Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Shanghai Tianma Microelectronics Co. Ltd.

Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics

7 pending office actions • 7 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 19 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Shanghai Tianma Microelectronics Co. Ltd. has 7 pending office actions in Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics. The matters involve 7 examiners and 7 art units, so each matter has a distinct examiner and art-unit assignment.

OWENS, TSION B is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. The profile shows no concentration by examiner or art unit. Counsel should therefore use matter-level review and centralized issue tracking rather than an examiner-specific portfolio strategy.

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

Portfolio Summary

7
Total Pending OAs
5
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

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.

5
Hard (71%)
2
Medium (29%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only2 (29%)
Multi-statute (no §101)5 (71%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
14% of docket
1
Information Tech
14% of docket
1
Communications
14% of docket
4
Semiconductors
57% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% 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.

70 h
Manual time on pending OAs
14 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
24 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
OWENS, TSION B 1 88.2% +8.3%
EDENFIELD, KUEI-JEN L 1 77.6% +15.3%
BHATIA, AMIT R 1 72.7% +17.2%
FRANK, EMILY J 1 69.4% +18.8%
SMITH, BRADLEY 1 80.0% -2.8%
CHOU, JIMMY 1 71.2% +14.8%
MCNALLY, DANIEL 1 68.2% +13.3%

Hard Cases (5)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19194036 REARVIEW MIRROR AND VEHICLE OWENS, TSION B —
19024965 DISPLAY MODULE AND DISPLAY DEVICE EDENFIELD, KUEI-JEN L —
18797110 CIRCUIT STRUCTURE AND DEVICE BHATIA, AMIT R —
18592707 ELECTRONIC PAPER DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY DEVICE FRANK, EMILY J —
18429456 DISPLAY PANEL, METHOD FOR FABRICATING DISPLAY PANEL, AND DISPLAY DEVICE SMITH, BRADLEY —

Interview Candidates (5)

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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19024965 DISPLAY MODULE AND DISPLAY DEVICE EDENFIELD, KUEI-JEN L —
18797110 CIRCUIT STRUCTURE AND DEVICE BHATIA, AMIT R —
18592707 ELECTRONIC PAPER DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY DEVICE FRANK, EMILY J —
18403852 DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY DEVICE CHOU, JIMMY —
18389258 DISPLAY MODULE AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF, AND DISPLAY DEVICE MCNALLY, DANIEL —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2487 1
2872 1
2842 1
2629 1
2817 1
2898 1
1746 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19194036 REARVIEW MIRROR AND VEHICLE OWENS, TSION B 2487 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 30, 2025
19024965 DISPLAY MODULE AND DISPLAY DEVICE EDENFIELD, KUEI-JEN L 2872 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 16, 2025
18797110 CIRCUIT STRUCTURE AND DEVICE BHATIA, AMIT R 2842 §103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Aug 07, 2024
18592707 ELECTRONIC PAPER DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY DEVICE FRANK, EMILY J 2629 §103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Mar 01, 2024
18429456 DISPLAY PANEL, METHOD FOR FABRICATING DISPLAY PANEL, AND DISPLAY DEVICE SMITH, BRADLEY 2817 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 01, 2024
18403852 DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY DEVICE CHOU, JIMMY 2898 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 04, 2024
18389258 DISPLAY MODULE AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF, AND DISPLAY DEVICE MCNALLY, DANIEL 1746 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 14, 2023

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Shanghai Tianma Microelectronics Co. Ltd. have?

Shanghai Tianma Microelectronics Co. Ltd. has 7 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 7 art units and 7 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Shanghai Tianma Microelectronics Co. Ltd. applications?

Tsion B Owens has the most, with 1 of Shanghai Tianma Microelectronics Co. Ltd.'s pending office actions.

What technology area are Shanghai Tianma Microelectronics Co. Ltd.'s patent applications in?

Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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