Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Communications • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
19 pending office actions • 10 art units • 18 examiners • 0 of 19 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 65 patents granted in the last 365 days
Wuhan Tianma Micro-Electronics Co., Ltd. has 18 pending office actions concentrated in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. The prosecution of these applications is spread across 10 distinct art units, which reflects a diverse range of technical sub-specialties within the semiconductor field. With 17 distinct examiners assigned to these cases, the company faces a decentralized examination process where many applications are reviewed by different officials.
AMEN W BOGALE serves as the busiest examiner for this portfolio, currently overseeing 2 pending office actions. This represents a rare instance of examiner overlap, as the majority of the 18 pending actions are each assigned to different examiners among the 17 distinct examiners. Such a wide distribution across 10 distinct art units requires a strategy that accounts for the specific tendencies of many different individuals rather than a centralized negotiation with a small group of USPTO staff.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 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. 3 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 | 3 (16%) |
| §102 only | 5 (26%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (5%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 9 (47%) |
| No statute on record | 1 (5%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOGALE, AMEN W | 2 | 75.0% | +4.3% |
| MERCEDES, DISMERY E | 1 | 77.2% | +10.4% |
| WATKO, JULIE ANNE | 1 | 75.2% | +12.3% |
| AUGUSTIN, CHRISTOPHER L | 1 | 78.1% | +14.1% |
| ELNAFIA, SAIFELDIN E | 1 | 58.2% | +27.2% |
| DIAZ, JOSE R | 1 | 87.0% | +7.9% |
| SHEN, PEIJIE | 1 | 79.3% | +17.6% |
| TRAN, DZUNG | 1 | 83.6% | +5.7% |
| ALMEIDA, CORY A | 1 | 67.4% | +22.4% |
| DINKE, BITEW A | 1 | 72.9% | +12.4% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18615263 | DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY DEVICE | DIAZ, JOSE R | — |
| 17813990 | DISPLAY PANEL, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND DISPLAY APPARATUS | TRAN, DZUNG | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18091046 | DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY DEVICE | ASHBAHIAN, ERIC K | 3d overdue |
| 19325484 | DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY APPARATUS | MERCEDES, DISMERY E | — |
| 19203696 | DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY DEVICE | WATKO, JULIE ANNE | — |
| 19169032 | FLEXIBLE DISPLAY PANEL SUPPORT APPARATUS AND DISPLAY APPARATUS | AUGUSTIN, CHRISTOPHER L | — |
| 18676228 | DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY DEVICE | LE, THAO P | — |
| 18690799 | DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY DEVICE | QUINTO, KEVIN V | — |
| 18453780 | DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY DEVICE | SHEKER, RHYS PONIENTE | — |
| 18235639 | DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY DEVICE | RAMOS-DIAZ, FERNANDO JOSE | — |
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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19325484 | DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY APPARATUS | MERCEDES, DISMERY E | — |
| 19203696 | DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY DEVICE | WATKO, JULIE ANNE | — |
| 19169032 | FLEXIBLE DISPLAY PANEL SUPPORT APPARATUS AND DISPLAY APPARATUS | AUGUSTIN, CHRISTOPHER L | — |
| 18735227 | DISPLAY PANEL, METHOD FOR DRIVING THE SAME AND DISPLAY DEVICE | ELNAFIA, SAIFELDIN E | — |
| 18603425 | METHOD FOR ACQUIRING ANALOG SYPPLY VOLTAGE, AND DISPLAY APPARATUS | SHEN, PEIJIE | — |
| 18821700 | DISPLAY SUBSTRATE, TOUCH DISPLAY PANEL, AND TOUCH DISPLAY DEVICE | ALMEIDA, CORY A | — |
| 18731791 | DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY APPARATUS | DINKE, BITEW A | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2893 | 3 |
| 2627 | 2 |
| 2628 | 2 |
| 2891 | 2 |
| 2841 | 1 |
| 2625 | 1 |
| 2622 | 1 |
| 2623 | 1 |
| 2813 | 1 |
| 2818 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19325484 | DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY APPARATUS | MERCEDES, DISMERY E | 2627 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 10, 2025 |
| 19203696 | DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY DEVICE | WATKO, JULIE ANNE | 2627 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 09, 2025 |
| 19169032 | FLEXIBLE DISPLAY PANEL SUPPORT APPARATUS AND DISPLAY APPARATUS | AUGUSTIN, CHRISTOPHER L | 2841 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 03, 2025 |
| 18984733 | DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY APPARATUS | BOGALE, AMEN W | 2628 | Other | Final Rejection | 22d | Pending | Dec 17, 2024 |
| 18984723 | DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY APPARATUS | BOGALE, AMEN W | 2628 | §103DP | Final Rejection | 17d overdue | Pending | Dec 17, 2024 |
| 18735227 | DISPLAY PANEL, METHOD FOR DRIVING THE SAME AND DISPLAY DEVICE | ELNAFIA, SAIFELDIN E | 2625 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 06, 2024 |
| 18615263 | DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY DEVICE | DIAZ, JOSE R | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 25, 2024 |
| 18603425 | METHOD FOR ACQUIRING ANALOG SYPPLY VOLTAGE, AND DISPLAY APPARATUS | SHEN, PEIJIE | 2622 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 13, 2024 |
| 17813990 | DISPLAY PANEL, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND DISPLAY APPARATUS | TRAN, DZUNG | 2893 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 21, 2022 |
| 18821700 | DISPLAY SUBSTRATE, TOUCH DISPLAY PANEL, AND TOUCH DISPLAY DEVICE | ALMEIDA, CORY A | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 30, 2024 |
| 18731791 | DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY APPARATUS | DINKE, BITEW A | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 03, 2024 |
| 18676228 | DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY DEVICE | LE, THAO P | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 28, 2024 |
| 18690799 | DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY DEVICE | QUINTO, KEVIN V | 2893 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 11, 2024 |
| 18425159 | DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY APPARATUS | PARK, SANGHYUK | 2623 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 29, 2024 |
| 18414684 | DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY DEVICE | WARD, ERIC A | 2891 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2024 |
| 18453780 | DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY DEVICE | SHEKER, RHYS PONIENTE | 2813 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 22, 2023 |
| 18235639 | DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY DEVICE | RAMOS-DIAZ, FERNANDO JOSE | 2818 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 18, 2023 |
| 18029588 | DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY DEVICE | PUNCHBEDDELL, SEYON ALI-SIMAH | 2893 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 30, 2023 |
| 18091046 | DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY DEVICE | ASHBAHIAN, ERIC K | 2891 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 3d overdue | Pending | Dec 29, 2022 |
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