Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Slater Matsil, LLP

58 pending office actions • 22 clients • 58 examiners • 35 art units • 0 of 58 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Quality Metrics (n=3855 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

84.2%
Allowance Rate
n=3855
+0.42σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=3855
3.2
OAs to Allowance
n=2469
-0.09σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=2469
915 days
Time to Allowance
n=2469
+5.8pp
Interview Lift
n=3855
25.0%
RCE Rate
n=3855
1.2%
Appeal Rate
n=3855

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

53.2%
§101 Overcome
n=205
78.4%
§102 Overcome
n=1347
78.7%
§103 Overcome
n=2013
78.3%
§112 Overcome
n=1004

Specialization & Scale

H10H, H01L, H10W
Top CPC Subclasses
22%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=3855
14
Practitioners
n=3855
275.4
Apps / Practitioner
n=3855

Portfolio Summary

58
Total Pending OAs
39
Non-Final OAs
16
Final Rejections
3
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 18 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

12
Overdue
1
Due this week
2
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
2
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. 18 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (12)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (2)Due ≤ 60 days (1)Due later (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.

37
Hard (64%)
16
Medium (28%)
4
Easy (7%)
1
Unknown (2%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (2%)
§101 + other4 (7%)
§103 only13 (22%)
§102 only2 (3%)
§112 only3 (5%)
Double-patenting only1 (2%)
Double-patenting + other1 (2%)
Multi-statute (no §101)32 (55%)
No statute on record1 (2%)

Industry Mix

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

5
Life Sciences
9% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
2
Communications
3% of docket
26
Semiconductors
45% of docket
9
Mechanical / Eng
16% of docket
16
Business / Other
28% 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.

580 h
Manual time on pending OAs
116 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
203 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
5.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
TORIMIRO, ADETOKUNBO OLUSEGUN 1 76.0% +16.6%
SATHIRAJU, SRINIVAS 1 88.8% +6.1%
SINCLAIR, DAVID M 1 68.3% +19.9%
BUKSA, CHRISTOPHER ALLEN 1 73.2% +20.0%
ZIMMERMAN, JOSHUA D 1 40.7% +15.4%
KIRKLAND III, FREDDIE 1 84.4% +10.4%
KECK, DANIEL M 1 81.4% +19.5%
WILHELM, TIMOTHY 1 78.7% +11.8%
YI, CHANGHYUN 1 93.9% +4.2%
PURVIS, SUE A 1 65.1% +15.8%

Quick Wins (1)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18834566 TARGET CARRIER, SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR TRANSFERRING A SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENT AND HOLDING STRUCTURE YI, CHANGHYUN

Hard Cases (37)

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
18253000 TRANSPORT SYSTEM FOR TRANSPORTING MATERIAL UNITS IN MATERIAL PROCESSING AND METHOD FOR TRANSPORTING MATERIAL UNITS BROTHERS, LAURENCE RAPHAEL 118d overdue
18689270 PHOTOVOLTAIC THERMAL MODULE AND SOLAR SYSTEM MALLEY JR., DANIEL PATRICK 50d overdue
18279645 OPTOELECTRONIC SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENT, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING AT LEAST ONE OPTOELECTRONIC SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENT KHALIFA, MOATAZ 37d overdue
18365682 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RECOMMENDING TO ENABLE/DISABLE A WORKSTATION, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND WAREHOUSING SYSTEM CRAWLEY, TALIA F 30d overdue
18762136 VEHICLE SWARM CONTROL MCCLEARY, CAITLIN RENEE 17d overdue
18551802 METHOD FOR TESTING A WAFER AND WAFER DULKA, JOHN P 17d overdue
18251516 Silicon Substrate with ESD Protection Element MOVVA, AMAR 6d
18571570 OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING THE SAME GREEN, TELLY D 12d

Interview Candidates (8)

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
18986146 VIDEO DISPLAY SYSTEM FOR GAMING MACHINES USING LIVE SPORTING EVENTS ODDS TORIMIRO, ADETOKUNBO OLUSEGUN
18861961 CAPACITOR COMPONENT, USE OF A CAPACITOR COMPONENT AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SINCLAIR, DAVID M
18859975 MONITORING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A MONITORING DEVICE BUKSA, CHRISTOPHER ALLEN
18044359 Numbering Unit with Variable Print Wheel Width ZIMMERMAN, JOSHUA D
18855265 SENSOR STRUCTURE KIRKLAND III, FREDDIE
18842684 MODULE FOR A BICYCLE, KIT FOR A BICYCLE AND BICYCLE KECK, DANIEL M
18837579 DRIVE DEVICE FOR AN ELECTRIC BICYCLE AND ELECTRIC BICYCLE WILHELM, TIMOTHY
18832418 METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN OPTOELECTRONIC COMPONENT AND OPTOELECTRONIC COMPONENT PURVIS, SUE A

Client Portfolio (22 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
28983
28112
28912
28932
28992
28282
28372
28441
28531
28471

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18986146 VIDEO DISPLAY SYSTEM FOR GAMING MACHINES USING LIVE SPORTING EVENTS ODDS Bet Stream Media, LLC TORIMIRO, ADETOKUNBO OLUSEGUN DP Non-Final OA Pending Dec 18, 2024
18979952 PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSFORMER TDK Electronics AG SATHIRAJU, SRINIVAS 2844 Other Non-Final OA Pending Dec 13, 2024
18861961 CAPACITOR COMPONENT, USE OF A CAPACITOR COMPONENT AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING TDK Electronics AG SINCLAIR, DAVID M §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 31, 2024
18859975 MONITORING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A MONITORING DEVICE Bearcover GmbH BUKSA, CHRISTOPHER ALLEN §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 24, 2024
18044359 Numbering Unit with Variable Print Wheel Width Zeiser GmbH ZIMMERMAN, JOSHUA D 2853 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 23, 2024
18855265 SENSOR STRUCTURE TDK Electronics AG KIRKLAND III, FREDDIE §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 08, 2024
18842684 MODULE FOR A BICYCLE, KIT FOR A BICYCLE AND BICYCLE Porsche Ebike Performance GmbH KECK, DANIEL M §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 29, 2024
18837579 DRIVE DEVICE FOR AN ELECTRIC BICYCLE AND ELECTRIC BICYCLE Porsche Ebike Performance GmbH WILHELM, TIMOTHY §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 09, 2024
18834566 TARGET CARRIER, SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR TRANSFERRING A SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENT AND HOLDING STRUCTURE AMS-OSRAM AG YI, CHANGHYUN §112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 30, 2024
18832418 METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN OPTOELECTRONIC COMPONENT AND OPTOELECTRONIC COMPONENT AMS-OSRAM AG PURVIS, SUE A §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 23, 2024
18730639 ELECTRODE AND ELECTROLYTIC CAPACITOR COMPRISING THE ELECTRODE TDK Electronics AG FERGUSON, DION 2847 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 19, 2024
18762136 VEHICLE SWARM CONTROL Apium, Inc. MCCLEARY, CAITLIN RENEE 3669 §103§112 Final Rejection 17d overdue Pending Jul 02, 2024
18746916 METHOD FOR READING A MARKING, AND WORKPIECE Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V. ST CYR, DANIEL 2876 §103 Final Rejection 142d overdue Pending Jun 18, 2024
18736268 VITAL SIGN MONITOR, METHOD FOR OPERATING A VITAL SIGN MONITOR, AND METHOD FOR TRAINING A VITAL SIGN MONITOR AMS-OSRAM AG SKROBARCZYK III, ROBERT ANTHONY 3792 §101§102§103 Final Rejection Pending Jun 06, 2024
18736295 X-RAY DETECTION DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF Ketek GmbH Halbleiter- Und Reinraumtechnik INOUSSA, MOULOUCOULAY §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 06, 2024
18716880 OPTOELECTRONIC COMPONENT, OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A COMPONENT AMS-OSRAM AG RAHMAN, MOHAMMAD A §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 05, 2024
18710293 ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE AMS-OSRAM AG CHOU, SHIH TSUN A 2811 §112 Non-Final OA Pending May 15, 2024
18710303 ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD FOR TESTING OPTOELECTRONIC COMPONENTS AMS-OSRAM AG VU, HUNG K §102 Non-Final OA Pending May 15, 2024
18709402 OPTOELECTRONIC COMPONENT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN OPTOELECTRONIC COMPONENT AMS-OSRAM AG SEDOROOK, DAVID PAUL §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending May 10, 2024
18708553 METHOD FOR PRODUCING A PACKAGE FOR A SEMICONDUCTOR CHIP, PACKAGE FOR A SEMICONDUCTOR CHIP AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AMS-OSRAM AG WARD, DAVID WILLIAM §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending May 08, 2024
18657170 DIE EDGE STRUCTURE FOR MOLDING COMPOUND FILLING AND THE METHODS OF FORMING THE SAME Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. OZDEN, ILKER NMN §102§103§112DP Non-Final OA Pending May 07, 2024
18642373 METHOD FOR PROCESSING A DETECTOR SIGNAL, DETECTION MODULE AND SORTING MACHINE Ketek GmbH Halbleiter- Und Reinraumtechnik FAYE, MAMADOU 2884 §103 Final Rejection Pending Apr 22, 2024
18689270 PHOTOVOLTAIC THERMAL MODULE AND SOLAR SYSTEM Sunmaxx PVT GmbH MALLEY JR., DANIEL PATRICK 1726 §103§112 Non-Final OA 50d overdue Pending Mar 28, 2024
18690256 OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURE AMS-OSRAM AG GEBREMARIAM, SAMUEL A 2811 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 07, 2024
18684565 OPTOELECTRONIC COMPONENT, LIGHTING UNIT AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING AN OPTOELECTRONIC COMPONENT AMS-OSRAM AG ZARNEKE, DAVID A 2891 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 16, 2024
18682595 MULTI-LAYER FILM, COVER MATERIAL, ITS USE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE Loparex Germany GmbH & Co. Kg SANDERS, JAMES M 1743 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Feb 09, 2024
18578633 METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A PLURALITY OF LIGHT EMITTING DEVICES AND COMPONENT AMS-OSRAM AG DYKES, LAURA M 2892 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 11, 2024
18572699 OPTOELECTRONIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, ARRAY OF OPTOELECTRONIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING AN OPTOELECTRONIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AMS-OSRAM AG FERNANDES, ERROL V 2893 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 20, 2023
18571923 METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN ELECTRONIC COMPONENT, AND ELECTRONIC COMPONENT AMS-OSRAM AG GUMEDZOE, PENIEL M 2899 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 19, 2023
18571570 OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING THE SAME AMS-OSRAM AG GREEN, TELLY D 2898 §102§103 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Dec 18, 2023
18530628 PROCEDURE FOR ENTERING COMMANDS FOR AN ELECTRONIC SETUP Patty'S GmbH BONSHOCK, DENNIS G 3992 §103 Final Rejection Pending Dec 06, 2023
18558691 OPTOELECTRONIC LIGHTING DEVICE AMS-OSRAM AG QUINTO, KEVIN V 2893 §102§103 Non-Final OA 71d Pending Nov 02, 2023
18554923 METALLIZED SEMICONDUCTOR DIE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD TDK Electronics AG NIX, NORA TAYLOR 2891 §103 Final Rejection 22d overdue Pending Oct 11, 2023
18554701 RADIATION-EMITTING SEMICONDUCTOR CHIP AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A RADIATION-EMITTING SEMICONDUCTOR CHIP AMS-OSRAM AG XU, ZHIJUN 2818 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 10, 2023
18552291 LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE AND LIDAR SYSTEM AMS-OSRAM AG CARTER, MICHAEL W 2828 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 25, 2023
18551802 METHOD FOR TESTING A WAFER AND WAFER AMS-OSRAM AG DULKA, JOHN P 2817 §102§103 Non-Final OA 17d overdue Pending Sep 21, 2023
18551474 SWITCHING DEVICE TDK Electronics AG HOMZA, LISA NHUNG 2837 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 20, 2023
18470157 Condition-Based Method for Malfunction Prediction Hitachi Energy Ltd. BACA, MATTHEW WALTER 2857 §101 Final Rejection Pending Sep 19, 2023
18549753 FLAT FLAME-RETARDANT HARNESS SYSTEM AND BATTERY MODULE HAVING SAME Lattron.Co., Ltd. LAIOS, MARIA J 1727 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 08, 2023
18279645 OPTOELECTRONIC SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENT, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING AT LEAST ONE OPTOELECTRONIC SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENT AMS-OSRAM AG KHALIFA, MOATAZ 2815 §102§103 Non-Final OA 37d overdue Pending Aug 31, 2023
18546582 METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN OPTOELECTRONIC SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENT AND OPTOELECTRONIC SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENT AMS-OSRAM AG HOSSAIN, MOAZZAM 2898 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Aug 15, 2023
18365682 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RECOMMENDING TO ENABLE/DISABLE A WORKSTATION, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND WAREHOUSING SYSTEM Shenzhen Kubo Software Co., Ltd. CRAWLEY, TALIA F 3627 §101§103 Final Rejection 30d overdue Pending Aug 04, 2023
18263971 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A DEVICE TDK Electronics AG CUEVAS, PEDRO J §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 02, 2023
18263768 STATUS DETECTION CIRCUIT AND REMOTELY OPERABLE SWITCH TDK Electronics AG ROJAS, BERNARD 2837 §102 Final Rejection 35d overdue Pending Aug 01, 2023
18255953 LIGHT DETECTION SYSTEM AND METHODS THEREOF Osram GmbH WOLDEMARYAM, ASSRES H 3642 §103 Final Rejection 16d overdue Pending Jun 05, 2023
18255941 Light-Emitting Semiconductor Chip and Method for Manufacturing Light-Emitting Semiconductor Chip AMS-OSRAM AG KOTTER, STEPHEN SUTTON 2828 §103 Non-Final OA 29d overdue Pending Jun 05, 2023
18198217 DEVICE LOCATION SYNCHRONIZATION WITHIN A 3D STRUCTURE MODEL Digs, Inc. TAHA, AHMED 2613 §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 16, 2023
18253000 TRANSPORT SYSTEM FOR TRANSPORTING MATERIAL UNITS IN MATERIAL PROCESSING AND METHOD FOR TRANSPORTING MATERIAL UNITS Harburg-Freudenberger Maschinenbau GmbH BROTHERS, LAURENCE RAPHAEL 3655 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 118d overdue Pending May 15, 2023
18251516 Silicon Substrate with ESD Protection Element TDK Electronics AG MOVVA, AMAR 2898 §102§103 Final Rejection 6d Pending May 02, 2023
18135684 AUGMENTED REALITY ENHANCED BUILDING MODEL VIEWER Digs, Inc. WANG, YUEHAN 2617 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 17, 2023
18124920 Water Filtration System, and Associated Method Cloud Water Filter, LLC PEO, JONATHAN M 1779 §103 Non-Final OA 83d Pending Mar 22, 2023
18026924 Power Module and Method for Producing a Power Module Hitachi Energy Ltd. BULLARD-CONNOR, GENEVIEVE GRACE 2899 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 17, 2023
18005533 METHOD FOR PRODUCING A COMPONENT, AND OPTOELECTRONIC COMPONENT AMS-OSRAM AG FAHMY, WAEL M 2814 §103§112 Final Rejection 27d Pending Jan 13, 2023
18004619 Lidar Interference Detection Osram GmbH HAUT, EVAN HARRISON 3645 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jan 06, 2023
18150251 WAREHOUSE SORTING METHOD, SERVER, ROBOT, SYSTEM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Hai Robotics Co., Ltd. CUMBESS, YOLANDA RENEE 3651 §103 Final Rejection 9d overdue Pending Jan 05, 2023
18061440 System, Method, and Software for Managing Digital Animal Records Prox Animal Health, LLC SHELDEN, BION A 3685 §101§103 Non-Final OA 36d Pending Dec 03, 2022
18061445 Facilitating Traceability of Animal-Based Meat Products Prox Animal Health, LLC KANAAN, LIZA TONY 3683 §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 03, 2022
17692990 Heater Meander TDK Corporation HERBERT, MADISON TAYLOR 1758 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 11, 2022

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