Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 16, 2026

Signify Holding B.V.

84 pending office actions • 38 art units • 74 examiners • 0 of 84 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 237 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

84
Total Pending OAs
61
Non-Final OAs
19
Final Rejections
4
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 35 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

25
Overdue
1
Due this week
6
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
2
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. 35 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (25)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (6)Due ≤ 60 days (1)Due later (2)

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.

38
Hard (45%)
37
Medium (44%)
8
Easy (10%)
1
Unknown (1%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only2 (2%)
§101 + other9 (11%)
§103 only34 (40%)
§102 only3 (4%)
§112 only7 (8%)
Double-patenting only1 (1%)
Multi-statute (no §101)27 (32%)
No statute on record1 (1%)

Industry Mix

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

13
Life Sciences
15% of docket
10
Information Tech
12% of docket
5
Communications
6% of docket
25
Semiconductors
30% of docket
13
Mechanical / Eng
15% of docket
18
Business / Other
21% 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.

840 h
Manual time on pending OAs
168 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
294 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
7.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
APENTENG, JESSICA MCMILLAN 3 65.4% +19.1%
CALLAWAY, SPENCER THOMAS 2 36.2% +16.5%
PEERCE, MATTHEW J 2 68.2% +27.1%
DUNAY, CHRISTOPHER E 2 76.2% +13.8%
FAROKHROOZ, FATIMA N 2 48.9% +32.9%
NEFF, MICHAEL R 2 87.6% +14.4%
SPAMER, DONALD R 2 59.7% +31.5%
JOYNER, KEVIN 2 68.3% +23.6%
TALBERT, ERIC MICHAEL 2 16.7% +60.0%
MAY, ROBERT J 1 75.4% +15.5%

Hard Cases (38)

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
18826269 SNAP FIT OPTICAL DEVICE FOR A LIGHTING DEVICE APENTENG, JESSICA MCMILLAN 147d overdue
18271071 RF-BASED SENSING USING RSSI AND CSI CHOWDHURY, MAHBUBUL BAR 85d overdue
18565707 SIGNAL-EMISSION CONTROL DEVICE FOR AN RF-BASED ACTIVITY-SENSING ARRANGEMENT NEFF, MICHAEL R 79d overdue
18270049 SYSTEM FOR DISINFECTING A CLOSEABLE SPACE TALBERT, ERIC MICHAEL 46d overdue
17915229 IMPROVED CONTINUOUS FLOW REACTOR FOR PHOTOCHEMICAL PROCESSES WITH CONCAVE-FACED SIDES LEE, JOHN 46d overdue
18565726 SIGNAL-EMISSION CONTROL DEVICE FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORK NEFF, MICHAEL R 38d overdue
18724666 LIQUID SUPPLY SYSTEM FOR A LIVESTOCK FARM SCHMID, BROOK VICTORIA 35d overdue
18272386 A CONTROLLER FOR CONFIGURING A LIGHTING SYSTEM AND A METHOD THEREOF YOON, ERIC 30d overdue

Interview Candidates (20)

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
18826269 SNAP FIT OPTICAL DEVICE FOR A LIGHTING DEVICE APENTENG, JESSICA MCMILLAN 147d overdue
18565707 SIGNAL-EMISSION CONTROL DEVICE FOR AN RF-BASED ACTIVITY-SENSING ARRANGEMENT NEFF, MICHAEL R 79d overdue
18270049 SYSTEM FOR DISINFECTING A CLOSEABLE SPACE TALBERT, ERIC MICHAEL 46d overdue
18285878 TRANSPARENT DISINFECTING LIGHTING DEVICE JOYNER, KEVIN 44d overdue
18565726 SIGNAL-EMISSION CONTROL DEVICE FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORK NEFF, MICHAEL R 38d overdue
18279960 DYNAMIC DISINFECTING VIRTUAL ROOM DIVIDERS BY UV LIGHT JOYNER, KEVIN 25d overdue
18282184 SHELF FOR UV-C DISINFECTION SPAMER, DONALD R 24d overdue
18281268 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING LIGHT TO A CANNABIS PLANT CALLAWAY, SPENCER THOMAS 16d overdue

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2875 15
1799 5
3642 4
1758 4
3643 3
2444 2
2631 2
3648 2
2449 1
2876 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19469433 MOUNTING ARRANGEMENT FOR CEILING SUSPENDED SKYLIGHT LUMINAIRES MAY, ROBERT J 2875 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 26, 2025
19164658 A LED FILAMENT LAMP CHIANG, MICHAEL 2875 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 12, 2025
19150585 LIGHTING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PLANT GROWTH CALLAWAY, SPENCER THOMAS 3642 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 24, 2025
19148775 A LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE GYLLSTROM, BRYON T 2875 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 17, 2025
19145061 A method for determining a label of a fall event TRAN, THANG DUC §101§102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 01, 2025
19140020 LIGHT GENERATING SYSTEM WITH TRIANGULAR LIGHT GUIDE PANEL CARTER, WILLIAM JOSEPH 2875 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 17, 2025
19126327 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CULTIVATING DUCKWEED JORDAN, MORGAN T 3643 §103 Final Rejection Pending May 01, 2025
19115342 A TRACK LIGHTING SYSTEM PEERCE, MATTHEW J 2875 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 26, 2025
19114505 A METHOD FOR SELECTING A SUBSTITUTE PROXY IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORK HOANG, HIEU T 2449 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 24, 2025
19111701 LUMINAIRE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A LUMINAIRE DUNAY, CHRISTOPHER E 2875 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 13, 2025
19109752 ANNULAR SHAPED PHOSPHOR IN COMBINATION WITH AXICON LENS FOR PRODUCING LASER PUMPED HIGH INTENSITY WHITE LIGHT SOURCE HABIB, ASIFA 2876 §103 Non-Final OA 21d Pending Mar 07, 2025
19104562 METHOD FOR OBTAINING GOOD ADHESION OF SEMI CRYSTALLINE POLYMERS TO THE BUILD PLATE DURING FDM PRINTING TENTONI, LEO B §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 18, 2025
19101187 HIGH-BRIGHTNESS LASER-PHOSPHOR LIGHTING WITH CCT CONTROL CATTANACH, COLIN J 2875 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 04, 2025
19040539 LED FILAMENT LAMP HARRIS, WILLIAM N 2875 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 29, 2025
18876709 DRIVING APPARATUS FOR ONE OR MORE LED ARRANGEMENTS PHAM, THAI N 2845 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 19, 2024
18876292 OVERLOAD PROTECTION IN AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE NGUYEN, DANNY 2838 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 18, 2024
18871859 A METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A 3D ITEM BY MEANS OF FUSED DEPOSITION MODELLING MATZEK, MATTHEW D 1742 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 05, 2024
18937807 METHOD FOR PRINTING OBJECTS WITH INCLINATION ANGLES LESS THAN 45° WITH RESPECT TO BUILDING PLATE KHAN, TAHSEEN §102 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 03, 2024
18869973 A SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING AN EMOTIONAL STATE OF A USER BASED ON ONE OR MORE PHYSICAL AND/OR PHYSIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS UBER, NATHAN C §101§112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 27, 2024
18863403 STREETLIGHT LAMP POST, STREET LIGHTING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A STREET LIGHTING SYSTEM WELLS, KENNETH B 2842 §112 Non-Final OA 29d Pending Nov 06, 2024
18859680 A DATA PROCESSING METHOD OF AN INDOOR POSITIONING SYSTEM FOR SCALABILITY IMPROVEMENT THOMPSON, JOSEPH LEIGH 3665 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA 9d overdue Pending Oct 24, 2024
18855680 HIGH EFFICIENT DIRECT MAINS SUPPLY FOR CONNECTED LED DRIVERS PEREZ, BRYAN REYNALDO §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 10, 2024
18853820 A SECURE OPTICAL WIRELESS COMMUNICATION LINK ABDELRAHEEM, MOHAMMED SAID §103§112Other Non-Final OA Pending Oct 03, 2024
18853838 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DETERMINING A SPATIAL FEED INSERT DISTRIBUTION FOR FEEDING CRUSTACEANS BLACKSTEN, SYDNEY LYNN §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 03, 2024
18848990 LASER LIGHTING SYSTEM COMPRISING OPTICAL FIBER FAROKHROOZ, FATIMA N 2875 §103 Final Rejection 3d overdue Pending Sep 20, 2024
18845028 A LIGHTING SYSTEM FOR ILLUMINATING AN AQUACULTURE RESERVOIR VALENTI, ANDREA M 3643 §103§112 Non-Final OA 11d overdue Pending Sep 09, 2024
18844446 CONTROLLING LIGHTING DEVICES AS A GROUP WHEN A LIGHT SCENE OR MODE IS ACTIVATED IN ANOTHER SPATIAL AREA FERNANDEZ, PEDRO C 2844 §102 Final Rejection 42d overdue Pending Sep 06, 2024
18826269 SNAP FIT OPTICAL DEVICE FOR A LIGHTING DEVICE APENTENG, JESSICA MCMILLAN 2875 §103§112 Final Rejection 147d overdue Pending Sep 06, 2024
18842914 THREE CHANNEL CHIP-ON-BOARD WITH TUNABLE MELANOPIC ACTIVITY AT CONSTANT COLOR POINT PEERCE, MATTHEW J 2875 §103 Final Rejection 9d overdue Pending Aug 30, 2024
18842430 LIGHTGUIDE PLATE WITH LIGHTING GRADIENT FAROKHROOZ, FATIMA N 2875 §103 Final Rejection Pending Aug 29, 2024
18840607 HYBRID UV-WHITE LIGHT SOURCE CHORBAJI, MONZER R §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 22, 2024
18836422 A CONTROLLER FOR RECONFIGURING A RADIOFREQUENCY-BASED SENSING SYSTEM A METHOD THEREOF LI, NING §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 07, 2024
18833957 UV-B LIGHT GENERATING SYSTEM WANG, JING §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 29, 2024
18833962 DIMMING CONTROL SYSTEM FOR A LIGHT EMITTING ARRANGEMENT KAISER, SYED M 2831 §102§103 Final Rejection 85d Pending Jul 29, 2024
18730469 A METHOD OF AND A SYSTEM FOR IDENTIFYING ASSOCIATION OF A BACKHAUL UNIT TO A NODE DEVICE CONNECTED TO THE BACKHAUL UNIT IN A NETWORK IBRAHIM, MOHAMED 2444 §101§103 Final Rejection Pending Jul 19, 2024
18727165 AQUACULTURE SYSTEM ALGHAILANI, SHADA MOHAMED 3643 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 08, 2024
18726863 WIRELESS TRANSMITTER DEVICE FOR MM-WAVE/THZ-BASED COMMUNICATION AND GAS-SENSING LEONARD, SAMUEL HAYDEN 2649 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 05, 2024
18726167 Cluster Linear Cup Optics DUNAY, CHRISTOPHER E 2875 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 02, 2024
18724666 LIQUID SUPPLY SYSTEM FOR A LIVESTOCK FARM SCHMID, BROOK VICTORIA 3642 §102§112 Non-Final OA 35d overdue Pending Jun 27, 2024
18708240 CONTENTION-BASED ACCESS FOR OPTICAL WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS KRETZER, CASEY L 2635 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 28d Pending May 08, 2024
18701960 AN OPTICAL WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM CORS, NATHAN M 2634 §112 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Apr 17, 2024
18691914 INDOOR POSITIONING ENABLED SYSTEMS AND METHODS MIRZA, ADNAN M 3667 §103 Final Rejection Pending Mar 14, 2024
18686839 IMPROVED REPLACEMENT SYSTEM FOR AN OPTICAL COMPONENT OF A LIGHTING DEVICE APENTENG, JESSICA MCMILLAN 2875 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 26, 2024
18579554 A HYBRID DISINFECTION LIGHTING DEVICE HENSEL, BRENDAN A 1758 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 16, 2024
18578944 AN IMPROVED METHOD FOR 3D PRINTING VAN SELL, NATHAN L 1783 §103 Non-Final OA 26d overdue Pending Jan 12, 2024
18578037 MICROBIOME MANAGEMENT IN AN ANIMAL RESIDENCE YOH, JULIUS FRANCIS §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 10, 2024
18577740 AN APPARATUS FOR CONFIGURING RADIOFREQUENCY SENSING MOORE, WHITNEY 3646 §102 Final Rejection Pending Jan 09, 2024
18576839 INDOOR MICROBIOME MANAGEMENT BOWERS, NATHAN ANDREW DP Non-Final OA Pending Jan 05, 2024
18572268 IN-SITU AND REAL-TIME GENERATION AND ADMINISTRATION OF VIRAL VACCINES USING UV LIGHT INACTIVATION FOLEY, SHANON A §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 20, 2023
18565726 SIGNAL-EMISSION CONTROL DEVICE FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORK NEFF, MICHAEL R 2631 §101§112 Final Rejection 38d overdue Pending Nov 30, 2023
18565707 SIGNAL-EMISSION CONTROL DEVICE FOR AN RF-BASED ACTIVITY-SENSING ARRANGEMENT NEFF, MICHAEL R 2631 §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA 79d overdue Pending Nov 30, 2023
18565135 Control of laser sources VAN ROY, TOD THOMAS §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 29, 2023
18563435 A CONTROL DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING AN ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT-BASED DISINFECTION DEVICE SPAMER, DONALD R 1799 §112 Non-Final OA 11d overdue Pending Nov 22, 2023
18559091 DISINFECTING LIGHTING DEVICE WITH IMPROVED SAFETY AND LIGHTING PERCEPTION PILSBURY, BRADY CHARLES 1799 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Nov 06, 2023
18285885 LED FILAMENT ARRANGEMENT APENTENG, JESSICA MCMILLAN 2875 §103 Final Rejection Pending Oct 06, 2023
18285878 TRANSPARENT DISINFECTING LIGHTING DEVICE JOYNER, KEVIN 1799 §112 Non-Final OA 44d overdue Pending Oct 06, 2023
18284922 LIGHT EMITTING ELEMENT WITH INTEGRATED IONIZER YOO, REGINA M 1758 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 29, 2023
18282184 SHELF FOR UV-C DISINFECTION SPAMER, DONALD R 1799 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 24d overdue Pending Sep 14, 2023
18281268 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING LIGHT TO A CANNABIS PLANT CALLAWAY, SPENCER THOMAS 3642 §103 Non-Final OA 16d overdue Pending Sep 08, 2023
18279960 DYNAMIC DISINFECTING VIRTUAL ROOM DIVIDERS BY UV LIGHT JOYNER, KEVIN 1799 §103§112 Non-Final OA 25d overdue Pending Sep 01, 2023
18274003 DEVICE, NETWORK, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR CONFIGURING A DISTRIBUTED INTELLIGENCE NETWORK DOAN, DUYEN MY 2459 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 25, 2023
18272386 A CONTROLLER FOR CONFIGURING A LIGHTING SYSTEM AND A METHOD THEREOF YOON, ERIC 2118 §102§103 Final Rejection 30d overdue Pending Jul 14, 2023
18271075 DETECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING MOTION OF A SUBJECT LI, YONGHONG 3648 §103§112 Non-Final OA 41d Pending Jul 06, 2023
18271071 RF-BASED SENSING USING RSSI AND CSI CHOWDHURY, MAHBUBUL BAR 2475 §101§112 Final Rejection 85d overdue Pending Jul 06, 2023
18270049 SYSTEM FOR DISINFECTING A CLOSEABLE SPACE TALBERT, ERIC MICHAEL 1758 §103§112 Non-Final OA 46d overdue Pending Jun 28, 2023
18030118 LUMINAIRE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING WATER INGRESS INTO A LUMINAIRE NGUYEN, LAM S 2853 §103 Non-Final OA 29d Pending Apr 04, 2023
18027782 MAINS POWERED DEVICE WHICH REBROADCASTS A BEACON SIGNAL MULTIPLE TIMES WILLIAMS, TRACY L 2465 §103 Final Rejection 14d Pending Mar 22, 2023
18116350 TEMPLATE-BASED LIGHTING DESIGN WATHEN, BRIAN W 4100 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 02, 2023
18024063 CONTROL MODULE FOR CONTROLLING A RADIO FREQUENCY SENSING CADORNA, CHRISTOPHER PALACA 2444 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA 71d Pending Mar 01, 2023
18023045 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING AND TRACING INDIVIDUALS EXHIBITING SYMPTOMS OF INFECTIONS PATEL, JAY M §101 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 24, 2023
18022554 A SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING A CONDITION OF A SENSOR OF A LIGHTING DEVICE TALBERT, ERIC MICHAEL 1758 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Feb 22, 2023
18021573 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENFORCING CONTACT TRACING DHARITHREESAN, NIDHI §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 16, 2023
17985150 CONTROL DEVICE FOR PREDICTING A DATA POINT FROM A PREDICTOR AND A METHOD THEREOF GALVIN-SIEBENALER, PAUL MICHAEL 2147 §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 11, 2022
17919213 LUMINAIRE WITH TEXTURE PERFORATION MACHNESS, ARIELLA 1743 §103 Non-Final OA 18d overdue Pending Oct 14, 2022
17918128 NETWORK NODE FOR OPERATION UNDER NON-AVAILABILITY OF APPLICATION CONTROL HUB MAI, KEVIN S 2499 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 11, 2022
17915229 IMPROVED CONTINUOUS FLOW REACTOR FOR PHOTOCHEMICAL PROCESSES WITH CONCAVE-FACED SIDES LEE, JOHN 1794 §103§112 Non-Final OA 46d overdue Pending Sep 28, 2022
17912514 POLYGONAL FLOW REACTOR FOR PHOTOCHEMICAL PROCESSES DOWNES, NATHANAEL JASON §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 18, 2022
17908342 METHOD OF CONTROLLING A NODE FOR JOINING A WIRELESS NETWORK GRADINARIU, LUCIA GHEORGHE 2478 §103 Final Rejection 43d overdue Pending Aug 31, 2022
17908031 ESTIMATING A HARVESTING TIME FOR A PLANT SECTION BASED ON LIGHT MEASUREMENT INFORMATION SULTANA, DILARA 2858 §103 Non-Final OA 7d Pending Aug 30, 2022
17800726 SELECTION CRITERIA FOR PASSIVE SOUND SENSING IN A LIGHTING IOT NETWORK WALKER, CHRISTOPHER RICHARD 3645 §103 Final Rejection 88d overdue Pending Aug 18, 2022
17640565 DETERMINING AN ALTERNATIVE POSITION FOR A LIGHTING DEVICE FOR IMPROVING AN AUXILIARY FUNCTION CHANG, JOSEPH 2849 §101 Final Rejection 8d overdue Pending Mar 04, 2022
17628643 A MONITORING DEVICE FOR DETECTING PRESENCE IN A SPACE AND A METHOD THEREOF MAKHDOOM, SAMARINA 3648 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 20, 2022
17427695 MULTI-LAYER PCB STACK FOR COLOR MIXING CRITE, ANTONIO B 2817 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Aug 02, 2021
16635766 WAKE UP LIGHT OPTIMIZATION FOR PLANT GROWTH PETERSON, ALANNA KAY 3642 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 31, 2020

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