Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Maxell, Ltd.

62 pending office actions • 51 art units • 59 examiners • 0 of 62 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 128 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

62
Total Pending OAs
47
Non-Final OAs
15
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 62 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

36
Overdue
3
Due this week
16
Due this month
7
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. 62 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (36)Due ≤ 7 days (3)Due ≤ 30 days (16)Due ≤ 60 days (7)

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 (6%)
43
Medium (69%)
5
Easy (8%)
10
Unknown (16%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only4 (6%)
§103 only39 (63%)
§102 only4 (6%)
§112 only5 (8%)
No statute on record10 (16%)

Industry Mix

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

8
Life Sciences
13% of docket
19
Information Tech
31% of docket
20
Communications
32% of docket
6
Semiconductors
10% of docket
7
Mechanical / Eng
11% of docket
2
Business / Other
3% 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.

620 h
Manual time on pending OAs
124 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
217 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
5.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
LANGHNOJA, KUNAL N 3 43.4% +23.9%
BOYD, ALEXANDER L 2 74.1% +23.5%
MERCEDES, DISMERY E 1 77.0% +10.6%
LU, WILLIAM 1 71.5% +7.4%
KARIMI, PEGEMAN 1 82.8% +14.5%
GYAWALI, BIPIN 1 58.2% -0.6%
SHIBRU, HELEN 1 58.6% +3.2%
LAM, VINH TANG 1 72.2% +9.0%
MICHAUD, ROBERT J 1 83.3% +11.8%
GIESY, ADAM 1 81.2% +12.3%

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
19225026 HEAD MOUNTED DISPLAY APPARATUS KARIMI, PEGEMAN 5d

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
19059916 MOBILE TERMINAL DEVICE GIESY, ADAM 43d overdue
18900999 COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION TERMINAL DEVICE MOORTHY, ARAVIND K 31d overdue
18625221 CASHLESS PAYMENT SYSTEM AND INFORMATION TERMINAL BRIDGES, CHRISTOPHER 25d overdue
19042363 INFORMATION DISPLAY DEVICE AND ACTIVITY PLAN DISPLAY SYSTEM GILLS, KURTIS 13d

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
18958452 BROADCAST RECEIVING APPARATUS FOR RECEIVING PROGRAM CONTENTS BASED ON LOCATION INFORMATION BOYD, ALEXANDER L 50d overdue
18584166 DISPLAY APPARATUS, INFORMATION TERMINAL AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD LANGHNOJA, KUNAL N 50d overdue
19059916 MOBILE TERMINAL DEVICE GIESY, ADAM 43d overdue
19075888 PORTABLE TERMINAL DEVICE AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM MICHAUD, ROBERT J 30d overdue
18608115 BROADCAST RECEIVING APPARATUS, BROADCAST RECEIVING METHOD, AND CONTENTS OUTPUTTING METHOD LANGHNOJA, KUNAL N 15d overdue
18735838 BROADCAST RECEIVING APPARATUS, OUTPUT VIDEO INFORMATION GENERATING METHOD, BROADCAST RECEIVING METHOD, AND VIDEO RECORDING METHOD LANGHNOJA, KUNAL N 9d overdue
19225026 HEAD MOUNTED DISPLAY APPARATUS KARIMI, PEGEMAN 5d
18720253 BROADCAST RECEIVING APPARATUS, SETTING METHOD, TRANSMISSION METHOD, DISPLAY CONTROLLING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM BOYD, ALEXANDER L 12d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2424 3
2425 3
2622 2
2421 2
2619 2
2691 2
2616 2
2871 2
3992 2
2627 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19256259 DISPLAY TERMINAL, APPLICATION CONTROL SYSTEM AND APPLICATION CONTROL METHOD MERCEDES, DISMERY E 2627 §103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Jul 01, 2025
19234357 HEAD MOUNTED PROCESSING APPARATUS LU, WILLIAM 2624 §103 Non-Final OA 29d Pending Jun 11, 2025
19225026 HEAD MOUNTED DISPLAY APPARATUS KARIMI, PEGEMAN 2623 §103 Non-Final OA 5d Pending Jun 02, 2025
19182811 INFORMATION DISPLAY DEVICE GYAWALI, BIPIN 2625 §102 Non-Final OA 24d overdue Pending Apr 18, 2025
19092263 VIDEO RECORDING DEVICE AND CAMERA FUNCTION CONTROL PROGRAM SHIBRU, HELEN 2484 Other Non-Final OA 8d Pending Mar 27, 2025
19114840 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS LAM, VINH TANG 2628 §102 Non-Final OA 15d overdue Pending Mar 25, 2025
19075888 PORTABLE TERMINAL DEVICE AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM MICHAUD, ROBERT J 2622 Other Non-Final OA 30d overdue Pending Mar 11, 2025
19059916 MOBILE TERMINAL DEVICE GIESY, ADAM 2622 §101 Non-Final OA 43d overdue Pending Feb 21, 2025
19042363 INFORMATION DISPLAY DEVICE AND ACTIVITY PLAN DISPLAY SYSTEM GILLS, KURTIS 3624 §101 Non-Final OA 13d Pending Jan 31, 2025
19100086 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD LIN, HANG 2626 §103 Non-Final OA 77d overdue Pending Jan 30, 2025
19021350 BROADCAST RECEIVING APPARATUS PIERORAZIO, MICHAEL 2426 Other Non-Final OA 36d overdue Pending Jan 15, 2025
18958452 BROADCAST RECEIVING APPARATUS FOR RECEIVING PROGRAM CONTENTS BASED ON LOCATION INFORMATION BOYD, ALEXANDER L 2424 Other Non-Final OA 50d overdue Pending Nov 25, 2024
18952078 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS HOSSAIN, FARZANA E 2482 Other Non-Final OA 60d overdue Pending Nov 19, 2024
18948723 MOBILE INFORMATION TERMINAL AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF ZEE, EDWARD 2435 Other Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Nov 15, 2024
18900999 COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION TERMINAL DEVICE MOORTHY, ARAVIND K 2407 §101 Non-Final OA 31d overdue Pending Sep 30, 2024
18828492 VIDEO TRANSMITTER APPARATUS AND VIDEO RECEIVER APPARATUS KURIEN, CHRISTEN A 2421 Other Non-Final OA 44d overdue Pending Sep 09, 2024
18822611 MOBILE TERMINAL AND VIDEO DISPLAY APPARATUS CHIN, RICKY 2424 §103 Final Rejection 33d Pending Sep 03, 2024
18819687 VIDEO DISPLAY DEVICE AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD FOR SAME HOANG, PHI 2619 §103 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Aug 29, 2024
18795744 HEAD MOUNTED DISPLAY AND SETTING METHOD NADKARNI, SARVESH J 2629 §103 Non-Final OA 60d Pending Aug 06, 2024
18791854 TASK EXECUTION ORDER DETERMINATION SYSTEM AND TASK EXECUTION METHOD HATCHER, DEIRDRE D 3625 §103 Final Rejection 44d overdue Pending Aug 01, 2024
18783653 PORTABLE DEVICE TEKLE, DANIEL T 2481 Other Final Rejection 41d Pending Jul 25, 2024
18769861 IMAGING DEVICE WU, ZHENZHEN 2637 §103 Final Rejection 97d overdue Pending Jul 11, 2024
18748453 HEAD-UP DISPLAY APPARATUS AND IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS THEREOF LEE, NATHANIEL J. 2875 §103 Non-Final OA 51d overdue Pending Jun 20, 2024
18720253 BROADCAST RECEIVING APPARATUS, SETTING METHOD, TRANSMISSION METHOD, DISPLAY CONTROLLING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM BOYD, ALEXANDER L 2424 §103 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Jun 14, 2024
18742324 HEAD-MOUNTABLE INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS LAO, LUNSEE 2691 §103 Non-Final OA 19d Pending Jun 13, 2024
18735838 BROADCAST RECEIVING APPARATUS, OUTPUT VIDEO INFORMATION GENERATING METHOD, BROADCAST RECEIVING METHOD, AND VIDEO RECORDING METHOD LANGHNOJA, KUNAL N 2425 §103 Non-Final OA 9d overdue Pending Jun 06, 2024
18715958 HEAD MOUNTED DISPLAY, HEAD MOUNTED DISPLAY SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF DISPLAYING HEAD MOUNTED DISPLAY GUO, XILIN 2616 §112 Non-Final OA 37d overdue Pending Jun 03, 2024
18705732 DISPLAY DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE COORDINATION SYSTEM, AND AUDIO PLAYBACK METHOD BEKEE, CHIMEZIE EZERIWE 2691 §103 Non-Final OA 24d overdue Pending Apr 29, 2024
18647365 ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICE COMPRISING SEPARATOR WITH LAMINATED POROUS LAYERS MARTIN, ANGELA J 1727 §103 Non-Final OA 50d Pending Apr 26, 2024
18284346 MOBILE INFORMATION TERMINAL AND DISPLAY METHOD FOR SAME LIU, HARRY K 3645 §102 Non-Final OA 32d overdue Pending Apr 08, 2024
18699076 AUDIO AUGMENTED REALITY OBJECT PLAYBACK DEVICE AND AUDIO AUGMENTED REALITY OBJECT PLAYBACK METHOD KURR, JASON R 2695 §103 Non-Final OA 18d overdue Pending Apr 05, 2024
18698617 NEURAL NETWORK CIRCUIT AND NEURAL NETWORK CIRCUIT CONTROL METHOD ALROBAIE, KHAMDAN N 2824 §103 Non-Final OA 44d overdue Pending Apr 04, 2024
18625221 CASHLESS PAYMENT SYSTEM AND INFORMATION TERMINAL BRIDGES, CHRISTOPHER 3693 §101 Final Rejection 25d overdue Pending Apr 03, 2024
18608115 BROADCAST RECEIVING APPARATUS, BROADCAST RECEIVING METHOD, AND CONTENTS OUTPUTTING METHOD LANGHNOJA, KUNAL N 2425 Other Non-Final OA 15d overdue Pending Mar 18, 2024
18690557 WEB CONFERENCE SYSTEM, TERMINAL APPARATUS, AND WEB CONFERENCE METHOD BOOK, PHYLLIS A 2454 §112 Final Rejection 5d overdue Pending Mar 08, 2024
18686186 PHYSICAL FOAMING AGENT INTRODUCTION FILTER, AND APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING FOAMED MOLDED PRODUCT DERUSSO, JOHN J 1744 §103 Non-Final OA 19d Pending Feb 23, 2024
18584166 DISPLAY APPARATUS, INFORMATION TERMINAL AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD LANGHNOJA, KUNAL N 2425 §103 Non-Final OA 50d overdue Pending Feb 22, 2024
18684767 IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM SHUI, MING 2663 §103 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Feb 19, 2024
18575445 AIR FLOATING VIDEO DISPLAY APPARATUS ITSKOVICH, MIKHAIL 2483 §112 Non-Final OA 79d overdue Pending Dec 29, 2023
18573866 ANOMALY DISPLAY DEVICE, ANOMALY DISPLAY PROGRAM, ANOMALY DISPLAY SYSTEM, AND ANOMALY DISPLAY METHOD AHN, CHRISTINE YERA 2615 §103 Final Rejection 12d Pending Dec 22, 2023
18572557 INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE WANG, YI 2619 §103 Final Rejection 14d Pending Dec 20, 2023
18570581 USER ASSISTANCE SYSTEM, WEARABLE TERMINAL, AND USER ASSISTANCE METHOD ROBERTS, ANNA L 3791 §102 Non-Final OA 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
18563921 AIR FLOATING VIDEO DISPLAY APPARATUS AND LIGHT SOURCE QURESHI, MARIAM 2871 §103 Non-Final OA 7d Pending Nov 24, 2023
18515178 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, APPLICATION SOFTWARE START-UP SYSTEM, AND APPLICATION SOFTWARE START-UP METHOD LEMMA, SAMSON B 2498 §103 Final Rejection 72d overdue Pending Nov 20, 2023
18381719 AIR FLOATING VIDEO DISPLAY APPARATUS LEE, PAUL CHANG 2871 §103 Non-Final OA 26d overdue Pending Oct 19, 2023
18264121 DIGITAL BROADCAST RECEIVING APPARATUS LE, RONG 2421 §103 Final Rejection 22d Pending Aug 03, 2023
18218746 IMAGING APPARATUS AND SETTING SCREEN THEREOF PASIEWICZ, DANIEL M 2699 §112 Non-Final OA 33d Pending Jul 06, 2023
18267588 HEAD MOUNTED DISPLAY AND BLOOD SUGAR LEVEL MANAGEMENT METHOD EMPLOYED IN SAME BIANCAMANO, ALYSSA N 3715 §112 Non-Final OA 125d overdue Pending Jun 15, 2023
18034725 NEGATIVE ELECTRODE FOR ALL-SOLID-STATE SECONDARY BATTERY, AND ALL-SOLID-STATE SECONDARY BATTERY RAMOS RIVERA, GILBERTO 1725 §103 Non-Final OA 46d overdue Pending May 01, 2023
18033091 INFORMATION DISPLAY DEVICE AND INFORMATION DISPLAY METHOD NGUYEN, PHU K 2616 §103 Final Rejection 120d overdue Pending Apr 21, 2023
18249316 NEURAL NETWORK GENERATION DEVICE, NEURAL NETWORK CONTROL METHOD, AND SOFTWARE GENERATION PROGRAM BEAN, GRIFFIN TANNER 2121 §103 Non-Final OA 8d Pending Apr 17, 2023
18119034 HEAD UP DISPLAY APPARATUS HANCE, ROBERT J 3992 Other Non-Final OA 12d Pending Mar 08, 2023
17802822 MODEL MATERIAL CLEAR COMPOSITION, MODEL MATERIAL COMPOSITION SET, AND COMPOSITION SET FOR OPTICAL SHAPING ROSWELL, JESSICA MARIE 1767 §103 Final Rejection 8d overdue Pending Aug 26, 2022
17802308 LIGHTWEIGHT PLATE AND LIGHTWEIGHT PANEL INCLUDING LIGHTWEIGHT PLATE DESTEFANO, AUDRA JEAN 1766 §103 Non-Final OA 87d overdue Pending Aug 25, 2022
17771584 LENS UNIT AND CAMERA MODULE SANZ, GABRIEL A 2872 §103 Non-Final OA 71d overdue Pending Apr 25, 2022
17412174 PORTABLE INFORMATION TERMINAL FOR AUTOMATICALLY DISPLAYING SOFTWARE APPLICATION RECOMMENDATIONS FIBBI, CHRISTOPHER J 2174 §103 Non-Final OA 27d Pending Aug 25, 2021
17342837 IMAGING APPARATUS AND IMAGE RECORDING METHOD HAVING MODES TO STORE POSITION INFORMATION FOR IMAGE DATA ENGLAND, DAVID E 3992 §103 Final Rejection 66d overdue Pending Jun 09, 2021
17256529 CELL ROLL AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME KEKIA, OMAR M 1722 §103 Final Rejection 34d Pending Dec 28, 2020
17056893 LENS UNIT AND CAMERA MODULE RHUE, ABIGAIL H 3761 §103 Non-Final OA 26d Pending Nov 19, 2020
16963171 ALKALINE SECONDARY BATTERY, CHARGING METHOD OF SAID ALKALINE SECONDARY BATTERY, AND CHARGING DEVICE OF ALKALINE SECONDARY BATTERY NEWMAN, DREW C 1751 §103 Non-Final OA 7d Pending Jul 17, 2020
16347389 ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION SHEET REDDY, SATHAVARAM I 1785 §103 Final Rejection 2d overdue Pending May 03, 2019

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