Technology areas: Communications • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
3 pending office actions • 3 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 8 patents granted in the last 365 days
Xiamen Tianma Optoelectronics Co. Ltd. has 3 pending office actions in the Communications technology area. These matters are distributed among 3 distinct examiners across 3 distinct art units. This one-to-one-to-one ratio means that each of the 3 pending office actions is being reviewed by a different examiner in a different technical division. This distribution requires a separate prosecution strategy for each matter.
BUTCHER, BRIAN M is the busiest examiner with 1 pending office action. With 3 distinct examiners and 3 distinct art units, the company must manage three separate prosecution tracks for its current communications portfolio. This distribution suggests that the 3 pending office actions cover diverse aspects of optoelectronics and communications technology. The lack of overlap between the 3 pending office actions means that the company must adapt to three different sets of examiner expectations. Each of the 3 pending office actions represents a unique technical challenge in the communications sector.
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 | 1 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (67%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BUTCHER, BRIAN M | 1 | 77.7% | +14.3% |
| MATTHEWS, ANDRE L | 1 | 62.3% | +14.5% |
| RAHMAN, ARIFUR | 1 | — | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18948422 | DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY DEVICE | BUTCHER, BRIAN M | — |
| 18642841 | ARRAY SUBSTRATE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME, DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY DEVICE | RAHMAN, ARIFUR | — |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18948422 | DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY DEVICE | BUTCHER, BRIAN M | — |
| 18750037 | DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY DEVICE | MATTHEWS, ANDRE L | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2627 | 1 |
| 2621 | 1 |
| 2813 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18948422 | DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY DEVICE | BUTCHER, BRIAN M | 2627 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 14, 2024 |
| 18750037 | DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY DEVICE | MATTHEWS, ANDRE L | 2621 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 21, 2024 |
| 18642841 | ARRAY SUBSTRATE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME, DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY DEVICE | RAHMAN, ARIFUR | 2813 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 23, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialXiamen Tianma Optoelectronics Co. Ltd. has 3 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 3 art units and 3 examiners.
Brian M Butcher has the most, with 1 of Xiamen Tianma Optoelectronics Co. Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Communications (USPTO Tech Center 2600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
