Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Kdw Firm Pllc (Lf-1511)

6 pending office actions • 1 client • 6 examiners • 5 art units • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 32 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

6
Total Pending OAs
4
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
1
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. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)Due ≤ 30 days (1)Due ≤ 60 days (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.

0
Hard (0%)
6
Medium (100%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only5 (83%)
§102 only1 (17%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
17% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
5
Semiconductors
83% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% 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.

60 h
Manual time on pending OAs
12 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
21 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
TRAN, NGUYEN 1 83.5% +7.6%
TRAN, BINH BACH THANH 1 80.5% +12.2%
PENCE, JETHRO M 1 78.8% +25.2%
SUL, STEPHEN SANGJIN 1 79.9% +27.0%
LINDSEY, COLE LEON 1 89.3% +12.3%
SANDVIK, BENJAMIN P 1 76.7% +5.9%

Quick Wins (3)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18526532 TRIAC DEVICE WITH HIGH COMMUTATING CAPABILITY LINDSEY, COLE LEON 9d overdue
19073148 PROTECTION AND SENSING SYSTEMS AND METHODS TRAN, NGUYEN 2d overdue
18668345 PPTC SMALL PLANAR SMD TEMPERATURE SENSORS AND OVERCURRENT DEVICES TRAN, BINH BACH THANH

Interview Candidates (4)

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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18526532 TRIAC DEVICE WITH HIGH COMMUTATING CAPABILITY LINDSEY, COLE LEON 9d overdue
18626737 HEIGHT-ADJUSTABLE MASKING PALLET ASSEMBLY FOR ARC SPRAY APPLICATIONS PENCE, JETHRO M 29d
18433857 GRADIENT BRIDGE CROSS-SECTION FOR IMPROVED THERMAL & OSR FUSE PERFORMANCE SUL, STEPHEN SANGJIN 57d
18668345 PPTC SMALL PLANAR SMD TEMPERATURE SENSORS AND OVERCURRENT DEVICES TRAN, BINH BACH THANH

Client Portfolio (1 client)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
Littelfuse 6

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
28122
28381
28471
17171
28351

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19073148 PROTECTION AND SENSING SYSTEMS AND METHODS Littelfuse, Inc. TRAN, NGUYEN 2838 §103 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Mar 07, 2025
18668345 PPTC SMALL PLANAR SMD TEMPERATURE SENSORS AND OVERCURRENT DEVICES Littelfuse, Inc. TRAN, BINH BACH THANH 2847 §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 20, 2024
18626737 HEIGHT-ADJUSTABLE MASKING PALLET ASSEMBLY FOR ARC SPRAY APPLICATIONS Dongguan Littelfuse Electronics Company Limited PENCE, JETHRO M 1717 §102 Non-Final OA 29d Pending Apr 04, 2024
18433857 GRADIENT BRIDGE CROSS-SECTION FOR IMPROVED THERMAL & OSR FUSE PERFORMANCE Littelfuse, Inc. SUL, STEPHEN SANGJIN 2835 §103 Final Rejection 57d Pending Feb 06, 2024
18526532 TRIAC DEVICE WITH HIGH COMMUTATING CAPABILITY Littelfuse Semiconductor (Wuxi) Co., Ltd. LINDSEY, COLE LEON 2812 §103 Non-Final OA 9d overdue Pending Dec 01, 2023
18486232 MONOLITHIC MULTIPLE-CHANNEL PROTECTION DEVICE Littelfuse Semiconductor (Wuxi) Co., Ltd. SANDVIK, BENJAMIN P 2812 §103 Final Rejection Pending Oct 13, 2023

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