Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
20 pending office actions • 6 art units • 18 examiners • 0 of 20 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 28 patents granted in the last 365 days
Dongwoo Fine-chem Co., Ltd. is managing 19 pending office actions within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. These actions are distributed among 17 distinct examiners, which indicates that the company's semiconductor innovations are undergoing review across many different individuals. The presence of 7 distinct art units further shows that the portfolio covers a range of specialized technical classifications, requiring a multifaceted approach to prosecution across 7 different patent office divisions.
MERLIN, JESSICA M is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, currently overseeing 3 pending office actions. Although this examiner has the busiest count, the 19 total actions are largely decentralized, as 17 distinct examiners are involved. This distribution means that the company's overall success rate and timeline are influenced by a large group of examiners rather than the busiest examiner alone. With 7 distinct art units in play, practitioners must tailor technical arguments to meet the diverse standards of multiple examination groups while managing the 3 actions pending with the busiest examiner.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 4 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. 4 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 | 1 (5%) |
| §103 only | 7 (35%) |
| §102 only | 2 (10%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (5%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 9 (45%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MERLIN, JESSICA M | 3 | 61.7% | +24.0% |
| SANTIAGO, MARICELI | 1 | 81.1% | +8.2% |
| LIN, CHUN-NAN | 1 | 87.3% | +15.7% |
| MRUK, BRIAN P | 1 | 74.2% | +27.9% |
| KHATRI, PRASHANT J | 1 | 61.4% | +28.0% |
| BOLOTIN, DMITRIY | 1 | 81.1% | +12.9% |
| DEO, DUY VU NGUYEN | 1 | 82.4% | +7.3% |
| QURESHI, MARIAM | 1 | 75.5% | +22.3% |
| TON, MINH TOAN T | 1 | 28.3% | +4.8% |
| SHAH, SAMIR | 1 | 36.4% | +34.9% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19054455 | SMART WINDOW AND AUTOMOBILE OR WINDOW FOR BUILDING USING THE SAME | LIN, CHUN-NAN | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 18840733 | OPTICAL LAMINATE, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, AND SMART WINDOW COMPRISING SAME | SANTIAGO, MARICELI | — |
| 18729400 | OPTICAL STACK, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME, AND SMART WINDOW COMPRISING SAME | BOLOTIN, DMITRIY | — |
| 19015964 | ETCHANT COMPOSITION FOR ETCHING SILICON AND METHOD OF FORMING PATTERN USING THE SAME | DEO, DUY VU NGUYEN | — |
| 19007975 | OPTICAL LAMINATE, SMART WINDOW INCLUDING THE SAME, AND AUTOMOBILE OR WINDOW FOR BUILDING USING THE SAME | TON, MINH TOAN T | — |
| 18878798 | HARD COATING FILM, AND WINDOW AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING SAME APPLIED THERETO | SHAH, SAMIR | — |
| 18983914 | OPTICAL LAMINATE AND SUNROOF INCLUDING THE SAME | MERLIN, JESSICA M | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19054455 | SMART WINDOW AND AUTOMOBILE OR WINDOW FOR BUILDING USING THE SAME | LIN, CHUN-NAN | — |
| 19051704 | THINNER COMPOSITION | MRUK, BRIAN P | — |
| 19049159 | OPTICAL LAMINATE AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE SAME | KHATRI, PRASHANT J | — |
| 18729400 | OPTICAL STACK, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME, AND SMART WINDOW COMPRISING SAME | BOLOTIN, DMITRIY | — |
| 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 | — |
| 18983914 | OPTICAL LAMINATE AND SUNROOF INCLUDING THE SAME | MERLIN, JESSICA M | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2845 | 2 |
| 1787 | 1 |
| 2877 | 1 |
| 1713 | 1 |
| 1761 | 1 |
| 2871 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18840733 | OPTICAL LAMINATE, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, AND SMART WINDOW COMPRISING SAME | SANTIAGO, MARICELI | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 19, 2025 |
| 19054455 | SMART WINDOW AND AUTOMOBILE OR WINDOW FOR BUILDING USING THE SAME | LIN, CHUN-NAN | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 14, 2025 |
| 19051704 | THINNER COMPOSITION | MRUK, BRIAN P | — | §102DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 12, 2025 |
| 19049159 | OPTICAL LAMINATE AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE SAME | KHATRI, PRASHANT J | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 10, 2025 |
| 18729400 | OPTICAL STACK, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME, AND SMART WINDOW COMPRISING SAME | BOLOTIN, DMITRIY | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 22, 2025 |
| 19015964 | ETCHANT COMPOSITION FOR ETCHING SILICON AND METHOD OF FORMING PATTERN USING THE SAME | DEO, DUY VU NGUYEN | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 10, 2025 |
| 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 |
| 19007975 | OPTICAL LAMINATE, SMART WINDOW INCLUDING THE SAME, AND AUTOMOBILE OR WINDOW FOR BUILDING USING THE SAME | TON, MINH TOAN T | — | §102§103§112 | 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§112 | 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 |
| 18867912 | PARTICLE MEASURING DEVICE | NGUYEN, SANG H | 2877 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 21, 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 |
| 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 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 08, 2024 |
| 18425912 | ACRYLIC COMPOUND CONTAINING PERFLUOROPOLYETHER GROUP AND COMPOSITION COMPRISING THE SAME | MCCLENDON, SANZA L | — | §101§102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 29, 2024 |
| 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 |
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