Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Networking & Security • Communications
76 pending office actions • 57 art units • 75 examiners • 0 of 76 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 123 patents granted in the last 365 days
Maxell Ltd. maintains a substantial portfolio with 77 pending office actions in the Communications technology area. These actions are spread across 75 distinct examiners, indicating a broad distribution of the workload. The prosecution involves 37 distinct art units, which reflects the variety of technical classifications within the company's communications innovations. CHIN, MICHELLE is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, currently managing 2 pending office actions. This number for the busiest examiner, compared to the total of 77 pending office actions, highlights the decentralized nature of the company's patent filings.
With 75 distinct examiners involved, the company must navigate a high volume of individual examiner preferences and styles. The 37 distinct art units suggest that the company's intellectual property strategy covers many different functional areas. Managing 77 pending office actions requires significant coordination across these various USPTO divisions. Practitioners should note that the 75 distinct examiners provide a diverse range of perspectives on the company's technology. The concentration of 2 pending office actions with CHIN, MICHELLE is the only minor point of examiner overlap. This broad distribution across the 37 distinct art units indicates a complex and multifaceted prosecution landscape.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 19 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. 19 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 only | 1 (1%) |
| §101 + other | 4 (5%) |
| §103 only | 31 (41%) |
| §102 only | 6 (8%) |
| §112 only | 2 (3%) |
| Double-patenting only | 12 (16%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 2 (3%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 17 (22%) |
| No statute on record | 1 (1%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LANGHNOJA, KUNAL N | 2 | 44.6% | +23.2% |
| XIE, KWIN | 1 | 64.1% | +32.0% |
| BERHAN, AHMED A | 1 | 87.6% | +11.4% |
| HUNTER, MISHAWN N | 1 | 78.2% | +14.4% |
| AMBAYE, SAMUEL | 1 | 82.4% | +25.2% |
| KHAN, USMAN A | 1 | 74.9% | +11.7% |
| MERCEDES, DISMERY E | 1 | 77.2% | +10.4% |
| LU, WILLIAM | 1 | 71.6% | +8.3% |
| CHAI, RAYMOND REI-YANG | 1 | 74.8% | +16.2% |
| SALTARELLI, DOMINIC D | 1 | 79.1% | +14.9% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19297690 | CAMERA-EQUIPPED PORTABLE INFORMATION TERMINAL DEVICE | BERHAN, AHMED A | — |
| 19269881 | PORTABLE TERMINAL | AMBAYE, SAMUEL | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18575445 | AIR FLOATING VIDEO DISPLAY APPARATUS | ITSKOVICH, MIKHAIL | 79d overdue |
| 18573866 | ANOMALY DISPLAY DEVICE, ANOMALY DISPLAY PROGRAM, ANOMALY DISPLAY SYSTEM, AND ANOMALY DISPLAY METHOD | AHN, CHRISTINE YERA | 12d |
| 18684767 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM | SHUI, MING | 22d |
| 18570581 | USER ASSISTANCE SYSTEM, WEARABLE TERMINAL, AND USER ASSISTANCE METHOD | ROBERTS, ANNA L | 34d |
| 19233186 | OPTICAL DEVICE AND DIRECTION DISPLAY DEVICE | CHAI, RAYMOND REI-YANG | — |
| 19217709 | DISPLAY CONTROLLING METHOD, TIME CONTROLLING METHOD, TIME MANAGING METHOD, AND BROADCAST RECEIVING APPARATUS | SALTARELLI, DOMINIC D | — |
| 19174045 | BROADCAST RECEIVING APPARATUS | CHOWDHURY, SUMAIYA A | — |
| 19099497 | AIR FLOATING VIDEO DISPLAY APPARATUS | CALEY, MICHAEL H | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18584166 | DISPLAY APPARATUS, INFORMATION TERMINAL AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD | LANGHNOJA, KUNAL N | 50d overdue |
| 18735838 | BROADCAST RECEIVING APPARATUS, OUTPUT VIDEO INFORMATION GENERATING METHOD, BROADCAST RECEIVING METHOD, AND VIDEO RECORDING METHOD | LANGHNOJA, KUNAL N | 9d overdue |
| 19256259 | DISPLAY TERMINAL, APPLICATION CONTROL SYSTEM AND APPLICATION CONTROL METHOD | MERCEDES, DISMERY E | 14d |
| 19168945 | VIDEO DISPLAY SYSTEM, VIDEO DISPLAY METHOD, AND PORTABLE INFORMATION TERMINAL | XIE, KWIN | — |
| 19297690 | CAMERA-EQUIPPED PORTABLE INFORMATION TERMINAL DEVICE | BERHAN, AHMED A | — |
| 19285753 | RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF | HUNTER, MISHAWN N | — |
| 19269881 | PORTABLE TERMINAL | AMBAYE, SAMUEL | — |
| 19259289 | IMAGING UNIT | KHAN, USMAN A | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2421 | 4 |
| 2872 | 4 |
| 2871 | 3 |
| 3791 | 3 |
| 2639 | 2 |
| 2484 | 2 |
| 2624 | 2 |
| 2488 | 2 |
| 2643 | 2 |
| 2882 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19168945 | VIDEO DISPLAY SYSTEM, VIDEO DISPLAY METHOD, AND PORTABLE INFORMATION TERMINAL | XIE, KWIN | 2626 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 25, 2025 |
| 19297690 | CAMERA-EQUIPPED PORTABLE INFORMATION TERMINAL DEVICE | BERHAN, AHMED A | 2639 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 12, 2025 |
| 19285753 | RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF | HUNTER, MISHAWN N | 2484 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 30, 2025 |
| 19269881 | PORTABLE TERMINAL | AMBAYE, SAMUEL | 2433 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 15, 2025 |
| 19259289 | IMAGING UNIT | KHAN, USMAN A | 2637 | §102Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 03, 2025 |
| 19256259 | DISPLAY TERMINAL, APPLICATION CONTROL SYSTEM AND APPLICATION CONTROL METHOD | MERCEDES, DISMERY E | 2627 | §103 | Final Rejection | 14d | Pending | Jul 01, 2025 |
| 19234357 | HEAD MOUNTED PROCESSING APPARATUS | LU, WILLIAM | 2624 | §103 | Final Rejection | 29d | Pending | Jun 11, 2025 |
| 19233186 | OPTICAL DEVICE AND DIRECTION DISPLAY DEVICE | CHAI, RAYMOND REI-YANG | 2845 | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 10, 2025 |
| 19217709 | DISPLAY CONTROLLING METHOD, TIME CONTROLLING METHOD, TIME MANAGING METHOD, AND BROADCAST RECEIVING APPARATUS | SALTARELLI, DOMINIC D | 2421 | §101Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 23, 2025 |
| 19207791 | PORTABLE TERMINAL DEVICE, TELEVISION RECEIVER, AND INCOMING CALL NOTIFICATION METHOD | MARANDI, JAMES R | 2421 | §102Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 14, 2025 |
| 19190978 | MOBILE CONTENT VIEWING DEVICE AND CONTENT VIEWING METHOD | TAYLOR, JOSHUA D | 2426 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 28, 2025 |
| 19187094 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, APPLICATION SOFTWARE START-UP SYSTEM, AND APPLICATION SOFTWARE START-UP METHOD | LEMMA, SAMSON B | 2498 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 23, 2025 |
| 19182811 | INFORMATION DISPLAY DEVICE | GYAWALI, BIPIN | 2625 | §102 | Final Rejection | 24d overdue | Pending | Apr 18, 2025 |
| 19179267 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, USER AUTHENTIFICATION NETWORK SYSTEM, AND USER AUTHENTICATION METHOD | MOHAMMADI, FAHIMEH M | 2439 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 15, 2025 |
| 19174045 | BROADCAST RECEIVING APPARATUS | CHOWDHURY, SUMAIYA A | 2421 | §101DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 09, 2025 |
| 19170665 | VIDEO DISPLAY DEVICE AND VIDEO DISPLAY METHOD | CHIN, MICHELLE | 2614 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 04, 2025 |
| 19114884 | AIR FLOATING VIDEO DISPLAY APPARATUS | TRAN, LOI H | 2484 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 25, 2025 |
| 19082446 | RECEPTION DEVICE, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, TRANSMISSION DEVICE, AND TRANSMISSION METHOD FOR PROGRAM CONTENT TYPE | PRINCE, JESSICA MARIE | 2486 | §112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 18, 2025 |
| 19065880 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND DISPLAY METHOD | GERGISO, TECHANE | 2408 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 27, 2025 |
| 19063435 | VEHICLE INFORMATION DISPLAY APPARATUS AND INFORMATION DISPLAY SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE | KING, GEORGE G | 2872 | §102§103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 26, 2025 |
| 18681070 | HEATER, LENS UNIT, CAMERA MODULE, IN-VEHICLE SYSTEM, MOBILE BODY, AND HEATER INCORPORATION METHOD | TRA, TUYEN Q | 2488 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 21, 2025 |
| 19059916 | MOBILE TERMINAL DEVICE | GIESY, ADAM | 2622 | DP | Final Rejection | 43d overdue | Pending | Feb 21, 2025 |
| 19048408 | INFORMATION PROCESSING TERMINAL AND AUTOMATIC RESPONSE METHOD | MADANI, FARIDEH | 2643 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 07, 2025 |
| 18684638 | A MOBILE INFORMATION TERMINAL AND A CONTROL METHOD THEREOF | PRIFTI, AUREL | 2175 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 30, 2025 |
| 19099497 | AIR FLOATING VIDEO DISPLAY APPARATUS | CALEY, MICHAEL H | 2871 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 29, 2025 |
| 19032542 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD | SAFAIPOUR, BOBBAK | 2665 | §102Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 21, 2025 |
| 18993007 | IMAGING LENS SYSTEM, CAMERA MODULE, IN-VEHICLE SYSTEM, AND VEHICLE | NGUYEN, THONG Q | 2872 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 10, 2025 |
| 19001713 | LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | RAABE, CHRISTOPHER M | 2875 | Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 26, 2024 |
| 18876693 | WEARABLE TERMINAL, LINKED DISPLAY SYSTEM, AND LINKED DISPLAY METHOD | STRAUB, D'ARCY WINSTON | 2491 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 19, 2024 |
| 18875177 | HEAD-UP DISPLAY APPARATUS | GAGNON, GRANT A | 2872 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 16, 2024 |
| 18976713 | HEAD-UP DISPLAY APPARATUS | JONES, JAMES | 2872 | §102DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 11, 2024 |
| 18275714 | ELECTRIC-WAVE ABSORBER AND ELECTRIC-WAVE ABSORBING DEVICE | JUSTICE, MICHAEL W | 2841 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 10, 2024 |
| 18871511 | PORTABLE INFORMATION TERMINAL, WIRELESS CONNECTABLE EXTERNAL DEVICE, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD FOR THEM | GELIN, JEAN ALLAND | 2643 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 04, 2024 |
| 18964837 | VEHICLE | LE, BAO-LUAN Q | 2882 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 02, 2024 |
| 18961766 | DIGITAL CONTENTS RECEIVER, DIGITAL CONTENTS RECEIVING METHOD AND DIGITAL CONTENTS TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING METHOD | EDWARDS, TYLER B | 2488 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 27, 2024 |
| 18953433 | IMAGING APPARATUS | CALDERON, CYNTHIA | 2639 | DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 20, 2024 |
| 18945985 | VIDEO DISPLAY DEVICE AND COOPERATIVE CONTROL METHOD IN VIDEO DISPLAY DEVICE | MENGESHA, MULUGETA A | 2424 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 13, 2024 |
| 18945073 | ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORBER | BYTHROW, PETER M | 3648 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 12, 2024 |
| 18940133 | INFORMATION PROCESSING TERMINAL AND METHOD | SALCE, JASON P | 2421 | DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 07, 2024 |
| 18857870 | ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHIC SIGNAL MEASURING APPARATUS | COLLARD JR, DWANE EDWARD | 3792 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 18, 2024 |
| 18848500 | AIR FLOATING VIDEO DISPLAY APPARATUS | CRUZ, MAGDA | 2882 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 18, 2024 |
| 18845622 | MOBILE INFORMATION TERMINAL AND IMAGE DISPLAYING METHOD USED THEREIN | ROSARIO, NELSON M | 2624 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 10, 2024 |
| 18791854 | TASK EXECUTION ORDER DETERMINATION SYSTEM AND TASK EXECUTION METHOD | HATCHER, DEIRDRE D | 3625 | DP | Non-Final OA | 44d overdue | Pending | Aug 01, 2024 |
| 18730022 | HEAD UP DISPLAY APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD OF HEAD UP DISPLAY APPARATUS | WILSON, PAISLEY L | 2871 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 18, 2024 |
| 18721604 | PORTABLE INFORMATION TERMINAL AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD | OSINSKI, MICHAEL S | 2674 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 18, 2024 |
| 18735838 | BROADCAST RECEIVING APPARATUS, OUTPUT VIDEO INFORMATION GENERATING METHOD, BROADCAST RECEIVING METHOD, AND VIDEO RECORDING METHOD | LANGHNOJA, KUNAL N | 2425 | §103 | Final Rejection | 9d overdue | Pending | Jun 06, 2024 |
| 18715753 | FINGER TAPPING MEASUREMENT PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM | EDWARDS, ETHAN WESLEY | 2855 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 03, 2024 |
| 18675372 | ELECTROCHEMICAL OXYGEN SENSOR | SUN, CAITLYN MINGYUN | 1795 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 28, 2024 |
| 18705732 | DISPLAY DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE COORDINATION SYSTEM, AND AUDIO PLAYBACK METHOD | BEKEE, CHIMEZIE EZERIWE | 2691 | §103 | Final Rejection | 24d overdue | Pending | Apr 29, 2024 |
| 18640631 | MULTIMEDIA PLAYER DISPLAYING OPERATION PANEL DEPENDING ON CONTENTS | WASSUM, LUKE S | 3992 | §103 | Final Rejection | 92d overdue | Pending | Apr 19, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialMaxell Ltd. has 76 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 57 art units and 75 examiners.
Kunal N Langhnoja has the most, with 2 of Maxell Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Networking & Security (USPTO Tech Center 2400), based on where its pending office actions are examined.