873 | OPTICAL GAS SENSOR DEVICE, GAS SENSING METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM | Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd. | MALEVIC, DJURA | 2884 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 13, 2024 |
| 18739972 | STENT GRAFT | Japan Lifeline Co., Ltd. | PELLEGRINO, BRIAN E | 3799 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 11, 2024 |
| 18739389 | MACHINE LEARNING DEVICE, MACHINE LEARNING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM HAVING MACHINE LEARNING PROGRAM | Jvckenwood Corporation | DUNAY, CHRISTOPHER E | 2875 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 11, 2024 |
| 18716150 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING SYSTEM | Tokyo Electron Limited | POUDEL, SANTOSH RAJ | 2115 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 04, 2024 |
| 18715043 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MIXING AND CONSUMING ON-DEMAND BEVERAGE COMPRISING LIQUIDS AND INGREDIENTS | Sreenivasa Reddy Donapaty | HUYNH, BRYANT KHIEM | 3754 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 30, 2024 |
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Start Free Trial90.1% of resolved applications prosecuted by Shih Ip Law Group, Pllc were allowed, across 2,181 applications in USPTO records.
2.81 office actions per allowed application on average.
110 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 34 clients, before 106 examiners in 76 art units.
