Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

TDK Taiwan Corp.

21 pending office actions • 3 art units • 16 examiners • 0 of 21 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 76 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

21
Total Pending OAs
13
Non-Final OAs
8
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 21 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

3
Overdue
1
Due this week
11
Due this month
3
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. 21 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (3)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (11)Due ≤ 60 days (3)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.

1
Hard (5%)
18
Medium (86%)
1
Easy (5%)
1
Unknown (5%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (5%)
§103 only12 (57%)
§102 only6 (29%)
§112 only1 (5%)
No statute on record1 (5%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
21
Semiconductors
100% 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.

210 h
Manual time on pending OAs
42 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
74 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.8 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
GAGNON, GRANT A 2 83.8% +7.4%
PICHLER, MARIN 2 63.6% +8.3%
SAHLE, MAHIDERE S 2 79.4% +12.9%
WASHINGTON, TAMARA Y 2 81.5% +7.9%
HO, WAI-GA DAVID 2 20.0% +100.0%
PHAN, MINH Q 1 75.8% -4.9%
CHANG, CHARLES S 1 78.2% +17.8%
JUNG, JONATHAN Y 1 72.1% +18.1%
JONES, JENNIFER ANN 1 68.1% +20.3%
MAHONEY, CHRISTOPHER E 1 83.0% +11.7%

Quick Wins (4)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18491088 OPTICAL ELEMENT DRIVING MECHANISM WASHINGTON, TAMARA Y 147d overdue
17740626 DRIVING MECHANISM GAGNON, GRANT A 26d
18593149 OPTICAL MODULE GAGNON, GRANT A 34d
18496829 OPTICAL ELEMENT DRIVING MECHANISM WASHINGTON, TAMARA Y 62d

Hard Cases (2)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18467236 OPTICAL ELEMENT DRIVING MECHANISM HO, WAI-GA DAVID 118d overdue
18462707 OPTICAL ELEMENT DRIVING MECHANISM HO, WAI-GA DAVID 14d

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
18467236 OPTICAL ELEMENT DRIVING MECHANISM HO, WAI-GA DAVID 118d overdue
18627999 OPTICAL ELEMENT DRIVING MECHANISM CHANG, CHARLES S 5d overdue
18436398 OPTICAL SYSTEM JUNG, JONATHAN Y 8d
18417378 DRIVING MECHANISM JONES, JENNIFER ANN 12d
18397721 OPTICAL ELEMENT DRIVING MECHANISM SAHLE, MAHIDERE S 13d
18462707 OPTICAL ELEMENT DRIVING MECHANISM HO, WAI-GA DAVID 14d
18414052 OPTICAL ELEMENT DRIVING MECHANISM MAHONEY, CHRISTOPHER E 22d
18400670 OPTICAL MEMBER DRIVING MECHANISM SAHLE, MAHIDERE S 34d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2872 16
2871 3
2852 2

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18764566 DRIVING MECHANISM PHAN, MINH Q 2852 §103 Non-Final OA 15d Pending Jul 05, 2024
18627999 OPTICAL ELEMENT DRIVING MECHANISM CHANG, CHARLES S 2871 §102 Non-Final OA 5d overdue Pending Apr 05, 2024
18593149 OPTICAL MODULE GAGNON, GRANT A 2872 §102 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Mar 01, 2024
18436398 OPTICAL SYSTEM JUNG, JONATHAN Y 2871 §103 Non-Final OA 8d Pending Feb 08, 2024
18430014 OPTICAL ELEMENT DRIVING MECHANISM PICHLER, MARIN 2872 §102 Final Rejection 8d Pending Feb 01, 2024
18417378 DRIVING MECHANISM JONES, JENNIFER ANN 2872 §103 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Jan 19, 2024
18414052 OPTICAL ELEMENT DRIVING MECHANISM MAHONEY, CHRISTOPHER E 2852 Other Non-Final OA 22d Pending Jan 16, 2024
18400670 OPTICAL MEMBER DRIVING MECHANISM SAHLE, MAHIDERE S 2872 §103 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Dec 29, 2023
18400877 OPTICAL COMPONENT DUONG, HENRY ABRAHAM 2872 §102 Non-Final OA 83d Pending Dec 29, 2023
18397721 OPTICAL ELEMENT DRIVING MECHANISM SAHLE, MAHIDERE S 2872 §102 Final Rejection 13d Pending Dec 27, 2023
18504488 DRIVING MECHANISM EDENFIELD, KUEI-JEN L 2872 §103 Final Rejection 43d Pending Nov 08, 2023
18496829 OPTICAL ELEMENT DRIVING MECHANISM WASHINGTON, TAMARA Y 2872 §112 Final Rejection 62d Pending Oct 27, 2023
18491088 OPTICAL ELEMENT DRIVING MECHANISM WASHINGTON, TAMARA Y 2872 §103 Final Rejection 147d overdue Pending Oct 20, 2023
18467236 OPTICAL ELEMENT DRIVING MECHANISM HO, WAI-GA DAVID 2872 §103 Final Rejection 118d overdue Pending Sep 14, 2023
18462707 OPTICAL ELEMENT DRIVING MECHANISM HO, WAI-GA DAVID 2872 §101 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Sep 07, 2023
18452094 OPTICAL SYSTEM CHAPEL, DEREK S 2872 §102 Non-Final OA 7d Pending Aug 18, 2023
18319646 OPTICAL SYSTEM QURESHI, MARIAM 2871 §103 Non-Final OA 15d Pending May 18, 2023
18190702 OPTICAL ELEMENT DRIVING MECHANISM NGUYEN, THONG Q 2872 §103 Final Rejection 23d Pending Mar 27, 2023
18088995 OPTICAL MODULE AND VEHICLE PICHLER, MARIN 2872 §103 Non-Final OA 61d Pending Dec 27, 2022
18088103 METHOD FOR CONTROLLING OPTICAL ELEMENT DRIVING MECHANISM HALL, ELIZABETH MARY CAMPBEL 2872 §103 Non-Final OA 15d Pending Dec 23, 2022
17740626 DRIVING MECHANISM GAGNON, GRANT A 2872 §103 Final Rejection 26d Pending May 10, 2022

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