Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
22 pending office actions • 1 client • 22 examiners • 12 art units • 0 of 22 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 41 patents granted in the last 365 days
SLATER MATSIL, LLP - NTT operates in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area with 3904 career applications. The firm has a resolved allowance rate pct of 83.61. Its prosecution history includes an avg office actions per allowance of 3.17.
The firm is currently addressing 16 pending office actions. The 83.61 resolved allowance rate pct and 3.17 avg office actions per allowance are based on the firm's 3904 career applications. These metrics provide a data-driven profile of the firm's performance in its primary technology area.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 12 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. 12 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 | 5 (23%) |
| §103 only | 5 (23%) |
| §102 only | 2 (9%) |
| §112 only | 2 (9%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 8 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BERTRAM, ERIC D | 1 | 81.2% | +12.4% |
| LAM, TUAN THIEU | 1 | 77.7% | +13.0% |
| TURCHEN, JAMES R | 1 | 82.4% | +33.6% |
| SADATE-MOUALEU, MIREILLE SANDRA | 1 | 91.3% | +10.5% |
| LIENG, MALANE | 1 | 92.5% | +9.4% |
| AMIN, MUSTAFA A | 1 | 64.1% | +29.9% |
| TU, AURELIE H | 1 | 56.4% | +60.0% |
| BERHANU, ETSUB D | 1 | 65.3% | +24.8% |
| NOGUEROLA, ALEXANDER STEPHAN | 1 | 82.7% | +3.0% |
| LUKJAN, SEBASTIAN X | 1 | 76.3% | +40.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18860113 | SWITCH | TURCHEN, JAMES R | 35d |
| 18724010 | MONITORING DEVICE | SADATE-MOUALEU, MIREILLE SANDRA | — |
| 18711734 | MULTI-STAGE AMPLIFIER | LIENG, MALANE | — |
| 18692233 | CORROSION ESTIMATION DEVICE AND METHOD | NOGUEROLA, ALEXANDER STEPHAN | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18691901 | MEASUREMENT DEVICE | TU, AURELIE H | 24d overdue |
| 18718692 | PHASE ADJUSTMENT CIRCUIT | LAM, TUAN THIEU | 22d overdue |
| 18686117 | MEASURING QUALITY EVALUATING DEVICE, METHOD, AND PROGRAM | WELCH, HALLE MARGARET | 16d overdue |
| 18254902 | Wavelength Tunable Laser | HARVEY, MINSUN OH | 15d overdue |
| 18692197 | PERSPIRATION ANALYSIS DEVICE AND METHOD | BERHANU, ETSUB D | 5d overdue |
| 18691824 | DEHYDRATION ESTIMATION DEVICE, ESTIMATION METHOD AND PROGRAM | LUKJAN, SEBASTIAN X | 2d overdue |
| 17784909 | Material Development Support Apparatus, Material Development Support Method, and Material Development Support Program | GAN, CHUEN-MEEI | 7d |
| 18880425 | BIOSIGNAL MEASUREMENT SYSTEM | BERTRAM, ERIC D | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18691901 | MEASUREMENT DEVICE | TU, AURELIE H | 24d overdue |
| 18718692 | PHASE ADJUSTMENT CIRCUIT | LAM, TUAN THIEU | 22d overdue |
| 18692197 | PERSPIRATION ANALYSIS DEVICE AND METHOD | BERHANU, ETSUB D | 5d overdue |
| 18691824 | DEHYDRATION ESTIMATION DEVICE, ESTIMATION METHOD AND PROGRAM | LUKJAN, SEBASTIAN X | 2d overdue |
| 18860113 | SWITCH | TURCHEN, JAMES R | 35d |
| 18880425 | BIOSIGNAL MEASUREMENT SYSTEM | BERTRAM, ERIC D | — |
| 18724010 | MONITORING DEVICE | SADATE-MOUALEU, MIREILLE SANDRA | — |
| 18700828 | COMPUTER AND PROGRAM | AMIN, MUSTAFA A | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| NTT | 22 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3796 | 2 |
| 3791 | 2 |
| 2874 | 2 |
| 2828 | 2 |
| 2843 | 1 |
| 2439 | 1 |
| 3792 | 1 |
| 2871 | 1 |
| 2818 | 1 |
| 2189 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18880425 | BIOSIGNAL MEASUREMENT SYSTEM | Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation | BERTRAM, ERIC D | 3796 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 31, 2024 |
| 18718692 | PHASE ADJUSTMENT CIRCUIT | NTT, Inc. | LAM, TUAN THIEU | 2843 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 22d overdue | Pending | Dec 11, 2024 |
| 18860113 | SWITCH | Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation | TURCHEN, JAMES R | 2439 | §102 | Non-Final OA | 35d | Pending | Oct 25, 2024 |
| 18724010 | MONITORING DEVICE | Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation | SADATE-MOUALEU, MIREILLE SANDRA | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 25, 2024 | |
| 18711734 | MULTI-STAGE AMPLIFIER | NTT, Inc. | LIENG, MALANE | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 20, 2024 | |
| 18700828 | COMPUTER AND PROGRAM | Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation | AMIN, MUSTAFA A | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 12, 2024 | |
| 18691901 | MEASUREMENT DEVICE | Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation | TU, AURELIE H | 3791 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 24d overdue | Pending | Mar 14, 2024 |
| 18692197 | PERSPIRATION ANALYSIS DEVICE AND METHOD | Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation | BERHANU, ETSUB D | 3791 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 5d overdue | Pending | Mar 14, 2024 |
| 18692233 | CORROSION ESTIMATION DEVICE AND METHOD | NTT, Inc. | NOGUEROLA, ALEXANDER STEPHAN | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 14, 2024 | |
| 18691824 | DEHYDRATION ESTIMATION DEVICE, ESTIMATION METHOD AND PROGRAM | NTT, Inc. | LUKJAN, SEBASTIAN X | 3792 | §101§102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 2d overdue | Pending | Mar 13, 2024 |
| 18686117 | MEASURING QUALITY EVALUATING DEVICE, METHOD, AND PROGRAM | Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation | WELCH, HALLE MARGARET | 3796 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 16d overdue | Pending | Feb 23, 2024 |
| 18683901 | TOOL | Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation | WONG, ERIC K | 2874 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 15, 2024 |
| 18574600 | CIRCULARLY POLARIZATION MODULATION SYSTEM | Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation | QURESHI, MARIAM | 2871 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 24d overdue | Pending | Dec 27, 2023 |
| 18554287 | CALCULATION RESOURCE CONTROL DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD | Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation | DINH, PAUL | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 06, 2023 | |
| 18551235 | OPTICAL MODULATOR | Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation | CARTER, MICHAEL W | 2828 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 19, 2023 |
| 18254902 | Wavelength Tunable Laser | Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation | HARVEY, MINSUN OH | 2828 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | 15d overdue | Pending | May 30, 2023 |
| 18251925 | Semiconductor Structure and Semiconductor Device | Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation | SMITH, CHAD | 2874 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 15d | Pending | May 05, 2023 |
| 17920479 | Semiconductor Device and Method of Manufacturing the Same | NTT, Inc. | XU, ZHIJUN | 2818 | §103 | Final Rejection | 28d | Pending | Mar 01, 2023 |
| 18004274 | TWO-DIMENSIONAL DATA CONVERSION DEVICE, METHOD, AND PROGRAM | Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation | GUDAS, JAKOB OSCAR | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 04, 2023 | |
| 17784909 | Material Development Support Apparatus, Material Development Support Method, and Material Development Support Program | Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation | GAN, CHUEN-MEEI | 2189 | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | 7d | Pending | Jun 13, 2022 |
| 17783523 | Wearable Environmental Sensor Device | Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation | SOTO, JANICE M | 2855 | §112 | Non-Final OA | 131d overdue | Pending | Jun 08, 2022 |
| 17615945 | Inference Processing Apparatus and Inference Processing Method | NTT, Inc. | BALAKRISHNAN, VIJAY MURALI | 2148 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 02, 2021 |
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