Technology areas: Networking & Security • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
570 pending office actions • 143 clients • 504 examiners • 249 art units • 0 of 570 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1,043 patents granted in the last 365 days
VOLPE KOENIG has 559 pending office actions in Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics and 33337 career applications. The pending docket and application history indicate extensive prosecution activity in this technology area. Its resolved allowance rate is 88.23%, showing that most resolved matters in the recorded portfolio reached allowance.
The practice averages 3.19 office actions per allowance. That figure indicates that successful matters typically involve multiple examination exchanges, while the allowance rate shows that continued prosecution often produces a favorable resolution. Applicants can use this profile to anticipate an active, technically demanding prosecution process supported by a substantial historical record.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 110 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. 110 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 | 9 (2%) |
| §101 + other | 45 (8%) |
| §103 only | 158 (28%) |
| §102 only | 52 (9%) |
| §112 only | 37 (6%) |
| Double-patenting only | 2 (0%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 5 (1%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 258 (45%) |
| No statute on record | 4 (1%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCCLURE, CHRISTINA D | 4 | 29.9% | +33.1% |
| ELPENORD, CANDAL | 3 | 89.8% | +12.5% |
| CHERN, CHRISTINA | 3 | 39.1% | +41.5% |
| RAIMONDO, TRACY LAUREN | 3 | 87.0% | +17.3% |
| TUROCY, DAVID P | 3 | 46.9% | +35.8% |
| MOJADDEDI, OMAR F | 3 | 89.6% | +10.3% |
| MILLER, JR, JOSEPH ALBERT | 3 | 68.5% | +16.2% |
| MOORE, KARLA A | 3 | 43.1% | +13.6% |
| HENSON, JAMAAL R | 3 | 84.3% | +4.5% |
| CHAI, RAYMOND REI-YANG | 2 | 75.0% | +15.9% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18271167 | DISCONTINUOUS RECEPTION METHOD AND APPARATUS | HENSON, JAMAAL R | 6d |
| 18505142 | METHOD AND DEVICE USED IN COMMUNICATION NODE FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION | HENSON, JAMAAL R | 72d |
| 18942394 | METHOD AND DEVICE USED IN COMMUNICATION NODE FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION | RAIMONDO, TRACY LAUREN | — |
| 18858867 | RANDOM ACCESS METHOD, APPARATUS AND DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | RAIMONDO, TRACY LAUREN | — |
| 18894486 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF PROCESSING SUBSTRATE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM | MOJADDEDI, OMAR F | — |
| 18758061 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS | MOJADDEDI, OMAR F | — |
| 18509334 | METHOD AND DEVICE IN NODES USED FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION | ELPENORD, CANDAL | — |
| 18211457 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RELEASING CONNECTION WITH LOCAL GW WHEN UE MOVES OUT OF THE RESIDENTIAL/ENTERPRISE NETWORK COVERAGE | ELPENORD, CANDAL | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18624655 | PLASMA GENERATING DEVICE, SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE | LIU, XIAOMING | 343d overdue |
| 18009890 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, PATTERN INSPECTION METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND PATTERN INSPECTION SYSTEM | BEZUAYEHU, SOLOMON G | 224d overdue |
| 17973730 | MANUFACTURING METHOD OF ELECTRODE AND CATALYTIC LAYER THEREOF | ALEJANDRO, RAYMOND | 196d overdue |
| 17684067 | Value Systems | VETTER, DANIEL | 160d overdue |
| 18150881 | METHOD FOR CORRECTING A DETECTED RESULT, DETECTION ARRANGEMENT, PHANTOM, AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING SYNTHETIC DATA PAIRS | ALABI, OLUWATOSIN O | 147d overdue |
| 17473608 | Secure Authentication and Financial Attributes Services | MACASIANO, MARILYN G | 146d overdue |
| 17767232 | Calreticulin for Treating or Preventing an Angiogenic Eye Disease | REYNOLDS, FRED H | 141d overdue |
| 18892777 | DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR THE TREATMENT OF ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE | CELESTINE, NYROBI I | 49d 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18711750 | ILLUMINATION SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD FOR ILLUMINATION SYSTEM, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM | CHAI, RAYMOND REI-YANG | 184d overdue |
| 18113778 | SOLAR CELL MODULE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF | CHERN, CHRISTINA | 13d |
| 17313491 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS | MOORE, KARLA A | 13d |
| 18336524 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM | MILLER, JR, JOSEPH ALBERT | 30d |
| 18244616 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM | MOORE, KARLA A | 70d |
| 19233186 | OPTICAL DEVICE AND DIRECTION DISPLAY DEVICE | CHAI, RAYMOND REI-YANG | — |
| 18970954 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION | ELPENORD, CANDAL | — |
| 18869270 | THERMOELECTRIC MODULE | CHERN, CHRISTINA | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1718 | 14 |
| 2847 | 12 |
| 2465 | 9 |
| 2474 | 9 |
| 2893 | 9 |
| 1716 | 9 |
| 2828 | 9 |
| 1712 | 8 |
| 2414 | 8 |
| 2874 | 8 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19077566 | Untitled | Hitachi Vantara, Ltd. | MEHRMANESH, ELMIRA | 2113 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | |
| 19535067 | AUTOMATED PARKING SYSTEM FOR PALLET-BASED VEHICLE STORAGE | Parkstory, Inc. | ROMANO, ASHLEY K | 3652 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 10, 2026 |
| 19411658 | BALL DEFLECTOR OF A BALL SCREW DRIVE | Sfs Group International AG | COOK, WILLIAM J | 3618 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 08, 2025 |
| 19371336 | ADAPTIVE INTRA REFRESH ENCODING OF A VIDEO STREAM | Axis AB | LEE, JIMMY S | 2487 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 28, 2025 |
| 19347951 | MEMORY SYSTEM WITH MULTIPLE STRIPING OF RAID GROUPS AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING THE SAME | Innovations In Memory LLC | PEUGH, BRIAN R | 2133 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 02, 2025 |
| 19323305 | STORAGE SYSTEM AND STORAGE CONTROL METHOD | Hitachi Vantara, Ltd. | YU, XINYUAN | 2113 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 09, 2025 |
| 19311104 | HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAY, USE OF A HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAY, METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TESTING THE FUNCTION OF A SYSTEM, AND METHOD AND DEVICE FOR VISUALLY DISPLAYING 3D DATA | Skan AG | LEE JR, KENNETH B | 2625 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 27, 2025 |
| 19264964 | CAMERA INFORMATION HANDOVER | Axis AB | LEE, MICHAEL | 2422 | §102§103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 10, 2025 |
| 19258510 | FLOW RATE CONTROLLER, SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM | Kokusai Electric Corporation | HICKS, ANGELISA | 3753 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 02, 2025 |
| 19145252 | FLUIDIC DEFLECTION UNIT AND USE OF A TUBE | Neoperl GmbH | CHOI, WILLIAM SOON | 3679 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 02, 2025 |
| 19233186 | OPTICAL DEVICE AND DIRECTION DISPLAY DEVICE | Maxell, Ltd. | CHAI, RAYMOND REI-YANG | 2845 | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 10, 2025 |
| 19214128 | GEOSPATIAL DATA PLATFORM, GEOSPATIAL DATA USING SYSTEM, GEOSPATIAL DATA PROVIDING METHOD, AND PROGRAM | Hitachi, Ltd. | GOFMAN, ALEX N | 2163 | §101 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 21, 2025 |
| 19192493 | METHOD FOR DISPLAYING A THERMAL IMAGE | Testo SE & Co. Kgaa | RICHER, AARON M | 2611 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 29, 2025 |
| 19189843 | METHOD FOR POSITIONING VEHICLE KEY AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD. | NGUYEN, AN T | 2686 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 25, 2025 |
| 19118847 | SCROLL COMPRESSOR | Ausserer GmbH | MIAN, SHAFIQ A | 3746 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 12d | Pending | Apr 07, 2025 |
| 19169388 | INTELLIGENT SOLAR RACKING SYSTEM | Conti Innovation Center, LLC | WHITE, SADIE | 1721 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 03, 2025 |
| 19116929 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR RECEIVING AND SENDING CONFIGURATION INFORMATION, AND READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD. | CHOU, ALAN S | 2451 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 28, 2025 |
| 19090675 | METHOD OF PROCESSING SUBSTRATE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS | Kokusai Electric Corporation | BARR, MICHAEL E | 1711 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 26, 2025 |
| 19090854 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, PROCESSING APPARATUS AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM | Kokusai Electric Corporation | SAAD, ERIN BARRY | 1735 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 26, 2025 |
| 19114893 | DESIGN SUPPORT METHOD, DESIGN SUPPORT SYSTEM, AND PROGRAM | Hitachi, Ltd. | VORCE, AMELIA J.I. | 3666 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 25, 2025 |
| 18833752 | UE DISCOVERY MESSAGE PROTECTION METHOD AND APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD. | SONG, HOSUK | 2435 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 24, 2025 |
| 19087822 | CONFIGURATION CHANGE SUPPORT APPARATUS AND CONFIGURATION CHANGE SUPPORT METHOD | Hitachi Vantara, Ltd. | MYERS, PAUL R | 2176 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 24, 2025 |
| 19086798 | PROCESSING APPARATUS, PROCESSING METHOD, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM | Kokusai Electric Corporation | CHEN, BRET P | 1718 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 21, 2025 |
| 19087044 | PROCESSING METHOD, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM | Kokusai Electric Corporation | TALBOT, BRIAN K | 1712 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 21, 2025 |
| 19084941 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS | Kokusai Electric Corporation | RODRIGUEZ, MICHAEL P | 1712 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 20, 2025 |
| 19082746 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS, NOZZLE, METHOD OF PROCESSING SUBSTRATE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM | Kokusai Electric Corporation | KLUNK, MARGARET D | 1759 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 18, 2025 |
| 19081435 | METHOD FOR SWIMMING POOL ROBOT TO CLEAN ALONG WALL EDGE | Aiper Global Pte. Ltd. | RIVERA-CORDERO, ARLYN I | 1714 | §102§103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 17, 2025 |
| 19078456 | TREADMILL ARRANGEMENT WITH MOTION-ADAPTIVE VIRTUAL RUNNING ENVIRONMENT | Zebris Medical GmbH | JALALZADEH ABYANE, SHILA | 3784 | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 13, 2025 |
| 19110899 | GAS SENSOR CHIP, GAS SENSING SYSTEM, AND PRODUCTION METHOD FOR GAS SENSOR CHIP | Hitachi, Ltd. | NOGUEROLA, ALEXANDER STEPHAN | 1795 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 12, 2025 |
| 19076436 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD | Hitachi Vantara, Ltd. | CYGIEL, GARY W | 2137 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 11, 2025 |
| 19075674 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PREDICTING A RACE TIME | Slyde Analytics LLC | NGUYEN, HAI L | 2836 | §102§103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 10, 2025 |
| 19072497 | STABILIZER FOR A METAL STRUCTURE AND METAL STRUCTURES INCORPORATING THE STABILIZER | Advanced Modular Design | KWIECINSKI, RYAN D | 3635 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 06, 2025 |
| 19072872 | DATA COMPRESSION SYSTEM, DATA COMPRESSION METHOD, AND DATA COMPRESSION PROGRAM | Hitachi, Ltd. | JEANGLAUDE, JEAN BRUNER | 2845 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 06, 2025 |
| 19064964 | STORAGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND STORAGE MANAGEMENT METHOD | Hitachi Vantara, Ltd. | KUDIRKA, JOSEPH R | 2114 | §101§102§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 27, 2025 |
| 19065880 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND DISPLAY METHOD | Maxell, Ltd. | GERGISO, TECHANE | 2408 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 27, 2025 |
| 19106260 | COMPOSITE FILTER AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE | Kyocera Corporation | JONES, STEPHEN E | 2843 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 25, 2025 |
| 19106533 | STATOR AND ROTATING ELECTRIC MACHINE | Hitachi Astemo, Ltd. | GONZALEZ QUINONES, JOSE A | 2834 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 25, 2025 |
| 19062753 | COMPUTER SYSTEM AND ACCESS VERIFICATION METHOD | Hitachi, Ltd. | VU, PHY ANH TRAN | 2438 | §112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 25, 2025 |
| 19058670 | METHOD OF PROCESSING SUBSTRATE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM | Kokusai Electric Corporation | ROLLAND, ALEX A | 1759 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 20, 2025 |
| 19056863 | CARABINER HOOK | Aba Hörtnagl GmbH | DO, ROWLAND | 3677 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 19, 2025 |
| 19104459 | VEGETABLE EXTRACTS FOR TANNING | Tfl Ledertechnik GmbH | KHAN, AMINA S | 1761 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 18, 2025 |
| 19053657 | TEST SUPPORT DEVICE AND TEST SUPPORT METHOD | Hitachi, Ltd. | GUSTAFSON, MATHEW DONALD | 2113 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 22d | Pending | Feb 14, 2025 |
| 19052957 | CLINICAL TRIAL PLANNING DEVICE AND CLINICAL TRIAL PLANNING METHOD | Hitachi, Ltd. | ROBINSON, KYLE G | 3685 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 13, 2025 |
| 19103378 | NORTHBOUND APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE (API) INVOKING METHOD AND APPARATUS | BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD. | SIDDIQI, MOHAMMAD A | 2493 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 12, 2025 |
| 19101313 | SCROLL-TYPE FLUID MACHINE | Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co., Ltd. | HANSEN, KENNETH J | 3746 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 05, 2025 |
| 19041151 | MEDICAL VISUALIZATION SYSTEM, MEDICAL OPERATING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VISUALIZING A VIDEO IMAGE DATA STREAM | Schölly Fiberoptic GmbH | MONSHI, SAMIRA | 4100 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 30, 2025 |
| 19041127 | PROTECTIVE COVER, LISTENING BOX AND METHOD OF OPERATION FOR A LISTENING BOX | Tiger Media International GmbH | PREVIL, DANIEL | 2685 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 30, 2025 |
| 18998882 | APPLICATION PROGRAM INTERFACE (API) INVOKING METHOD AND DEVICE | BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD. | PICH, PONNOREAY | 2495 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 27, 2025 |
| 19036305 | FAÇADE FASTENING SYSTEM | Sfs Group International AG | HIJAZ, OMAR F | 3635 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 24, 2025 |
| 18998360 | METHOD FOR DISCHARGING A CONTAINER FROM A BAG, CUTTING DEVICE, REMOVAL DEVICE AND UNPACKING DEVICE | Tt Innovation AG | RUSHING-TUCKER, CHINYERE J | 3731 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 24, 2025 |
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Start Free Trial88.2% of resolved applications prosecuted by Volpe & Koenig, P.C. were allowed, across 33,337 applications in USPTO records.
3.19 office actions per allowed application on average.
570 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 143 clients, before 504 examiners in 249 art units.
