Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

TDK Electronics AG

13 pending office actions • 7 art units • 13 examiners • 0 of 13 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 30 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

13
Total Pending OAs
13
Non-Final OAs
0
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.

6
Overdue
2
Due this week
2
Due this month
3
Due in next 60 days
0
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 (6)Due ≤ 7 days (2)Due ≤ 30 days (2)Due ≤ 60 days (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%)
11
Medium (85%)
2
Easy (15%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only10 (77%)
§102 only1 (8%)
§112 only2 (15%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
8% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
11
Semiconductors
85% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
8% 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
SINCLAIR, DAVID M 1 68.0% +20.4%
KENNEDY, TIMOTHY J 1 71.0% +17.4%
FERGUSON, DION 1 86.8% +8.2%
FITZPATRICK, JULIA GRACE 1 81.6% +4.1%
GIBSON, RANDY W 1 75.6% +22.2%
SOTO, JANICE M 1 68.9% +15.6%
JAGAN, MIRELLYS 1 82.9% +5.6%
NIX, NORA TAYLOR 1 88.6% +10.8%
ROJAS, BERNARD 1 82.9% +7.9%
MOVVA, AMAR 1 79.4% +15.1%

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
18556085 TEST ARRANGEMENT AND TEMPERATURE SENSOR JAGAN, MIRELLYS 112d overdue
18576343 METHOD OF MANUFACTURING NTC SENSORS FITZPATRICK, JULIA GRACE 72d overdue
18263768 STATUS DETECTION CIRCUIT AND REMOTELY OPERABLE SWITCH ROJAS, BERNARD 35d overdue
18554923 METALLIZED SEMICONDUCTOR DIE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD NIX, NORA TAYLOR 22d overdue
18832804 HYBRID POLYMER CAPACITOR FERGUSON, DION 12d

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
18570302 ASSEMBLY TO PROTECT A SENSING DEVICE SOTO, JANICE M 66d overdue
18572331 MEASUREMENT SET-UP AND MOUNTING GIBSON, RANDY W 22d overdue
18554923 METALLIZED SEMICONDUCTOR DIE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD NIX, NORA TAYLOR 22d overdue
18251516 Silicon Substrate with ESD Protection Element MOVVA, AMAR 6d
18838524 CAPACITOR, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THEREOF AND USE THEREOF SINCLAIR, DAVID M 12d
18795727 3D PRINTER FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING OF A MULTILAYER COMPONENT, PRINTING METHOD AND COMPONENT KENNEDY, TIMOTHY J 33d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2855 4
2837 3
2847 2
1743 1
2891 1
2898 1
3645 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18838524 CAPACITOR, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THEREOF AND USE THEREOF SINCLAIR, DAVID M 2847 §103 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Aug 14, 2024
18795727 3D PRINTER FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING OF A MULTILAYER COMPONENT, PRINTING METHOD AND COMPONENT KENNEDY, TIMOTHY J 1743 §112 Non-Final OA 33d Pending Aug 06, 2024
18832804 HYBRID POLYMER CAPACITOR FERGUSON, DION 2847 §103 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Jul 24, 2024
18576343 METHOD OF MANUFACTURING NTC SENSORS FITZPATRICK, JULIA GRACE 2855 §103 Non-Final OA 72d overdue Pending Jan 03, 2024
18572331 MEASUREMENT SET-UP AND MOUNTING GIBSON, RANDY W 2855 §103 Non-Final OA 22d overdue Pending Dec 20, 2023
18570302 ASSEMBLY TO PROTECT A SENSING DEVICE SOTO, JANICE M 2855 §103 Non-Final OA 66d overdue Pending Dec 14, 2023
18556085 TEST ARRANGEMENT AND TEMPERATURE SENSOR JAGAN, MIRELLYS 2855 §112 Non-Final OA 112d overdue Pending Oct 18, 2023
18554923 METALLIZED SEMICONDUCTOR DIE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD NIX, NORA TAYLOR 2891 §103 Non-Final OA 22d overdue Pending Oct 11, 2023
18263768 STATUS DETECTION CIRCUIT AND REMOTELY OPERABLE SWITCH ROJAS, BERNARD 2837 §102 Non-Final OA 35d overdue Pending Aug 01, 2023
18251516 Silicon Substrate with ESD Protection Element MOVVA, AMAR 2898 §103 Non-Final OA 6d Pending May 02, 2023
18248891 COMPACT COUPLED INDUCTOR CHAN, TSZFUNG JACKIE 2837 §103 Non-Final OA 47d Pending Apr 13, 2023
18071746 COMMON MODE CHOKE AND METHOD OF OPERATION BARNES, MALCOLM 2837 §103 Non-Final OA 47d Pending Nov 30, 2022
17616055 Ultrasonic Transducer and Method for Producing an Ultrasonic Transducer WALKER, CHRISTOPHER RICHARD 3645 §103 Non-Final OA 7d Pending Dec 02, 2021

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