Technology area: Networking & Security
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Beijing Smartchip Microelectronics Technology Company Limited currently manages 1 pending office action within the Networking & Security technology area. This matter is assigned to 1 distinct examiner working within 1 distinct art unit. The concentration of the portfolio suggests a specific focus for the company's current prosecution efforts within this technical field.
The busiest examiner for the portfolio is KEEHN, RICHARD G, who is responsible for 1 pending office action. This individual represents the sole point of contact for the company's active patent prosecution at this time. Practitioners should note the concentration of the workload under this specific examiner and art unit.
Because 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit are involved, the outcome of the company's pending portfolio depends on the examination of this 1 pending office action. The lack of activity across other art units or examiners means that there are no conflicting prosecution strategies to coordinate. The focus remains on the successful resolution of this specific matter.
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 only | 1 (100%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KEEHN, RICHARD G | 1 | 79.5% | +15.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19203168 | SERVICE FLOW PERCEPTION METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EDGE COMPUTING, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | KEEHN, RICHARD G | — |
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.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19203168 | SERVICE FLOW PERCEPTION METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EDGE COMPUTING, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | KEEHN, RICHARD G | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2444 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19203168 | SERVICE FLOW PERCEPTION METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EDGE COMPUTING, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | KEEHN, RICHARD G | 2444 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 09, 2025 |
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Start Free TrialBeijing Smartchip Microelectronics Technology Company Limited has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Richard G Keehn has the most, with 1 of Beijing Smartchip Microelectronics Technology Company Limited's pending office actions.
Mostly Networking & Security (USPTO Tech Center 2400), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
