Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
24 pending office actions • 6 art units • 17 examiners • 0 of 24 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 33 patents granted in the last 365 days
Trina Solar Co., Ltd. has 23 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These actions are concentrated in 6 distinct art units, suggesting a relatively focused technical scope for their solar technology applications. The 16 distinct examiners assigned to these cases indicate that some examiners are handling multiple applications within the portfolio, which may allow for more efficient prosecution through examiner-specific insights.
Tamir Ayad is the busiest examiner for Trina Solar, currently managing 3 pending office actions. This concentration allows the company to develop a more focused relationship with Tamir Ayad for those 3 cases. However, with 16 distinct examiners still involved across 6 distinct art units, the company must maintain a broad strategy for the 23 pending office actions to ensure that its solar energy innovations are consistently protected across all relevant technical fields.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 11 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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. 11 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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.
| Bucket | Cases |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 9 (38%) |
| §102 only | 1 (4%) |
| §112 only | 1 (4%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 2 (8%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 11 (46%) |
How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.
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.
| Examiner | Apps on this docket | Allow rate | Interview lift |
|---|---|---|---|
| AYAD, TAMIR | 3 | 42.3% | +47.9% |
| DAM, DUSTIN Q | 3 | 23.0% | +25.2% |
| CHERN, CHRISTINA | 2 | 39.1% | +41.3% |
| MALLEY JR., DANIEL PATRICK | 2 | 56.5% | +45.7% |
| TRAN, UYEN M | 2 | 31.2% | +39.2% |
| TRINH, THANH TRUC | 1 | 22.1% | +10.8% |
| WHITE, SADIE | 1 | 48.8% | +31.6% |
| MERSHON, JAYNE L | 1 | 66.5% | +18.8% |
| MOWLA, GOLAM | 1 | 62.0% | +28.1% |
| KANG, TAE-SIK | 1 | 58.2% | +27.8% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18289800 | EMITTER, SELECTIVE EMITTER CELL PREPARATION METHOD AND SELECTIVE EMITTER CELL | AHMED, MEHEK | 28d overdue |
| 18287614 | PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULE | MALLEY JR., DANIEL PATRICK | 5d |
| 18925822 | SOLAR CELL, PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF, AND PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULE | AYAD, TAMIR | 16d |
| 18895798 | SOLAR CELL AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR | DAM, DUSTIN Q | 28d |
| 18929708 | QUICK INSTALLATION PRESSING BLOCK | GARFT, CHRISTOPHER | 29d |
| 19305893 | SOLAR CELL MODULE COMPRISING PEROVSKITE SOLAR CELL AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF | TRINH, THANH TRUC | — |
| 19224099 | SOLAR CELL AND PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULE | WHITE, SADIE | — |
| 19093539 | BACK-CONTACT SOLAR CELL | DAM, DUSTIN Q | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18703501 | Solar Cell Front Passivation Film Layer | CHERN, CHRISTINA | 157d overdue |
| 18757693 | SOLAR CELL AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, PHOTOVOTAIC MODULE, AND PHOTOVOTAIC SYSTEM | MALLEY JR., DANIEL PATRICK | 32d overdue |
| 18922923 | SOLAR CELL AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME | CHERN, CHRISTINA | 22d overdue |
| 18287614 | PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULE | MALLEY JR., DANIEL PATRICK | 5d |
| 18925822 | SOLAR CELL, PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF, AND PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULE | AYAD, TAMIR | 16d |
| 18895798 | SOLAR CELL AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR | DAM, DUSTIN Q | 28d |
| 18678843 | SOLAR CELL AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A SOLAR CELL | TRAN, UYEN M | 54d |
| 19305893 | SOLAR CELL MODULE COMPRISING PEROVSKITE SOLAR CELL AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF | TRINH, THANH TRUC | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1726 | 10 |
| 1721 | 5 |
| 1728 | 2 |
| 1722 | 2 |
| 3632 | 1 |
| 2817 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19305893 | SOLAR CELL MODULE COMPRISING PEROVSKITE SOLAR CELL AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF | TRINH, THANH TRUC | 1726 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 21, 2025 |
| 19305093 | SOLAR CELL AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULE, AND PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM | AYAD, TAMIR | 1726 | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 20, 2025 |
| 19224099 | SOLAR CELL AND PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULE | WHITE, SADIE | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 30, 2025 |
| 19093539 | BACK-CONTACT SOLAR CELL | DAM, DUSTIN Q | 1721 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 28, 2025 |
| 19028774 | SOLAR CELL, PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULE, AND PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM | MERSHON, JAYNE L | 1721 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 18996127 | SOLAR CELL | MOWLA, GOLAM | 1721 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 18996262 | SOLAR CELL | KANG, TAE-SIK | 1728 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 18958392 | SOLAR CELL MODULE | BUCK, LINDSEY A | 1728 | §103Other | Final Rejection | 27d | Pending | Nov 25, 2024 |
| 18929708 | QUICK INSTALLATION PRESSING BLOCK | GARFT, CHRISTOPHER | 3632 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 29d | Pending | Oct 29, 2024 |
| 18925822 | SOLAR CELL, PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF, AND PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULE | AYAD, TAMIR | 1726 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 16d | Pending | Oct 24, 2024 |
| 18922923 | SOLAR CELL AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME | CHERN, CHRISTINA | 1722 | §103DP | Non-Final OA | 22d overdue | Pending | Oct 22, 2024 |
| 18895798 | SOLAR CELL AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR | DAM, DUSTIN Q | 1721 | §103 | Final Rejection | 28d | Pending | Sep 25, 2024 |
| 18757693 | SOLAR CELL AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, PHOTOVOTAIC MODULE, AND PHOTOVOTAIC SYSTEM | MALLEY JR., DANIEL PATRICK | 1726 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 32d overdue | Pending | Jun 28, 2024 |
| 18743672 | TRANSFER PRINTING ASSEMBLY, SOLAR CELL, AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF | KONVES, ADRIANNA N | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 14, 2024 |
| 18678843 | SOLAR CELL AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A SOLAR CELL | TRAN, UYEN M | 1726 | §103 | Final Rejection | 54d | Pending | May 30, 2024 |
| 18703501 | Solar Cell Front Passivation Film Layer | CHERN, CHRISTINA | 1722 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 157d overdue | Pending | Apr 22, 2024 |
| 18591051 | SOLAR CELL AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A SOLAR CELL | AYAD, TAMIR | 1726 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 29, 2024 |
| 18292405 | ENERGY STORAGE UNIT AND ENERGY STORAGE BATTERY | JELSMA, JONATHAN G | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 26, 2024 |
| 18543307 | PHOTOVOLTAIC TILE AND SLOPED PHOTOVOLTAIC ROOF | CANNON, RYAN SMITH | 1726 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 18, 2023 |
| 18524791 | SOLAR CELL AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SOLAR CELL | TRAN, UYEN M | 1726 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 30, 2023 |
| 18510992 | HYBRID SOLAR BATTERY AND PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULE | DINH, BACH T | 1726 | §103 | Final Rejection | 20d | Pending | Nov 16, 2023 |
| 18289800 | EMITTER, SELECTIVE EMITTER CELL PREPARATION METHOD AND SELECTIVE EMITTER CELL | AHMED, MEHEK | 2817 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 28d overdue | Pending | Nov 07, 2023 |
| 18498498 | BACK CONTACT SOLAR BATTERY AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF | DAM, DUSTIN Q | 1721 | §112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 31, 2023 |
| 18287614 | PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULE | MALLEY JR., DANIEL PATRICK | 1726 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 5d | Pending | Oct 19, 2023 |
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