Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Houtteman Law, LLC

41 pending office actions • 2 clients • 39 examiners • 24 art units • 0 of 41 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Quality Metrics (n=1732 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

91.6%
Allowance Rate
n=1732
+0.52σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=1732
2.1
OAs to Allowance
n=1306
-0.67σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=1306
909 days
Time to Allowance
n=1306
-2.4pp
Interview Lift
n=1732
11.1%
RCE Rate
n=1732
1.4%
Appeal Rate
n=1732

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

75.3%
§101 Overcome
n=93
83.1%
§102 Overcome
n=579
81.4%
§103 Overcome
n=824
78.1%
§112 Overcome
n=485

Specialization & Scale

H10K, G09G, G06F
Top CPC Subclasses
23%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=1732
0
Practitioners
n=1732
Apps / Practitioner
n=1732 (min 20)

Portfolio Summary

41
Total Pending OAs
27
Non-Final OAs
12
Final Rejections
2
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 14 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

11
Overdue
1
Due this week
2
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
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. 14 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (11)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (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.

19
Hard (46%)
19
Medium (46%)
3
Easy (7%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other2 (5%)
§103 only15 (37%)
§102 only3 (7%)
§112 only2 (5%)
Double-patenting only1 (2%)
Double-patenting + other1 (2%)
Multi-statute (no §101)17 (41%)

Industry Mix

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

6
Life Sciences
15% of docket
1
Information Tech
2% of docket
8
Communications
20% of docket
13
Semiconductors
32% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
5% of docket
11
Business / Other
27% 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.

410 h
Manual time on pending OAs
82 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
144 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
3.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
PATEL, SANJIV D 2 78.0% +4.3%
WATTS, JEREMY DANIEL 2 85.1% +13.8%
REED, STEPHEN T 1 72.5% +15.8%
ZHOU, HONG 1 77.2% +16.9%
CHUNG, DAVID Y 1 69.8% +8.1%
MIRZA, ADNAN M 1 84.5% +9.6%
ULLAH, SHARIF E 1 84.6% +21.7%
DUONG, DIEU HIEN 1 78.2% +16.5%
NGUYEN, PHU K 1 86.0% +7.8%
PHAN, THO GIA 1 91.4% +4.0%

Quick Wins (5)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18580669 DISPLAY PANEL SUB-ASSEMBLY AND SPLICING DISPLAY APPARATUS WATTS, JEREMY DANIEL 15d
19233301 CONFERENCE DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND READABLE MEDIUM ULLAH, SHARIF E
19031933 INFORMATION INTERACTION METHOD, COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM AND COMMUNICATION TERMINAL NGUYEN, PHU K
19013595 ANTENNA AND TEMPERATURE CONTROL SYSTEM THEREOF PHAN, THO GIA
18580086 RADIO FREQUENCY SWITCHING UNIT, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS WATTS, JEREMY DANIEL

Hard Cases (19)

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
18687988 DISPLAY PANEL, DISPLAY APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR DRIVING DISPLAY PANEL AZARI, SEPEHR 366d overdue
18039241 RESOURCE ACCESS CONTROL METHOD, IMAGE FILE SHARING METHOD, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM LI, MENG 46d overdue
18028558 QUANTUM DOT LIGHT EMITTING DIODE, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF AND DISPLAY PANEL NGUYEN, SOPHIA T 46d overdue
18028791 LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE CHIP, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF AND DISPLAY APPARATUS CHEN, DAVID Z 38d overdue
18685271 TEXTURE STRUCTURE OF SOLAR CELL AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR MEKHLIN, ELI S 16d overdue
17789683 LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE AND DISPLAY SUBSTRATE WATSON, BRAELYN 4d overdue
18287614 PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULE MALLEY JR., DANIEL PATRICK 5d
18727647 Untitled CHUNG, DAVID Y

Interview Candidates (6)

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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18580669 DISPLAY PANEL SUB-ASSEMBLY AND SPLICING DISPLAY APPARATUS WATTS, JEREMY DANIEL 15d
19128604 Untitled REED, STEPHEN T
18864536 Untitled ZHOU, HONG
19233301 CONFERENCE DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND READABLE MEDIUM ULLAH, SHARIF E
19210780 ANTENNA AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE DUONG, DIEU HIEN
18580086 RADIO FREQUENCY SWITCHING UNIT, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS WATTS, JEREMY DANIEL

Client Portfolio (2 clients)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
BOE 38
Trina Solar 3

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
28973
26232
28112
28932
17862
26271
36671
28451
26211
17591

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19128604 Untitled BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD. REED, STEPHEN T 2627 §102 Non-Final OA Pending
19342778 Untitled BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD. PATEL, SANJIV D §103Other Non-Final OA Pending
18864536 Untitled BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD. ZHOU, HONG §103 Non-Final OA Pending
18727647 Untitled BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD. CHUNG, DAVID Y §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending
19252112 COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED NAVIGATION METHOD AND SYSTEM, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, NONVOLATILE COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD. MIRZA, ADNAN M 3667 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 27, 2025
19233301 CONFERENCE DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND READABLE MEDIUM BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD. ULLAH, SHARIF E §112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 10, 2025
19210780 ANTENNA AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD. DUONG, DIEU HIEN §103DP Non-Final OA Pending May 16, 2025
19031933 INFORMATION INTERACTION METHOD, COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM AND COMMUNICATION TERMINAL BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD. NGUYEN, PHU K §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 18, 2025
19013595 ANTENNA AND TEMPERATURE CONTROL SYSTEM THEREOF BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD. PHAN, THO GIA 2845 §102Other Non-Final OA Pending Jan 08, 2025
18857252 PIXEL CIRCUIT, DISPLAY PANEL, DISPLAY APPARATUS AND DRIVING METHOD BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD. BOLOTIN, DMITRIY 2623 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 16, 2024
18902400 INITIAL DISPLAY SUBSTRATE, INITIAL DISPLAY PANEL, DISPLAY PANEL AND INSPECTION METHOD THEREOF BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD. BAYAT, ALI §102§112Other Non-Final OA Pending Sep 30, 2024
18774867 TRANSPARENT ANTENNA AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD. YUN, EUGENE DP Non-Final OA Pending Jul 16, 2024
18613195 DISPLAY PANEL, DISPLAY PANEL SUBASSEMBLY AND DISPLAY APPARATUS BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD. MCCALL SHEPARD, SONYA D §102 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 22, 2024
18687988 DISPLAY PANEL, DISPLAY APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR DRIVING DISPLAY PANEL BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD. AZARI, SEPEHR 2621 §103§112 Non-Final OA 366d overdue Pending Feb 29, 2024
18688018 LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE DRIVING BACKPLANE AND DISPLAY APPARATUS BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD. DUREN, TIMOTHY EDWARD 2811 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 29, 2024
18685271 TEXTURE STRUCTURE OF SOLAR CELL AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR Trina Solar Co., Ltd. MEKHLIN, ELI S 1759 §103§112 Final Rejection 16d overdue Pending Feb 21, 2024
18294310 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ADJUSTING DISPLAY BRIGHTNESS, AND DISPLAY APPARATUS BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD. FRANK, EMILY J 2629 §103 Final Rejection Pending Feb 01, 2024
18290762 LIQUID CRYSTAL WRITING SCREEN AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD. NGUYEN, LAUREN 2871 §103 Final Rejection 30d Pending Jan 20, 2024
18580669 DISPLAY PANEL SUB-ASSEMBLY AND SPLICING DISPLAY APPARATUS BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD. WATTS, JEREMY DANIEL 2897 §103 Final Rejection 15d Pending Jan 19, 2024
18580086 RADIO FREQUENCY SWITCHING UNIT, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD. WATTS, JEREMY DANIEL 2897 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 17, 2024
18577227 DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY APPARATUS BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD. HRNJIC, ADIN 2814 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 05, 2024
18565132 TOUCH SUBSTRATE, DISPLAY APPARATUS AND DISPLAY SYSTEM BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD. CRAWLEY, KEITH L 2626 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 29, 2023
18563594 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TESTING DEEP LEARNING MODEL AND COMPUTER STORAGE MEDIUM BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD. VAUGHN, RYAN C §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 22, 2023
18289241 SELECTIVE PASSIVATED CONTACT CELL AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR Trina Solar Co., Ltd. GREEN, TELLY D 2898 §103 Final Rejection 46d overdue Pending Nov 02, 2023
18288444 DISPLAY PANEL, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, AND DISPLAY APPARATUS BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD. CAMPBELL, SHAUN M 2893 §103 Non-Final OA 23d overdue Pending Oct 26, 2023
18287614 PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULE Trina Solar Co., Ltd. MALLEY JR., DANIEL PATRICK 1726 §103§112 Non-Final OA 5d Pending Oct 19, 2023
18286803 DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY APPARATUS BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD. SNYDER, ADAM J 2623 §103 Final Rejection Pending Oct 13, 2023
18282589 METHOD FOR TRAINING DEFECTIVE-SPOT DETECTION MODEL, METHOD FOR DETECTING DEFECTIVE-SPOT, AND METHOD FOR RESTORING DEFECTIVE-SPOT BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD. RHIM, WOO CHUL 2676 §103 Non-Final OA 38d overdue Pending Sep 18, 2023
18279530 BULK ACOUSTIC WAVE RESONATOR, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD. GANNON, LEVI §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 30, 2023
18279046 BULK ACOUSTIC WAVE RESONATOR AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD. ABRAHAM, JOSE K 3729 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 25, 2023
18039241 RESOURCE ACCESS CONTROL METHOD, IMAGE FILE SHARING METHOD, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD. LI, MENG 2437 §103§112 Final Rejection 46d overdue Pending May 27, 2023
18028791 LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE CHIP, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF AND DISPLAY APPARATUS BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD. CHEN, DAVID Z 2815 §103§112 Final Rejection 38d overdue Pending Mar 28, 2023
18028558 QUANTUM DOT LIGHT EMITTING DIODE, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF AND DISPLAY PANEL BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD. NGUYEN, SOPHIA T 2893 §103§112 Non-Final OA 46d overdue Pending Mar 26, 2023
18024027 SPLICER FOR BEARING BOX AND TILED DISPLAY APPARATUS BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD. PATEL, SANJIV D 2625 §103 Final Rejection 189d overdue Pending Feb 28, 2023
18021197 ARRAY SUBSTRATE, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, AND DISPLAY APPARATUS BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD. TRAN, TRANG Q 2811 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 14, 2023
17914337 ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICE AND DISPLAY DEVICE BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD. YANG, JAY LEE 1786 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 24, 2022
17789683 LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE AND DISPLAY SUBSTRATE BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD. WATSON, BRAELYN 1786 §103§112 Final Rejection 4d overdue Pending Jun 28, 2022
17613998 DISPLAY SUBSTRATE, DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY DEVICE BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD. KIM, JAHAE 2897 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 23, 2022
17630666 DISPLAY PANEL AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, AND DISPLAY DEVICE BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD. WARD, DAVID WILLIAM 2891 §103 Final Rejection 10d overdue Pending Jan 27, 2022
17600301 A QUALITY DETECTION METHOD OF AN IMMUNOCHIP BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD. RAYMONDA, MATTHEW HAROLD 1684 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 30, 2021
17332812 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETECTING PROTEIN-BASED MARKER, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING CHIP BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD. LE, AUSTIN Q 1796 §103 Final Rejection Pending May 27, 2021

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