Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
21 pending office actions • 11 art units • 17 examiners • 0 of 21 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 16 patents granted in the last 365 days
Rolex S.A. has 22 pending office actions in Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics. The docket involves 17 examiners across 9 art units, indicating substantial distribution across both personnel and technical examination groups.
HWANG, MATTHEW DANIEL is the busiest examiner, with 5 pending matters. Although that examiner represents the largest identified concentration, the broader docket remains distributed among other examiners. Counsel may benefit from coordinated claim strategy across art units while preserving application-specific responses to examiner positions.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 7 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. 7 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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 6 (29%) |
| §102 only | 1 (5%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 14 (67%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HWANG, MATTHEW DANIEL | 5 | 84.8% | +6.7% |
| MCCLELLAN, JAMES S | 1 | 79.0% | +13.7% |
| TAN, RICHARD | 1 | 79.6% | +23.0% |
| KAYES, SEAN PHILLIP | 1 | 69.9% | +22.1% |
| SALONE, BAYAN | 1 | 76.1% | +17.4% |
| WANG, XIAOBEI | 1 | 65.3% | +48.2% |
| MORGAN, EMILY M | 1 | 35.7% | +33.2% |
| HONG, SEAHEE | 1 | 68.7% | +29.8% |
| FORD, DARRELL CHRISTOPHER | 1 | 76.2% | +39.4% |
| HOTCHKISS, MICHAEL WAYNE | 1 | 69.6% | +47.8% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17800467 | SILICON TIMEPIECE COMPONENT FOR A TIMEPIECE | HWANG, MATTHEW DANIEL | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17603349 | CAM-TYPE TIMEPIECE COMPONENT | HWANG, MATTHEW DANIEL | 92d overdue |
| 18510259 | MANUFACTURE OF A TIMEPIECE COMPONENT | BARTLETT, VICTORIA | 26d overdue |
| 18599311 | TIMEPIECE MOVEMENT | HWANG, MATTHEW DANIEL | 25d overdue |
| 18627215 | SUPPORT FOR A TIMEPIECE OR ITEM OF JEWELLERY COMPRISING THE SUPPORT AND A DECORATIVE INSERT | MORGAN, EMILY M | 70d |
| 19061954 | DEVICE FOR TESTING A WATCH MEMBER | MCCLELLAN, JAMES S | — |
| 18983698 | TIMEPIECE DRIVE DEVICE | HWANG, MATTHEW DANIEL | — |
| 18889304 | MECHANISM FOR ADJUSTING THE ENDSHAKE OF A TIMEPIECE MOBILE UNIT FOR A TIMEPIECE | KAYES, SEAN PHILLIP | — |
| 18769936 | ESCAPEMENT DEVICE FOR A TIMEPIECE | HWANG, MATTHEW DANIEL | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18961765 | REGULATING SYSTEM FOR A TIMEPIECE | TAN, RICHARD | 26d overdue |
| 18627215 | SUPPORT FOR A TIMEPIECE OR ITEM OF JEWELLERY COMPRISING THE SUPPORT AND A DECORATIVE INSERT | MORGAN, EMILY M | 70d |
| 18590926 | WATCHMAKER'S BENCH AND FOREARM SUPPORT FOR A WATCHMAKER'S BENCH | HONG, SEAHEE | 72d |
| 19061954 | DEVICE FOR TESTING A WATCH MEMBER | MCCLELLAN, JAMES S | — |
| 18889304 | MECHANISM FOR ADJUSTING THE ENDSHAKE OF A TIMEPIECE MOBILE UNIT FOR A TIMEPIECE | KAYES, SEAN PHILLIP | — |
| 18735116 | WATCH COMPONENT AND ITS MANUFACTURING METHOD | SALONE, BAYAN | — |
| 18679176 | LIGHTWEIGHT AND ROBUST TIMEPIECE COMPONENT | WANG, XIAOBEI | — |
| 18293499 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A TIMEPIECE COMPONENT | FORD, DARRELL CHRISTOPHER | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2831 | 9 |
| 1744 | 2 |
| 3715 | 1 |
| 2849 | 1 |
| 3677 | 1 |
| 3723 | 1 |
| 3726 | 1 |
| 1741 | 1 |
| 3725 | 1 |
| 1731 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19061954 | DEVICE FOR TESTING A WATCH MEMBER | MCCLELLAN, JAMES S | 3715 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 24, 2025 |
| 18983698 | TIMEPIECE DRIVE DEVICE | HWANG, MATTHEW DANIEL | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 17, 2024 |
| 18961765 | REGULATING SYSTEM FOR A TIMEPIECE | TAN, RICHARD | 2849 | §102 | Non-Final OA | 26d overdue | Pending | Nov 27, 2024 |
| 18889304 | MECHANISM FOR ADJUSTING THE ENDSHAKE OF A TIMEPIECE MOBILE UNIT FOR A TIMEPIECE | KAYES, SEAN PHILLIP | 2831 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 18, 2024 |
| 18769936 | ESCAPEMENT DEVICE FOR A TIMEPIECE | HWANG, MATTHEW DANIEL | 2831 | §102§103Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 11, 2024 |
| 18735116 | WATCH COMPONENT AND ITS MANUFACTURING METHOD | SALONE, BAYAN | 2831 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 05, 2024 |
| 18679176 | LIGHTWEIGHT AND ROBUST TIMEPIECE COMPONENT | WANG, XIAOBEI | 2831 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 30, 2024 |
| 18627215 | SUPPORT FOR A TIMEPIECE OR ITEM OF JEWELLERY COMPRISING THE SUPPORT AND A DECORATIVE INSERT | MORGAN, EMILY M | 3677 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 70d | Pending | Apr 04, 2024 |
| 18599311 | TIMEPIECE MOVEMENT | HWANG, MATTHEW DANIEL | 2831 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 25d overdue | Pending | Mar 08, 2024 |
| 18590926 | WATCHMAKER'S BENCH AND FOREARM SUPPORT FOR A WATCHMAKER'S BENCH | HONG, SEAHEE | 3723 | §103Other | Final Rejection | 72d | Pending | Feb 28, 2024 |
| 18293499 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A TIMEPIECE COMPONENT | FORD, DARRELL CHRISTOPHER | 2831 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 30, 2024 |
| 18539502 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A TIMEPIECE COMPONENT | HOTCHKISS, MICHAEL WAYNE | 3726 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 14, 2023 |
| 18510259 | MANUFACTURE OF A TIMEPIECE COMPONENT | BARTLETT, VICTORIA | 1744 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 26d overdue | Pending | Nov 15, 2023 |
| 18357291 | MANUFACTURE OF A MULTICOLOURED CERAMIC COMPONENT | DAIGLER, CHRISTOPHER PAUL | 1741 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 24, 2023 |
| 18357096 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A HOROLOGICAL COMPONENT | YOO, JUN S | 3725 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 21, 2023 |
| 18252329 | MANUFACTURE OF A CERAMIC COMPONENT | ABU ALI, SHUANGYI | 1731 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 09, 2023 |
| 18191014 | COUNTING TIMEPIECE DEVICE | JOHNSTON, KEVIN ANDREW | 2831 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 28, 2023 |
| 17800467 | SILICON TIMEPIECE COMPONENT FOR A TIMEPIECE | HWANG, MATTHEW DANIEL | 2831 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 17, 2022 |
| 17695384 | WATCHMAKER'S LOUPE | NIGAM, NATASHA | 2872 | §103 | Final Rejection | 47d | Pending | Mar 15, 2022 |
| 17683722 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A TIMEPIECE COMPONENT | TROCHE, EDGAREDMANUE | 1744 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 01, 2022 |
| 17603349 | CAM-TYPE TIMEPIECE COMPONENT | HWANG, MATTHEW DANIEL | 2831 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 92d overdue | Pending | Oct 13, 2021 |
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Start Free TrialRolex S.A. has 21 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 11 art units and 17 examiners.
Matthew Daniel Hwang has the most, with 5 of Rolex S.A.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
