Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 16, 2026

TCL Technology Group Corporation

33 pending office actions • 16 art units • 30 examiners • 0 of 33 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 134 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

33
Total Pending OAs
22
Non-Final OAs
9
Final Rejections
2
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 12 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
Overdue
1
Due this week
5
Due this month
2
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. 12 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (5)Due ≤ 60 days (2)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.

14
Hard (42%)
15
Medium (45%)
4
Easy (12%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only11 (33%)
§102 only4 (12%)
§112 only2 (6%)
Double-patenting only2 (6%)
Multi-statute (no §101)14 (42%)

Industry Mix

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

5
Life Sciences
15% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
3
Communications
9% of docket
17
Semiconductors
52% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
8
Business / Other
24% 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.

330 h
Manual time on pending OAs
66 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
115 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.9 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
HON, SOW FUN 2 57.7% +64.6%
LIU, SHAN 2 72.4% +39.0%
KIM, RICHARD H 2 81.8% +5.1%
NGUYEN, DUNG T 1 82.1% +0.8%
CHUNG, DAVID Y 1 69.8% +8.1%
NGUYEN, KHIEM D 1 85.8% +12.5%
ARROYO, TERESA M 1 71.9% +23.2%
LEBENTRITT, MICHAEL 1 92.2% +6.3%
AZARI, SEPEHR 1 67.1% +8.6%
HAIDER, WASIUL 1 92.0% +6.5%

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
18963474 DISPLAY SUBSTRATE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL NGUYEN, DUNG T
18945764 DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY DEVICE KIM, RICHARD H
18900809 SPLICED DISPLAY DEVICE KIM, RICHARD H
17435045 SUBSTRATE AND DISPLAY PANEL NGUYEN, KHIEM D
17292462 ARRAY SUBSTRATE AND DISPLAY DEVICE LEBENTRITT, MICHAEL

Hard Cases (14)

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
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
17599532 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, AND DISPLAY PANEL ANDERSON, WILLIAM H 21d
17599745 ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME LEE, WOO KYUNG 26d
18569225 Display Panel YAP, DOUGLAS ANTHONY 55d
18558196 MANUFACTURING METHOD OF DISPLAY PANEL AND SPLICED DISPLAY PANEL HO, ANTHONY 84d
19055436 OPTICAL FILM, POLARIZER AND DISPLAY DEVICE HON, SOW FUN
17597935 LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE LIU, SHAN

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
18384877 LIGHT DIFFUSION FILM, POLARIZER AND DISPLAY DEVICE LIU, SHAN 12d
19055436 OPTICAL FILM, POLARIZER AND DISPLAY DEVICE HON, SOW FUN
17597935 LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE LIU, SHAN
17435045 SUBSTRATE AND DISPLAY PANEL NGUYEN, KHIEM D
17296229 DRIVER SUBSTRATE, DISPLAY MODULE AND DISPLAY DEVICE ARROYO, TERESA M
18548512 POLARIZER, PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF, AND DISPLAY PANEL HON, SOW FUN

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1782 3
2899 3
2871 3
2621 2
2817 2
2815 2
2812 1
2818 1
2898 1
2814 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19055436 OPTICAL FILM, POLARIZER AND DISPLAY DEVICE HON, SOW FUN 1782 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 17, 2025
18963474 DISPLAY SUBSTRATE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL NGUYEN, DUNG T §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 27, 2024
17597935 LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE LIU, SHAN §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 20, 2024
18945764 DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY DEVICE KIM, RICHARD H §102Other Non-Final OA Pending Nov 13, 2024
18933921 TOTAL REFLECTION DISPLAY PANEL CHUNG, DAVID Y DP Non-Final OA Pending Oct 31, 2024
18900809 SPLICED DISPLAY DEVICE KIM, RICHARD H DP Non-Final OA Pending Sep 29, 2024
17435045 SUBSTRATE AND DISPLAY PANEL NGUYEN, KHIEM D §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 13, 2024
17296229 DRIVER SUBSTRATE, DISPLAY MODULE AND DISPLAY DEVICE ARROYO, TERESA M §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending May 28, 2024
17292462 ARRAY SUBSTRATE AND DISPLAY DEVICE LEBENTRITT, MICHAEL §102 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 30, 2024
18617151 METHOD FOR DRIVING DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY DEVICE AZARI, SEPEHR 2621 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 26, 2024
18399492 DRIVING SUBSTRATE, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF AND DISPLAY PANEL HAIDER, WASIUL 2812 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 28, 2023
17622246 DISPLAY SCREEN, DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING DISPLAY SCREEN CUDA, BRENNEN STUART 2818 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 20, 2023
18571749 VOLTAGE COMPENSATION METHOD, DEVICE, TERMINAL DEVICE, AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM THEREOF JOSEPH, DENNIS P 2621 §102§103 Final Rejection 9d Pending Dec 19, 2023
18569225 Display Panel YAP, DOUGLAS ANTHONY 2899 §103§112 Final Rejection 55d Pending Dec 12, 2023
18523947 ARRAY SUBSTRATE, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR AND DISPLAY PANEL RODRIGUEZ VILLANU, SANDRA MILENA 2898 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 30, 2023
17423018 TRANSPARENT DISPLAY PANEL PRENTY, MARK V 2814 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 01, 2023
18558196 MANUFACTURING METHOD OF DISPLAY PANEL AND SPLICED DISPLAY PANEL HO, ANTHONY 2817 §103§112 Non-Final OA 84d Pending Oct 31, 2023
18384877 LIGHT DIFFUSION FILM, POLARIZER AND DISPLAY DEVICE LIU, SHAN 2871 §102§103 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Oct 29, 2023
18548512 POLARIZER, PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF, AND DISPLAY PANEL HON, SOW FUN 1782 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 31, 2023
18279402 POLARIZER AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE ZHANG, RUIYUN 1782 §112 Final Rejection Pending Aug 30, 2023
17599745 ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME LEE, WOO KYUNG 2815 §103§112 Final Rejection 26d Pending Feb 02, 2023
17419854 BACKLIGHT MODULE AND DISPLAY DEVICE ERDEM, FAZLI 2800 §102§103§112 Final Rejection Pending Oct 27, 2022
17897301 METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ELECTROCHROMIC DISPLAY PANEL AND ELECTROCHROMIC DISPLAY PANEL DAGENAIS, KRISTEN A 1717 §103 Final Rejection 8d overdue Pending Aug 29, 2022
17822791 ELECTROCHROMIC DISPLAY DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF AHVAZI, BIJAN 1763 §103 Non-Final OA 55d Pending Aug 28, 2022
17759857 DISPLAY PANEL WITH NARROW BEZELS NGUYEN, LAUREN 2871 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 30, 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
17814519 TFT DEVICE ANGUIANO, MICHAEL 2899 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 24, 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
17621764 SPLICING SCREEN, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, AND DISPLAY DEVICE DIAZ, JOSE R 2815 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 22, 2021
17599532 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, AND DISPLAY PANEL ANDERSON, WILLIAM H 2817 §102§103 Non-Final OA 21d Pending Sep 28, 2021
17598285 DISPLAY PANEL AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF NADAV, ORI 2811 §103 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Sep 26, 2021
17433983 DRIVING METHOD FOR MINI LED BACKLIGHT MODULE, DRIVING CIRCUIT AND DISPLAY DEVICE ENGLISH, ALECIA DIANE 2625 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 25, 2021

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