Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
65 pending office actions • 22 clients • 63 examiners • 46 art units • 0 of 65 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 42 patents granted in the last 365 days
Steinfl + Bruno LLP has 65 pending office actions in Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics and 2,559 career applications. The profile reports a 90.35% resolved allowance rate and an average of 3.21 office actions per allowance.
The career application record gives the pending workload a substantial historical context. A 90.35% resolved allowance rate indicates that most resolved applications reached allowance, while 3.21 office actions per allowance shows that those outcomes generally followed several examination exchanges. For semiconductor and circuit practitioners, the data supports planning for detailed technical amendments and repeated prosecution responses.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 20 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. 20 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 | 4 (6%) |
| §103 only | 28 (43%) |
| §102 only | 1 (2%) |
| §112 only | 4 (6%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (2%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (2%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 24 (37%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MONTOYA, OSCHTA I | 2 | 71.4% | +14.5% |
| GRAHAM, CHANTEL LORAN | 2 | 71.8% | +11.5% |
| WILLOUGHBY, TERRENCE RONIQUE | 1 | 80.4% | +12.2% |
| NGUYEN, HAI L | 1 | 87.2% | +9.3% |
| FISCHER, JUSTIN R | 1 | 44.2% | +2.5% |
| WILKENS, JANET MARIE | 1 | 72.6% | +12.6% |
| PAQUETTE, SEDEF ESRA AYALP | 1 | 63.6% | +45.9% |
| CAILLOUET, CHRISTOPHER C | 1 | 67.8% | +14.9% |
| AHSAN, SYED M | 1 | 73.4% | +22.1% |
| HOTCHKISS, MICHAEL WAYNE | 1 | 69.6% | +47.8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19299107 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR IMPROVING VOLTAGE HANDLING AND/OR BI-DIRECTIONALITY OF STACKS OF ELEMENTS WHEN CONNECTED BETWEEN TERMINALS | NGUYEN, HAI L | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18336559 | UNIDIRECTIONAL MOISTURE CONDUCTING KNITTED FABRIC AND RELATED CLOTHING ITEMS, MANUFACTURING METHODS AND MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS | STEELE, JENNIFER A | 89d overdue |
| 17006591 | PROTEASE SENSITIVE GVPC AND RELATED GAS VESICLE GENE CLUSTERS, EXPRESSION SYSTEMS, CONSTRUCTS, VECTORS, GENETIC CIRCUITS, CELLS, COMPOSITIONS, METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CONTRAST-ENHANCED IMAGING | REYNOLDS, FRED H | 30d overdue |
| 18878492 | UNIT AND METHOD FOR FEEDING BLANKS | MORRISON, THOMAS A | 28d overdue |
| 17631400 | COMPOSITION COMPRISING AMINO ACIDS AND A LIPID MATRIX FOR NON-MAMMALIAN MONOGASTRIC ANIMALS AND USE THEREOF | WESTERBERG, NISSA M | 23d overdue |
| 17861077 | ENHANCED NUCLEIC ACID IDENTIFICATION AND DETECTION | CHUNDURU, SURYAPRABHA | 18d overdue |
| 17264734 | ANTIBIOTIC SUSCEPTIBILITY OF MICROORGANISMS AND RELATED MARKERS, COMPOSITIONS, METHODS AND SYSTEMS | HAMMELL, NEIL P | 9d overdue |
| 18006565 | CONTROL METHOD IN A PRODUCTION PROCESS FOR ARTICLES AND A PRODUCTION APPARATUS FOR ARTICLES OPERATING ACCORDING TO THIS METHOD | KINSAUL, ANNA KATHRYN | 8d overdue |
| 18346531 | FABRIC WITH COOL FEELING FUNCTION AND RELATED CLOTHING ITEMS, MANUFACTURING METHOD AND MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS | JOHNSON, JENNA LEIGH | 2d overdue |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19007433 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VIRTUAL INTERACTIONS | MONTOYA, OSCHTA I | 66d overdue |
| 19007431 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VIRTUAL INTERACTIONS | MONTOYA, OSCHTA I | 60d overdue |
| 19308992 | Methods and Apparatuses for Use in Tuning Reactance in a Circuit Device | WILLOUGHBY, TERRENCE RONIQUE | — |
| 19218249 | MUSEUM DISPLAY CASE WITH GLASS SIDE WALLS AND SLIDINGLY OPENABLE UPPER DOOR | WILKENS, JANET MARIE | — |
| 19132432 | PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR BUILDING TYRES FOR WHEELS OF VEHICLES | PAQUETTE, SEDEF ESRA AYALP | — |
| 19210982 | APPARATUS FOR APPLYING RUBBERIZED ELECTRONIC TAGS TO A TYRE BEING PROCESSED | CAILLOUET, CHRISTOPHER C | — |
| 19169947 | SERVER DEVICE FOR USING HOMOMORPHIC ENCRYPTED MASTER KEY AND METHODS THEREOF | AHSAN, SYED M | — |
| 19109876 | IMPELLER FOR A FLOW MACHINE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN IMPELLER | HOTCHKISS, MICHAEL WAYNE | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2893 | 3 |
| 1789 | 3 |
| 2836 | 2 |
| 1749 | 2 |
| 2421 | 2 |
| 2843 | 2 |
| 1771 | 2 |
| 2498 | 2 |
| 2897 | 2 |
| 3731 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19308992 | Methods and Apparatuses for Use in Tuning Reactance in a Circuit Device | Psemi Corporation | WILLOUGHBY, TERRENCE RONIQUE | 2836 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 25, 2025 |
| 19299107 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR IMPROVING VOLTAGE HANDLING AND/OR BI-DIRECTIONALITY OF STACKS OF ELEMENTS WHEN CONNECTED BETWEEN TERMINALS | Psemi Corporation | NGUYEN, HAI L | 2836 | §112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 13, 2025 |
| 19134000 | BELTLESS TYRE FOR MOTOR VEHICLES | Pirelli Tyre S.p.A. | FISCHER, JUSTIN R | 1749 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 29, 2025 |
| 19218249 | MUSEUM DISPLAY CASE WITH GLASS SIDE WALLS AND SLIDINGLY OPENABLE UPPER DOOR | Goppion S.p.A. | WILKENS, JANET MARIE | 3637 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 24, 2025 |
| 19132432 | PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR BUILDING TYRES FOR WHEELS OF VEHICLES | Pirelli Tyre S.p.A. | PAQUETTE, SEDEF ESRA AYALP | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 23, 2025 | |
| 19210982 | APPARATUS FOR APPLYING RUBBERIZED ELECTRONIC TAGS TO A TYRE BEING PROCESSED | Pirelli Tyre S.p.A. | CAILLOUET, CHRISTOPHER C | 1745 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 16, 2025 |
| 19169947 | SERVER DEVICE FOR USING HOMOMORPHIC ENCRYPTED MASTER KEY AND METHODS THEREOF | Crypto Lab Inc. | AHSAN, SYED M | 2491 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 03, 2025 |
| 19109876 | IMPELLER FOR A FLOW MACHINE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN IMPELLER | Piller Blowers & Compressors GmbH | HOTCHKISS, MICHAEL WAYNE | 3726 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 07, 2025 |
| 19043771 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR PROCESSING DATA, AND METHODS THEREOF | Crypto Lab Inc. | ZAIDI, SYED A | 2432 | §101 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 03, 2025 |
| 18997044 | INTEGRATED PCM DRIVER | Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. | JOSEPH, DENNIS P | 2621 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 18, 2025 |
| 19007431 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VIRTUAL INTERACTIONS | AB Inventio, LLC | MONTOYA, OSCHTA I | 2421 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 60d overdue | Pending | Dec 31, 2024 |
| 19007433 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VIRTUAL INTERACTIONS | AB Inventio, LLC | MONTOYA, OSCHTA I | 2421 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 66d overdue | Pending | Dec 31, 2024 |
| 18878492 | UNIT AND METHOD FOR FEEDING BLANKS | R.A Jones & Co. | MORRISON, THOMAS A | 3653 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 28d overdue | Pending | Dec 23, 2024 |
| 18874441 | FORMING TOOLS COATED WITH KAPPA-ALUMINA | Oerlikon Surface Solutions AG, Pfäffikon | ZHANG, HAI Y | 1717 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 12, 2024 |
| 18973862 | GLITCH MITIGATION IN SWITCHED REACTANCE PHASE SHIFTERS | Psemi Corporation | CHEN, PATRICK C | 2842 | §103 | Final Rejection | 84d | Pending | Dec 09, 2024 |
| 18959049 | METHOD FOR MONITORING NETWORK USING HOMOMORPHIC ENCRYPTION AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS | Crypto Lab Inc. | BOYD, MALA DENAE | 2497 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 25, 2024 |
| 18951069 | Power Amplifier Linearizer | Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. | NGUYEN, KHIEM D | 2843 | §112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 18, 2024 |
| 18943563 | COMPACT HUMIDITY AND PRESSURE SENSOR WITH TEMPERATURE CONTROL | Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. | ROBERTS, HERBERT K | 2855 | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 11, 2024 |
| 18942995 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR COMPILING AND METHODS THEREOF | UIF (University Industry Foundation), Yonsei University | TOKARCZYK, CHRISTOPHER B | 3687 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 11, 2024 |
| 18940771 | ASSOCIATIVE POLYMERS AND RELATED COMPOSITIONS, METHODS AND SYSTEMS | California Institute Of Technology | GRAHAM, CHANTEL LORAN | 1771 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 07, 2024 |
| 18934695 | SERVER DEVICE FOR PROVIDING HOMOMORPHIC ENCRYPTION AI MODEL AND METHOD THEREOF | Crypto Lab Inc. | LEMMA, SAMSON B | 2498 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 01, 2024 |
| 18927386 | ASSOCIATIVE POLYMERS FOR USE IN A FLOW AND RELATED COMPOSITIONS, METHODS AND SYSTEMS | California Institute Of Technology | GRAHAM, CHANTEL LORAN | 1771 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 25, 2024 |
| 18888811 | MULTI-DIE-TO-WAFER HYBRID BONDING | Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. | FOX, BRANDON C | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 18, 2024 | |
| 18776665 | Distributed FET Back-Bias Network | Psemi Corporation | VU, HUNG K | 2897 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 18, 2024 |
| 18724947 | MANIPULATOR FOR PACKAGES AND RELATED PROCESS FOR MOVING PACKAGES | R.A Jones & Co. | LOWE, MICHAEL S | 3652 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 27, 2024 |
| 18724123 | PROCESS FOR MOVING PACKAGES AND MANIPULATOR FOR PACKAGES PROVIDED TO OPERATE ACCORDING TO THIS PROCESS | R.A Jones & Co. | FRY, PATRICK B | 3731 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 25, 2024 |
| 18752009 | High Voltage Switching Device | Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. | GHEYAS, SYED I | 2893 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 24, 2024 |
| 18750645 | T-Gate FET Structure | Psemi Corporation | KUSUMAKAR, KAREN M | 2897 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 21, 2024 |
| 18721184 | POWDER INHALER | Chiesi Farmaceutici S.p.A. | MURPHY, VICTORIA | 3785 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 17, 2024 |
| 18710600 | A TYRE FOR VEHICLE WHEELS | Pirelli Tyre S.p.A. | DYE, ROBERT C | 3619 | §103 | Final Rejection | 5d overdue | Pending | May 15, 2024 |
| 18704036 | APPARATUS FOR ADMINISTERING MEDICAMENTS AND METHOD FOR MANAGING EXPIRY DATES OF A MEDICAMENT DISPENSER | Chiesi Farmaceutici S.p.A. | ISLAM, MOHAMMAD K | 2857 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 23, 2024 |
| 18639640 | EDMOS FET with Variable Drift Region Resistance | Psemi Corporation | SEHAR, FAKEHA | 2893 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 18, 2024 |
| 18634042 | SERVICE IMPLEMENT AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AIR QUALITY OF A MUSEUM DISPLAY CASE | Goppion S.p.A. | FAULKNER, RYAN L | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 12, 2024 | |
| 18634627 | Asymmetric MOSFET Devices with Optimized Spacer Thickness | Psemi Corporation | ANYA, IGWE U | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 12, 2024 | |
| 18631597 | Reduction of the Floating Body Effect in N-Type MOSFET Devices | Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. | RAHMAN, MOIN M | 2898 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 10, 2024 |
| 18622519 | IMPEDANCE CONTROL IN MERGED STACKED FET AMPLIFIERS | Psemi Corporation | NGUYEN, HIEU P | 2843 | §102Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 29, 2024 |
| 18423732 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR MAKING DECISION AND METHODS THEREOF | Crypto Lab Inc. | SANKS, SCHYLER S | 2129 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 26, 2024 |
| 18420465 | PEDMOS Transistor Devices | Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. | WHALEN, DANIEL B | 2893 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 23, 2024 |
| 18416779 | Low-Leakage NEDMOS and LDMOS Devices | Psemi Corporation | PARTHASARATHY, ROHIT | 2899 | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 18, 2024 |
| 18540531 | Asymmetric MOSFET Devices | Psemi Corporation | MAZUMDER, DIDARUL A | 2812 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 14, 2023 |
| 18560643 | STRAINS OF PROBIOTIC BACTERIA FOR USE IN A PREVENTIVE METHOD OF TREATMENT OR IN AN ADJUVANT METHOD OF TREATMENT OF VIRAL RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS | Probiotical S.p.A. | DICKENS, AMELIA NICOLE | 1645 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 13, 2023 |
| 18468556 | Reduction of Edge Transistor Leakage on N-Type EDMOS and LDMOS Devices | Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. | DINKE, BITEW A | 2812 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 62d | Pending | Sep 15, 2023 |
| 18546420 | LASER DOPPLER VELOCIMETRY-BASED FLOW SENSOR FOR DOWNHOLE MEASUREMENTS IN OIL PIPES | California Institute Of Technology | SINGH, AVIRAJ DONGSOOK | 3645 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 14, 2023 |
| 18346706 | THERMAL TRANSFER METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FABRICS AND RELATED FABRICS AND ITEMS | Guangzhou Jingyilvfang Technology Co., Ltd. | KHAN, AMINA S | 1786 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 03, 2023 |
| 18346531 | FABRIC WITH COOL FEELING FUNCTION AND RELATED CLOTHING ITEMS, MANUFACTURING METHOD AND MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS | Guangzhou Jingyilvfang Technology Co., Ltd. | JOHNSON, JENNA LEIGH | 1789 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 2d overdue | Pending | Jul 03, 2023 |
| 18270194 | NANOSENSORS FOR RAPID IDENTIFICATION OF LUNG CONDITIONS | The Board Of Regents Of The University Of Texas System | DUNN, MCKENZIE A | 1678 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 28, 2023 |
| 18336559 | UNIDIRECTIONAL MOISTURE CONDUCTING KNITTED FABRIC AND RELATED CLOTHING ITEMS, MANUFACTURING METHODS AND MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS | Guangzhou Jingyilvfang Technology Co., Ltd. | STEELE, JENNIFER A | 1789 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 89d overdue | Pending | Jun 16, 2023 |
| 18334664 | MUSEUM DISPLAY CASE WITH FILTRATION SYSTEM AND CLIMATE CONTROL SYSTEM | Goppion S.p.A. | FAROKHROOZ, FATIMA N | 2875 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 29d overdue | Pending | Jun 14, 2023 |
| 18331809 | THERMAL TRANSFER METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR BLENDED FABRICS AND RELATED BLENDED FABRIC AND ITEMS | Guangzhou Jingyilvfang Technology Co., Ltd. | MCKINNON, LASHAWNDA T | 1789 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 23d overdue | Pending | Jun 08, 2023 |
| 18144806 | S-LINKED QUINONE POLYMERS, SULFURIZED CARBON MATRICES AND RELATED COMPOSITES, COMPOSITIONS, ELECTRODE MATERIAL, ELECTRODES, ELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS, BATTERIES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS | Linova Energy Inc. | YOON, TAE H | 1762 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 08, 2023 |
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Start Free Trial90.3% of resolved applications prosecuted by Steinfl + Bruno LLP were allowed, across 2,559 applications in USPTO records.
3.21 office actions per allowed application on average.
65 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 22 clients, before 63 examiners in 46 art units.
