Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Usch Law, Pc

19 pending office actions • 6 clients • 16 examiners • 10 art units • 0 of 19 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 56 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

19
Total Pending OAs
14
Non-Final OAs
0
Final Rejections
5
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 19 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

9
Overdue
0
Due this week
6
Due this month
3
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. 19 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (9)Due ≤ 30 days (6)Due ≤ 60 days (3)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.

1
Hard (5%)
16
Medium (84%)
2
Easy (11%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (5%)
§103 only15 (79%)
§102 only1 (5%)
§112 only2 (11%)

Industry Mix

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

12
Life Sciences
63% of docket
2
Information Tech
11% of docket
1
Communications
5% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
4
Mechanical / Eng
21% 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.

190 h
Manual time on pending OAs
38 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
66 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
AYAD, TAMIR 3 42.0% +48.8%
BUCK, LINDSEY A 2 49.1% +34.2%
CARLSON, KOURTNEY SALZMAN 1 44.0% +40.6%
KANG, TAE-SIK 1 58.0% +27.2%
MALLEY JR., DANIEL PATRICK 1 56.8% +46.3%
DINH, ANH-KHOA N 1 86.9% +14.5%
PILLAY, DEVINA 1 44.1% +26.7%
HILSMIER, HEIDI ANN 1 100.0% +0.0%
TRUONG, QUANGLONG N 1 78.6% +23.4%
WENDELL, ANDREW 1 84.2% +11.6%

Quick Wins (2)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18625086 INSTRUMENT DRIVE AND SURGICAL ROBOT HILSMIER, HEIDI ANN 32d overdue
18401252 SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, STORAGE MEDIUM, INTEGRATED CIRCUIT, DEVICE AND TERMINAL WENDELL, ANDREW 14d

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
18751123 NERVE STIMULATION APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD DINH, ANH-KHOA N 9d

Interview Candidates (12)

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
19065968 SOLAR CELL, METHOD FOR PREPARING THE SAME AND PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULE MALLEY JR., DANIEL PATRICK 3d overdue
18633335 SOLAR CELL AND PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULE AYAD, TAMIR 1d overdue
18751123 NERVE STIMULATION APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD DINH, ANH-KHOA N 9d
19069230 PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME KANG, TAE-SIK 13d
18415532 SOLAR CELL AND PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULE AYAD, TAMIR 13d
18401252 SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, STORAGE MEDIUM, INTEGRATED CIRCUIT, DEVICE AND TERMINAL WENDELL, ANDREW 14d
19246422 SOLAR CELL AND PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULE AYAD, TAMIR 20d
18638586 SOLAR CELL AND PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULE PILLAY, DEVINA 21d

Client Portfolio (6 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
17265
17283
17212
37962
36482
16151
26481
17141
24511
21411

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19246422 SOLAR CELL AND PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULE Jinko Solar Co., Ltd. AYAD, TAMIR 1726 §103 Non-Final OA 20d Pending Jun 23, 2025
19093241 SEGMENTED SOLAR CELL, METHOD FOR FORMING THE SAME AND PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULE Zhejiang Jinko Solar Co., Ltd. CARLSON, KOURTNEY SALZMAN 1721 §103 Non-Final OA 40d Pending Mar 27, 2025
19069230 PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME Zhejiang Jinko Solar Co., Ltd. KANG, TAE-SIK 1728 §102 Non-Final OA 13d Pending Mar 04, 2025
19065968 SOLAR CELL, METHOD FOR PREPARING THE SAME AND PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULE Jinko Solar (Haining) Co., Ltd. MALLEY JR., DANIEL PATRICK 1726 §103 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Feb 27, 2025
18972683 METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULE AND PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULE Zhejiang Jinko Solar Co., Ltd. BUCK, LINDSEY A 1728 §112 Non-Final OA 40d Pending Dec 06, 2024
18751123 NERVE STIMULATION APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD Amygdala Neuro Technologies (ShenZhen) Co., Ltd. DINH, ANH-KHOA N 3796 §101 Non-Final OA 9d Pending Jun 21, 2024
18638586 SOLAR CELL AND PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULE Jinko Solar (Haining) Co., Ltd. PILLAY, DEVINA 1726 §103 Non-Final OA 21d Pending Apr 17, 2024
18633335 SOLAR CELL AND PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULE Zhejiang Jinko Solar Co., Ltd. AYAD, TAMIR 1726 §103 Non-Final OA 1d overdue Pending Apr 11, 2024
18625086 INSTRUMENT DRIVE AND SURGICAL ROBOT Cornerstone Technology (Shenzhen) Limited HILSMIER, HEIDI ANN 3796 §103 Non-Final OA 32d overdue Pending Apr 02, 2024
18615991 SOLAR CELL AND PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULE Jinko Solar Co., Ltd. BUCK, LINDSEY A 1728 §112 Non-Final OA 71d Pending Mar 25, 2024
18587982 RETINOL DERIVATIVE COMPOSITION AND USE THEREOF Dermahealth Shanghai Biotechnology Co., Ltd. TRUONG, QUANGLONG N 1615 §103 Non-Final OA 35d Pending Feb 27, 2024
18415532 SOLAR CELL AND PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULE Jinko Solar (Haining) Co., Ltd. AYAD, TAMIR 1726 §103 Non-Final OA 13d Pending Jan 17, 2024
18401252 SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, STORAGE MEDIUM, INTEGRATED CIRCUIT, DEVICE AND TERMINAL Calterah Semiconductor Technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. WENDELL, ANDREW 2648 §103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Dec 29, 2023
18401279 MIMO SENSOR, METHOD FOR DETERMINING DIRECTION-OF-ARRIVAL APPROXIMATION DEGREE, AND TARGET INFORMATION MATCHING METHOD Calterah Semiconductor Technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. WAHEED, NAZRA NUR 3648 §103 Non-Final OA 5d overdue Pending Dec 29, 2023
18399665 Signal Processing Method and Device, Radar, Medium, Program Product and Terminal Calterah Semiconductor Technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. JUSTICE, MICHAEL W 3648 §103 Non-Final OA 1d overdue Pending Dec 28, 2023
18518918 METHOD FOR PREPARING SILICON SINGLE CRYSTAL ROD AND SINGLE CRYSTAL FURNACE Zhejiang Jinko Solar Co., Ltd. QI, HUA 1714 §103 Non-Final OA 15d overdue Pending Nov 24, 2023
18506585 NETWORK DATA PACKET PROCESSING METHOD, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM Wangsu Science & Technology Co., Ltd. TRAN, JIMMY H 2451 §103 Non-Final OA 124d overdue Pending Nov 10, 2023
18494735 SOLAR CELL SCREEN PLATE, SOLAR CELL, AND PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULE Jinko Solar Co., Ltd. DAM, DUSTIN Q 1721 §103 Non-Final OA 119d overdue Pending Oct 25, 2023
18556329 METHOD FOR DISPLAYING BROWSER PAGES, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM Wangsu Science & Technology Co., Ltd. ZECHER, CORDELIA P K 2141 §103 Non-Final OA 66d overdue Pending Oct 19, 2023

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