Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
68 pending office actions • 19 clients • 65 examiners • 47 art units • 0 of 68 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
STEIN IP LLC reports 72 pending office actions in Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics and 4,729 career applications. Its resolved allowance rate is 74.53%, and the average is 2.61 office actions per allowance.
The pending workload and career application volume show an extensive prosecution record in a technically demanding area. A 74.53% resolved allowance rate indicates that allowance was achieved in a majority of resolved matters, while 2.61 office actions per allowance indicates recurring examination interaction before allowance. Practitioners can use the profile to anticipate the need for technically precise responses and sustained docket oversight.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 18 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. 18 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 (7%) |
| §103 only | 22 (32%) |
| §102 only | 8 (12%) |
| §112 only | 2 (3%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 2 (3%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 29 (43%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| TORRES, TIMOTHY JOSEPH | 2 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| COLE, VICTOR | 2 | 92.0% | +10.1% |
| THOMAS, ERIC W | 2 | 82.7% | -1.9% |
| MOUBRY, JAMES G | 1 | 79.5% | +13.0% |
| SEVERSON, JEREMY R | 1 | 87.7% | +10.7% |
| CASTRIOTTA, JENNIFER | 1 | 62.4% | +29.0% |
| SANDERS, HOWARD J | 1 | 81.1% | +7.8% |
| LAM, ALEX W | 1 | 91.7% | +2.1% |
| RODRIGUEZ MOLINA, MARCOS JAVIER | 1 | 54.4% | +25.4% |
| SHEHNI, GHAZAL B | 1 | 87.2% | +12.6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19007723 | MULTILAYER CERAMIC CAPACITOR, PACKAGE, AND CIRCUIT BOARD | TORRES, TIMOTHY JOSEPH | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18470168 | METHOD OF COMMUNICATING VEHICLE DATA FOR VEHICLE CONTROL | SHOLEMAN, ABU S | 133d overdue |
| 18547851 | NATURAL EXCIPIENT HAVING MULTIFUNCTIONAL APPLICATION AND PROCESSES FOR THE PREPARATION THEREOF | LEE, CHIHYI NMN | 56d overdue |
| 18087443 | DIGITAL ULTRAVIOLET LITHOGRAPHY METHOD AND APPARATUS | DOAN, NGHIA M | 4d overdue |
| 19024997 | INSTALLATION STRUCTURE FOR RESERVOIR TANK | LATHERS, KEVIN ANTHONY | 7d |
| 19084200 | SHEET DISCHARGING DEVICE AND SHEET POST-PROCESSING APPARATUS THEREWITH, AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM | GOKHALE, PRASAD V | 15d |
| 18972033 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS PROVIDED THEREWITH | HEREDIA OCASIO, ARLENE J | 26d |
| 19365907 | ENGINE COVER | MOUBRY, JAMES G | — |
| 19348229 | SHEET FEED DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME | SEVERSON, JEREMY R | — |
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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19365907 | ENGINE COVER | MOUBRY, JAMES G | — |
| 19348229 | SHEET FEED DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME | SEVERSON, JEREMY R | — |
| 19210659 | PACKING MEMBER | CASTRIOTTA, JENNIFER | — |
| 19197573 | PACKING MEMBER | RODRIGUEZ MOLINA, MARCOS JAVIER | — |
| 19185361 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS | SHEHNI, GHAZAL B | — |
| 19072709 | Waveguide Device | COLE, VICTOR | — |
| 19059896 | WAVEGUIDE DEVICE | COLE, VICTOR | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| Kyocera | 27 |
| TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD. | 14 |
| SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATION | 5 |
| Soongsil University | 5 |
| Dongwon Systems Corporation | 2 |
| DAIKYO SEIKO LTD. | 2 |
| Pismo Labs Technology Limited | 1 |
| Hurom | 1 |
| Kyeongrae Jeong | 1 |
| Solidvue, Inc. | 1 |
| Cellotex Development Ltd. | 1 |
| ASTRI | 1 |
| Urbanalta Corp. | 1 |
| UNIONPLACE CO., LTD. | 1 |
| REGERON, INC. | 1 |
| UTI INC. | 1 |
| Hong Kong Polytechnic University | 1 |
| REY CERA CREATION PRIVATE LIMITED | 1 |
| SHIFT DYNAMICS INC. | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2853 | 8 |
| 2847 | 4 |
| 2843 | 3 |
| 3747 | 2 |
| 3653 | 2 |
| 3735 | 2 |
| 2852 | 2 |
| 2682 | 2 |
| 3736 | 2 |
| 1728 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19365907 | ENGINE COVER | Suzuki Motor Corporation | MOUBRY, JAMES G | 3747 | §101§102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 22, 2025 |
| 19348229 | SHEET FEED DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME | Kyocera Document Solutions Inc. | SEVERSON, JEREMY R | 1759 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 02, 2025 |
| 19210659 | PACKING MEMBER | Kyocera Document Solutions Inc. | CASTRIOTTA, JENNIFER | 3733 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 16, 2025 |
| 19205388 | SHEET CONVEYANCE DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE READING APPARATUS | Kyocera Document Solutions Inc. | SANDERS, HOWARD J | 3653 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 12, 2025 |
| 19202790 | POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM | Suzuki Motor Corporation | LAM, ALEX W | 2842 | §102§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 08, 2025 |
| 19197573 | PACKING MEMBER | Kyocera Document Solutions Inc. | RODRIGUEZ MOLINA, MARCOS JAVIER | 3735 | §102§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 02, 2025 |
| 19185361 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS | Kyocera Document Solutions Inc. | SHEHNI, GHAZAL B | 2499 | §101§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 22, 2025 |
| 19186165 | INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS | Kyocera Document Solutions Inc. | KNIEF, THOMAS RAY | 2853 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 22, 2025 |
| 19088086 | NEGATIVE PRESSURE REGULATION VALVE AND INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME | Kyocera Document Solutions Inc. | LEGESSE, HENOK D | 2853 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 24, 2025 |
| 19084852 | MULTILAYER CERAMIC CAPACITOR AND CIRCUIT BOARD | Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd. | MILAKOVICH, NATHAN J | 2847 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 20, 2025 |
| 19085518 | NEGATIVE PRESSURE REGULATION VALVE AND INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME | Kyocera Document Solutions Inc. | SHENDEROV, ALEXANDER D | 2853 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 20, 2025 |
| 19084200 | SHEET DISCHARGING DEVICE AND SHEET POST-PROCESSING APPARATUS THEREWITH, AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM | Kyocera Document Solutions Inc. | GOKHALE, PRASAD V | 3653 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | 15d | Pending | Mar 19, 2025 |
| 19072380 | MULTILAYER CERAMIC ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE SAME | Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd. | TORRES, TIMOTHY JOSEPH | 2847 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 06, 2025 |
| 19072709 | Waveguide Device | Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd. | COLE, VICTOR | 2843 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 06, 2025 |
| 19068853 | INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS | Kyocera Document Solutions Inc. | LEBRON, JANNELLE M | 2853 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 03, 2025 |
| 19059896 | WAVEGUIDE DEVICE | Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd. | COLE, VICTOR | 2843 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 21, 2025 |
| 19057198 | FLOW PATH CONNECTION MECHANISM AND INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS | Kyocera Document Solutions Inc. | LINFORD, JAMES ALBERT | 3679 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 19, 2025 |
| 19057524 | FLOW PATH CONNECTION MECHANISM AND INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS | Kyocera Document Solutions Inc. | MRUK, GEOFFREY S | 2853 | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 19, 2025 |
| 19056164 | FLOW PATH CONNECTION MECHANISM AND INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS | Kyocera Document Solutions Inc. | THIES, BRADLEY W | 2853 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 18, 2025 |
| 19052463 | OPTICAL SCANNING APPARATUS, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING AN OPTICAL SCANNING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS | Kyocera Document Solutions Inc. | FEGGINS, KRISTAL J | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 13, 2025 | |
| 19047478 | DEVELOPING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS | Kyocera Document Solutions Inc. | GRAINGER, QUANA M | 2852 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 06, 2025 |
| 19046361 | ELECTRONIC COMPONENT, CIRCUIT BOARD ARRANGEMENT, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ELECTRONIC COMPONENT | Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd. | THOMAS, ERIC W | 2848 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 05, 2025 |
| 19045222 | SHEET CONVEYING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS | Kyocera Document Solutions Inc. | CICCHINO, PATRICK D | 3619 | §103 | Final Rejection | 40d | Pending | Feb 04, 2025 |
| 19024997 | INSTALLATION STRUCTURE FOR RESERVOIR TANK | Suzuki Motor Corporation | LATHERS, KEVIN ANTHONY | 3747 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 7d | Pending | Jan 16, 2025 |
| 19022482 | LDO REGULATOR, METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME, AND POWER MANAGEMENT DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME | Foundation Of Soongsil University-Industry Cooperation | CHAPA MILLS, NICOLAS ALDEN | 2838 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 15, 2025 |
| 19015051 | SHEET DRYING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM PROVIDED THEREWITH | Kyocera Document Solutions Inc. | FIDLER, SHELBY LEE | 2853 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 09, 2025 |
| 19010854 | IMAGE READING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS THEREWITH | Kyocera Document Solutions Inc. | CHEN, HUO LONG | 2682 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 06, 2025 |
| 19007723 | MULTILAYER CERAMIC CAPACITOR, PACKAGE, AND CIRCUIT BOARD | Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd. | TORRES, TIMOTHY JOSEPH | 2847 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 02, 2025 |
| 19005655 | CERAMIC ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE SAME | Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd. | THOMAS, ERIC W | 2847 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 30, 2024 |
| 18972033 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS PROVIDED THEREWITH | Kyocera Document Solutions Inc. | HEREDIA OCASIO, ARLENE J | 2852 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 26d | Pending | Dec 06, 2024 |
| 18948177 | OPTICAL SCANNING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS | Kyocera Document Solutions Inc. | CHERRY, EUNCHA P | 2872 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 14, 2024 |
| 18893376 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS | Kyocera Document Solutions Inc. | EVANS, BOONE ALEXANDER | 1737 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 23, 2024 |
| 18848756 | METHODS FOR REDUCING PACKET LOSS DURING SLOW START STAGE OF A SESSION | Pismo Labs Technology Limited | DUONG, OANH | 2441 | §102 | Non-Final OA | 19d | Pending | Sep 19, 2024 |
| 18884000 | JUICER | Hurom Co., Ltd. | MCPARTLIN, SARAH BURNHAM | 3993 | §112Other | Final Rejection | 9d overdue | Pending | Sep 12, 2024 |
| 18843129 | OBFUSCATION IMPLEMENTATION METHOD, RECORDING MEDIUM AND DEVICE FOR PERFORMING THE OBFUSCATION | Foundation Of Soongsil University-Industry Cooperation | HO, VIVIAN DANG | 2497 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 30, 2024 |
| 18726534 | LOCAL GROUP-BASED FEDERATED LEARNING SYSTEM AND FEDERATED LEARNING CONTROL METHOD | Foundation Of Soongsil University-Industry Cooperation | MILLER, ALEXANDRIA JOSEPHINE | 2142 | §101§102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 03, 2024 |
| 18760618 | BELT CONVEYOR DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS | Kyocera Document Solutions Inc. | TAWFIK, SAMEH | 3731 | §102 | Final Rejection | 72d | Pending | Jul 01, 2024 |
| 18720954 | EXCAVATING MACHINE | Kyeongrae Jeong | BREGEL, EVAN ANTHONY | 3671 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 17, 2024 |
| 18718919 | COLLAPSIBLE CONTAINER | Kyocera Document Solutions Inc. | NEWAY, BLAINE GIRMA | 3735 | §103 | Final Rejection | 28d | Pending | Jun 12, 2024 |
| 18718229 | COLLAPSIBLE CONTAINER | Kyocera Document Solutions Inc. | ISLAM, SANJIDUL | 3736 | §103 | Final Rejection | 23d overdue | Pending | Jun 10, 2024 |
| 18735008 | SUPPORT STRUCTURE FOR TURN SIGNAL LAMP | Suzuki Motor Corporation | DANIELS, JASON S | 3612 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 05, 2024 |
| 18731920 | OPTICAL SCANNING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME | Kyocera Document Solutions Inc. | VO, ANH T N | 2853 | §103 | Final Rejection | 29d | Pending | Jun 03, 2024 |
| 18714724 | ALL SOLID BATTERY | Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd. | VAN OUDENAREN, MATTHEW W | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 30, 2024 | |
| 18623626 | PACKAGING CASE AND METHOD FOR ASSEMBLING THE PACKAGING CASE | Kyocera Document Solutions Inc. | DEMEREE, CHRISTOPHER R | 3734 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 01, 2024 |
| 18692591 | ALL SOLID BATTERY | Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd. | KOROVINA, ANNA | 1729 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 15, 2024 |
| 18606230 | CELL POUCH FOR SECONDARY BATTERY AND ITS MANUFACTURING METHOD | Dongwon Systems Corporation | CHANDLER, KAITY V | 1725 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 15, 2024 |
| 18689283 | ALL SOLID BATTERY AND EVALUATION METHOD OF THE SAME | Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd. | SUN, MICHAEL Y | 1728 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 05, 2024 |
| 18689242 | FLASH LIDAR SENSOR USING ZOOM HISTOGRAMMING TDC | Solidvue, Inc. | GARDINER, JOSH CHARLES | 3648 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 05, 2024 |
| 18681809 | CLOSED LOOP DRUG ADMINISTRATION SYSTEM AND METHOD | Cellotex Development Ltd. | BOECKER, JOSEPH D | 3785 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 06, 2024 |
| 18580504 | NEGATIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL AND ALL SOLID BATTERY | Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd. | HORNSBY, BARTHOLOMEW ANDREW | 1728 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 18, 2024 |
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68 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 19 clients, before 65 examiners in 47 art units.
