Technology areas: Computing & Software • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Apparent Labs LLC has 2 pending office actions in the Computing & Software technology area. These actions are distributed across 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units. The busiest examiner is CAO, CHUN, who is currently managing 1 pending office action. This distribution shows that each pending matter is being examined independently by different personnel in separate art units.
For practitioners, this means there is no examiner overlap to leverage for consistent prosecution across the 2 pending actions. The prosecution strategy must be tailored to the specific requirements of CAO, CHUN and the other assigned examiner. The focus on 2 distinct art units indicates that the company's technology is being reviewed by different specialized divisions within the Computing & Software sector. This lack of concentration requires a versatile approach to handle the distinct procedural standards of each unit. The outcome of each action will depend on individual examiner interactions rather than a unified portfolio strategy.
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.
| Bucket | Cases |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 1 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (50%) |
How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.
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.
| Examiner | Apps on this docket | Allow rate | Interview lift |
|---|---|---|---|
| CAO, CHUN | 1 | 84.7% | +12.7% |
| BEHM, HARRY RAYMOND | 1 | 79.6% | +7.3% |
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.
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18291549 | BIDIRECTIONAL WAVEFORM SHAPING FOR GRID-TIED APPLICATIONS | BEHM, HARRY RAYMOND | — |
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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2115 | 1 |
| 2838 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18896266 | SENSOR-BASED ENERGY MANAGEMENT ENCLOSURE AND DISTRIBUTED ENERGY RESOURCE MANAGEMENT BASED ON SENSOR DATA | CAO, CHUN | 2115 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 25, 2024 |
| 18291549 | BIDIRECTIONAL WAVEFORM SHAPING FOR GRID-TIED APPLICATIONS | BEHM, HARRY RAYMOND | 2838 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 23, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialApparent Labs LLC has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Chun Cao has the most, with 1 of Apparent Labs LLC's pending office actions.
Mostly Computing & Software (USPTO Tech Center 2100), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
