Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
69 pending office actions • 26 clients • 66 examiners • 51 art units • 0 of 69 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
This profile covers Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics and has 71 pending office actions. Its career record includes 3930 applications, with a resolved allowance rate of 83.25%. The data indicates an active docket alongside a substantial historical prosecution record.
The average is 3.18 office actions per allowance. Practitioners can use the allowance rate to evaluate historical outcomes and the office-action average to anticipate interaction in allowed matters. The pending docket should be considered separately when assessing present workload and response priorities.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 11 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. 11 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 | 2 (3%) |
| §101 + other | 3 (4%) |
| §103 only | 17 (25%) |
| §102 only | 3 (4%) |
| §112 only | 2 (3%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 2 (3%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 40 (58%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WATHEN, BRIAN W | 3 | 84.1% | +16.0% |
| REAMES, MATTHEW L | 2 | 77.2% | +18.0% |
| NASSIRI MOTLAGH, ANITA | 1 | 55.9% | +24.3% |
| JONES, DIANA S | 1 | 75.1% | +20.3% |
| MULVANEY, ELIZABETH EVANS | 1 | 78.8% | +15.3% |
| THOMAS, ERIC W | 1 | 82.7% | -1.9% |
| MENSH, ANDREW J | 1 | 64.5% | +19.2% |
| SHAH, SAMIR | 1 | 36.7% | +35.1% |
| HANNETT, JAMES M | 1 | 84.4% | +0.5% |
| LAM, CHAK FUNG ANTHONY | 1 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19099368 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A POLYMER ELECTROLYTIC CAPACITOR | THOMAS, ERIC W | — |
| 18869577 | ILLUMINATION ADAPTING METHOD AND PICTURE RECORDING ARRANGEMENT | HANNETT, JAMES M | — |
| 18865960 | 3D RECONSTRUCTION METHOD AND PICTURE RECORDING ARRANGEMENT | LAM, CHAK FUNG ANTHONY | — |
| 18132306 | INGESTION AND EXTRACTION OF BUILDING DATA USING MACHINE LEARNING | WATHEN, BRIAN W | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18255953 | LIGHT DETECTION SYSTEM AND METHODS THEREOF | WOLDEMARYAM, ASSRES H | 16d overdue |
| 18452436 | POINTS PROCESSING METHOD | STEWART, CRYSTOL | 22d |
| 18005533 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A COMPONENT, AND OPTOELECTRONIC COMPONENT | FAHMY, WAEL M | 27d |
| 18061440 | System, Method, and Software for Managing Digital Animal Records | SHELDEN, BION A | 36d |
| 18166865 | Water Filtration System, and Associated Method | PEO, JONATHAN M | 41d |
| 18558691 | OPTOELECTRONIC LIGHTING DEVICE | QUINTO, KEVIN V | 71d |
| 19274352 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTEGRATED SURGICAL GUIDE-HUB AND DRILL WITH GUIDED DRILLING AND PLUNGE PROTECTION | JONES, DIANA S | — |
| 18875436 | BALLS COMPRISING A FERRITE MATERIAL AND USE OF BALLS COMPRISING A FERRITE MATERIAL | SHAH, SAMIR | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19452813 | METHOD AND ABSORBENT FOR ABSORBING CARBON DIOXIDE FROM AIR | NASSIRI MOTLAGH, ANITA | — |
| 19274352 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTEGRATED SURGICAL GUIDE-HUB AND DRILL WITH GUIDED DRILLING AND PLUNGE PROTECTION | JONES, DIANA S | — |
| 19063534 | COLLAPSIBLE FACETED OBJECT HAVING A CLOSED THREE-DIMENSIONAL SHAPE | MULVANEY, ELIZABETH EVANS | — |
| 19009673 | DEVICE FOR THE MEDICAL TREATMENT OF HUMANS AND ANIMALS, AND APPLICATION DEVICE FOR SAME | MENSH, ANDREW J | — |
| 18875436 | BALLS COMPRISING A FERRITE MATERIAL AND USE OF BALLS COMPRISING A FERRITE MATERIAL | SHAH, SAMIR | — |
| 18795489 | OPTOELECTRONIC LIGHTING DEVICE, OPTOELECTRONIC ILLUMINATION DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING | REAMES, MATTHEW L | — |
| 18710278 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A PLURALITY OF RADIATION-EMITTING SEMICONDUCTOR CHIPS, AND RADIATION-EMITTING SEMICONDUCTOR CHIP | REAMES, MATTHEW L | — |
| 18135685 | MARKERS FOR SELECTIVE ACCESS TO A BUILDING MODEL | WATHEN, BRIAN W | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| ams-OSRAM | 35 |
| TDK | 6 |
| Digs, Inc. | 3 |
| Porsche | 2 |
| Hitachi | 2 |
| Greenlyte Carbon Technologies GmbH | 1 |
| Hubly | 1 |
| Foldaments, LLC | 1 |
| Ecpe Engineering Center For Power Electronics GmbH | 1 |
| Relyon Plasma GmbH | 1 |
| Prysmian | 1 |
| Bearcover GmbH | 1 |
| Orell Füssli | 1 |
| Apium, Inc. | 1 |
| Fraunhofer | 1 |
| TSMC | 1 |
| Digs Space, Inc. | 1 |
| Just Tec GmbH | 1 |
| TDK Management Services GmbH | 1 |
| MiView | 1 |
| Keyboard Jockey, LLC | 1 |
| Cloud Water Filter, LLC | 1 |
| Prox Animal Health, LLC | 1 |
| Prox Animal Health, LLC | 1 |
| Jenny und Frank Sportartikelhandel GbR | 1 |
| Patty's GmbH | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2897 | 6 |
| 2893 | 4 |
| 2812 | 3 |
| 2891 | 3 |
| 2837 | 2 |
| 2896 | 2 |
| 2811 | 2 |
| 2898 | 2 |
| 2151 | 2 |
| 1734 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19452813 | METHOD AND ABSORBENT FOR ABSORBING CARBON DIOXIDE FROM AIR | Greenlyte Carbon Technologies GmbH | NASSIRI MOTLAGH, ANITA | 1734 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 19, 2026 |
| 19274352 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTEGRATED SURGICAL GUIDE-HUB AND DRILL WITH GUIDED DRILLING AND PLUNGE PROTECTION | Hubly Inc. | JONES, DIANA S | 3775 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 18, 2025 |
| 19063534 | COLLAPSIBLE FACETED OBJECT HAVING A CLOSED THREE-DIMENSIONAL SHAPE | Foldaments, LLC | MULVANEY, ELIZABETH EVANS | 1785 | §112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 26, 2025 |
| 19099368 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A POLYMER ELECTROLYTIC CAPACITOR | Ecpe Engineering Center For Power Electronics GmbH | THOMAS, ERIC W | 2847 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 28, 2025 |
| 19009673 | DEVICE FOR THE MEDICAL TREATMENT OF HUMANS AND ANIMALS, AND APPLICATION DEVICE FOR SAME | Relyon Plasma GmbH | MENSH, ANDREW J | 3781 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 03, 2025 |
| 18875436 | BALLS COMPRISING A FERRITE MATERIAL AND USE OF BALLS COMPRISING A FERRITE MATERIAL | TDK Electronics AG | SHAH, SAMIR | 1787 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 16, 2024 |
| 18869577 | ILLUMINATION ADAPTING METHOD AND PICTURE RECORDING ARRANGEMENT | AMS-OSRAM AG | HANNETT, JAMES M | 2639 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 26, 2024 |
| 18865960 | 3D RECONSTRUCTION METHOD AND PICTURE RECORDING ARRANGEMENT | AMS-OSRAM AG | LAM, CHAK FUNG ANTHONY | 2612 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 14, 2024 |
| 18944998 | INSULATOR FOR A CABLE TERMINATION ASSEMBLY, TERMINATION ASSEMBLY FOR A POWER CABLE COMPRISING THE INSULATOR AND A CABLE TERMINATION SYSTEM | Prysmian S.p.A. | VELEZ, ROBERTO | 2858 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 12, 2024 |
| 18859975 | MONITORING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A MONITORING DEVICE | Bearcover GmbH | BUKSA, CHRISTOPHER ALLEN | 3658 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 24, 2024 |
| 18044359 | Numbering Unit with Variable Print Wheel Width | Zeiser GmbH | ZIMMERMAN, JOSHUA D | 2853 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 23, 2024 |
| 18849707 | SWITCHING CHAMBER FOR A SWITCHING DEVICE AND SWITCHING DEVICE | TDK Electronics AG | HOMZA, LISA NHUNG | 2837 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 23, 2024 |
| 18842684 | MODULE FOR A BICYCLE, KIT FOR A BICYCLE AND BICYCLE | Porsche Ebike Performance GmbH | KECK, DANIEL M | 3614 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 29, 2024 |
| 18839951 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE AND SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE | AMS-OSRAM AG | VU, VU A | 2897 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 20, 2024 |
| 18839674 | PRESSURE SENSOR ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A PRESSURE SENSOR ARRANGEMENT | TDK Electronics AG | SINGER, DAVID L | 2855 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 19, 2024 |
| 18838157 | MICRO SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME | AMS-OSRAM AG | DEMISSIE, BERHANU GELETA | 2893 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 13, 2024 |
| 18837579 | DRIVE DEVICE FOR AN ELECTRIC BICYCLE AND ELECTRIC BICYCLE | Porsche Ebike Performance GmbH | WILHELM, TIMOTHY | 3617 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 09, 2024 |
| 18795489 | OPTOELECTRONIC LIGHTING DEVICE, OPTOELECTRONIC ILLUMINATION DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING | Osram Oled GmbH | REAMES, MATTHEW L | 2896 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 06, 2024 |
| 18834782 | DEVICE FOR AIR TREATMENT BY MEANS OF UV RADIATION AND ASSEMBLY WITH THIS DEVICE | Osram GmbH | JOYNER, KEVIN | 1799 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 31, 2024 |
| 18834551 | DEVICE FOR TRANSFERRING AND METHOD | AMS-OSRAM AG | NGUYEN, SOPHIA T | 2893 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 30, 2024 |
| 18834575 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A SEMICONDUCTOR ARRANGEMENT AND SEMICONDUCTOR ARRANGEMENT | AMS-OSRAM AG | MAZUMDER, DIDARUL A | 2812 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 30, 2024 |
| 18834590 | OPTOELECTRONIC PACKAGE AND METHOD | AMS-OSRAM AG | KIM, TONG-HO | 2811 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 30, 2024 |
| 18832434 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN ARRAY OF LIGHT EMITTING ELEMENTS AND DISPLAY | AMS-OSRAM AG | CHEN, DAVID Z | 2815 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 23, 2024 |
| 18730675 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A PLURALITY OF OPTOELECTRONIC SEMICONDUCTOR CHIPS, AND OPTOELECTRONIC SEMICONDUCTOR CHIP | AMS-OSRAM AG | JONES, ERIC W | 2892 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 19, 2024 |
| 18727934 | METHOD OF PROCESSING AN OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICE AND OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICE | AMS-OSRAM AG | TAN, DAVE | 2897 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 10, 2024 |
| 18762136 | VEHICLE SWARM CONTROL | Apium, Inc. | MCCLEARY, CAITLIN RENEE | 3669 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 17d overdue | Pending | Jul 02, 2024 |
| 18746916 | METHOD FOR READING A MARKING, AND WORKPIECE | Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V. | ST CYR, DANIEL | 2876 | §103 | Final Rejection | 142d overdue | Pending | Jun 18, 2024 |
| 18736268 | VITAL SIGN MONITOR, METHOD FOR OPERATING A VITAL SIGN MONITOR, AND METHOD FOR TRAINING A VITAL SIGN MONITOR | AMS-OSRAM AG | SKROBARCZYK III, ROBERT ANTHONY | 3792 | §101§102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 06, 2024 |
| 18714913 | EPITAXIALLY GROWN CONVERTER LAYER, OPTOELECTRONIC ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME | AMS-OSRAM AG | HETHERINGTON, AUBRIE IRENE | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 30, 2024 | |
| 18674337 | LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE | AMS-OSRAM AG | STEWART, ROBERT LINCOLN | 2898 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 24, 2024 |
| 18710278 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A PLURALITY OF RADIATION-EMITTING SEMICONDUCTOR CHIPS, AND RADIATION-EMITTING SEMICONDUCTOR CHIP | AMS-OSRAM AG | REAMES, MATTHEW L | 2896 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 15, 2024 |
| 18710293 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE | AMS-OSRAM AG | CHOU, SHIH TSUN A | 2811 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 15, 2024 |
| 18710303 | ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD FOR TESTING OPTOELECTRONIC COMPONENTS | AMS-OSRAM AG | VU, HUNG K | 2897 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 15, 2024 |
| 18709402 | OPTOELECTRONIC COMPONENT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN OPTOELECTRONIC COMPONENT | AMS-OSRAM AG | SEDOROOK, DAVID PAUL | 2812 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 10, 2024 |
| 18708553 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A PACKAGE FOR A SEMICONDUCTOR CHIP, PACKAGE FOR A SEMICONDUCTOR CHIP AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE | AMS-OSRAM AG | WARD, DAVID WILLIAM | 2891 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 08, 2024 |
| 18657170 | DIE EDGE STRUCTURE FOR MOLDING COMPOUND FILLING AND THE METHODS OF FORMING THE SAME | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. | OZDEN, ILKER NMN | 2812 | §102§103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 07, 2024 |
| 18706689 | OPTICAL DEVICE FOR DISINFECTING UPPER AIR LAYERS IN A ROOM | Osram GmbH | SMYTH, ANDREW P | 2878 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 01, 2024 |
| 18692226 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A GROWTH SUBSTRATE, GROWTH SUBSTRATE, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A PLURALITY OF OPTOELECTRONIC SEMICONDUCTOR CHIPS | AMS-OSRAM AG | ANYA, IGWE U | 2891 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 14, 2024 |
| 18689715 | OPTOELECTRONIC COMPONENT, COMPONENT UNIT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME | AMS-OSRAM AG | ISAAC, STANETTA D | 2898 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 06, 2024 |
| 18684565 | OPTOELECTRONIC COMPONENT, LIGHTING UNIT AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING AN OPTOELECTRONIC COMPONENT | AMS-OSRAM AG | ZARNEKE, DAVID A | 2891 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 16, 2024 |
| 18683884 | METHOD AND OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICE | AMS-OSRAM AG | AHMAD, KHAJA | 2897 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 15, 2024 |
| 18683895 | OPTOELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND OPTOELECTRONIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE | AMS-OSRAM AG | BRADFORD, PETER | 2897 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 15, 2024 |
| 18434171 | AI-ASSISTED CREATION OF 3D BUILDING MODELS | Digs Space, Inc. | CHEN, BIAO | 2611 | §103 | Final Rejection | 9d overdue | Pending | Feb 06, 2024 |
| 18291196 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A GROWTH SUBSTRATE AND GROWTH SUBSTRATE | AMS-OSRAM AG | SAMPLE, DAVID R | 1784 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 22, 2024 |
| 18580122 | METHOD FOR TRANSFERRING A COMPONENT | Osram Opto Semiconductors GmbH | SHAMSUZZAMAN, MOHAMMED | 2897 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2024 |
| 18580115 | METHOD FOR APPLYING AN ELECTRICAL CONNECTION MATERIAL OR FLUX MATERIAL TO A COMPONENT | AMS-OSRAM AG | PATEL, DEVANG R | 2893 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2024 |
| 18579760 | HYBRID LOCKING SYSTEM FOR A SHOPPING CART | Just Tec GmbH | SHAPIRO, JEFFREY ALAN | 3619 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 16, 2024 |
| 18579477 | NTC SENSOR AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING AN NTC SENSOR | TDK Electronics AG | LEE, KYUNG S | 2831 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 15, 2024 |
| 18409935 | METHOD OF ANALYZING A PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD, SYSTEM, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | TDK Management Services GmbH | PARIHAR, SUCHIN | 2851 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 11, 2024 |
| 18563731 | DEVICE | TDK Electronics AG | ROSENAU, DEREK JOHN | 2837 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 22, 2023 |
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Start Free Trial83.2% of resolved applications prosecuted by Slater Matsil, LLP were allowed, across 3,930 applications in USPTO records.
3.18 office actions per allowed application on average.
69 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 26 clients, before 66 examiners in 51 art units.
