Prosecution Insights
Last updated: July 17, 2026

Hanwha Q Cells GmbH

5 pending office actions • 4 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

5
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

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.

0
Hard (0%)
4
Medium (80%)
0
Easy (0%)
1
Unknown (20%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only4 (80%)
No statute on record1 (20%)

Industry Mix

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

3
Life Sciences
60% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
20% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
1
Business / Other
20% 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.

50 h
Manual time on pending OAs
10 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
18 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
MOWLA, GOLAM 1 61.5% +28.8%
TRINH, THANH TRUC 1 22.1% +11.3%
YUSHIN, NIKOLAY K 1 93.2% +2.1%
TRAN, TIEN 1 90.5% +13.3%
MILLER, JR, JOSEPH ALBERT 1 68.3% +16.4%

Quick Wins (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18257078 METHOD FOR PRODUCING A BORON EMITTER ON A SILICON WAFER TRAN, TIEN

Hard Cases (1)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18999346 METHOD FOR REPAIRING A SOLAR PANEL AND SOLAR PANEL TRINH, THANH TRUC

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
19104398 ABSORBER, SOLAR CELL AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING AN ABSORBER MOWLA, GOLAM
18999346 METHOD FOR REPAIRING A SOLAR PANEL AND SOLAR PANEL TRINH, THANH TRUC
18257078 METHOD FOR PRODUCING A BORON EMITTER ON A SILICON WAFER TRAN, TIEN
17998541 HOLDING DEVICE, AND USE OF THE HOLDING DEVICE MILLER, JR, JOSEPH ALBERT

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1721 1
1726 1
2812 1
1712 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19104398 ABSORBER, SOLAR CELL AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING AN ABSORBER MOWLA, GOLAM 1721 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 01, 2025
18999346 METHOD FOR REPAIRING A SOLAR PANEL AND SOLAR PANEL TRINH, THANH TRUC 1726 §103 Final Rejection Pending Dec 23, 2024
18688921 SYSTEM FOR ELECTRICALLY CONTACTING WAFER SOLAR CELLS, IN-LINE PRODUCTION DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A WAFER SOLAR CELL YUSHIN, NIKOLAY K Non-Final OA Pending Apr 16, 2024
18257078 METHOD FOR PRODUCING A BORON EMITTER ON A SILICON WAFER TRAN, TIEN 2812 §103 Final Rejection Pending Aug 08, 2023
17998541 HOLDING DEVICE, AND USE OF THE HOLDING DEVICE MILLER, JR, JOSEPH ALBERT 1712 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 11, 2022

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