Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

TCL Zhonghuan Renewable Energy Technology Co. Ltd.

13 pending office actions • 6 art units • 9 examiners • 0 of 13 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 17 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

13
Total Pending OAs
7
Non-Final OAs
6
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 13 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

8
Overdue
0
Due this week
3
Due this month
0
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. 13 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (8)Due ≤ 30 days (3)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.

0
Hard (0%)
12
Medium (92%)
0
Easy (0%)
1
Unknown (8%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only11 (85%)
§102 only1 (8%)
No statute on record1 (8%)

Industry Mix

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

6
Life Sciences
46% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
7
Mechanical / Eng
54% 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.

130 h
Manual time on pending OAs
26 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
46 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
QI, HUA 3 55.4% +23.7%
ORTA, LAUREN GRACE 2 78.4% +26.0%
DION, MARCEL T 2 39.7% +35.6%
MEDDLING, AMARI JADAN 1 100.0% +0.0%
MELENDEZ, ARMAND 1 46.7% +42.7%
HOLIZNA, CALEB ANDREW 1 66.9% +36.8%
MACFARLANE, EVAN H 1 50.1% +42.7%
ZAWORSKI, JONATHAN R 1 55.5% +27.1%
POON, DANA LEE 1 53.6% +44.1%

Quick Wins (1)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18555525 THREE-SIDE CONVEYOR EQUIPMENT FOR SILICON WAFERS MEDDLING, AMARI JADAN 42d overdue

Interview Candidates (12)

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
18548082 APPARATUSES FOR SUPPLYING CLEANING LIQUID AND SILICON WAFER CLEANING MACHINES INCLUDING THE SAME ORTA, LAUREN GRACE 86d overdue
18548574 ALL-IN-ONE WAFER CLEANING MACHINE FOR MONOCRYSTALLINE SILICON PRODUCTION ORTA, LAUREN GRACE 71d overdue
18548089 CUTTING MONOCRYSTALLINE SILICON SQUARE ROD ZAWORSKI, JONATHAN R 46d overdue
18548524 WIRE NET MONITORING DEVICE AND MONITORING SYSTEM PROVIDED WITH MONITORING DEVICE DION, MARCEL T 42d overdue
18007480 LARGE-SIZE SINGLE CRYSTAL CUTTING DEVICE AND METHOD OF THE SAME DION, MARCEL T 42d overdue
18555444 SILICON POWDER FORMING METHOD, SILICON BLOCK AND USE THEREOF MELENDEZ, ARMAND 31d overdue
18548099 RESIDUE SCRAPER POON, DANA LEE 17d overdue
18553509 SUPPORTING ROD FOR SINGLE CRYSTAL FURNACE AND SINGLE CRYSTAL FURNACE QI, HUA 9d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3723 5
1714 3
1711 2
3651 1
1759 1
3724 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18555525 THREE-SIDE CONVEYOR EQUIPMENT FOR SILICON WAFERS MEDDLING, AMARI JADAN 3651 §103 Non-Final OA 42d overdue Pending Oct 15, 2023
18555444 SILICON POWDER FORMING METHOD, SILICON BLOCK AND USE THEREOF MELENDEZ, ARMAND 1759 §103 Final Rejection 31d overdue Pending Oct 13, 2023
18555472 SILICON POWDER MOLDING METHOD, SILICON BLOCK, AND APPLICATION QI, HUA 1714 Other Final Rejection 22d Pending Oct 13, 2023
18553509 SUPPORTING ROD FOR SINGLE CRYSTAL FURNACE AND SINGLE CRYSTAL FURNACE QI, HUA 1714 §103 Non-Final OA 9d Pending Sep 29, 2023
18553526 SILICON WAFER TRANSFER AUXILIARY DEVICE AND SLICING MACHINE USING SILICON WAFER TRANSFER AUXILIARY DEVICE HOLIZNA, CALEB ANDREW 3723 §103 Non-Final OA 9d Pending Sep 29, 2023
18548574 ALL-IN-ONE WAFER CLEANING MACHINE FOR MONOCRYSTALLINE SILICON PRODUCTION ORTA, LAUREN GRACE 1711 §103 Final Rejection 71d overdue Pending Sep 01, 2023
18548576 PROCESSING METHOD AND PROCESSING SYSTEM FOR WIRE MESH ABNORMALITY AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE MACFARLANE, EVAN H 3724 §103 Non-Final OA 84d Pending Sep 01, 2023
18548524 WIRE NET MONITORING DEVICE AND MONITORING SYSTEM PROVIDED WITH MONITORING DEVICE DION, MARCEL T 3723 §103 Non-Final OA 42d overdue Pending Aug 31, 2023
18548089 CUTTING MONOCRYSTALLINE SILICON SQUARE ROD ZAWORSKI, JONATHAN R 3723 §103 Non-Final OA 46d overdue Pending Aug 27, 2023
18548099 RESIDUE SCRAPER POON, DANA LEE 3723 §103 Non-Final OA 17d overdue Pending Aug 27, 2023
18548082 APPARATUSES FOR SUPPLYING CLEANING LIQUID AND SILICON WAFER CLEANING MACHINES INCLUDING THE SAME ORTA, LAUREN GRACE 1711 §103 Final Rejection 86d overdue Pending Aug 26, 2023
18548078 FLOW GUIDE CYLINDER LIFTING ASSEMBLY AND SUSPENDED FLOW GUIDE CYLINDER CONTAINING SAME QI, HUA 1714 §102 Final Rejection 62d Pending Aug 26, 2023
18007480 LARGE-SIZE SINGLE CRYSTAL CUTTING DEVICE AND METHOD OF THE SAME DION, MARCEL T 3723 §103 Final Rejection 42d overdue Pending Jan 31, 2023

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