Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
1,131 pending office actions • 104 clients • 950 examiners • 346 art units • 0 of 1,131 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2,332 patents granted in the last 365 days
Xsensus has 1122 pending office actions in Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics and 21178 career applications. The figures indicate a very substantial active docket alongside extensive historical application activity in the same technology area.
The resolved allowance rate is 85.82%, and the average is 2.78 office actions per allowance. For prosecution planning, the profile pairs a large workload with a measurable resolution record and a separate indication of office-action activity before allowance.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 180 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. 180 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 | 29 (3%) |
| §101 + other | 148 (13%) |
| §103 only | 372 (33%) |
| §102 only | 86 (8%) |
| §112 only | 38 (3%) |
| Double-patenting only | 14 (1%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 24 (2%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 414 (37%) |
| No statute on record | 6 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| VALENCIA, ALEJANDRO | 7 | 42.7% | +6.2% |
| UEBERSCHAER, JONATHAN REED | 5 | — | — |
| BURKE, TIONNA M | 4 | 53.7% | +20.5% |
| SATHIRAJU, SRINIVAS | 4 | 89.0% | +5.7% |
| BUCKMAN, JEFFREY ALAN | 4 | 62.3% | +40.5% |
| CANTELMO, GREGG | 4 | 74.7% | +7.5% |
| KUIPERS, JENNA ANN | 4 | 70.5% | -13.5% |
| DANG, HUNG Q | 3 | 68.2% | +18.9% |
| APPLEGATE, SARAH ARIMINTIA | 3 | 43.5% | +7.9% |
| GILLS, KURTIS | 3 | 58.0% | +28.8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18935665 | CONTROL METHOD AND PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS | SATHIRAJU, SRINIVAS | 14d |
| 19233036 | CONTROL METHOD AND PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS | SATHIRAJU, SRINIVAS | — |
| 19232884 | CONTROL METHOD AND PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS | SATHIRAJU, SRINIVAS | — |
| 18997892 | DC/DC CONVERTER | SATHIRAJU, SRINIVAS | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18690744 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD | MAZUMDER, TAPAS | 146d overdue |
| 17800900 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, DISPLAY SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM | ALSOMAIRY, IBRAHIM ABDOALATIF | 139d overdue |
| 18575445 | AIR FLOATING VIDEO DISPLAY APPARATUS | ITSKOVICH, MIKHAIL | 79d overdue |
| 18369222 | GRADE EVALUATION APPARATUS, OPHTHALMIC IMAGING APPARATUS, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, AND GRADE EVALUATION METHOD | HUSTOFT, JUSTIN WAYNE | 78d overdue |
| 18127150 | SOFT MAGNETIC METAL PARTICLE, DUST CORE, AND MAGNETIC COMPONENT | SMITH, CATHERINE P | 73d overdue |
| 19172667 | INPUT APPARATUS, INPUT METHOD, PROGRAM, AND INPUT SYSTEM | GYAWALI, BIPIN | 52d overdue |
| 19036501 | SEPARATOR AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF, SECONDARY BATTERY, AND ELECTRIC APPARATUS | NEWMAN, DREW C | 45d overdue |
| 18109858 | TERMINAL DEVICE AND SETTLEMENT METHOD | POLLOCK, GREGORY A | 31d 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18864329 | IDENTIFYING A REGION OF INTEREST OF A SAMPLE | DANG, HUNG Q | 8d |
| 18689878 | IMAGING SYSTEM, PROCESSING DEVICE, AND MACHINE LEARNING DEVICE | BURKE, TIONNA M | 33d |
| 19455712 | APPARATUS, NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM, AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING EVALUATION INDEX BASED ON ABNORMAL SHADOW IN MEDICAL IMAGE | BURKE, TIONNA M | — |
| 19321326 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD | DANG, HUNG Q | — |
| 19188043 | PROGRAM, METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND SYSTEM | GILLS, KURTIS | — |
| 19186641 | PROGRAM, METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND SYSTEM | GILLS, KURTIS | — |
| 18992570 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND VEHICLE | DANG, HUNG Q | — |
| 18806736 | METHOD FOR AUGMENTING AMOUNT OF SOLANONE IN LEAF TOBACCO, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING TOBACCO RAW MATERIAL, AND METHOD FOR EXTRACTING SOLANONE | BUCKMAN, JEFFREY ALAN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1725 | 21 |
| 2853 | 19 |
| 2845 | 18 |
| 2893 | 18 |
| 1723 | 15 |
| 2872 | 15 |
| 1755 | 15 |
| 3648 | 14 |
| 1747 | 14 |
| 2871 | 11 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19114797 | Untitled | Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. | ANDA, JENNIFER MARIE | 3662 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | |
| 19110113 | Untitled | NTT, Inc. | JACKSON, JENISE E | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | ||
| 18839732 | Untitled | Mitsubishi Electric Corporation | MUNION, JAMES E | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | ||
| 19128571 | Untitled | NTT, Inc. | RUSS, COREY V | 3629 | §101§102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | |
| 19455712 | APPARATUS, NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM, AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING EVALUATION INDEX BASED ON ABNORMAL SHADOW IN MEDICAL IMAGE | Fujifilm Corporation | BURKE, TIONNA M | 2178 | §101§102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 21, 2026 |
| 19498095 | DISPLAY PANEL, DRIVING METHOD, DRIVING CIRCUIT, AND DISPLAY DEVICE | BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD. | SHEN, YUZHEN | 2623 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 30, 2025 |
| 19430501 | ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS | Fujifilm Corporation | SHENG, CHAO | 3797 | §102§103§112Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 23, 2025 |
| 19426337 | LIGHTING DEVICE | Stanley Electric Co., Ltd. | SEMBER, THOMAS M | 2875 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 19, 2025 |
| 19426124 | MONEY HANDLING APPARATUS AND MONEY HANDLING METHOD | Glory Ltd. | TAYLOR, APRIL ALICIA | 2876 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 19, 2025 |
| 19401436 | GATE ELECTRODE DRIVING CIRCUIT, METHOD FOR DRIVING DISPLAY PANEL, AND DISPLAY APPARATUS | BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD. | MCLOONE, PETER D | 2621 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 26, 2025 |
| 19390713 | IMAGING APPARATUS, IMAGING METHOD, AND PROGRAM | Japan Display Inc. | BEASLEY, DEIRDRE L | 2482 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 17, 2025 |
| 19484371 | KNITTED FABRIC AND CLOTHING CONTAINING THE SAME | Toray Industries, Inc. | HUANG, GRACE | 3732 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 14, 2025 |
| 19483999 | ELEVATOR HOISTING MACHINE AND ELEVATOR APPARATUS | Mitsubishi Electric Building Solutions Corporation | XU, AUSTIN ZIJIAN | 3654 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 13, 2025 |
| 19386251 | SATELLITE CONSTELLATION FORMING SYSTEM AND GROUND FACILITY | Mitsubishi Electric Corporation | BONZELL, PHILIP J | 3642 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 12, 2025 |
| 19386282 | SPACE TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SYSTEM | Mitsubishi Electric Corporation | BONZELL, PHILIP J | 3642 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 12, 2025 |
| 19383835 | DEPTH MAP GENERATION SYSTEM, DEPTH MAP GENERATION METHOD, AND INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM | Japan Display Inc. | HAQUE, MD NAZMUL | 2487 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 10, 2025 |
| 19482789 | INFORMATION PROPOSAL SYSTEM AND INFORMATION PROPOSAL METHOD | Mitsubishi Electric Corporation | SOMERS, MARC S | 2159 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 10, 2025 |
| 19378392 | MOVABLE OBJECT, NOTIFICATION METHOD, AND NOTIFICATION SYSTEM | Sony Group Corporation | LANG, MICHAEL DEAN | 3667 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 04, 2025 |
| 19375594 | ANALYSIS DEVICE, ANALYSIS METHOD, AND ANALYSIS PROGRAM | NTT Docomo Business, Inc. | WILSON, KIMBERLY LOVEL | 2165 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 31, 2025 |
| 19480392 | PIXEL DRIVING CIRCUIT AND DISPLAY PANEL | BEIJING BOE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD. | SHARIFI-TAFRESHI, KOOSHA | 2628 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 31, 2025 |
| 19375290 | ANALYSIS DEVICE, ANALYSIS METHOD, AND ANALYSIS PROGRAM | NTT Docomo Business, Inc. | HERSHLEY, MARK E | 2164 | §101§102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 31, 2025 |
| 19475758 | HYDRAULIC SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING HYDRAULIC SYSTEM | Sumitomo Precision Products Co., Ltd. | BOBISH, CHRISTOPHER S | 3746 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 16, 2025 |
| 19342712 | SENSOR DEVICE, NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM, AND PRESUMING METHOD | Ricoh Company, Ltd. | SITTA, GRANT | 2622 | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 29, 2025 |
| 19339522 | DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY DEVICE | BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD. | MANDEVILLE, JASON M | 2623 | §112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 25, 2025 |
| 19167398 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR IMAGE ENHANCEMENT AND APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRAINING A MACHINE-LEARNING MODEL FOR IMAGE ENHANCEMENT | Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation | VO, TUNG T | 2425 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 22, 2025 |
| 19329579 | OPHTHALMIC SYSTEM AND BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION SUPPORT METHOD | Topcon Corporation | TOKARCZYK, CHRISTOPHER B | 3687 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 16, 2025 |
| 19165666 | SPOOL VALVE | Sumitomo Precision Products Co., Ltd. | CARY, KELSEY E | 3753 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 16, 2025 |
| 19322704 | MOBILE DEVICE, NETWORK SYSTEM, AND CONTROL METHOD FOR THE SAME | Ricoh Company, Ltd. | WOO, ISAAC M | 2163 | §101§102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 09, 2025 |
| 19163387 | A METHOD, A COMPUTER PROGRAM AND AN APPARATUS FOR ADJUSTING A SERVICE CONSUMED BY A HUMAN, A ROBOT, A VEHICLE, AN ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM, AND A SMART HOME SYSTEM | Sony Group Corporation | AU, SCOTT D | 2624 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 09, 2025 |
| 19321326 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD | Ricoh Company, Ltd. | DANG, HUNG Q | 2484 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 08, 2025 |
| 19162423 | DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY APPARATUS | BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD. | BALAOING, ARIEL A | 2624 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 05, 2025 |
| 19162430 | CIRCUIT CHIP AND SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE | Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation | TREHAN, AKSHAY | 2639 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 05, 2025 |
| 19312364 | MEDICAL IMAGE CAPTURING SYSTEM AND IMAGING METHOD | Sony Olympus Medical Solutions Inc. | LI, TRACY Y | 2487 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 28, 2025 |
| 19311004 | SUGGESTION SYSTEM | Topcon Corporation | ELSHAER, ALAAELDIN M | 3687 | §101§102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 27, 2025 |
| 19159347 | MEASUREMENT SYSTEM AND HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAY | Mitsubishi Electric Corporation | JANSEN II, MICHAEL J | 2626 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 25, 2025 |
| 19158124 | APPARATUS, METHOD, AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING A RISK LEVEL OF A SOMNAMBULISM EVENT OCCURRENCE AND APPARATUS, METHOD, AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTING A SOMNAMBULISM EVENT | Sony Group Corporation | RUIZ, JOSHUA DAMIAN | 3684 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 20, 2025 |
| 19304873 | ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY, BATTERY CELL, BATTERY, AND ELECTRIC APPARATUS | CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED | WEST, ROBERT GENE | 1721 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 20, 2025 |
| 19158083 | ABNORMALITY DETECTION DEVICE, ABNORMALITY DETECTION METHOD, AND ABNORMALITY DETECTION PROGRAM | NTT, Inc. | BECHTEL, KEVIN M | 2491 | §101§102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 20, 2025 |
| 19302819 | ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS, AND PROCESSOR FOR ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS | Fujifilm Corporation | KOLKIN, ADAM D. | 3798 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 18, 2025 |
| 19298218 | SEPARATOR, BATTERY CELL, BATTERY AND ELECTRICAL APPARATUS | CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED | APPLEGATE, SARAH ARIMINTIA | 1725 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 28d | Pending | Aug 13, 2025 |
| 19154404 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD | Sony Group Corporation | IP, JASON M | 3797 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 07, 2025 |
| 19153636 | INFORMATION PROVIDING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROVIDING METHOD, AND INFORMATION RECEIVING APPARATUS | Mitsubishi Electric Corporation | MORRISON, JAY A | 2151 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 05, 2025 |
| 19289157 | METHOD FOR PROCESSING FINANCIAL TRANSACTION | Glory Ltd. | BUNKER, WILLIAM B | 3691 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 04, 2025 |
| 19289208 | DETECTION DEVICE | Magnolia White Corporation | PIZIALI, JEFFREY J | 2628 | §103§112Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 04, 2025 |
| 19151828 | UNMANNED AIRCRAFT | Kawasaki Motors, Ltd. | MCFALL, NICHOLAS A | 3644 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 29, 2025 |
| 19280592 | MANAGEMENT DEVICE, MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND MANAGEMENT PROGRAM | NTT Docomo Business, Inc. | LE, KHOI V | 2436 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 25, 2025 |
| 19274771 | METHOD OF ASSISTING MANAGEMENT OPERATION OF MONEY HANDLING MACHINE AND MONEY HANDLING SYSTEM | Glory Ltd. | KIM, TAE W | 2876 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 21, 2025 |
| 19272009 | PEROVSKITE PRECURSOR SOLUTION, PEROVSKITE SOLAR CELL, PREPARATION METHOD OF PEROVSKITE SOLAR CELL, AND ELECTRIC APPARATUS | CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED | TRIVISONNO, ANGELO | 1722 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 17, 2025 |
| 19270772 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, METHOD, AND PROGRAM | Sony Group Corporation | KUNTZ, JEWEL A | 3666 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 16, 2025 |
| 19270662 | COMMUNICATION TERMINAL, IMAGE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF DISPLAYING IMAGE | Ricoh Company, Ltd. | SHIBRU, HELEN | 2484 | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 16, 2025 |
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Start Free Trial85.8% of resolved applications prosecuted by Xensus, LLP were allowed, across 21,178 applications in USPTO records.
2.78 office actions per allowed application on average.
1,131 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 104 clients, before 950 examiners in 346 art units.
