Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

TCL China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co. Ltd.

22 pending office actions • 13 art units • 22 examiners • 0 of 22 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 164 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

22
Total Pending OAs
11
Non-Final OAs
10
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 22 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

8
Overdue
3
Due this week
7
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
3
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. 22 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (8)Due ≤ 7 days (3)Due ≤ 30 days (7)Due ≤ 60 days (1)Due later (3)

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.

0
Hard (0%)
20
Medium (91%)
1
Easy (5%)
1
Unknown (5%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only17 (77%)
§102 only3 (14%)
§112 only1 (5%)
No statute on record1 (5%)

Industry Mix

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

2
Life Sciences
9% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
3
Communications
14% of docket
17
Semiconductors
77% 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.

220 h
Manual time on pending OAs
44 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
77 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.9 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
SNYDER, ADAM J 1 69.6% +18.8%
GROSS, ALEXANDER P 1 58.6% +20.6%
JOSEPH, DENNIS P 1 48.6% +18.5%
WILLIAMS, JOSEPH L 1 82.5% +15.5%
HO, ANTHONY 1 90.8% +2.4%
HONG, RICHARD J 1 78.3% +4.4%
LIU, SHAN 1 72.0% +39.7%
RALEIGH, DONALD L 1 79.1% +13.9%
WARREN, MATTHEW E 1 87.5% +5.6%
MUSE, ISMAIL A 1 86.5% +8.0%

Quick Wins (3)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17289301 ARRAY SUBSTRATE, BACKLIGHT MODULE AND DISPLAY PANEL WARREN, MATTHEW E 6d
17623547 DOUBLE-SURFACE DISPLAY PANEL AND DOUBLE-SURFACE SPLICED DISPLAY SCREEN MUSE, ISMAIL A 27d
18558196 MANUFACTURING METHOD OF DISPLAY PANEL AND SPLICED DISPLAY PANEL HO, ANTHONY 84d

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
18569212 Polarizer, Method of Preparing Polarizer, and Display Panel WILLIAMS, JOSEPH L 50d overdue
18496913 DISPLAY PANEL, PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF AND DISPLAY DEVICE RALEIGH, DONALD L 5d
18571749 VOLTAGE COMPENSATION METHOD, DEVICE, TERMINAL DEVICE, AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM THEREOF JOSEPH, DENNIS P 9d
18384877 LIGHT DIFFUSION FILM, POLARIZER AND DISPLAY DEVICE LIU, SHAN 12d
17793402 FOLDABLE DISPLAY DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS SNYDER, ADAM J 15d
17294700 VIEWING ANGLE DIFFUSION FILM AND DISPLAY PANEL GROSS, ALEXANDER P 71d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2817 4
2871 3
2623 2
2875 2
2812 2
2892 2
2621 1
2815 1
1717 1
1763 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
17793402 FOLDABLE DISPLAY DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS SNYDER, ADAM J 2623 §103 Final Rejection 15d Pending Dec 02, 2024
17294700 VIEWING ANGLE DIFFUSION FILM AND DISPLAY PANEL GROSS, ALEXANDER P 2871 §102 Final Rejection 71d Pending Dec 24, 2023
18571749 VOLTAGE COMPENSATION METHOD, DEVICE, TERMINAL DEVICE, AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM THEREOF JOSEPH, DENNIS P 2621 §103 Final Rejection 9d Pending Dec 19, 2023
18569212 Polarizer, Method of Preparing Polarizer, and Display Panel WILLIAMS, JOSEPH L 2875 Other Non-Final OA 50d overdue Pending Dec 11, 2023
18558196 MANUFACTURING METHOD OF DISPLAY PANEL AND SPLICED DISPLAY PANEL HO, ANTHONY 2817 §112 Non-Final OA 84d Pending Oct 31, 2023
18558172 DISPLAY SYSTEM HONG, RICHARD J 2623 §103 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Oct 30, 2023
18384877 LIGHT DIFFUSION FILM, POLARIZER AND DISPLAY DEVICE LIU, SHAN 2871 §103 Final Rejection 12d Pending Oct 29, 2023
18496913 DISPLAY PANEL, PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF AND DISPLAY DEVICE RALEIGH, DONALD L 2875 §103 Non-Final OA 5d Pending Oct 29, 2023
17289301 ARRAY SUBSTRATE, BACKLIGHT MODULE AND DISPLAY PANEL WARREN, MATTHEW E 2817 §103 Non-Final OA 6d Pending Oct 19, 2023
17623547 DOUBLE-SURFACE DISPLAY PANEL AND DOUBLE-SURFACE SPLICED DISPLAY SCREEN MUSE, ISMAIL A 2812 §103 Final Rejection 27d Pending Jun 22, 2023
18191701 ARRAY SUBSTRATE CUTLER, ETHAN EDWARD 2892 §103 Non-Final OA 10d overdue Pending Mar 28, 2023
17599745 ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME LEE, WOO KYUNG 2815 §103 Non-Final OA 26d Pending Feb 02, 2023
17992959 DISPLAY PANEL AND SPLICING PANEL KOLB, THADDEUS J 2817 §103 Non-Final OA 10d overdue Pending Nov 23, 2022
17897301 METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ELECTROCHROMIC DISPLAY PANEL AND ELECTROCHROMIC DISPLAY PANEL DAGENAIS, KRISTEN A 1717 §103 Non-Final OA 8d overdue Pending Aug 29, 2022
17822791 ELECTROCHROMIC DISPLAY DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF AHVAZI, BIJAN 1763 §103 Final Rejection 55d Pending Aug 28, 2022
17876608 DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY DEVICE BOULGHASSOUL, YOUNES 2814 §102 Non-Final OA 71d overdue Pending Jul 29, 2022
17795044 DISPLAY PANEL WITH A 3/4 WAVE PLATE DISPOSED ON A DISPLAY SIDE, AND DISPLAY SYSTEM WILSON, PAISLEY L 2871 §103 Final Rejection 11d overdue Pending Jul 25, 2022
17789567 DISPLAY PANEL, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, AND SPLICING DISPLAY DEVICE FAYETTE, NATHALIE RENEE 2812 §103 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Jun 28, 2022
17781138 LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE HAVING PHOTOLUMINESCENT LAYER ON LIGHT-EMITTING SIDE OF LIGHT-EMITTING STRUCTURE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF DYKES, LAURA M 2892 §103 Final Rejection 7d Pending May 31, 2022
17622827 DISPLAY PANEL AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF HSIEH, HSIN YI 2899 §103 Final Rejection 61d Pending Dec 26, 2021
17599532 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, AND DISPLAY PANEL ANDERSON, WILLIAM H 2817 §102 Final Rejection 21d Pending Sep 28, 2021
17598285 DISPLAY PANEL AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF NADAV, ORI 2811 §103 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Sep 26, 2021

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