Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Tongwei Solar (Chengdu) Co., Ltd.

6 pending office actions • 3 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

6
Total Pending OAs
4
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 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
1
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.

3
Hard (50%)
3
Medium (50%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only3 (50%)
Multi-statute (no §101)3 (50%)

Industry Mix

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

4
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
2
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.

60 h
Manual time on pending OAs
12 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
21 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
CANNON, RYAN SMITH 1 55.3% +36.9%
AYAD, TAMIR 1 42.1% +48.5%
BUCK, LINDSEY A 1 49.2% +34.4%
GONZALEZ RAMOS, MAYLA 1 54.3% +13.8%
MUSE, ISMAIL A 1 86.7% +7.9%
JEFFERSON, QUOVAUNDA 1 79.2% +8.6%

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
18725488 PREPARATION METHOD FOR SOLAR CELL AND SOLAR CELL MUSE, ISMAIL A

Hard Cases (3)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19067075 PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF CANNON, RYAN SMITH 4d overdue
18933597 METAL-SEMICONDUCTOR CONTACT STRUCTURE AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR, SOLAR CELL AND PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULE BUCK, LINDSEY A 33d
18725185 SOLAR CELL AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR JEFFERSON, QUOVAUNDA

Interview Candidates (4)

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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19067075 PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF CANNON, RYAN SMITH 4d overdue
18933597 METAL-SEMICONDUCTOR CONTACT STRUCTURE AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR, SOLAR CELL AND PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULE BUCK, LINDSEY A 33d
19027298 METAL-SEMICONDUCTOR CONTACT STRUCTURE, SOLAR CELL AND PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULE AYAD, TAMIR
18852924 SOLAR CELL AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR GONZALEZ RAMOS, MAYLA

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1726 2
1728 1
1721 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19067075 PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF CANNON, RYAN SMITH 1726 §102§103 Final Rejection 4d overdue Pending Feb 28, 2025
19027298 METAL-SEMICONDUCTOR CONTACT STRUCTURE, SOLAR CELL AND PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULE AYAD, TAMIR 1726 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 17, 2025
18933597 METAL-SEMICONDUCTOR CONTACT STRUCTURE AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR, SOLAR CELL AND PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULE BUCK, LINDSEY A 1728 §102§103 Non-Final OA 33d Pending Oct 31, 2024
18852924 SOLAR CELL AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR GONZALEZ RAMOS, MAYLA 1721 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 30, 2024
18725488 PREPARATION METHOD FOR SOLAR CELL AND SOLAR CELL MUSE, ISMAIL A §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 28, 2024
18725185 SOLAR CELL AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR JEFFERSON, QUOVAUNDA §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 28, 2024

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