Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 17, 2026

Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.

43 pending office actions • 28 art units • 42 examiners • 0 of 43 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 200 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

43
Total Pending OAs
30
Non-Final OAs
6
Final Rejections
7
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 14 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

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

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (8)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (3)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.

19
Hard (44%)
23
Medium (53%)
1
Easy (2%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (2%)
§101 + other1 (2%)
§103 only19 (44%)
§102 only4 (9%)
§112 only1 (2%)
Multi-statute (no §101)17 (40%)

Industry Mix

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

5
Life Sciences
12% of docket
2
Information Tech
5% of docket
3
Communications
7% of docket
13
Semiconductors
30% of docket
7
Mechanical / Eng
16% of docket
13
Business / Other
30% 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.

430 h
Manual time on pending OAs
86 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
150 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
3.8 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
QUIGLEY, THOMAS K 2 73.0% +20.3%
SCHNIREL, ANDREW B 1 50.8% -5.5%
LAW, NGA LEUNG V 1 56.5% +20.9%
IMMANUEL, BAMIDELE ADEFOLARIN 1 66.0% +17.9%
TUNG, KEE M 1 7.8% +10.8%
CHIO, TAT CHI 1 72.9% +17.4%
VASQUEZ JR, ROBERT WILLIAM 1 10.5% +6.0%
NGUYEN, LINH T 1 70.8% +26.0%
CROMER, ANDREW J 1 76.1% +17.5%
MOORE, DUANE NEIL 1 27.7% +14.7%

Hard Cases (20)

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
17335387 GLYCERYL ETHER EPOXY RESIN AND METHOD FOR MAKING THE SAME RODD, CHRISTOPHER M 138d overdue
18488026 PACKAGE STRUCTURE MINNEY, GABRIEL SEBASTIAN 43d overdue
18752834 DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD, ELECTRONIC APPLIANCE ARCHITECTURE OF VEHICLE-MOUNTED ETHERNET, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE NGUYEN, LINH T 1d overdue
18430473 BOARD COAXIAL CONNECTOR WITH AN IMPROVED CONTACT TA, THO DAC 7d
18978228 METHOD TO TREAT CARBON NANOTUBE FILM SURFACE LAW, NGA LEUNG V
18941293 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CALIBRATING VEHICLE, AND COMPUTER STORAGE MEDIUM EMPLOYING METHOD TUNG, KEE M
18918279 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IDENTIFYING PARKING SPACE, AND DEVICE EMPLOYING METHOD CHIO, TAT CHI
18794207 LIGHT DETECTION AND RANGING RECEIVING SYSTEM AND LIGHT DETECTION AND RANGING SYSTEM VASQUEZ JR, ROBERT WILLIAM

Interview Candidates (9)

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
18752834 DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD, ELECTRONIC APPLIANCE ARCHITECTURE OF VEHICLE-MOUNTED ETHERNET, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE NGUYEN, LINH T 1d overdue
18952976 ANTENNA ASSEMBLY AND VEHICLE IMMANUEL, BAMIDELE ADEFOLARIN 9d
18978228 METHOD TO TREAT CARBON NANOTUBE FILM SURFACE LAW, NGA LEUNG V
18941293 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CALIBRATING VEHICLE, AND COMPUTER STORAGE MEDIUM EMPLOYING METHOD TUNG, KEE M
18918279 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IDENTIFYING PARKING SPACE, AND DEVICE EMPLOYING METHOD CHIO, TAT CHI
18749659 SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE FAULT DETECTION, AND VEHICLE EMPLOYING SYSTEM CROMER, ANDREW J
18741813 VEHICLE PARKING METHOD AND VEHICLE FINDING METHOD MOORE, DUANE NEIL
18665860 ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR CONTACT ASSEMBLY HAVING TWIN-AX CABLES INTERCONNECTED BETWEEN A ROW OF MATING CONTACT PORTIONS AND A ROW OF MOUNTING CONTACT PORTIONS QUIGLEY, THOMAS K

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3667 2
3669 2
2834 2
2625 1
1717 1
2845 1
2615 1
2459 1
3628 1
1799 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19215579 SMART GLASSES DEVICE AND SMART TERMINAL SCHNIREL, ANDREW B 2625 §103 Final Rejection Pending May 22, 2025
18978228 METHOD TO TREAT CARBON NANOTUBE FILM SURFACE LAW, NGA LEUNG V 1717 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 12, 2024
18952976 ANTENNA ASSEMBLY AND VEHICLE IMMANUEL, BAMIDELE ADEFOLARIN 2845 §103 Non-Final OA 9d Pending Nov 19, 2024
18941293 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CALIBRATING VEHICLE, AND COMPUTER STORAGE MEDIUM EMPLOYING METHOD TUNG, KEE M 2615 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 08, 2024
18918279 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IDENTIFYING PARKING SPACE, AND DEVICE EMPLOYING METHOD CHIO, TAT CHI §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 17, 2024
18794207 LIGHT DETECTION AND RANGING RECEIVING SYSTEM AND LIGHT DETECTION AND RANGING SYSTEM VASQUEZ JR, ROBERT WILLIAM §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 05, 2024
18752834 DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD, ELECTRONIC APPLIANCE ARCHITECTURE OF VEHICLE-MOUNTED ETHERNET, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE NGUYEN, LINH T 2459 §101§103 Non-Final OA 1d overdue Pending Jun 25, 2024
18749659 SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE FAULT DETECTION, AND VEHICLE EMPLOYING SYSTEM CROMER, ANDREW J 3667 §101 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 21, 2024
18741813 VEHICLE PARKING METHOD AND VEHICLE FINDING METHOD MOORE, DUANE NEIL 3628 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 13, 2024
18736438 METHOD FOR CONTROLLING DOORS OF A VEHICLE, VEHICLE-MOUNTED DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM OVALLE JR., DAVID MESQUITI 3669 §103 Non-Final OA 35d Pending Jun 06, 2024
18675167 SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE AND METHOD OF FORMING THE SAME SUN, YU-HSI DAVID §102 Non-Final OA Pending May 28, 2024
18664323 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF FORMING THE SAME MANDALA, VICTOR A §102 Non-Final OA Pending May 15, 2024
18653999 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF FORMING THE SAME NGUYEN, NIKI HOANG §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 03, 2024
18652808 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF BOATMAN, CASEY PAUL §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 01, 2024
18639472 PATH PLANNING METHOD, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM HO, MATTHEW 3669 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Apr 18, 2024
18629908 VEHICLE DISINFECTION CONTROL METHOD, SYSTEM AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE PILSBURY, BRADY CHARLES 1799 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 08, 2024
18611135 ELECTRIC VEHICLE POWER SYSTEM AND ELECTRIC VEHICLE USING THE SAME PARRIES, DRU M 2836 §103 Non-Final OA 56d overdue Pending Mar 20, 2024
18599689 METHOD FOR UPLOADING VEHICLE DRIVING DATA AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE MIRZA, ADNAN M 3667 §103 Non-Final OA 53d overdue Pending Mar 08, 2024
18592541 METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE PHAM, THANHHA S 2812 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 01, 2024
18538197 LASER RADAR DEVICE FOR IMPROVING ACCURACY OF CALCULATION HELLNER, MARK 4100 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 13, 2023
18493775 METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, AND STATIC RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY CELL NADAV, ORI 2811 §103 Final Rejection Pending Oct 24, 2023
18488026 PACKAGE STRUCTURE MINNEY, GABRIEL SEBASTIAN 2897 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 43d overdue Pending Oct 16, 2023
18229195 LASER DETECTION SYSTEM AND VEHICLE HAVING SAME FRITCHMAN, JOSEPH C 3645 §103 Final Rejection Pending Aug 02, 2023
18220869 INVERTER WARD, DAVID WILLIAM 2891 §103Other Non-Final OA 22d Pending Jul 12, 2023
18218617 GATEWAY SAFETY CIRCUIT, GATEWAY SAFETY DEVICE, AND VEHICLE EMPLOYING DEVICE AFRIN, NAZIA 3666 §103 Non-Final OA 169d overdue Pending Jul 06, 2023
18135037 GROUND PLANE FITTING METHOD, VEHICLE-MOUNTED DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM PEDAPATI, CHANDHANA 2669 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 14, 2023
18129006 METHOD FOR MEASURING AN INTERFACE RESISTANCE OF A FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR ZAKARIA, AKM 2858 §112 Non-Final OA 133d overdue Pending Mar 30, 2023
18163889 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND THE MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF SEHAR, FAKEHA 2893 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 03, 2023
17817638 RED MICRO LED DISPLAY PANEL AND SEPARATED PANEL DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE SAME BENITEZ ROSARIO, JOSHUA 2815 §103 Final Rejection Pending Aug 04, 2022
17856069 LIGHT-GUIDING DEVICE AND OPTICAL RADAR MERLIN, JESSICA M 2871 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 01, 2022
17654067 COMPOSITE NEGATIVE ELECTRODE STRUCTURE NEWELL, ANNA GOULD 1726 §103 Non-Final OA 49d Pending Mar 08, 2022
17516835 METHOD OF TRAINING MODELS IN AI AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE KIM, JONATHAN J 2141 §103 Non-Final OA 21d Pending Nov 02, 2021
17335387 GLYCERYL ETHER EPOXY RESIN AND METHOD FOR MAKING THE SAME RODD, CHRISTOPHER M 1766 §102§112Other Non-Final OA 138d overdue Pending Jun 01, 2021
18910509 CABLE MAYO III, WILLIAM H §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 09, 2024
18900919 CABLE NGUYEN, CHAU N §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 30, 2024
18808375 CARD EDGE CONNECTOR WITH AN IMPROVED RELEASING MEMBER BUI, HUNG S 2841 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 19, 2024
18775281 ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR WITH HIGH FREQUENCY PERFORMANCE PATEL, TULSIDAS C §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 17, 2024
18673990 ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR JIMENEZ, OSCAR C §102 Non-Final OA Pending May 24, 2024
18669878 ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR ROBITAILLE, JOHN P 1743 §103 Final Rejection 125d overdue Pending May 21, 2024
18665860 ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR CONTACT ASSEMBLY HAVING TWIN-AX CABLES INTERCONNECTED BETWEEN A ROW OF MATING CONTACT PORTIONS AND A ROW OF MOUNTING CONTACT PORTIONS QUIGLEY, THOMAS K §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending May 16, 2024
18594419 ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME QUIGLEY, THOMAS K 2834 §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 04, 2024
18430473 BOARD COAXIAL CONNECTOR WITH AN IMPROVED CONTACT TA, THO DAC 2834 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 7d Pending Feb 01, 2024
18508632 WIRELESS CHARGER HABIB, ASIFA §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 14, 2023

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