Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
119 pending office actions • 11 clients • 104 examiners • 32 art units • 0 of 119 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
William Park & Associates LTD. demonstrates significant experience in Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics, with 7258 career applications filed. The firm maintains an exceptionally high resolved allowance rate of 95.63 percent. This metric suggests a highly effective prosecution strategy that successfully navigates the technical requirements of the USPTO in these specialized fields. The firm currently has 93 pending office actions, reflecting an active and ongoing workload.
On average, the firm requires 2.48 office actions per allowance to reach a grant. This average of 2.48 indicates a relatively efficient path to allowance, especially when paired with the 95.63 percent success rate. These figures highlight the firm's proficiency in handling large volumes of complex electronic and optical patent applications while maintaining a high probability of success for its clients. For practitioners, the 7258 career applications provide a robust data set that confirms the firm's ability to secure intellectual property rights with minimal resistance. The combination of high volume and high success suggests a deep understanding of the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics examination landscape.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 32 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. 32 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 (4%) |
| §103 only | 38 (32%) |
| §102 only | 17 (14%) |
| §112 only | 4 (3%) |
| Double-patenting only | 4 (3%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (1%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 50 (42%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BASHAR, MOHAMMED A | 3 | 95.1% | +3.4% |
| BERMUDEZ LOZADA, ALFREDO | 3 | 89.5% | +1.9% |
| NGUYEN, THIEN DANG | 2 | 87.4% | +11.6% |
| LEBOEUF, JEROME LARRY | 2 | 85.4% | +6.4% |
| HO, HOAI V | 2 | 92.7% | +5.5% |
| HIDALGO, FERNANDO N | 2 | 93.4% | +1.3% |
| TRAN, ANTHAN | 2 | 83.0% | +2.4% |
| SMET, UYEN TRAN | 2 | 93.0% | +3.2% |
| WELLS, JAMES STEVEN | 2 | 88.9% | +2.5% |
| STARK, JARRETT J | 2 | 70.4% | +11.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18675660 | SEMICONDUCTOR CHIP THAT ADJUSTS STROBE SIGNAL DELAY | BASHAR, MOHAMMED A | 9d overdue |
| 18675833 | MEMORY DEVICES CONFIGURED TO PERFORM READ OPERATIONS FOR PSEUDO CHANNELS | BASHAR, MOHAMMED A | 9d |
| 18411412 | ELECTRONIC SYSTEM RELATED TO DETECTING A RESULT OF A RUPTURE OPERATION | BERMUDEZ LOZADA, ALFREDO | 27d |
| 18898293 | SEMICONDUCTOR APPARATUS AND SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY APPARATUS | TRAN, ANTHAN | 41d |
| 19077770 | ERROR CORRECTION CIRCUIT AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE INCLUDING SAME | NGUYEN, THIEN DANG | — |
| 19073768 | VOLTAGE SUPPLY CIRCUIT | LEBOEUF, JEROME LARRY | — |
| 19049544 | STORAGE DEVICE AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE STORAGE DEVICE | HO, HOAI V | — |
| 19036332 | IMPEDANCE CALIBRATION CIRCUIT, MEMORY CONTROLLER INCLUDING THE IMPEDANCE CALIBRATION CIRCUIT AND MEMORY SYSTEM INCLUDING THE MEMORY CONTROLLER | HIDALGO, FERNANDO N | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18744023 | IMAGE ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM IN WHICH BITSTREAM IS STORED | CHANG, DANIEL | 44d overdue |
| 17991365 | MEMORY DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE MEMORY DEVICE | PRIDEMORE, NATHAN ANDREW | 37d overdue |
| 18366404 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE | CHIU, TSZ K | 32d overdue |
| 18355177 | SYSTEM, METHOD FOR CIRCUIT VALIDATION, AND SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FACILITATING CIRCUIT VALIDATION | SATANOVSKY, ALEXANDER | 28d overdue |
| 18632972 | MEMORY DEVICE FOR PERFORMING A PROGRAM OPERATION AND AN OPERATING METHOD OF THE MEMORY DEVICE | WELLS, JAMES STEVEN | 2d overdue |
| 18036378 | ECO-FRIENDLY HEAT EXCHANGE SYSTEM BETWEEN WATER TREATMENT DEVICE AND EXTERNAL PLANT | MENON, KRISHNAN S | 14d |
| 17901640 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS | SWEELY, KURT D | 15d |
| 18095420 | METHOD AND APPARATUS ENCODING/DECODING A NEURAL NETWORK FEATURE MAP | CHIUSANO, ANDREW TSUTOMU | 19d |
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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19077770 | ERROR CORRECTION CIRCUIT AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE INCLUDING SAME | NGUYEN, THIEN DANG | — |
| 19038044 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE PERFORMING DATA READ OPERATION AND CONTROLLER CONTROLLING THE SAME | NGUYEN, THIEN DANG | — |
| 18444183 | SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE INCLUDING ENCAPSULATION LAYERS | STARK, JARRETT J | — |
| 18436289 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE | STARK, JARRETT J | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| SK Group | 101 |
| WONIK IPS CO., LTD. | 7 |
| Kyung Hee University | 2 |
| ETRI | 2 |
| Seoul National University | 1 |
| Lbsemicon Co., Ltd. | 1 |
| Solidvue Inc. | 1 |
| BKT | 1 |
| TEMPUS INC. | 1 |
| HANBAT NATIONAL UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION | 1 |
| Evertech Enterprise Co., Ltd. | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2898 | 12 |
| 2825 | 7 |
| 2824 | 7 |
| 1718 | 5 |
| 2897 | 5 |
| 2812 | 5 |
| 2827 | 4 |
| 2896 | 4 |
| 2893 | 4 |
| 2818 | 3 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19254403 | IMAGE ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND DEVICE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING BITSTREAM | UNIVERSITY-INDUSTRY COOPERATION GROUP OF KYUNG HEE UNIVERSITY | HABIB, IRFAN | 2482 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 30, 2025 |
| 19197610 | TRANSMITTING DEVICE, TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING SYSTEM USING THE TRANSMITTING DEVICE, AND TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING METHOD | SK Hynix Inc. | ALSHACK, OSMAN M | §101DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 02, 2025 | |
| 19077770 | ERROR CORRECTION CIRCUIT AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE INCLUDING SAME | SK Hynix Inc. | NGUYEN, THIEN DANG | 2111 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 12, 2025 |
| 19073768 | VOLTAGE SUPPLY CIRCUIT | SK Hynix Inc. | LEBOEUF, JEROME LARRY | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 07, 2025 | |
| 19071154 | TEST CIRCUIT AND SEMICONDUCTOR APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME | SK Hynix Inc. | YANG, JEFFREY ANDREW | 2111 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 05, 2025 |
| 19055174 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING MULTI-CHANNEL AUDIO SIGNAL | ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE | GAY, SONIA L | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 17, 2025 | |
| 19054279 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD | SK Hynix Inc. | BODNARK, MATTHEW JAMES | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 14, 2025 | |
| 19054181 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF | SK Hynix Inc. | BUI, THA-O H | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 14, 2025 | |
| 19049544 | STORAGE DEVICE AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE STORAGE DEVICE | SK Hynix Inc. | HO, HOAI V | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 10, 2025 | |
| 19038044 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE PERFORMING DATA READ OPERATION AND CONTROLLER CONTROLLING THE SAME | SK Hynix Inc. | NGUYEN, THIEN DANG | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 27, 2025 | |
| 19036332 | IMPEDANCE CALIBRATION CIRCUIT, MEMORY CONTROLLER INCLUDING THE IMPEDANCE CALIBRATION CIRCUIT AND MEMORY SYSTEM INCLUDING THE MEMORY CONTROLLER | SK Hynix Inc. | HIDALGO, FERNANDO N | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 24, 2025 | |
| 19025221 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE, CONTROLLER, AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE AND CONTROLLER | SK Hynix Inc. | NGUYEN, VAN THU T | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 16, 2025 | |
| 19019819 | STORAGE DEVICE AND OPERATING METHOD OF THE STORAGE DEVICE | SK Hynix Inc. | COON, BRADLEY SCOTT | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 14, 2025 | |
| 18873887 | METHOD FOR FORMING METAL NITRIDE THIN FILM | Wonik Ips Co., Ltd. | CHEN, BRET P | 1718 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 11, 2024 |
| 18975567 | MEMORY DEVICE AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF | SK Hynix Inc. | TRAN, ANTHAN | 2825 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 10, 2024 |
| 18971817 | MANUFACTURING METHOD OF SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE | SK Hynix Inc. | CULBERT, ROBERTS P | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 06, 2024 | |
| 18958602 | OPERATING METHOD OF PAGE BUFFER FOR READ OPERATION OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE | SK Hynix Inc. | WADDY JR, EDWARD | 2135 | §103 | Final Rejection | 21d | Pending | Nov 25, 2024 |
| 18955619 | MEMORY DEVICE AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE MEMORY DEVICE | SK Hynix Inc. | LUU, PHO M | §102Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 21, 2024 | |
| 18942940 | PAGE BUFFER RELATED TO A SENSING OPERATION, MEMORY DEVICE INCLUDING A PAGE BUFFER, AND OPERATING METHOD OF A PAGE BUFFER | SK Hynix Inc. | BASHAR, MOHAMMED A | 2824 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 11, 2024 |
| 18925789 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE FOR PERFORMING DATA ALIGNMENT OPERATION | SK Hynix Inc. | HO, HOAI V | 2827 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 24, 2024 |
| 18913146 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE | SK Hynix Inc. | SMET, UYEN TRAN | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 11, 2024 | |
| 18904197 | MEMORY DEVICE | SK Hynix Inc. | LEBOEUF, JEROME LARRY | 2824 | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 02, 2024 |
| 18898293 | SEMICONDUCTOR APPARATUS AND SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY APPARATUS | SK Hynix Inc. | TRAN, ANTHAN | 2825 | §102 | Final Rejection | 41d | Pending | Sep 26, 2024 |
| 18896156 | METHOD OF PROCESSING METADATA AND MEMORY DEVICE PERFORMING THE METHOD | SK Hynix Inc. | HIDALGO, FERNANDO N | 2827 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 25, 2024 |
| 18892864 | MEMORY DEVICE, MEMORY SYSTEM INCLUDING THE MEMORY DEVICE, AND TEST OPERATION OF THE MEMORY DEVICE | SK Hynix Inc. | WELLS, JAMES STEVEN | 2825 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 23, 2024 |
| 18816855 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE | SK Hynix Inc. | YECHURI, SITARAMARAO S | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 27, 2024 | |
| 18815042 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF | SK Hynix Inc. | JOHNSON, CHRISTOPHER A | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 26, 2024 | |
| 18800917 | STORAGE DEVICE AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE STORAGE DEVICE | SK Hynix Inc. | SMET, UYEN TRAN | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 12, 2024 | |
| 18798400 | INSTRUMENTATION AMPLIFIER CAPABLE OF COMPENSATING OFFSET VOLTAGE | Seoul National University R&Db Foundation | RETEBO, METASEBIA T | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 08, 2024 | |
| 18796927 | SEMICONDUCTOR SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING AN ACTIVE OPERATION USING AN ACTIVE PERIOD CONTROL METHOD | SK Hynix Inc. | BEGUM, SULTANA | 2824 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 78d | Pending | Aug 07, 2024 |
| 18792301 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE | SK Hynix Inc. | BRADEN, GRACE VICTORIA | 2824 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 01, 2024 |
| 18787428 | MANUFACTURING METHOD OF MEMORY DEVICE | SK Hynix Inc. | MIHALIOV, DMITRI | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 29, 2024 | |
| 18777946 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A MEMORY DEVICE | SK Hynix Inc. | CHOUDHRY, MOHAMMAD M | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 19, 2024 | |
| 18776907 | MEMORY DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE MEMORY DEVICE | SK Hynix Inc. | NGUYEN, DAO H | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 18, 2024 | |
| 18770150 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME | SK Hynix Inc. | OJEH, NDUKA E | 2892 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 11, 2024 |
| 18770004 | SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE HAVING CHIP STACK STRUCTURE | SK Hynix Inc. | MILLER, JAMI VALENTINE | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 11, 2024 | |
| 18746954 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE | SK Hynix Inc. | TRAN, TONY | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 18, 2024 | |
| 18744023 | IMAGE ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM IN WHICH BITSTREAM IS STORED | UNIVERSITY-INDUSTRY COOPERATION GROUP OF KYUNG HEE UNIVERSITY | CHANG, DANIEL | 2487 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 44d overdue | Pending | Jun 14, 2024 |
| 18740942 | SEMICONDUCTOR SYSTEM FOR DETECTING PROCESS VARIATION | SK Hynix Inc. | RAMIREZ, ELLIS B | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 12, 2024 | |
| 18731924 | MULTICHIP PACKAGES FORMED IN STABLE STRUTURE AND METHOD OF FORMING THE SAME | SK Hynix Inc. | ARORA, AJAY | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 03, 2024 | |
| 18679093 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE AND METHOD OF A MANUFACTURING THE SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE | SK Hynix Inc. | GONDARENKO, NATALIA A | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 30, 2024 | |
| 18675578 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL MEMORY DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF | SK Hynix Inc. | HETHERINGTON, AUBRIE IRENE | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 28, 2024 | |
| 18675833 | MEMORY DEVICES CONFIGURED TO PERFORM READ OPERATIONS FOR PSEUDO CHANNELS | SK Hynix Inc. | BASHAR, MOHAMMED A | 2824 | §103 | Final Rejection | 9d | Pending | May 28, 2024 |
| 18675660 | SEMICONDUCTOR CHIP THAT ADJUSTS STROBE SIGNAL DELAY | SK Hynix Inc. | BASHAR, MOHAMMED A | 2824 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 9d overdue | Pending | May 28, 2024 |
| 18659532 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME | SK Hynix Inc. | LEE, WOO KYUNG | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 09, 2024 | |
| 18656237 | MEMORY DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE MEMORY DEVICE | SK Hynix Inc. | BOEGEL, CHEVY JACOB | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 06, 2024 | |
| 18649388 | MEMORY CHIP AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE MEMORY CHIP | SK Hynix Inc. | MUSE, ISMAIL A | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 29, 2024 | |
| 18647687 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE INCLUDING ELECTRODE AND ISOLATION PATTERN AND METHOD OF FORMING THE SAME | SK Hynix Inc. | WALL, VINCENT | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 26, 2024 | |
| 18635649 | MEMORY DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME | SK Hynix Inc. | OH, JIYOUNG | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 15, 2024 | |
| 18632972 | MEMORY DEVICE FOR PERFORMING A PROGRAM OPERATION AND AN OPERATING METHOD OF THE MEMORY DEVICE | SK Hynix Inc. | WELLS, JAMES STEVEN | 2825 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 2d overdue | Pending | Apr 11, 2024 |
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Start Free Trial95.6% of resolved applications prosecuted by William Park & Associates Ltd. were allowed, across 7,265 applications in USPTO records.
2.48 office actions per allowed application on average.
119 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 11 clients, before 104 examiners in 32 art units.