Prosecution Insights
Last updated: July 17, 2026

Mh2 Technology Law Group, LLP (With Ams Ag)

26 pending office actions • 2 clients • 22 examiners • 11 art units • 0 of 26 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 29 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=470 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

88.5%
Allowance Rate
n=470
+0.32σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=470
2.9
OAs to Allowance
n=292
-0.24σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=292
888 days
Time to Allowance
n=292
+13.7pp
Interview Lift
n=470
29.1%
RCE Rate
n=470
0.3%
Appeal Rate
n=470

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

§101 Overcome
n=2 (min 20)
88.9%
§102 Overcome
n=45
73.6%
§103 Overcome
n=250
89.7%
§112 Overcome
n=39

Specialization & Scale

H01S, H10F, G01J
Top CPC Subclasses
25%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=470
0
Practitioners
n=470
Apps / Practitioner
n=470 (min 20)

Portfolio Summary

26
Total Pending OAs
17
Non-Final OAs
8
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 10 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

6
Overdue
2
Due this week
1
Due this month
0
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. 10 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (6)Due ≤ 7 days (2)Due ≤ 30 days (1)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.

0
Hard (0%)
21
Medium (81%)
3
Easy (12%)
2
Unknown (8%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only21 (81%)
§112 only3 (12%)
No statute on record2 (8%)

Industry Mix

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

2
Life Sciences
8% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
1
Communications
4% of docket
12
Semiconductors
46% of docket
7
Mechanical / Eng
27% of docket
4
Business / Other
15% 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.

260 h
Manual time on pending OAs
52 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
91 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
CARTER, MICHAEL W 3 74.4% +15.6%
NIU, XINNING 2 82.9% +4.0%
CHILTON, CLARA GRACE 2 53.6% +14.7%
FLOHRE, JASON A 1 69.0% +17.9%
ANDREWS, FELIX BRYAN 1 82.8% +7.7%
CUDA, BRENNEN STUART 1
HODGES, SUSAN E 1 66.9% +13.9%
SUMLAR, JOURNEY F 1 69.0% +11.3%
LEE, EUGENE 1 81.8% +5.4%
GOLUB-MILLER, MARCIA A 1 51.3% +26.3%

Quick Wins (4)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18694144 OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICE ANDREWS, FELIX BRYAN
18573012 OPTOELECTRONIC COMPONENT, AND PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING AN OPTOELECTRONIC COMPONENT NIU, XINNING
18567567 COMPONENT HAVING IMPROVED PROPERTIES WITH REGARD TO WAVELENGTH BROADENING NIU, XINNING
18260949 OPTOELECTRONIC SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN OPTOELECTRONIC SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENT LEE, EUGENE

Interview Candidates (9)

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
18249307 OPTOELECTRONIC COMPONENT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN OPTOELECTRONIC COMPONENT CARTER, MICHAEL W 30d overdue
18716414 PIXEL ARRANGEMENT, PIXEL MATRIX, IMAGE SENSOR AND METHOD OF OPERATING A PIXEL ARRANGEMENT FLOHRE, JASON A 3d overdue
18682042 OPTICAL SENSOR ARRANGEMENT HODGES, SUSAN E
18552795 OPTOELECTRONIC SEMICONDUCTOR CHIP CARTER, MICHAEL W
18262773 OPTOELECTRONIC ASSEMBLY SUMLAR, JOURNEY F
18257033 OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICE GOLUB-MILLER, MARCIA A
18246791 OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME CARTER, MICHAEL W
17923386 A LIDAR SENSOR FOR LIGHT DETECTION AND RANGING, LIDAR MODULE, LIDAR ENABLED DEVICE AND METHOD OF OPERATING A LIDAR SENSOR FOR LIGHT DETECTION AND RANGING CHILTON, CLARA GRACE

Client Portfolio (2 clients)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
ams-OSRAM 25
AMS-OSRAM AG 1

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36457
28285
28182
26371
28721
28151
28981
17371
28001
28711

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18716414 PIXEL ARRANGEMENT, PIXEL MATRIX, IMAGE SENSOR AND METHOD OF OPERATING A PIXEL ARRANGEMENT AMS-OSRAM AG FLOHRE, JASON A 2637 §103 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Jun 04, 2024
18694144 OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICE AMS-OSRAM AG ANDREWS, FELIX BRYAN §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 21, 2024
18257116 OPTICAL SYSTEM PACKAGING AMS-OSRAM AG CUDA, BRENNEN STUART 2818 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 20, 2024
18682042 OPTICAL SENSOR ARRANGEMENT AMS-OSRAM AG HODGES, SUSAN E Non-Final OA Pending Feb 07, 2024
18573012 OPTOELECTRONIC COMPONENT, AND PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING AN OPTOELECTRONIC COMPONENT AMS-OSRAM AG NIU, XINNING §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 21, 2023
18567567 COMPONENT HAVING IMPROVED PROPERTIES WITH REGARD TO WAVELENGTH BROADENING AMS-OSRAM AG NIU, XINNING §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 06, 2023
18552795 OPTOELECTRONIC SEMICONDUCTOR CHIP AMS-OSRAM AG CARTER, MICHAEL W 2828 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 27, 2023
18262773 OPTOELECTRONIC ASSEMBLY AMS-OSRAM AG SUMLAR, JOURNEY F 2872 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 25, 2023
18260949 OPTOELECTRONIC SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN OPTOELECTRONIC SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENT AMS-OSRAM AG LEE, EUGENE 2815 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 11, 2023
18257033 OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICE AMS-OSRAM AG GOLUB-MILLER, MARCIA A 2828 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 12, 2023
18255124 RADIATION-EMITTING LASER COMPONENT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A RADIATION-EMITTING LASER COMPONENT AMS-OSRAM AG ZHANG, YUANDA 2828 Other Final Rejection Pending May 31, 2023
18249307 OPTOELECTRONIC COMPONENT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN OPTOELECTRONIC COMPONENT AMS-OSRAM AG CARTER, MICHAEL W 2828 §103 Final Rejection 30d overdue Pending Apr 17, 2023
18247936 OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH A CONTACT LAYER AND A ROUGHENED LAYER ARRANGED THEREON, AND PRODUCTION METHOD AMS-OSRAM AG KOLAHDOUZAN, HAJAR 2898 §103 Non-Final OA 49d overdue Pending Apr 05, 2023
18246791 OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME AMS-OSRAM AG CARTER, MICHAEL W 2828 §103 Final Rejection Pending Mar 27, 2023
18245185 METHOD FOR PRODUCING A PACKAGE, AND OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICE AMS-OSRAM AG LE, THAO P 2818 §112 Non-Final OA 28d overdue Pending Mar 14, 2023
18044223 OPTICAL MEASURING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MEASURING A DISTANCE OR A SPEED OF AN OBJECT AMS-OSRAM AG NOEL, JEMPSON 3645 §103 Final Rejection 45d overdue Pending Mar 07, 2023
18041708 METHOD FOR FORMING A LIFT-OFF MASK STRUCTURE AMS-OSRAM AG ANGEBRANNDT, MARTIN J 1737 §103 Final Rejection Pending Feb 15, 2023
18012140 APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING THE PRESENCE OR CONCENTRATION OF TARGET MOLECULES AMS-OSRAM AG RIZVI, AKBAR HASSAN 2800 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 21, 2022
17923386 A LIDAR SENSOR FOR LIGHT DETECTION AND RANGING, LIDAR MODULE, LIDAR ENABLED DEVICE AND METHOD OF OPERATING A LIDAR SENSOR FOR LIGHT DETECTION AND RANGING AMS-OSRAM AG CHILTON, CLARA GRACE 3645 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 04, 2022
17922900 MANIPULATING ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION AMS-OSRAM AG JUNG, JONATHAN Y 2871 §103 Final Rejection 38d overdue Pending Nov 02, 2022
17907328 OPTICAL MODULE AMS-OSRAM AG NGUYEN, HENRY H 1758 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 26, 2022
17875895 OPTOELECTRONIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING AN OPTOELECTRONIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AMS-OSRAM AG RICHTER, KARA MARIE 3645 §103 Final Rejection 7d Pending Jul 28, 2022
17788454 A SENSING SYSTEM AMS-OSRAM AG CHEN, CHIA-LING 3645 §103 Non-Final OA 72d Pending Jun 23, 2022
17788143 TIME OF FLIGHT SENSOR AMS-OSRAM AG BAGHDASARYAN, HOVHANNES 3645 §103 Final Rejection 15d Pending Jun 22, 2022
17781968 TIME OF FLIGHT SENSING METHOD AMS-OSRAM AG CHILTON, CLARA GRACE 3645 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 02, 2022
17621658 IMAGING SYSTEM AND DETECTION METHOD AMS-OSRAM AG BOEGHOLM, ISABELLE LIN 3645 §103 Non-Final OA 6d Pending Dec 21, 2021

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