Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Himax Technologies Limited

11 pending office actions • 7 art units • 10 examiners • 0 of 11 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 45 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

11
Total Pending OAs
9
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

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

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.

4
Hard (36%)
7
Medium (64%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only5 (45%)
§102 only2 (18%)
Multi-statute (no §101)4 (36%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
4
Communications
36% of docket
3
Semiconductors
27% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
4
Business / Other
36% 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.

110 h
Manual time on pending OAs
22 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
38 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.0 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
SCHNASE, PAUL DANIEL 2 72.7% +27.4%
MERCEDES, DISMERY E 1 77.0% +10.5%
GARCIA, SANTIAGO 1 88.0% +13.4%
KASHYAPA, ANUSHA 1
YENTRAPATI, AVINASH 1 74.9% -4.7%
AZARI, SEPEHR 1 67.1% +8.6%
SINGH, AVIRAJ DONGSOOK 1
AHMAD, KHALIL ALI 1
GARDINER, JOSH CHARLES 1
CONNELLY, MICHELLE R 1 79.8% +13.0%

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
18981626 SYSTEM AND METHOD OF IMAGE COMPRESSION GARCIA, SANTIAGO

Hard Cases (4)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18973129 DEPTH SENSING SYSTEM AND DEPTH SENSING METHOD THEREOF YENTRAPATI, AVINASH
18398169 PATTERN PROJECTOR SINGH, AVIRAJ DONGSOOK
18525808 TIME-OF-FLIGHT SENSING SYSTEM AND TIME-OF-FLIGHT SENSING METHOD GARDINER, JOSH CHARLES
17358011 DOT PATTERN PROJECTOR FOR USE IN THREE-DIMENSIONAL DISTANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM SCHNASE, PAUL DANIEL

Interview Candidates (5)

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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17846029 LINE PATTERN PROJECTOR FOR USE IN THREE-DIMENSIONAL DISTANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM SCHNASE, PAUL DANIEL 26d
18371249 OPTICAL FIBER ARRAY AND A NANOIMPRINT LITHOGRAPHY PROCESS FOR FORMING THE SAME CONNELLY, MICHELLE R 40d
19206081 HOST, USER IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM, AND USER IDENTIFICATION METHOD MERCEDES, DISMERY E
18981626 SYSTEM AND METHOD OF IMAGE COMPRESSION GARCIA, SANTIAGO
17358011 DOT PATTERN PROJECTOR FOR USE IN THREE-DIMENSIONAL DISTANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM SCHNASE, PAUL DANIEL

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
4100 2
2877 2
2627 1
2669 1
2672 1
2621 1
2874 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19206081 HOST, USER IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM, AND USER IDENTIFICATION METHOD MERCEDES, DISMERY E 2627 §102 Final Rejection Pending May 13, 2025
18981626 SYSTEM AND METHOD OF IMAGE COMPRESSION GARCIA, SANTIAGO §102 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 15, 2024
18976218 ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND OBJECT DETECTION METHOD THEREOF KASHYAPA, ANUSHA 2669 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 10, 2024
18973129 DEPTH SENSING SYSTEM AND DEPTH SENSING METHOD THEREOF YENTRAPATI, AVINASH 2672 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 09, 2024
18967538 DISPLAY IMAGE COMPENSATION DEVICE AND COMPENSATION METHOD THEREOF AZARI, SEPEHR 2621 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 03, 2024
18398169 PATTERN PROJECTOR SINGH, AVIRAJ DONGSOOK §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 28, 2023
18527334 TIME-OF-FLIGHT SENSING SYSTEM AND TIME-OF-FLIGHT SENSING METHOD AHMAD, KHALIL ALI 4100 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 03, 2023
18525808 TIME-OF-FLIGHT SENSING SYSTEM AND TIME-OF-FLIGHT SENSING METHOD GARDINER, JOSH CHARLES 4100 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 30, 2023
18371249 OPTICAL FIBER ARRAY AND A NANOIMPRINT LITHOGRAPHY PROCESS FOR FORMING THE SAME CONNELLY, MICHELLE R 2874 §103 Final Rejection 40d Pending Sep 21, 2023
17846029 LINE PATTERN PROJECTOR FOR USE IN THREE-DIMENSIONAL DISTANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM SCHNASE, PAUL DANIEL 2877 §103 Non-Final OA 26d Pending Jun 22, 2022
17358011 DOT PATTERN PROJECTOR FOR USE IN THREE-DIMENSIONAL DISTANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM SCHNASE, PAUL DANIEL 2877 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 25, 2021

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