Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Womble Bond Dickinson US Llp–Samsung Display

32 pending office actions • 1 client • 31 examiners • 21 art units • 0 of 32 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 87 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

32
Total Pending OAs
24
Non-Final OAs
5
Final Rejections
3
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 32 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

17
Overdue
3
Due this week
10
Due this month
2
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. 32 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (17)Due ≤ 7 days (3)Due ≤ 30 days (10)Due ≤ 60 days (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.

0
Hard (0%)
29
Medium (91%)
2
Easy (6%)
1
Unknown (3%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only24 (75%)
§102 only5 (16%)
§112 only2 (6%)
No statute on record1 (3%)

Industry Mix

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

6
Life Sciences
19% of docket
1
Information Tech
3% of docket
5
Communications
16% of docket
19
Semiconductors
59% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
3% 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.

320 h
Manual time on pending OAs
64 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
112 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.8 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
NELSON, JACOB THEODORE 2 86.8% +8.5%
EARLES, BRYAN E 1 70.5% +7.4%
HARRIS, DOROTHY H 1 62.7% +22.4%
BOGALE, AMEN W 1 74.5% +4.5%
NADKARNI, SARVESH J 1 71.8% +13.8%
WATKO, JULIE ANNE 1 74.5% +12.3%
YI, CHANGHYUN 1 93.8% +4.2%
BAIG, ANEESA RIAZ 1 94.1% +7.4%
WILLIAMS, JOSEPH L 1 82.5% +15.5%
HALL JR, TYRONE VINCENT 1 76.5% +23.1%

Quick Wins (5)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18466864 DISPLAY DEVICE WILLIAMS, JOSEPH L 46d overdue
18109961 DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME NELSON, JACOB THEODORE 45d overdue
18405351 DISPLAY APPARATUS YI, CHANGHYUN 2d overdue
18076493 DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME NELSON, JACOB THEODORE 13d
18504233 LIGHT EMITTING ELEMENT AND DISPLAY DEVICE COMPRISING THE LIGHT EMITTING ELEMENT BAIG, ANEESA RIAZ 28d

Interview Candidates (5)

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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18466864 DISPLAY DEVICE WILLIAMS, JOSEPH L 46d overdue
19205529 STAGE CIRCUIT AND DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE WATKO, JULIE ANNE 44d overdue
19212632 DISPLAY DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME NADKARNI, SARVESH J 43d overdue
18452652 WORK TABLE FOR LASER PROCESSING AND LASER PROCESSING APPARATUS HALL JR, TYRONE VINCENT 43d overdue
19238223 DISPLAY DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING THE SAME HARRIS, DOROTHY H 9d overdue

Client Portfolio (1 client)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
Samsung 32

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
28123
28753
28153
17863
26252
28142
28172
26281
26291
26271

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19238859 DISPLAY DEVICE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME, AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME Samsung Display Co., Ltd. EARLES, BRYAN E 2625 §103 Non-Final OA 33d Pending Jun 16, 2025
19238223 DISPLAY DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING THE SAME Samsung Display Co., Ltd. HARRIS, DOROTHY H 2625 §103 Non-Final OA 9d overdue Pending Jun 13, 2025
19225875 DISPLAY DEVICE, METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE Samsung Display Co., Ltd. BOGALE, AMEN W 2628 §103 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Jun 02, 2025
19212632 DISPLAY DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME Samsung Display Co., Ltd. NADKARNI, SARVESH J 2629 §103 Non-Final OA 43d overdue Pending May 19, 2025
19205529 STAGE CIRCUIT AND DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE Samsung Display Co., Ltd. WATKO, JULIE ANNE 2627 §112 Non-Final OA 44d overdue Pending May 12, 2025
18405351 DISPLAY APPARATUS Samsung Display Co., Ltd. YI, CHANGHYUN 2812 §103 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Jan 05, 2024
18504233 LIGHT EMITTING ELEMENT AND DISPLAY DEVICE COMPRISING THE LIGHT EMITTING ELEMENT Samsung Display Co., Ltd. BAIG, ANEESA RIAZ 2814 §103 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Nov 08, 2023
18466864 DISPLAY DEVICE Samsung Display Co., Ltd. WILLIAMS, JOSEPH L 2875 §103 Non-Final OA 46d overdue Pending Sep 14, 2023
18452652 WORK TABLE FOR LASER PROCESSING AND LASER PROCESSING APPARATUS Samsung Display Co., Ltd. HALL JR, TYRONE VINCENT 3723 §102 Non-Final OA 43d overdue Pending Aug 21, 2023
18448391 DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME Samsung Display Co., Ltd. BREVAL, ELMITO 2875 §103 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Aug 11, 2023
18336182 INK COMPOSITION, LAYER USING THE SAME, AND ELECTROPHORESIS APPARATUS, AND DISPLAY DEVICE COMPRISING THE SAME Samsung Display Co., Ltd. KOPEC, MARK T 1762 §103 Non-Final OA 29d Pending Jun 16, 2023
18329789 DISPLAY DEVICE Samsung Display Co., Ltd. LEE, NATHANIEL J. 2875 §103 Final Rejection 29d Pending Jun 06, 2023
18309873 DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME Samsung Display Co., Ltd. SCHODDE, CHRISTOPHER A 2898 §103 Non-Final OA 5d Pending May 01, 2023
18296499 DEPOSITION APPARATUS Samsung Display Co., Ltd. LUND, JEFFRIE ROBERT 1716 §103 Non-Final OA 27d Pending Apr 06, 2023
18024544 LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE, MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE, AND DISPLAY APPARATUS Samsung Display Co., Ltd. SMITH, BRADLEY 2817 §103 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Mar 03, 2023
18109961 DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME Samsung Display Co., Ltd. NELSON, JACOB THEODORE 2815 §103 Non-Final OA 45d overdue Pending Feb 15, 2023
18104888 DISPLAY DEVICE Samsung Display Co., Ltd. SENGDARA, VONGSAVANH 2893 §102 Final Rejection 16d Pending Feb 02, 2023
18076493 DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME Samsung Display Co., Ltd. NELSON, JACOB THEODORE 2815 §102 Non-Final OA 13d Pending Dec 07, 2022
17994703 LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE AND NITROGEN-CONTAINING COMPOUND FOR LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE Samsung Display Co., Ltd. DAHLBURG, ELIZABETH M 1786 §103 Non-Final OA 45d overdue Pending Nov 28, 2022
17988151 LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE INCLUDING ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUND, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS INCLUDING THE LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE, AND THE ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUND Samsung Display Co., Ltd. SIMBANA, RACHEL A 1786 §112 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Nov 16, 2022
17979958 LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS INCLUDING LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE Samsung Display Co., Ltd. FORTWENGLER, JAMES RICHARD 1789 §103 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Nov 03, 2022
17974695 DISPLAY DEVICE Samsung Display Co., Ltd. HSIEH, HSIN YI 2899 §102 Non-Final OA 42d overdue Pending Oct 27, 2022
17920538 INKJET PRINTING APPARATUS AND PRINTING METHOD OF BIPOLAR ELEMENT USING THE SAME Samsung Display Co., Ltd. VALENCIA, ALEJANDRO 2853 §103 Final Rejection 36d overdue Pending Oct 21, 2022
17944511 DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME Samsung Display Co., Ltd. CULBERT, CHRISTOPHER A 2815 §103 Non-Final OA 7d Pending Sep 14, 2022
17896693 DISPLAY DEVICE AND TILED DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME Samsung Display Co., Ltd. TRAN, TAN N 2812 §103 Non-Final OA 42d overdue Pending Aug 26, 2022
17801428 INSPECTION DEVICE AND METHOD OF INSPECTING AND REPAIRING DISPLAY PANEL BY USING THE SAME Samsung Display Co., Ltd. ALATA, YASSIN 2426 Final Rejection 33d Pending Aug 22, 2022
17841178 DISPLAY DEVICE Samsung Display Co., Ltd. YEMELYANOV, DMITRIY 2891 §102 Non-Final OA 5d Pending Jun 15, 2022
17784462 DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME Samsung Display Co., Ltd. BOEGEL, CHEVY JACOB 2812 §103 Final Rejection 8d overdue Pending Jun 10, 2022
17832092 LASER DEVICE Samsung Display Co., Ltd. EHRLICH, ALEXANDER JOSEPH 2828 §103 Non-Final OA 9d Pending Jun 03, 2022
17729347 CONDENSED CYCLIC COMPOUND, LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS INCLUDING THE LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE Samsung Display Co., Ltd. WATSON, BRAELYN 1786 §103 Non-Final OA 46d overdue Pending Apr 26, 2022
17707294 PAD STRUCTURE, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF Samsung Display Co., Ltd. SRINIVASAN, SESHA SAIRAMAN 2817 §103 Non-Final OA 9d Pending Mar 29, 2022
17692371 DISPLAY DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE SAME Samsung Display Co., Ltd. ONUTA, TIBERIU DAN 2814 §103 Non-Final OA 53d overdue Pending Mar 11, 2022

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