Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Communications
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Beijing Pantum Information Technology Ltd. has 2 pending office actions in the Communications technology area. These matters involve 2 distinct examiners and 1 distinct art unit. The busiest examiner is YEUNG, MANG HANG, who is responsible for 1 pending office action.
While there are 2 distinct examiners, they are both operating within the same single art unit. This indicates that the 2 pending office actions are related to similar technical concepts within the Communications sector. Practitioners should note that each of the 2 distinct examiners is managing exactly 1 pending office action.
The concentration in 1 distinct art unit allows for some consistency in the technical review process, even with 2 distinct examiners involved. Because YEUNG, MANG HANG handles 1 pending office action, the workload is evenly split. This structure requires managing 2 different examiner relationships while navigating the specific requirements of a single art unit.
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%) |
| No statute on record | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| YEUNG, MANG HANG | 1 | 87.3% | +12.1% |
| CATO, MIYA J | 1 | 76.8% | +12.5% |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18927385 | METHOD, DEVICE, APPARATUS FOR NETWORK CONNECTION, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | YEUNG, MANG HANG | — |
| 18805527 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | CATO, MIYA J | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2681 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18927385 | METHOD, DEVICE, APPARATUS FOR NETWORK CONNECTION, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | YEUNG, MANG HANG | — | Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 25, 2024 |
| 18805527 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | CATO, MIYA J | 2681 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 14, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialBeijing Pantum Information Technology Ltd. has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 2 examiners.
Mang Hang Yeung has the most, with 1 of Beijing Pantum Information Technology Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Communications (USPTO Tech Center 2600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.