Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 15, 2026

Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd.

23 pending office actions • 7 art units • 20 examiners • 0 of 23 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 60 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

23
Total Pending OAs
21
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

0
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

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.

9
Hard (39%)
11
Medium (48%)
2
Easy (9%)
1
Unknown (4%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only10 (43%)
§102 only1 (4%)
§112 only2 (9%)
Multi-statute (no §101)9 (39%)
No statute on record1 (4%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
4% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
5
Semiconductors
22% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
17
Business / Other
74% 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.

230 h
Manual time on pending OAs
46 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
80 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.0 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
THOMAS, ERIC W 3 82.4% -2.0%
MCFADDEN, MICHAEL P 2 86.3% +19.8%
OUTTEN, SAMUEL S 1 79.0% +20.2%
FERGUSON, DION 1 86.9% +8.3%
RAMASWAMY, ARUN 1 84.6% +12.4%
GREGORY, BERNARR E 1 90.5% +6.8%
EYASSU, MARRIT 1 73.5% +15.3%
HARRIS, MARY GRACE 1 68.7% +31.5%
SUN, MICHAEL Y 1 57.0% +27.1%
FISHER, BRITTANY I 1 84.3% +12.5%

Quick Wins (5)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18986134 MULTILAYER CERAMIC CAPACITOR, PACKAGE, AND CIRCUIT BOARD THOMAS, ERIC W
18984186 MULTILAYER CERAMIC ELECTRONIC COMPONENT AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, AND CIRCUIT BOARD THOMAS, ERIC W
18980501 CERAMIC ELECTRONIC COMPONENT INCLUDING MULTILAYER STRUCTURE WITH COVER LAYERS HAVING CERTAIN Sn CONCENTRATION RAMASWAMY, ARUN
18829815 HIGH FREQUENCY SYSTEM GREGORY, BERNARR E
18616920 CERAMIC ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE SAME MCFADDEN, MICHAEL P

Hard Cases (9)

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
19184771 ACOUSTIC WAVE DEVICE, FILTER, AND MULTIPLEXER OUTTEN, SAMUEL S
18985921 CERAMIC ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE SAME FERGUSON, DION
18984407 MULTILAYER CERAMIC CAPACITOR, PACKAGE, AND CIRCUIT BOARD THOMAS, ERIC W
18750375 ODOR MEASURING DEVICE EYASSU, MARRIT
18589291 DETECTION DEVICE FISHER, BRITTANY I
18580504 NEGATIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL AND ALL SOLID BATTERY HORNSBY, BARTHOLOMEW ANDREW
18507489 ALL SOLID BATTERY CLEVER, JAMES MORGAN GOODH
18497475 MAGNETIC BASE BODY, COIL COMPONENT INCLUDING THE MAGNETIC BASE BODY, CIRCUIT BOARD INCLUDING THE COIL COMPONENT, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING THE CIRCUIT BOARD GROOMS, NOA WILLIAM FRAN

Interview Candidates (8)

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
19184771 ACOUSTIC WAVE DEVICE, FILTER, AND MULTIPLEXER OUTTEN, SAMUEL S
18980501 CERAMIC ELECTRONIC COMPONENT INCLUDING MULTILAYER STRUCTURE WITH COVER LAYERS HAVING CERTAIN Sn CONCENTRATION RAMASWAMY, ARUN
18946468 MULTI-LAYER CERAMIC CAPACITOR MCFADDEN, MICHAEL P
18750375 ODOR MEASURING DEVICE EYASSU, MARRIT
18616920 CERAMIC ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE SAME MCFADDEN, MICHAEL P
18604883 ALL SOLID BATTERY HARRIS, MARY GRACE
18689283 ALL SOLID BATTERY AND EVALUATION METHOD OF THE SAME SUN, MICHAEL Y
18589291 DETECTION DEVICE FISHER, BRITTANY I

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2848 1
2800 1
2843 1
1713 1
4100 1
2872 1
2837 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19184771 ACOUSTIC WAVE DEVICE, FILTER, AND MULTIPLEXER OUTTEN, SAMUEL S §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 21, 2025
18985921 CERAMIC ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE SAME FERGUSON, DION §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 18, 2024
18986134 MULTILAYER CERAMIC CAPACITOR, PACKAGE, AND CIRCUIT BOARD THOMAS, ERIC W §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 18, 2024
18984186 MULTILAYER CERAMIC ELECTRONIC COMPONENT AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, AND CIRCUIT BOARD THOMAS, ERIC W §112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 17, 2024
18984407 MULTILAYER CERAMIC CAPACITOR, PACKAGE, AND CIRCUIT BOARD THOMAS, ERIC W §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 17, 2024
18980501 CERAMIC ELECTRONIC COMPONENT INCLUDING MULTILAYER STRUCTURE WITH COVER LAYERS HAVING CERTAIN Sn CONCENTRATION RAMASWAMY, ARUN §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 13, 2024
18946468 MULTI-LAYER CERAMIC CAPACITOR MCFADDEN, MICHAEL P Other Non-Final OA Pending Nov 13, 2024
18829815 HIGH FREQUENCY SYSTEM GREGORY, BERNARR E §112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 10, 2024
18750375 ODOR MEASURING DEVICE EYASSU, MARRIT §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 21, 2024
18616920 CERAMIC ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE SAME MCFADDEN, MICHAEL P 2848 §102 Final Rejection Pending Mar 26, 2024
18604883 ALL SOLID BATTERY HARRIS, MARY GRACE §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 14, 2024
18689283 ALL SOLID BATTERY AND EVALUATION METHOD OF THE SAME SUN, MICHAEL Y §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 05, 2024
18589291 DETECTION DEVICE FISHER, BRITTANY I §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 27, 2024
18685126 ALL SOLID BATTERY ROSENBAUM, AMANDA R §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 20, 2024
18423067 DIELECTRIC MATERIAL COMPRISING MAIN COMPONENT AND FIRST, SECOND, AND THIRD SUBCOMPONENTS AND MULTILAYER CERAMIC ELECTRONIC DEVICE COMPRISING SAME DOLE, TIMOTHY J 2800 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jan 25, 2024
18580504 NEGATIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL AND ALL SOLID BATTERY HORNSBY, BARTHOLOMEW ANDREW §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 18, 2024
18507489 ALL SOLID BATTERY CLEVER, JAMES MORGAN GOODH §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 13, 2023
18507700 ACOUSTIC WAVE DEVICE, FILTER, AND MULTIPLEXER TRA, ANH QUAN 2843 §103 Non-Final OA 56d Pending Nov 13, 2023
18497475 MAGNETIC BASE BODY, COIL COMPONENT INCLUDING THE MAGNETIC BASE BODY, CIRCUIT BOARD INCLUDING THE COIL COMPONENT, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING THE CIRCUIT BOARD GROOMS, NOA WILLIAM FRAN §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 30, 2023
18493354 ALL SOLID BATTERY SERVAGNO, SANTINO MICHALE 1713 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 24, 2023
18491413 ALL SOLID BATTERY, CIRCUIT SUBSTRATE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF ALL SOLID BATTERY HAMMOND, KRISHNA R 4100 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 20, 2023
18303497 COIL COMPONENT, CIRCUIT BOARD ARRANGEMENT, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING COIL COMPONENT SUN, PINPING 2872 §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 19, 2023
18171169 COIL COMPONENT, CIRCUIT BOARD ARRANGEMENT, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING COIL COMPONENT LIAN, MANG TIN BIK 2837 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 17, 2023

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