Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Sharp NEC Display Solutions Ltd.

6 pending office actions • 6 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 13 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

6
Total Pending OAs
2
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 6 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
Overdue
0
Due this week
2
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
1
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. 6 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)Due ≤ 30 days (2)Due ≤ 60 days (1)Due later (1)

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.

1
Hard (17%)
5
Medium (83%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (17%)
§103 only5 (83%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
17% of docket
5
Mechanical / Eng
83% 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.

60 h
Manual time on pending OAs
12 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
21 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
MOLNAR, HUNTER A 1 50.0% +31.9%
SNIDER, SCOTT 1 29.1% +18.3%
KOESTER, MICHAEL RICHARD 1 40.3% +26.4%
MACASIANO, MARILYN G 1 57.2% +17.4%
SANTOS-DIAZ, MARIA C 1 33.4% +31.3%
OWENS, DANELL L 1 76.4% +10.7%

Hard Cases (2)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18771131 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, CONTENT DISPLAY SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD MACASIANO, MARILYN G 42d overdue
19024429 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD SNIDER, SCOTT 39d

Interview Candidates (6)

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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18011945 LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE, PROJECTOR, CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM OWENS, DANELL L 113d overdue
18771131 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, CONTENT DISPLAY SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD MACASIANO, MARILYN G 42d overdue
19049181 INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT METHOD MOLNAR, HUNTER A 8d
18834537 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND CONGESTION INFORMATION GENERATION METHOD KOESTER, MICHAEL RICHARD 27d
19024429 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD SNIDER, SCOTT 39d
18269904 RENTAL EQUIPMENT MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND RENTAL EQUIPMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM SANTOS-DIAZ, MARIA C 84d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3628 1
3621 1
3624 1
3622 1
3629 1
2882 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19049181 INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT METHOD MOLNAR, HUNTER A 3628 §103 Final Rejection 8d Pending Feb 10, 2025
19024429 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD SNIDER, SCOTT 3621 §103 Non-Final OA 39d Pending Jan 16, 2025
18834537 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND CONGESTION INFORMATION GENERATION METHOD KOESTER, MICHAEL RICHARD 3624 §103 Final Rejection 27d Pending Jul 30, 2024
18771131 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, CONTENT DISPLAY SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD MACASIANO, MARILYN G 3622 §101 Final Rejection 42d overdue Pending Jul 12, 2024
18269904 RENTAL EQUIPMENT MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND RENTAL EQUIPMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM SANTOS-DIAZ, MARIA C 3629 §103 Non-Final OA 84d Pending Jun 27, 2023
18011945 LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE, PROJECTOR, CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM OWENS, DANELL L 2882 §103 Final Rejection 113d overdue Pending Dec 21, 2022

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