Prosecution Insights
Last updated: July 17, 2026

Ricky Lam - Way Insight

10 pending office actions • 3 clients • 7 examiners • 7 art units • 0 of 10 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 537 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=3262 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

99.4%
Allowance Rate
n=3262
+0.25σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=3262
1.1
OAs to Allowance
n=3085
-1.79σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=3085
365 days
Time to Allowance
n=3085
+0.6pp
Interview Lift
n=3262
4.9%
RCE Rate
n=3262
0.3%
Appeal Rate
n=3262

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

§101 Overcome
n=2 (min 20)
97.0%
§102 Overcome
n=265
82.6%
§103 Overcome
n=321
97.4%
§112 Overcome
n=462

Specialization & Scale

G02B, G02F, C09D
Top CPC Subclasses
28%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=3262
0
Practitioners
n=3262
Apps / Practitioner
n=3262 (min 20)

Portfolio Summary

10
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
5
Final Rejections
2
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%)
8
Medium (80%)
0
Easy (0%)
2
Unknown (20%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only8 (80%)
No statute on record2 (20%)

Industry Mix

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

6
Life Sciences
60% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
3
Semiconductors
30% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
1
Business / Other
10% 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.

100 h
Manual time on pending OAs
20 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
35 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.9 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
HON, SOW FUN 3 57.7% +64.6%
BETIT, JACOB F 2 36.1% +16.6%
SIPES, JOHN CURTIS 1 80.2% +16.1%
DABBI, JYOTSNA V 1 62.4% +23.2%
FISCHER, JUSTIN R 1 44.3% +2.2%
HEINCER, LIAM J 1 55.6% +26.1%
MANGOHIG, THOMAS A 1 20.1% +24.5%

Hard Cases (1)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17426814 ADHESIVE FILM, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR, AND FOLDABLE DISPLAY DEVICE COMPRISING SAME MANGOHIG, THOMAS A

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
18115783 TEST BOX WITH CIRCUIT BOARDS ASSEMBLED BY MEANS OF GUIDE RAILS BETIT, JACOB F 396d overdue
18115782 DETACHABLE MODULARIZED TEST PLATFORM BETIT, JACOB F 325d overdue
18250732 ADHESIVE COMPOSITION FOR POLARIZING PLATE, POLARIZING PLATE, AND OPTICAL DISPLAY DEVICE HON, SOW FUN 28d
17295702 POLARIZING PLATE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING SAME HON, SOW FUN 41d
18821874 POLARIZING PLATE AND OPTICAL DISPLAY APPARATUS SIPES, JOHN CURTIS
18414083 POLARIZING PLATE AND OPTICAL DISPLAY APPARATUS DABBI, JYOTSNA V
18045762 POLARIZING PLATE AND OPTICAL DISPLAY APPARATUS COMPRISING THE SAME HON, SOW FUN
17612865 ADHESIVE COMPOSITION, ADHESIVE FILM, AND FOLDABLE DISPLAY DEVICE COMPRISING SAME HEINCER, LIAM J

Client Portfolio (3 clients)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
Samsung 5
LG 3
SHENZHEN LONGOOD INTELLIGENT ELECTRIC CO., LTD 2

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
17823
28721
17491
28521
28411
17671
17881

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18821874 POLARIZING PLATE AND OPTICAL DISPLAY APPARATUS Samsung Electronics SIPES, JOHN CURTIS Non-Final OA Pending Aug 30, 2024
18414083 POLARIZING PLATE AND OPTICAL DISPLAY APPARATUS Samsung Electronics DABBI, JYOTSNA V 2872 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jan 16, 2024
18250732 ADHESIVE COMPOSITION FOR POLARIZING PLATE, POLARIZING PLATE, AND OPTICAL DISPLAY DEVICE Samsung Electronics HON, SOW FUN 1782 §103 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Apr 26, 2023
18044947 ADHESIVE COMPOSITION FOR FOLDABLE DISPLAY AND ADHESIVE FILM FOR FOLDABLE DISPLAY COMPRISING CURED PRODUCT THEREOF LG Chem, Ltd. FISCHER, JUSTIN R 1749 §103 Final Rejection Pending Mar 10, 2023
18115782 DETACHABLE MODULARIZED TEST PLATFORM Shenzhen Longood Intelligent Electric Co., Ltd. BETIT, JACOB F 2852 §103 Non-Final OA 325d overdue Pending Mar 01, 2023
18115783 TEST BOX WITH CIRCUIT BOARDS ASSEMBLED BY MEANS OF GUIDE RAILS Shenzhen Longood Intelligent Electric Co., Ltd. BETIT, JACOB F 2841 §103 Non-Final OA 396d overdue Pending Mar 01, 2023
18045762 POLARIZING PLATE AND OPTICAL DISPLAY APPARATUS COMPRISING THE SAME Samsung Electronics HON, SOW FUN 1782 §103 Final Rejection Pending Oct 11, 2022
17612865 ADHESIVE COMPOSITION, ADHESIVE FILM, AND FOLDABLE DISPLAY DEVICE COMPRISING SAME LG Chem, Ltd. HEINCER, LIAM J 1767 §103 Final Rejection Pending Nov 19, 2021
17426814 ADHESIVE FILM, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR, AND FOLDABLE DISPLAY DEVICE COMPRISING SAME LG Chem, Ltd. MANGOHIG, THOMAS A 1788 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jul 29, 2021
17295702 POLARIZING PLATE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING SAME Samsung Electronics HON, SOW FUN 1782 Non-Final OA 41d Pending May 20, 2021

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