Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 01, 2026

Maxell Ltd.

Technology areas: Networking & Security • Communications

78 pending office actions • 39 art units • 76 examiners • 0 of 78 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 126 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Maxell Ltd. currently manages 79 pending office actions within the Networking & Security technology area. These actions are distributed across 77 distinct examiners, which is a smaller number than the total 79 pending office actions. The portfolio involves 39 distinct art units, indicating a very broad technical scope for the company's filings. CHIN, MICHELLE is the busiest examiner, currently overseeing 2 pending office actions.

The 77 distinct examiners involved suggest that almost every pending case is being handled by a different individual. This wide distribution across 39 distinct art units requires the company to manage a vast array of procedural and technical requirements. CHIN, MICHELLE, with 2 pending office actions, is one of the few examiners managing more than one case. Practitioners should note that the 79 pending office actions are subject to the diverse styles of these 77 distinct examiners.

The 39 distinct art units represent a significant variety of technical examination standards within Networking & Security. With 79 pending office actions, the volume of work is substantial and highly dispersed across the 77 distinct examiners. Understanding the specific preferences of CHIN, MICHELLE is important for the 2 pending office actions they manage, as they are the busiest examiner in this set.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

78
Total Pending OAs
52
Non-Final OAs
26
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 22 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

11
Overdue
1
Due this week
7
Due this month
3
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. 22 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (11)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (7)Due ≤ 60 days (3)

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.

21
Hard (27%)
42
Medium (54%)
13
Easy (17%)
2
Unknown (3%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other4 (5%)
§103 only34 (44%)
§102 only6 (8%)
§112 only2 (3%)
Double-patenting only11 (14%)
Double-patenting + other2 (3%)
Multi-statute (no §101)17 (22%)
No statute on record2 (3%)

Industry Mix

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

7
Life Sciences
9% of docket
14
Information Tech
18% of docket
13
Communications
17% of docket
7
Semiconductors
9% of docket
5
Mechanical / Eng
6% of docket
32
Business / Other
41% 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.

780 h
Manual time on pending OAs
156 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
273 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
6.8 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
CHIN, MICHELLE 2 85.4% +11.6%
LANGHNOJA, KUNAL N 2 44.5% +23.1%
XIE, KWIN 1 64.1% +32.0%
BERHAN, AHMED A 1 87.6% +11.4%
HUNTER, MISHAWN N 1 78.2% +14.3%
AMBAYE, SAMUEL 1 82.4% +25.1%
KHAN, USMAN A 1 74.9% +11.7%
MERCEDES, DISMERY E 1 77.2% +10.4%
LU, WILLIAM 1 71.5% +8.5%
CHAI, RAYMOND REI-YANG 1 74.7% +16.2%

Quick Wins (4)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19297690 CAMERA-EQUIPPED PORTABLE INFORMATION TERMINAL DEVICE BERHAN, AHMED A —
19269881 PORTABLE TERMINAL AMBAYE, SAMUEL —
19170665 VIDEO DISPLAY DEVICE AND VIDEO DISPLAY METHOD CHIN, MICHELLE —
19056850 PORTABLE INFORMATION TERMINAL, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING AREA WHERE PORTABLE INFORMATION TERMINAL IS PRESENT CHIN, MICHELLE —

Hard Cases (21)

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
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 —
19174045 BROADCAST RECEIVING APPARATUS CHOWDHURY, SUMAIYA A —
19099497 AIR FLOATING VIDEO DISPLAY APPARATUS CALEY, MICHAEL H —
18993007 IMAGING LENS SYSTEM, CAMERA MODULE, IN-VEHICLE SYSTEM, AND VEHICLE NGUYEN, THONG Q —

Interview Candidates (11)

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
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 —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2421 3
3791 3
2624 2
2424 2
2871 2
2425 2
3992 2
2626 1
2637 1
2627 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
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 — DP Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 12, 2025
19285753 RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF HUNTER, MISHAWN N — DP Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 30, 2025
19269881 PORTABLE TERMINAL AMBAYE, SAMUEL — 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 — §102§103§112Other Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 10, 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 — 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 — §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 — 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 — DP Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 27, 2025
19063435 VEHICLE INFORMATION DISPLAY APPARATUS AND INFORMATION DISPLAY SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE KING, GEORGE G — §102§103§112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 26, 2025
19059916 MOBILE TERMINAL DEVICE GIESY, ADAM 2622 DP Final Rejection 43d overdue Pending Feb 21, 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
19056850 PORTABLE INFORMATION TERMINAL, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING AREA WHERE PORTABLE INFORMATION TERMINAL IS PRESENT CHIN, MICHELLE — §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 19, 2025
18684638 A MOBILE INFORMATION TERMINAL AND A CONTROL METHOD THEREOF PRIFTI, AUREL — §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 30, 2025
19099497 AIR FLOATING VIDEO DISPLAY APPARATUS CALEY, MICHAEL H — §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 29, 2025
19032542 IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD SAFAIPOUR, BOBBAK — §102Other Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 21, 2025
18993007 IMAGING LENS SYSTEM, CAMERA MODULE, IN-VEHICLE SYSTEM, AND VEHICLE NGUYEN, THONG Q — §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 10, 2025
19001713 LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE RAABE, CHRISTOPHER M — 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 — §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 16, 2024
18976713 HEAD-UP DISPLAY APPARATUS JONES, JAMES — §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
18690894 MOBILE INFORMATION TERMINAL AND OBJECT DISPLAY METHOD SHI, IRVING NMN — §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 05, 2024
18871511 PORTABLE INFORMATION TERMINAL, WIRELESS CONNECTABLE EXTERNAL DEVICE, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD FOR THEM GELIN, JEAN ALLAND — §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 04, 2024
18961766 DIGITAL CONTENTS RECEIVER, DIGITAL CONTENTS RECEIVING METHOD AND DIGITAL CONTENTS TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING METHOD EDWARDS, TYLER B — 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
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 — §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 18, 2024
18848500 AIR FLOATING VIDEO DISPLAY APPARATUS CRUZ, MAGDA — §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
18822611 MOBILE TERMINAL AND VIDEO DISPLAY APPARATUS CHIN, RICKY 2424 §103Other Final Rejection 33d Pending Sep 03, 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
18783653 PORTABLE DEVICE TEKLE, DANIEL T 2481 Other Final Rejection 41d Pending Jul 25, 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
18698617 NEURAL NETWORK CIRCUIT AND NEURAL NETWORK CIRCUIT CONTROL METHOD ALROBAIE, KHAMDAN N 2824 §103 Final Rejection 44d overdue Pending Apr 04, 2024
18694494 ALL-SOLID-STATE BATTERY FRANCIS, ADAM JOSEPH — §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 22, 2024
18686186 PHYSICAL FOAMING AGENT INTRODUCTION FILTER, AND APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING FOAMED MOLDED PRODUCT DERUSSO, JOHN J 1744 §103 Final Rejection 19d Pending Feb 23, 2024
18584166 DISPLAY APPARATUS, INFORMATION TERMINAL AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD LANGHNOJA, KUNAL N 2425 §103 Final Rejection 50d overdue Pending Feb 22, 2024
18685014 BATTERY AND USAGE METHOD FOR SAME, AND BATTERY SYSTEM DARBY, BRENDON CHARLES — §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 20, 2024
18684767 IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM SHUI, MING 2663 §103§112 Final Rejection 22d Pending Feb 19, 2024
18683403 ALL-SOLID-STATE BATTERY APPLEGATE, SARAH ARIMINTIA — §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 13, 2024
18436508 NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTIC SOLUTION BATTERY BROWN, SEAN ROBERT — §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 08, 2024
18681682 BATTERY ZEMUI, NATHANAEL T — §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 06, 2024
18293888 ELECTROCARDIAC SIGNAL ANALYSIS DEVICE LAU, MICHAEL J 3796 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Jan 31, 2024
18293941 CYLINDRICAL LITHIUM PRIMARY BATTERY CHENG, VIVIAN S — §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 31, 2024
18421311 ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICE LYNCH, VICTORIA HOM — §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 24, 2024
18575445 AIR FLOATING VIDEO DISPLAY APPARATUS ITSKOVICH, MIKHAIL 2483 §103§112 Final Rejection 79d overdue Pending Dec 29, 2023
18574947 CO-EXTRUDED SHEET CHEN, VIVIAN 1787 §112Other Final Rejection — Pending Dec 28, 2023
18573866 ANOMALY DISPLAY DEVICE, ANOMALY DISPLAY PROGRAM, ANOMALY DISPLAY SYSTEM, AND ANOMALY DISPLAY METHOD AHN, CHRISTINE YERA 2615 §103§112 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Dec 22, 2023
18570581 USER ASSISTANCE SYSTEM, WEARABLE TERMINAL, AND USER ASSISTANCE METHOD ROBERTS, ANNA L 3791 §101§102 Final Rejection 34d Pending Dec 14, 2023
18565732 THREE-DIMENSIONAL CIRCUIT PART AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THREE-DIMENSIONAL CIRCUIT PART RIRIE, EVERETT TRAJAN 2897 §103 Non-Final OA 26d Pending Nov 30, 2023
18517785 ALKALINE BATTERY SAVAGE, WILLIAM FADDOUL — §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 22, 2023
18488432 ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHIC DATA ANALYSIS SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING TERMINAL, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND METHOD OF PRESENTING INFORMATION FOR DEMENTIA EXAMINATION BERHANU, ETSUB D 3791 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 17, 2023
18268329 AIR FLOATING VIDEO DISPLAY APPARATUS CHANG, CHARLES S 2871 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 20, 2023
18039983 AIR FLOATING VIDEO DISPLAY APPARATUS AND LIGHT SOURCE APPARATUS LAMB II, CHRISTOPHER A 2882 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 02, 2023
18033091 INFORMATION DISPLAY DEVICE AND INFORMATION DISPLAY METHOD NGUYEN, PHU K 2616 §103 Non-Final OA 120d overdue Pending Apr 21, 2023
18032836 POSITIVE ELECTRODE FOR NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME, METHOD FOR INSPECTING THE SAME, NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME MELFI, OLIVIA MASON 1729 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 20, 2023
18119034 HEAD UP DISPLAY APPARATUS HANCE, ROBERT J 3992 §103 Final Rejection 12d Pending Mar 08, 2023
18021246 NEGATIVE ELECTRODE FOR NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY AND NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY WEST, ROBERT GENE 1721 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 14, 2023
17802822 MODEL MATERIAL CLEAR COMPOSITION, MODEL MATERIAL COMPOSITION SET, AND COMPOSITION SET FOR OPTICAL SHAPING ROSWELL, JESSICA MARIE 1767 §103 Non-Final OA 8d overdue Pending Aug 26, 2022
17628598 DETECTING APPARATUS AND DETECTING METHOD KRETZER, KYLE W. 3791 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Jan 20, 2022
16963171 ALKALINE SECONDARY BATTERY, CHARGING METHOD OF SAID ALKALINE SECONDARY BATTERY, AND CHARGING DEVICE OF ALKALINE SECONDARY BATTERY NEWMAN, DREW C 1751 §103 Final Rejection 7d Pending Jul 17, 2020

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