Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 04, 2026

East Ip P.C.

Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Networking & Security • Communications • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics

19 pending office actions • 9 clients • 19 examiners • 13 art units • 3 of 19 (16%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

East IP P.C. is a patent law firm specializing in Chemistry & Materials. The firm has processed 846 career applications, showing a focused history of filings in its main technology area. It maintains a resolved allowance rate of 90.24 percent, which highlights its effectiveness in obtaining patent grants for its clients. This high success rate is a defining characteristic of its practice in the Chemistry & Materials industry. The firm's track record is well-established through its application volume.

The firm currently has 17 pending office actions under management. Its prosecution efficiency is reflected in an average of 2.78 office actions per allowance. This figure suggests a relatively streamlined path through the examination process. These statistics provide a comprehensive overview of the firm's experience and success, based on its 846 career applications. The 90.24 percent allowance rate and 2.78 average office actions per allowance offer a clear picture of its operational results. These data points are essential for understanding the firm's impact.

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

Quality Metrics (n=846 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

90.2%
Allowance Rate
n=846
+0.54σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=846
2.8
OAs to Allowance
n=601
-0.45σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=601
830 days
Time to Allowance
n=601
+3.3pp
Interview Lift
n=846
24.6%
RCE Rate
n=846
0.1%
Appeal Rate
n=846

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

80.8%
§101 Overcome
n=52
80.1%
§102 Overcome
n=271
80.0%
§103 Overcome
n=440
82.4%
§112 Overcome
n=279

Specialization & Scale

H01M, Y02E, G09G
Top CPC Subclasses
38%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=846
0
Practitioners
n=846
—
Apps / Practitioner
n=846 (min 20)

Portfolio Summary

19
Total Pending OAs
13
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
3
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 7 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

1
Overdue
1
Due this week
1
Due this month
3
Due in next 60 days
1
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. 7 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (1)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (1)Due ≤ 60 days (3)Due later (1)

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.

12
Hard (63%)
6
Medium (32%)
1
Easy (5%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only2 (11%)
§103 only6 (32%)
§112 only1 (5%)
Multi-statute (no §101)10 (53%)

Industry Mix

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

4
Life Sciences
21% of docket
3
Information Tech
16% of docket
3
Communications
16% of docket
3
Semiconductors
16% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
11% of docket
4
Business / Other
21% 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.

190 h
Manual time on pending OAs
38 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
66 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
BOCAR, DONNA V 1 57.7% +20.1%
AUGUSTIN, CHRISTOPHER L 1 78.1% +14.1%
SHAH, SUJIT 1 66.5% +11.2%
NGUYEN, DUNG T 1 82.2% +0.9%
MCEVOY, THOMAS M 1 70.8% +35.5%
YANG, CHENG FONG 1 62.8% +22.5%
CHERRY, EUNCHA P 1 88.1% +9.4%
JOSEPH, TONYA S 1 24.1% +19.3%
YI, CHANGHYUN 1 94.0% +4.1%
TRAN, THINH D 1 62.4% +19.4%

Hard Cases (12)

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
17987886 PIXEL CIRCUIT AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF, DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY DEVICE MANDEVILLE, JASON M 15d
18636281 SECONDARY BATTERY AND APPARATUS CONTAINING THE SECONDARY BATTERY DOVE, TRACY MAE 34d
17537520 COMPOSITE CURRENT COLLECTOR, ELECTRODE PLATE AND ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICE KRONE, TAYLOR HARRISON 61d
19169032 FLEXIBLE DISPLAY PANEL SUPPORT APPARATUS AND DISPLAY APPARATUS AUGUSTIN, CHRISTOPHER L —
18956047 DISPLAY SCREEN ASSEMBLY AND DISPLAY SCREEN NGUYEN, DUNG T —
18935705 OCULAR IMPLANT DELIVERY DEVICE YANG, CHENG FONG —
18888190 DISPLAY SCREEN COVER PLATE, DISPLAY MODULE AND DISPLAY DEVICE CHERRY, EUNCHA P —
18823717 MOLDING MACHINE JOSEPH, TONYA S —

Interview Candidates (7)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18674787 MECHANISM ON RESPONSE OF PRE-ALLOCATED RESOURCE BASED PUSCH TRANSMISSION TRAN, THINH D 40d
19386208 DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY APPARATUS BOCAR, DONNA V —
19169032 FLEXIBLE DISPLAY PANEL SUPPORT APPARATUS AND DISPLAY APPARATUS AUGUSTIN, CHRISTOPHER L —
19075833 DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY APPARATUS SHAH, SUJIT —
18937040 OCULAR IMPLANT DELIVERY DEVICE MCEVOY, THOMAS M —
18935705 OCULAR IMPLANT DELIVERY DEVICE YANG, CHENG FONG —
18823717 MOLDING MACHINE JOSEPH, TONYA S —

Client Portfolio (9 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
24662
17252
26211
28411
26241
37711
28721
37961
26231
28921

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19386208 DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY APPARATUS Tianma Advanced Display Technology Institute (Xiamen) Co., Ltd. BOCAR, DONNA V 2621 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 11, 2025
19169032 FLEXIBLE DISPLAY PANEL SUPPORT APPARATUS AND DISPLAY APPARATUS Wuhan Tianma Microelectronics Co., Ltd. AUGUSTIN, CHRISTOPHER L 2841 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 03, 2025
19075833 DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY APPARATUS Tianma Advanced Display Technology Institute (Xiamen) Co., Ltd. SHAH, SUJIT 2624 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 11, 2025
18956047 DISPLAY SCREEN ASSEMBLY AND DISPLAY SCREEN Shenzhen Hitevision Technology Co., Ltd. NGUYEN, DUNG T §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 22, 2024
18937040 OCULAR IMPLANT DELIVERY DEVICE Health Guard (Suzhou) Biomed. Technology Co., Ltd. MCEVOY, THOMAS M 3771 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 05, 2024
18935705 OCULAR IMPLANT DELIVERY DEVICE Health Guard (Suzhou) Biomed. Technology Co., Ltd. YANG, CHENG FONG §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 04, 2024
18888190 DISPLAY SCREEN COVER PLATE, DISPLAY MODULE AND DISPLAY DEVICE Xiamen Tianma Display Technology Co., Ltd. CHERRY, EUNCHA P 2872 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 18, 2024
18823717 MOLDING MACHINE Toyo Machinery & Metal Co., Ltd. JOSEPH, TONYA S §101 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 04, 2024
18746033 DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY APPARATUS Hubei Yangtze Industrial Innovation Center of Advanced Display Co., Ltd. YI, CHANGHYUN §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 18, 2024
18674787 MECHANISM ON RESPONSE OF PRE-ALLOCATED RESOURCE BASED PUSCH TRANSMISSION Intel Corporation TRAN, THINH D 2466 §103 Non-Final OA 40d AI Ready May 24, 2024
18704471 PUMP BLOOD FLOW DETERMINATION METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR BLOOD PUMP, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Forqaly Medical (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. ANJARIA, SHREYA PARAG 3796 §101 Final Rejection — Pending Apr 25, 2024
18636281 SECONDARY BATTERY AND APPARATUS CONTAINING THE SECONDARY BATTERY CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED DOVE, TRACY MAE 1725 §103§112 Final Rejection 34d Pending Apr 16, 2024
17987886 PIXEL CIRCUIT AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF, DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY DEVICE Xiamen Tianma Display Technology Co., Ltd. MANDEVILLE, JASON M 2623 §103§112 Non-Final OA 15d Pending Nov 16, 2022
17976747 DISPLAY PANEL AND METHOD FOR FORMING THE SAME, AND DISPLAY APPARATUS Hubei Yangtze Industrial Innovation Center of Advanced Display Co., Ltd. SALAZ, SAMMANTHA KATELYN 2892 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 28, 2022
17721387 BATTERY CELL, METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANUFACTURING A BATTERY CELL, BATTERY AND ELECTRICAL DEVICE CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED DAULTON, CHRISTINA RENEE 1729 §103 Non-Final OA 36d Pending Apr 15, 2022
17537520 COMPOSITE CURRENT COLLECTOR, ELECTRODE PLATE AND ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICE CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED KRONE, TAYLOR HARRISON 1725 §103§112 Non-Final OA 61d Pending Nov 30, 2021
17478884 BATTERY PACK AND COOLING SYSTEM THEREOF CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED SON, TAEYOUNG 1751 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 18, 2021
17131626 METHOD AND APPARATUS USED IN WLANS Intel Corporation ALAWDI, SHEHAB A 2466 §103 Final Rejection 7d AI Ready Dec 22, 2020
17121788 CONFIGURATION OF NFRP TRIGGER FRAME FOR NDP FEEDBACK REPORT PROCEDURE Intel Corporation ESMAEILIAN, MAJID 2477 §103 Non-Final OA 3d overdue AI Ready Dec 15, 2020

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