Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 15, 2026

Dongwoo Fine-chem Co., Ltd.

16 pending office actions • 8 art units • 14 examiners • 0 of 16 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 30 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

16
Total Pending OAs
11
Non-Final OAs
5
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 8 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

4
Overdue
1
Due this week
3
Due this month
0
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. 8 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (4)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (3)

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.

3
Hard (19%)
11
Medium (69%)
2
Easy (12%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only11 (69%)
§112 only1 (6%)
Double-patenting only1 (6%)
Multi-statute (no §101)3 (19%)

Industry Mix

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

3
Life Sciences
19% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
6
Semiconductors
38% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
6% of docket
6
Business / Other
38% 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.

160 h
Manual time on pending OAs
32 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
56 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
MERLIN, JESSICA M 3 61.7% +24.0%
QURESHI, MARIAM 1 75.4% +22.2%
SHAH, SAMIR 1 36.3% +34.7%
NORDMEYER, PATRICIA L 1 56.5% +37.1%
SINGH, GURBIR 1 70.6% +13.3%
STOYTCHEV, MARIN STOYTCHEV 1 71.4% -3.7%
AHMAD, KHAJA 1 81.0% +26.0%
LAOBAK, ANDREW KEELAN 1 76.6% +30.8%
ELHILO, EISA B 1 83.1% +16.0%
LAVARIAS, ARNEL C 1 79.7% +0.3%

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
18610186 OPTICAL LAMINATE, TRANSPARENT DISPLAY INCLUDING SAME, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME AHMAD, KHAJA
18436247 RESIST STRIPPER COMPOSITION AND PATTERN FORMATION METHOD USING SAME ELHILO, EISA B

Hard Cases (3)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18822625 ANTENNA STRUCTURE AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE STOYTCHEV, MARIN STOYTCHEV 38d overdue
18566538 OPTICAL LAMINATE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR, SMART WINDOW INCLUDING SAME, AND WINDOW AND DOOR FOR VEHICLE OR BUILDING TO WHICH SAME IS APPLIED WILSON, PAISLEY L 14d
18983914 OPTICAL LAMINATE AND SUNROOF INCLUDING THE SAME MERLIN, JESSICA M

Interview Candidates (10)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18889850 ANTENNA DEVICE, ANTENNA STRUCTURE INCLUDING THE SAME AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME SINGH, GURBIR 6d
18441167 SILICON-ETCHANT COMPOSITION AND METHOD OF FORMING PATTERN USING THE SAME LAOBAK, ANDREW KEELAN 21d
18880706 OPTICAL LAMINATE, AND SMART WINDOW COMPRISING SAME MERLIN, JESSICA M
18707306 OPTICAL LAMINATE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR, SMART WINDOW COMPRISING SAME, AND VEHICLE AND BUILDING WINDOW AND DOOR USING SAME QURESHI, MARIAM
18878798 HARD COATING FILM, AND WINDOW AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING SAME APPLIED THERETO SHAH, SAMIR
19000203 OPTICAL LAMINATE AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING SAME NORDMEYER, PATRICIA L
18983914 OPTICAL LAMINATE AND SUNROOF INCLUDING THE SAME MERLIN, JESSICA M
18873102 OPTICAL LAMINATE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME, AND SMART WINDOW COMPRISING SAME MERLIN, JESSICA M

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2845 2
2871 2
1787 1
1713 1
1761 1
2872 1
3791 1
2841 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18880706 OPTICAL LAMINATE, AND SMART WINDOW COMPRISING SAME MERLIN, JESSICA M §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 02, 2025
18707306 OPTICAL LAMINATE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR, SMART WINDOW COMPRISING SAME, AND VEHICLE AND BUILDING WINDOW AND DOOR USING SAME QURESHI, MARIAM §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 02, 2025
18878798 HARD COATING FILM, AND WINDOW AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING SAME APPLIED THERETO SHAH, SAMIR 1787 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 24, 2024
19000203 OPTICAL LAMINATE AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING SAME NORDMEYER, PATRICIA L §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 23, 2024
18983914 OPTICAL LAMINATE AND SUNROOF INCLUDING THE SAME MERLIN, JESSICA M §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 17, 2024
18873102 OPTICAL LAMINATE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME, AND SMART WINDOW COMPRISING SAME MERLIN, JESSICA M §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 09, 2024
18889850 ANTENNA DEVICE, ANTENNA STRUCTURE INCLUDING THE SAME AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME SINGH, GURBIR 2845 §103 Final Rejection 6d Pending Sep 19, 2024
18822625 ANTENNA STRUCTURE AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE STOYTCHEV, MARIN STOYTCHEV 2845 §103§112 Final Rejection 38d overdue Pending Sep 03, 2024
18610186 OPTICAL LAMINATE, TRANSPARENT DISPLAY INCLUDING SAME, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME AHMAD, KHAJA DP Non-Final OA Pending Mar 19, 2024
18441167 SILICON-ETCHANT COMPOSITION AND METHOD OF FORMING PATTERN USING THE SAME LAOBAK, ANDREW KEELAN 1713 §103 Final Rejection 21d Pending Feb 14, 2024
18436247 RESIST STRIPPER COMPOSITION AND PATTERN FORMATION METHOD USING SAME ELHILO, EISA B 1761 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 08, 2024
18291370 OPTICAL LAMINATE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME, SMART WINDOW COMPRISING SAME, AND VEHICLE AND BUILDING WINDOWS AND DOORS USING SAME LAVARIAS, ARNEL C 2872 §112 Non-Final OA 37d overdue Pending Jan 23, 2024
18573721 OPTICAL LAMINATE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR, SMART WINDOW COMPRISING SAME, AND WINDOW AND DOOR FOR VEHICLE AND BUILDING, HAVING SAME APPLIED THERETO LIU, SHAN 2871 §103 Non-Final OA 5d overdue Pending Dec 22, 2023
18566538 OPTICAL LAMINATE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR, SMART WINDOW INCLUDING SAME, AND WINDOW AND DOOR FOR VEHICLE OR BUILDING TO WHICH SAME IS APPLIED WILSON, PAISLEY L 2871 §103§112 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Dec 01, 2023
18265024 PATCH-TYPE BIOSENSOR MONTGOMERY, MELISSA JO 3791 §103 Final Rejection 28d Pending Jun 02, 2023
18023843 TRANSPARENT ELECTRODE LAMINATE AND TOUCH SENSOR INCLUDING SAME NGUYEN, CHAU N 2841 §103 Final Rejection 71d overdue Pending Feb 28, 2023

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