Trina Solar Co., Ltd.

Portfolio Summary

28

Total Pending OAs

14

Non-Final OAs

8

Final Rejections

6

Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 28 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

15

Overdue

1

Due this week

7

Due this month

3

Due in next 60 days

2

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. 28 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

Overdue (15)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (7)Due ≤ 60 days (3)Due later (2)

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%)

22

Medium (79%)

3

Easy (11%)

3

Unknown (11%)

Rejection Statute Mix

Bucket	Cases
§103 only	19 (68%)
§102 only	2 (7%)
§112 only	3 (11%)
Double-patenting + other	1 (4%)
No statute on record	3 (11%)

Industry Mix

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

23

Life Sciences

82% of docket

1

Information Tech

4% of docket

0

Communications

0% of docket

2

Semiconductors

7% of docket

2

Mechanical / Eng

7% 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.

280 h

Manual time on pending OAs

56 h

Time saved (low, 20%)

98 h

Time saved (mid, 35%)

2.5 wks

FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

Examiner	Apps on this docket	Allow rate	Interview lift
DAM, DUSTIN Q	3	21.6%	+25.0%
WHITE, SADIE	3	48.7%	+32.7%
GOLDEN, ANDREW J	3	42.1%	+39.0%
MOWLA, GOLAM	2	61.3%	+28.9%
AYAD, TAMIR	2	42.0%	+48.8%
CHERN, CHRISTINA	2	38.5%	+41.4%
MALLEY JR., DANIEL PATRICK	2	56.8%	+46.3%
MERSHON, JAYNE L	1	66.4%	+18.7%
BUCK, LINDSEY A	1	49.1%	+34.2%
GARFT, CHRISTOPHER	1	58.9%	+22.9%

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 #	Title	Examiner	Due in
18873621	PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM AND FLEXIBLE BRACKET THEREOF	DAM, DUSTIN Q	42d overdue
18895798	SOLAR CELL AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR	DAM, DUSTIN Q	28d
18918682	SOLAR CELL AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR	DAM, DUSTIN Q	83d

Interview Candidates (20)

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
18208440	SOLAR CELL AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF	GOLDEN, ANDREW J	89d overdue
18604571	SOLAR CELL PIECE, CELL STRING AND PREPARATION THEREFOR	WHITE, SADIE	71d overdue
18837266	LAMINATED SOLAR CELL AND APPLICATION THEREOF	GOLDEN, ANDREW J	70d overdue
18543403	PROFILE COMPONENT, PROFILE, PROFILE REINFORCEMENT, PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULE FRAME AND PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM	WHITE, SADIE	50d overdue
18873621	PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM AND FLEXIBLE BRACKET THEREOF	DAM, DUSTIN Q	42d 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

Top Art Units

Art Unit	Apps
1721	10
1726	9
1722	2
1728	1
3632	1
3635	1
1759	1
2817	1
2898	1
2115	1

Pending Office Actions

App #	Title	Examiner	Art Unit	Statutes	Status	Due in	AI	Filed
19075895	SOLAR CELL	MOWLA, GOLAM	1721	DPOther	Final Rejection	75d	Pending	Mar 11, 2025
19009203	SOLAR CELL	MERSHON, JAYNE L	1721	Other	Non-Final OA	56d	Pending	Jan 03, 2025
18873621	PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM AND FLEXIBLE BRACKET THEREOF	DAM, DUSTIN Q	1721	§103	Non-Final OA	42d overdue	Pending	Dec 10, 2024
18958392	SOLAR CELL MODULE	BUCK, LINDSEY A	1728	Other	Non-Final OA	27d	Pending	Nov 25, 2024
18929708	QUICK INSTALLATION PRESSING BLOCK	GARFT, CHRISTOPHER	3632	§103	Non-Final OA	29d	Pending	Oct 29, 2024
18925822	SOLAR CELL, PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF, AND PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULE	AYAD, TAMIR	1726	§103	Final Rejection	16d	Pending	Oct 24, 2024
18922923	SOLAR CELL AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME	CHERN, CHRISTINA	1722	Other	Final Rejection	22d overdue	Pending	Oct 22, 2024
18918682	SOLAR CELL AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR	DAM, DUSTIN Q	1721	§103	Non-Final OA	83d	Pending	Oct 17, 2024
18895798	SOLAR CELL AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR	DAM, DUSTIN Q	1721	§103	Non-Final OA	28d	Pending	Sep 25, 2024
18817582	SOLAR CELL	WHITE, SADIE	1721	§112	Final Rejection	60d	Pending	Aug 28, 2024
18837266	LAMINATED SOLAR CELL AND APPLICATION THEREOF	GOLDEN, ANDREW J	1726	§103	Final Rejection	70d overdue	Pending	Aug 09, 2024
18782343	SOLAR CELL, SLICED CELL AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULE, AND PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM	MOWLA, GOLAM	1721	§102	Non-Final OA	4d overdue	Pending	Jul 24, 2024
18767403	SOLAR CELL, PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULE, AND PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM	AYAD, TAMIR	1726	§103	Final Rejection	15d	Pending	Jul 09, 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
18678843	SOLAR CELL AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A SOLAR CELL	TRAN, UYEN M	1726	§103	Non-Final OA	54d	Pending	May 30, 2024
18644866	PHOTOVOLTAIC PROFILE, PHOTOVOLTAIC ROOF TILE MODULE AND PHOTOVOLTAIC ROOF INSTALLATION SYSTEM	TRIGGS, ANDREW J	3635	§103	Non-Final OA	51d overdue	Pending	Apr 24, 2024
18703501	Solar Cell Front Passivation Film Layer	CHERN, CHRISTINA	1722	§103	Non-Final OA	157d overdue	Pending	Apr 22, 2024
18604571	SOLAR CELL PIECE, CELL STRING AND PREPARATION THEREFOR	WHITE, SADIE	1721	§112	Non-Final OA	71d overdue	Pending	Mar 14, 2024
18685271	TEXTURE STRUCTURE OF SOLAR CELL AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR	MEKHLIN, ELI S	1759	§103	Final Rejection	16d overdue	Pending	Feb 21, 2024
18433763	BACK-CONTACT SOLAR CELL AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING BACK-CONTACT SOLAR CELL	GOLDEN, ANDREW J	1726	§103	Non-Final OA	4d overdue	Pending	Feb 06, 2024
18543403	PROFILE COMPONENT, PROFILE, PROFILE REINFORCEMENT, PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULE FRAME AND PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM	WHITE, SADIE	1721	§103	Non-Final OA	50d overdue	Pending	Dec 18, 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	§112	Non-Final OA	28d overdue	Pending	Nov 07, 2023
18289241	SELECTIVE PASSIVATED CONTACT CELL AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR	GREEN, TELLY D	2898	§103	Non-Final OA	46d overdue	Pending	Nov 02, 2023
18289046	TRACKING METHOD AND APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM	CAO, CHUN	2115	§102	Non-Final OA	22d	Pending	Oct 31, 2023
18287614	PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULE	MALLEY JR., DANIEL PATRICK	1726	§103	Non-Final OA	5d	Pending	Oct 19, 2023
18208440	SOLAR CELL AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF	GOLDEN, ANDREW J	1726	§103	Non-Final OA	89d overdue	Pending	Jun 12, 2023
17617641	METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING GRAPHIC COVER SUBSTRATE FOR SOLAR PANEL, SOLAR PANEL AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR	CARLSON, KOURTNEY SALZMAN	1721	§103	Non-Final OA	132d overdue	Pending	Dec 09, 2021