Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 04, 2026

Dority & Manning, P.A. And Seiko Epson

Technology areas: Communications • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics

51 pending office actions • 1 client • 32 examiners • 17 art units • 0 of 51 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 82 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Dority & Manning, P.A. and Seiko Epson handles Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics. The firm has 28235 career applications and an 88.31 percent resolved allowance rate. There are 27 pending office actions. The firm averages 3.39 office actions per allowance.

The 27 pending office actions for Seiko Epson are managed within the firm's 28235 career applications. The 88.31 percent allowance rate and 3.39 average office actions per allowance indicate the firm's performance in the semiconductors field.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Quality Metrics (n=28235 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

88.3%
Allowance Rate
n=28235
+0.60σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=28235
3.4
OAs to Allowance
n=17390
-0.14σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=17390
1009 days
Time to Allowance
n=17390
+3.4pp
Interview Lift
n=28235
28.2%
RCE Rate
n=28235
2.8%
Appeal Rate
n=28235

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

70.7%
§101 Overcome
n=1484
77.8%
§102 Overcome
n=8450
77.6%
§103 Overcome
n=13928
78.6%
§112 Overcome
n=7979

Specialization & Scale

G06F, F05D, F01D
Top CPC Subclasses
8%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=28235
59
Practitioners
n=28235
478.6
Apps / Practitioner
n=28235

Portfolio Summary

51
Total Pending OAs
35
Non-Final OAs
16
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 15 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

5
Overdue
1
Due this week
7
Due this month
0
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. 15 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (5)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (7)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.

21
Hard (41%)
28
Medium (55%)
2
Easy (4%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other4 (8%)
§103 only24 (47%)
§102 only3 (6%)
§112 only2 (4%)
Double-patenting + other1 (2%)
Multi-statute (no §101)17 (33%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
2% of docket
5
Information Tech
10% of docket
9
Communications
18% of docket
15
Semiconductors
29% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
4% of docket
19
Business / Other
37% 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.

510 h
Manual time on pending OAs
102 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
178 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
4.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
LE, BAO-LUAN Q 6 52.4% +16.4%
OWENS, DANELL L 5 76.2% +11.0%
HOWARD, RYAN D 4 79.6% +12.8%
CHOWDHURY, SULTAN U. 4 89.6% +6.4%
LAMB II, CHRISTOPHER A 4 71.8% +12.6%
BROOKS, JERRY L. 2 69.8% +13.9%
FARAGALLA, MICHAEL A 1 85.5% +8.2%
OKEBATO, SAHLU 1 76.1% +18.7%
GYAWALI, BIPIN 1 59.0% +0.5%
PIZIALI, JEFFREY J 1 42.6% +5.5%

Quick Wins (2)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18606005 LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE AND PROJECTOR CHOWDHURY, SULTAN U. 21d
19036449 CALIBRATION METHOD, SYSTEM, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM CHOWDHURY, SULTAN U. —

Hard Cases (21)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
19078387 MANAGEMENT SERVER AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEM BUSCH, CHRISTOPHER CONRAD 28d overdue
18740930 PROJECTION OPTICAL APPARATUS AND PROJECTOR LE, BAO-LUAN Q 8d
17953388 DISPLAY METHOD, DISPLAY SYSTEM, AND A NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING A PROGRAM MEHMOOD, JENNIFER 26d
19541586 METHOD OF CONTROLLING DISPLAY APPARATUS AND DISPLAY SYSTEM FARAGALLA, MICHAEL A —
19353793 INTERACTIVE SYSTEM AND INPUT AREA SETTING METHOD GYAWALI, BIPIN —
19343657 CONTROL METHOD AND DISPLAY SYSTEM PIZIALI, JEFFREY J —
19220332 INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD SATHIRAJU, SRINIVAS —
19188603 DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, DISPLAY CONTROL PROGRAM, AND PROJECTOR PIERORAZIO, MICHAEL —

Interview Candidates (22)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18358086 PROJECTION OPTICAL APPARATUS AND PROJECTOR LE, BAO-LUAN Q 10d overdue
18740930 PROJECTION OPTICAL APPARATUS AND PROJECTOR LE, BAO-LUAN Q 8d
18358089 PROJECTION OPTICAL APPARATUS AND PROJECTOR LE, BAO-LUAN Q 16d
18621186 PROJECTOR HOWARD, RYAN D 23d
18414776 PROJECTOR HOWARD, RYAN D 70d
18503256 PROJECTOR BROOKS, JERRY L. 84d
19535729 DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM, AND DISPLAY CONTROL SYSTEM OKEBATO, SAHLU —
19063854 LIGHT SOURCE APPARATUS AND PROJECTOR HOWARD, RYAN D —

Client Portfolio (1 client)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
Epson 51

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
288212
26252
26282
24262
26642
26241
26271
26221
36211
28721

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19541586 METHOD OF CONTROLLING DISPLAY APPARATUS AND DISPLAY SYSTEM Seiko Epson Corporation FARAGALLA, MICHAEL A 2624 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 17, 2026
19535729 DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM, AND DISPLAY CONTROL SYSTEM Seiko Epson Corporation OKEBATO, SAHLU 2625 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 10, 2026
19353793 INTERACTIVE SYSTEM AND INPUT AREA SETTING METHOD Seiko Epson Corporation GYAWALI, BIPIN 2625 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 09, 2025
19343657 CONTROL METHOD AND DISPLAY SYSTEM Seiko Epson Corporation PIZIALI, JEFFREY J 2628 §102§103§112Other Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 29, 2025
19341445 CONTROL METHOD AND DISPLAY DEVICE Seiko Epson Corporation BUTCHER, BRIAN M 2627 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 26, 2025
19220332 INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD Seiko Epson Corporation SATHIRAJU, SRINIVAS §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending May 28, 2025
19220285 DISPLAY METHOD AND DISPLAY SYSTEM Seiko Epson Corporation ABEBE, SOSINA 2628 §103Other Non-Final OA — Pending May 28, 2025
19220252 DISPLAY METHOD AND DISPLAY SYSTEM Seiko Epson Corporation FOX, JOSEPH PATRICK 2622 §102 Final Rejection 28d Pending May 28, 2025
19188603 DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, DISPLAY CONTROL PROGRAM, AND PROJECTOR Seiko Epson Corporation PIERORAZIO, MICHAEL 2426 §101§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 24, 2025
19188623 PROJECTION METHOD, PROJECTOR, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM Seiko Epson Corporation ALATA, YASSIN 2426 §102 Final Rejection — Pending Apr 24, 2025
19081397 AUTHORITY MANAGEMENT DEVICE Seiko Epson Corporation AHSAN, SYED M §101§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 17, 2025
19078387 MANAGEMENT SERVER AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEM Seiko Epson Corporation BUSCH, CHRISTOPHER CONRAD 3621 §101§103 Final Rejection 28d overdue Pending Mar 13, 2025
19063854 LIGHT SOURCE APPARATUS AND PROJECTOR Seiko Epson Corporation HOWARD, RYAN D §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 26, 2025
19046830 DRYING DEVICE AND RECORDING DEVICE Seiko Epson Corporation MCMILLION, TRACEY M §103§112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 06, 2025
19044851 LIQUID EJECTING DEVICE Seiko Epson Corporation SHENDEROV, ALEXANDER D §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 04, 2025
19036449 CALIBRATION METHOD, SYSTEM, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM Seiko Epson Corporation CHOWDHURY, SULTAN U. §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 24, 2025
19036484 PROJECTOR Seiko Epson Corporation CHOWDHURY, SULTAN U. §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 24, 2025
19036467 PROJECTOR WITH STAND Seiko Epson Corporation OWENS, DANELL L §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 24, 2025
18979781 ILLUMINATOR AND PROJECTOR Seiko Epson Corporation OWENS, DANELL L §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 13, 2024
18979768 PROJECTOR Seiko Epson Corporation LAMB II, CHRISTOPHER A §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 13, 2024
18978220 ILLUMINATOR AND PROJECTOR Seiko Epson Corporation LAMB II, CHRISTOPHER A §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 12, 2024
18976613 RECORDING DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD OF RECORDING DEVICE Seiko Epson Corporation LEBRON, JANNELLE M §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 11, 2024
18938452 ILLUMINATION DEVICE AND PROJECTOR Seiko Epson Corporation OWENS, DANELL L §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 06, 2024
18926593 WAVELENGTH CONVERTER, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING WAVELENGTH CONVERTER, LIGHT SOURCE APPARATUS, AND PROJECTOR Seiko Epson Corporation HOWARD, RYAN D §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 25, 2024
18912650 PROJECTION METHOD, PROJECTION APPARATUS, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM Seiko Epson Corporation OWENS, DANELL L §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 11, 2024
18906228 PROJECTOR Seiko Epson Corporation LE, BAO-LUAN Q §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 04, 2024
18806796 PROJECTION METHOD, PROJECTOR, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM Seiko Epson Corporation CHOWDHURY, SULTAN U. §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 16, 2024
18797652 RECORDING MEDIUM RECORDING PROGRAM, CONTENT EDITING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE Seiko Epson Corporation LAMB II, CHRISTOPHER A §101§102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 08, 2024
18790882 WAVELENGTH CONVERSION DEVICE, LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE, AND PROJECTOR Seiko Epson Corporation CHANG, AUDREY Y 2872 §103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Jul 31, 2024
18759155 GARMENT FABRIC AND GARMENT FABRIC MANUFACTURING METHOD Seiko Epson Corporation SALVATORE, LYNDA 1789 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Jun 28, 2024
18740930 PROJECTION OPTICAL APPARATUS AND PROJECTOR Seiko Epson Corporation LE, BAO-LUAN Q 2882 §102§103 Final Rejection 8d Pending Jun 12, 2024
18673606 PHOSPHOR, WAVELENGTH CONVERSION DEVICE, ILLUMINATION DEVICE, AND PROJECTOR Seiko Epson Corporation KOSLOW, CAROL M §112 Non-Final OA — Pending May 24, 2024
18621186 PROJECTOR Seiko Epson Corporation HOWARD, RYAN D 2882 §112 Final Rejection 23d Pending Mar 29, 2024
18619812 DISPLAY METHOD, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM Seiko Epson Corporation DEBROW, JAMES J 2174 §103 Final Rejection 1d overdue Pending Mar 28, 2024
18618440 PROJECTOR AND CONTROL APPARATUS Seiko Epson Corporation LE, BAO-LUAN Q 2882 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Mar 27, 2024
18606005 LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE AND PROJECTOR Seiko Epson Corporation CHOWDHURY, SULTAN U. 2882 §103 Final Rejection 21d Pending Mar 15, 2024
18605316 WAVELENGTH CONVERSION DEVICE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING WAVELENGTH CONVERSION DEVICE, ILLUMINATION DEVICE, AND PROJECTOR Seiko Epson Corporation LEE, JONG SUK 2875 §103 Final Rejection 6d Pending Mar 14, 2024
18605278 PHOSPHOR, WAVELENGTH CONVERSION DEVICE, ILLUMINATION DEVICE, AND PROJECTOR Seiko Epson Corporation ANDERSON II, JAMES M 2425 §103 Final Rejection 4d overdue Pending Mar 14, 2024
18414776 PROJECTOR Seiko Epson Corporation HOWARD, RYAN D 2882 §103 Final Rejection 70d Pending Jan 17, 2024
18503256 PROJECTOR Seiko Epson Corporation BROOKS, JERRY L. 2882 §103 Non-Final OA 84d Pending Nov 07, 2023
18498237 METHOD OF OUTPUTTING PATTERN IMAGE, PROJECTOR, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM Seiko Epson Corporation THOMAS, SOUMYA 2664 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 31, 2023
18454926 PROJECTOR Seiko Epson Corporation BROOKS, JERRY L. 2882 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 24, 2023
18365321 IMAGE DETERMINATION METHOD BASED ON OPERATION INFORMATION Seiko Epson Corporation ORR, HENRY W 2172 §103 Non-Final OA 26d overdue Pending Aug 04, 2023
18358089 PROJECTION OPTICAL APPARATUS AND PROJECTOR Seiko Epson Corporation LE, BAO-LUAN Q 2882 §103 Non-Final OA 16d Pending Jul 25, 2023
18358086 PROJECTION OPTICAL APPARATUS AND PROJECTOR Seiko Epson Corporation LE, BAO-LUAN Q 2882 §103 Non-Final OA 10d overdue Pending Jul 25, 2023
18322653 DISPLAY METHOD AND DISPLAY SYSTEM Seiko Epson Corporation MANCINI, EVAN THOMAS 2855 §103 Final Rejection — Pending May 24, 2023
18192808 POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT MACHINE, COMPRESSOR, COOLING APPARATUS, AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT Seiko Epson Corporation GAYE, SAMBA NMN 3763 §103 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Mar 30, 2023
18192854 PROJECTOR AND LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE Seiko Epson Corporation OWENS, DANELL L 2882 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Mar 30, 2023
17993177 HEAT DIFFUSER, WAVELENGTH CONVERTER, LIGHT SOURCE APPARATUS, AND PROJECTOR Seiko Epson Corporation LAMB II, CHRISTOPHER A 2882 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 23, 2022
17953388 DISPLAY METHOD, DISPLAY SYSTEM, AND A NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING A PROGRAM Seiko Epson Corporation MEHMOOD, JENNIFER 2664 §102§103 Non-Final OA 26d Pending Sep 27, 2022
17880789 ADJUSTMENT METHOD FOR ADJUSTING DISPLAY BY A PROJECTOR Seiko Epson Corporation LE, BAO-LUAN Q 2882 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Aug 04, 2022

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