Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Alps Alpine Co., Ltd.

39 pending office actions • 14 art units • 37 examiners • 0 of 39 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 137 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

39
Total Pending OAs
32
Non-Final OAs
7
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
2
Due this month
2
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

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. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (1)Due ≤ 30 days (2)Due ≤ 60 days (2)

Case Difficulty Mix

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.

13
Hard (33%)
22
Medium (56%)
3
Easy (8%)
1
Unknown (3%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only16 (41%)
§102 only6 (15%)
§112 only2 (5%)
Double-patenting only1 (3%)
Multi-statute (no §101)13 (33%)
No statute on record1 (3%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

1
Life Sciences
3% of docket
1
Information Tech
3% of docket
7
Communications
18% of docket
5
Semiconductors
13% of docket
4
Mechanical / Eng
10% of docket
21
Business / Other
54% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

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.

390 h
Manual time on pending OAs
78 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
136 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
3.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
DUONG, HENRY ABRAHAM 3 79.4% +6.6%
FRANK, EMILY J 1 69.4% +19.0%
JANSEN II, MICHAEL J 1 66.8% +18.9%
WHITE, DYLAN C 1 77.2% +13.0%
AZARI, SEPEHR 1 67.1% +8.6%
MARSH, STEVEN M 1 79.4% +8.0%
PASIEWICZ, DANIEL M 1 76.7% +12.3%
DESAI, NAISHADH N 1 81.9% +8.8%
YENINAS, STEVEN LEE 1 73.4% +4.7%
ADDY, THJUAN KNOWLIN 1 89.3% +6.3%

Quick Wins (2)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19037917 VIBRATION GENERATING DEVICE DESAI, NAISHADH N
18987519 PASSIVELY ASSISTED LOUDSPEAKER ENCLOSURE ADDY, THJUAN KNOWLIN

Hard Cases (13)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18231336 DISPLAY DEVICE CABINET AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING DISPLAY DEVICE CABINET MIGGINS, MICHAEL C 27d
17841891 FORCE SENSOR PARCO JR, RUBEN C 34d
18817549 OPENING AND CLOSING CONTROL DEVICE MORFORD, ALEXANDRA ROBYN 53d
18986136 SPEAKER SYSTEM ZHANG, LESHUI
18970279 OPTICAL COMPONENT DRIVING APPARATUS AND CAMERA MODULE DUONG, HENRY ABRAHAM
18868520 CONVEYANCE SEAT LIBBY, TROY ALAN
18947272 MODULE DRIVING DEVICE AND OPTICAL DEVICE DUONG, HENRY ABRAHAM
18947240 MODULE DRIVING DEVICE AND OPTICAL DEVICE DUONG, HENRY ABRAHAM

Interview Candidates (4)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
19418130 ELECTROSTATIC INPUT APPARATUS FRANK, EMILY J
19313095 TOUCH DETECTION SYSTEM JANSEN II, MICHAEL J
19222240 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, METHOD, AND PROGRAM WHITE, DYLAN C
19057081 LENS DRIVING DEVICE AND CAMERA MODULE PASIEWICZ, DANIEL M

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2621 2
2693 2
2858 2
2853 2
2629 1
2626 1
3623 1
3636 1
3658 1
3631 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19418130 ELECTROSTATIC INPUT APPARATUS FRANK, EMILY J 2629 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 12, 2025
19313095 TOUCH DETECTION SYSTEM JANSEN II, MICHAEL J 2626 §103 Final Rejection Pending Aug 28, 2025
19222240 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, METHOD, AND PROGRAM WHITE, DYLAN C 3623 §102 Non-Final OA Pending May 29, 2025
19185914 TOUCH DETECTION DEVICE, TOUCH PANEL DEVICE, AND TOUCH DETECTION DEVICE CALIBRATION METHOD AZARI, SEPEHR 2621 §103 Final Rejection 43d overdue Pending Apr 22, 2025
19066880 MOVABLE DISPLAY DEVICE MARSH, STEVEN M §112 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 28, 2025
19057081 LENS DRIVING DEVICE AND CAMERA MODULE PASIEWICZ, DANIEL M §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 19, 2025
19037917 VIBRATION GENERATING DEVICE DESAI, NAISHADH N §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 27, 2025
19013020 Current Sensor And Current Control System YENINAS, STEVEN LEE §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 08, 2025
18987519 PASSIVELY ASSISTED LOUDSPEAKER ENCLOSURE ADDY, THJUAN KNOWLIN DP Non-Final OA Pending Dec 19, 2024
18986136 SPEAKER SYSTEM ZHANG, LESHUI §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 18, 2024
18984077 SPEAKER OUTPUT CHARACTERISTIC CORRECTION SYSTEM AND ACOUSTIC SYSTEM KURR, JASON R §102 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 17, 2024
18970279 OPTICAL COMPONENT DRIVING APPARATUS AND CAMERA MODULE DUONG, HENRY ABRAHAM §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 05, 2024
18868520 CONVEYANCE SEAT LIBBY, TROY ALAN 3636 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 22, 2024
18947272 MODULE DRIVING DEVICE AND OPTICAL DEVICE DUONG, HENRY ABRAHAM §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 14, 2024
18947240 MODULE DRIVING DEVICE AND OPTICAL DEVICE DUONG, HENRY ABRAHAM §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 14, 2024
18944648 DISPLAY DEVICE BROOKS, JERRY L. §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 12, 2024
18939871 ROTARY POSITION SENSOR RHODES-VIVOUR, TEMILADE S §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 07, 2024
18928791 DISPLAY DEVICE BUKOWSKI, KENNETH 2621 §102 Final Rejection Pending Oct 28, 2024
18927351 OVERAMPLITUDE PREVENTION APPARATUS OF SPEAKER PAUL, DISLER §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 25, 2024
18910804 OPERATING APPARATUS LAUGHLIN, CHARLES S §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 09, 2024
18897517 MODULE DRIVE DEVICE NGUYEN, LAUREN §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 26, 2024
18896100 LENS DRIVING APPARATUS, CAMERA MODULE, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF LENS DRIVING APPARATUS SIPES, JOHN CURTIS §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 25, 2024
18891294 LENS DRIVING APPARATUS AND CAMERA MODULE EDENFIELD, KUEI-JEN L §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 20, 2024
18819517 CONTROLLER, CONTROL SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD BOOHER, ADAM W §102 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 29, 2024
18817549 OPENING AND CLOSING CONTROL DEVICE MORFORD, ALEXANDRA ROBYN 3658 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 53d Pending Aug 28, 2024
18817529 DISPLAY DEVICE DAVIS, CASSANDRA HOPE 3631 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 28, 2024
18815283 ACTIVE NOISE CONTROL SYSTEM AL AUBAIDI, RASHA S 2693 §103 Final Rejection 22d Pending Aug 26, 2024
18804620 Switch, Switch Module, And Method Of Manufacturing Switch Module CAROC, LHEIREN MAE ANGLO §103Other Non-Final OA Pending Aug 14, 2024
18804369 OBJECT AMOUNT DETECTION DEVICE RODAK, LEE E 2858 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 14, 2024
18791674 LENS DRIVE DEVICE AND CAMERA MODULE STANFORD, CHRISTOPHER J 2872 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 01, 2024
18775359 DISPLAY DEVICE AND REPAIR METHOD IQBAL, HAMNA FATHIMA §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 17, 2024
18668673 DISPLAY DEVICE MUSLIM, SHAWN SHAW §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending May 20, 2024
18583071 Acoustic Device DIAZ, SABRINA 2693 Final Rejection Pending Feb 21, 2024
18536477 Current Measurement Device And Current Sensor BARRON, JEREMIAH JOHN 2858 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 12, 2023
18367045 AUTONOMOUS NAVIGATION SYSTEM NGUYEN, LAM S 2853 §112 Final Rejection Pending Sep 12, 2023
18231336 DISPLAY DEVICE CABINET AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING DISPLAY DEVICE CABINET MIGGINS, MICHAEL C 1782 §102§103 Non-Final OA 27d Pending Aug 08, 2023
18356747 VEHICLE DISPLAY APPARATUS HE, YINGCHUN 2613 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Jul 21, 2023
17860370 NAVIGATION APPARATUS TILLERY, RASHAWN N 2174 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 08, 2022
17841891 FORCE SENSOR PARCO JR, RUBEN C 2853 §102§103 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Jun 16, 2022

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