Technology areas: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
4 pending office actions • 4 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 10 patents granted in the last 365 days
Automotive Research & Testing Center has 3 pending office actions in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. These actions are split among 3 distinct examiners and 3 distinct art units. ZHANG, HAIDONG is the busiest examiner, currently managing 1 pending office action. The 3 pending office actions are spread across 3 distinct art units, showing that the center's research covers several different semiconductor and optical fields. Each of the 3 distinct examiners is responsible for 1 pending action.
ZHANG, HAIDONG handles 1 of these 3 actions. This distribution means that each of the company's active filings is being reviewed by a different person in a different specialized unit. The 3 distinct art units and 3 distinct examiners require the center to manage multiple prosecution tracks simultaneously. For practitioners, this lack of overlap in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics area means that strategies must be tailored to the specific preferences of each of the 3 distinct examiners involved in the 3 pending office actions.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 1 (25%) |
| §103 only | 2 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (25%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ZHANG, HAIDONG | 1 | 81.3% | +12.3% |
| ZHU, NOAH YI MIN | 1 | 79.0% | +13.9% |
| ALZATEEMEH, HUSSAM ALDEEN | 1 | 58.8% | +33.6% |
| MOORE, DEVON TYLEN | 1 | 48.4% | +37.2% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18535792 | SENSOR FUSION AND OBJECT TRACKING SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF | ZHU, NOAH YI MIN | 9d overdue |
| 19026321 | SELF-CHECKING FAULT DIAGNOSIS SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF | ZHANG, HAIDONG | — |
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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18535792 | SENSOR FUSION AND OBJECT TRACKING SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF | ZHU, NOAH YI MIN | 9d overdue |
| 18139505 | HYDROGEN TEMPERATURE CONTROLLING SYSTEM, REFRIGERATED CONTAINING DEVICE, AND DIVISIONAL TEMPERATURE CONTROLLING METHOD FOR THE REFRIGERATED CONTAINING DEVICE | MOORE, DEVON TYLEN | 7d |
| 19026321 | SELF-CHECKING FAULT DIAGNOSIS SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF | ZHANG, HAIDONG | — |
| 18523923 | SELF-DRIVING TAKEOVER DETERMINING METHOD AND SYSTEM THEREOF | ALZATEEMEH, HUSSAM ALDEEN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2858 | 1 |
| 3648 | 1 |
| 3662 | 1 |
| 3763 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19026321 | SELF-CHECKING FAULT DIAGNOSIS SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF | ZHANG, HAIDONG | 2858 | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 16, 2025 |
| 18535792 | SENSOR FUSION AND OBJECT TRACKING SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF | ZHU, NOAH YI MIN | 3648 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 9d overdue | Pending | Dec 11, 2023 |
| 18523923 | SELF-DRIVING TAKEOVER DETERMINING METHOD AND SYSTEM THEREOF | ALZATEEMEH, HUSSAM ALDEEN | 3662 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 30, 2023 |
| 18139505 | HYDROGEN TEMPERATURE CONTROLLING SYSTEM, REFRIGERATED CONTAINING DEVICE, AND DIVISIONAL TEMPERATURE CONTROLLING METHOD FOR THE REFRIGERATED CONTAINING DEVICE | MOORE, DEVON TYLEN | 3763 | §103 | Final Rejection | 7d | Pending | Apr 26, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialAutomotive Research & Testing Center has 4 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 4 art units and 4 examiners.
Haidong Zhang has the most, with 1 of Automotive Research & Testing Center's pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
