Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 12, 2026

Tes Co. Ltd.

9 pending office actions • 5 art units • 9 examiners • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 11 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

9
Total Pending OAs
4
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

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.

4
Hard (44%)
5
Medium (56%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only4 (44%)
§102 only1 (11%)
Multi-statute (no §101)4 (44%)

Industry Mix

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

6
Life Sciences
67% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
3
Business / Other
33% 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.

90 h
Manual time on pending OAs
18 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
31 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.8 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
WEDDLE, ALEXANDER MARION 1 63.4% +26.2%
CHEN, KEATH T 1 30.2% +24.6%
CARRILLO, BIBI SHARIDAN 1 62.1% -16.2%
LAW, NGA LEUNG V 1 56.5% +20.9%
MOORE, KARLA A 1 43.1% +14.1%
THOMAS, BINU 1 72.6% +26.7%
ALEJANDRO MULERO, LUZ L 1 47.4% +39.8%
BERMAN, JASON 1 63.7% +21.6%
GAMBETTA, KELLY M 1 71.9% +33.0%

Hard Cases (4)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18815854 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS CHEN, KEATH T
18608937 GAS BAFFLE AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS MOORE, KARLA A
18283811 METAL ORGANIC CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION DEVICE ALEJANDRO MULERO, LUZ L
18227277 SHOWERHEAD ASSEMBLY AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS BERMAN, JASON

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
19002207 METHOD FOR FORMING HYDROGEN-CONTAINING CARBON FILM USING PECVD WEDDLE, ALEXANDER MARION
18815854 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS CHEN, KEATH T
18641406 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD LAW, NGA LEUNG V
18608937 GAS BAFFLE AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS MOORE, KARLA A
18600750 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND GAS SUPPLY METHOD THEREOF THOMAS, BINU
18283811 METAL ORGANIC CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION DEVICE ALEJANDRO MULERO, LUZ L
18227277 SHOWERHEAD ASSEMBLY AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS BERMAN, JASON
18127505 MASK PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS GAMBETTA, KELLY M

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1716 2
1712 1
1711 1
1794 1
1718 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19002207 METHOD FOR FORMING HYDROGEN-CONTAINING CARBON FILM USING PECVD WEDDLE, ALEXANDER MARION 1712 §103 Final Rejection Pending Dec 26, 2024
18815854 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS CHEN, KEATH T 1716 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Aug 27, 2024
18747466 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD CARRILLO, BIBI SHARIDAN 1711 §102 Non-Final OA 15d overdue Pending Jun 19, 2024
18641406 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD LAW, NGA LEUNG V §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 21, 2024
18608937 GAS BAFFLE AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS MOORE, KARLA A §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 19, 2024
18600750 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND GAS SUPPLY METHOD THEREOF THOMAS, BINU §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 10, 2024
18283811 METAL ORGANIC CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION DEVICE ALEJANDRO MULERO, LUZ L 1716 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 24, 2023
18227277 SHOWERHEAD ASSEMBLY AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS BERMAN, JASON 1794 §102§112 Final Rejection Pending Jul 27, 2023
18127505 MASK PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS GAMBETTA, KELLY M 1718 §103 Final Rejection Pending Mar 28, 2023

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