Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

BEIJING VOLCANO ENGINE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.

31 pending office actions • 23 art units • 31 examiners • 0 of 31 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 81 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

31
Total Pending OAs
17
Non-Final OAs
7
Final Rejections
7
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 30 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

14
Overdue
2
Due this week
5
Due this month
8
Due in next 60 days
1
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. 30 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (14)Due ≤ 7 days (2)Due ≤ 30 days (5)Due ≤ 60 days (8)Due later (1)

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.

4
Hard (13%)
25
Medium (81%)
2
Easy (6%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only4 (13%)
§103 only25 (81%)
§112 only2 (6%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
27
Information Tech
87% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
4
Mechanical / Eng
13% 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.

310 h
Manual time on pending OAs
62 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
108 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
YU, XINYUAN 1 100.0% +0.0%
CURRAN, J MITCHELL 1 62.4% +35.5%
SHEHNI, GHAZAL B 1 87.3% +12.4%
PHAM, KHANH B 1 72.3% +15.4%
MARI VALCARCEL, FERNANDO MARIANO 1 49.0% +20.3%
DEWAN, KAMAL K 1 48.9% +40.1%
CASTRO, ALFONSO 1 50.6% +18.6%
BUSCH, CHRISTOPHER CONRAD 1 28.7% +20.9%
MIAN, MUHAMMAD U 1 66.9% +23.9%
PRASAD, NANCY N 1 21.5% +18.2%

Quick Wins (2)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19061933 METHOD, APPARATUS, DEVICE AND MEDIUM FOR DATA TRANSMISSION IN CONTENT DELIVERY NETWORK SHEHNI, GHAZAL B 24d overdue
19068916 METHOD, APPARATUS, SYSTEM, DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR SCHEDULING RESOURCE FOR JUST A BUNCH OF DISKS YU, XINYUAN 56d

Hard Cases (5)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18802237 MULTIVARIABLE TIME SERIES PROCESSING METHOD, DEVICE AND MEDIUM DUONG, HUY 85d overdue
18941151 DATA TASK MANAGEMENT METHOD AND APPARATUS, READABLE MEDIUM, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE PRASAD, NANCY N 43d overdue
19013184 E-COMMERCE INCENTIVE TASK SCREENING METHOD AND APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM BUSCH, CHRISTOPHER CONRAD 21d
18939752 METHOD FOR EVALUATING COST OF CLUSTER DATA RESOURCE, COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE BROWN, SARA GRACE 41d
18976237 SPACE-OPTIMIZED FOREST FOR GRAPH DATABASES MIAN, MUHAMMAD U 79d

Interview Candidates (9)

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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19060999 METHOD, APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR DATA RETRIEVAL CURRAN, J MITCHELL 46d overdue
18941151 DATA TASK MANAGEMENT METHOD AND APPARATUS, READABLE MEDIUM, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE PRASAD, NANCY N 43d overdue
19061933 METHOD, APPARATUS, DEVICE AND MEDIUM FOR DATA TRANSMISSION IN CONTENT DELIVERY NETWORK SHEHNI, GHAZAL B 24d overdue
19059653 DATABASE SYNCHRONIZATION METHOD AND DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM PHAM, KHANH B 1d overdue
19056656 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR GARBAGE COLLECTION OF A ZONED STORAGE DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM DEWAN, KAMAL K 14d
19013184 E-COMMERCE INCENTIVE TASK SCREENING METHOD AND APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM BUSCH, CHRISTOPHER CONRAD 21d
19058312 METHOD, DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR DEDUPLICATION OF OBJECT STORAGE SYSTEM MARI VALCARCEL, FERNANDO MARIANO 35d
18997937 VIDEO GENERATING METHOD, APPARATUS AND DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM CASTRO, ALFONSO 41d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2163 6
2166 2
2159 2
2165 2
2113 1
2169 1
2499 1
2421 1
3621 1
3624 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19068916 METHOD, APPARATUS, SYSTEM, DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR SCHEDULING RESOURCE FOR JUST A BUNCH OF DISKS YU, XINYUAN 2113 §103 Non-Final OA 56d Pending Mar 03, 2025
19060999 METHOD, APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR DATA RETRIEVAL CURRAN, J MITCHELL 2169 §103 Non-Final OA 46d overdue Pending Feb 24, 2025
19061933 METHOD, APPARATUS, DEVICE AND MEDIUM FOR DATA TRANSMISSION IN CONTENT DELIVERY NETWORK SHEHNI, GHAZAL B 2499 §103 Non-Final OA 24d overdue Pending Feb 24, 2025
19059653 DATABASE SYNCHRONIZATION METHOD AND DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM PHAM, KHANH B 2166 §103 Non-Final OA 1d overdue Pending Feb 21, 2025
19058312 METHOD, DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR DEDUPLICATION OF OBJECT STORAGE SYSTEM MARI VALCARCEL, FERNANDO MARIANO 2159 §103 Final Rejection 35d Pending Feb 20, 2025
19056656 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR GARBAGE COLLECTION OF A ZONED STORAGE DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM DEWAN, KAMAL K 2163 §103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Feb 18, 2025
18997937 VIDEO GENERATING METHOD, APPARATUS AND DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM CASTRO, ALFONSO 2421 §112 Non-Final OA 41d Pending Jan 23, 2025
19013184 E-COMMERCE INCENTIVE TASK SCREENING METHOD AND APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM BUSCH, CHRISTOPHER CONRAD 3621 §101 Final Rejection 21d Pending Jan 08, 2025
18976237 SPACE-OPTIMIZED FOREST FOR GRAPH DATABASES MIAN, MUHAMMAD U 2163 §101 Final Rejection 79d Pending Dec 10, 2024
18941151 DATA TASK MANAGEMENT METHOD AND APPARATUS, READABLE MEDIUM, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE PRASAD, NANCY N 3624 §103 Non-Final OA 43d overdue Pending Nov 08, 2024
18939752 METHOD FOR EVALUATING COST OF CLUSTER DATA RESOURCE, COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE BROWN, SARA GRACE 3625 §101 Final Rejection 41d Pending Nov 07, 2024
18857174 DATA PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS BOWEN, RICHARD L 2165 §103 Final Rejection 7d Pending Oct 15, 2024
18909399 NETWORK MESSAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND DEVICE CELANI, NICHOLAS P 2449 §103 Final Rejection Pending Oct 08, 2024
18885559 DATA PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS BASED ON DATA LAKE AND DATA WAREHOUSE INTEGRATION, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE ALMANI, MOHSEN 2159 §103 Non-Final OA 59d overdue Pending Sep 13, 2024
18885407 DATA PROCESSING METHOD BASED ON ONLINE ANALYTICAL PROCESSING, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM HALM, KWEKU WILLIAM 2166 §103 Final Rejection 19d Pending Sep 13, 2024
18882619 METHOD FOR INDEX DATA PROCESSING, METHOD FOR INDEX GENERATION, MEDIUM AND DEVICE TORGRIMSON, TYLER J 2165 §112 Non-Final OA 18d overdue Pending Sep 11, 2024
18818466 DATA QUERY METHOD AND APPARATUS GOFMAN, ALEX N 2163 §103 Non-Final OA 80d overdue Pending Aug 28, 2024
18802237 MULTIVARIABLE TIME SERIES PROCESSING METHOD, DEVICE AND MEDIUM DUONG, HUY 2182 §101 Non-Final OA 85d overdue Pending Aug 13, 2024
18793741 MEMORY ALLOCATING METHOD, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM PHAM, KAITLYN HUNG 2133 §103 Non-Final OA 40d Pending Aug 02, 2024
18784916 DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM METHOD AND APPARATUS, COMPUTER DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM KWONG, EDMUND H 2137 §103 Non-Final OA 9d Pending Jul 26, 2024
18784910 METHOD FOR ALLOCATING MEMORY, COMPUTER DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM BELKHAYAT, ZAKARIA MOHAMMED 2139 §103 Non-Final OA 5d Pending Jul 25, 2024
18741891 DATABASE-BASED DATA QUERY METHOD, APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM THAI, HANH B 2163 §103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Jun 13, 2024
18732412 METHOD, APPARATUS, DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR DATA REQUEST PROCESSING QIAN, SHELLY X 2154 §103 Non-Final OA 33d Pending Jun 03, 2024
18615927 METHOD, APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM OF DATA MANAGEMENT LE, MICHAEL 2163 §103 Non-Final OA 105d overdue Pending Mar 25, 2024
18593321 DATA ANALYSIS METHOD, APPARATUS, DEVICE AND MEDIUM BROCKINGTON III, WILLIAM S 3623 §103 Non-Final OA 100d overdue Pending Mar 01, 2024
18541695 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MANAGING DATA IN A DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM JOHNSON, CARLTON 2436 §103 Non-Final OA 18d overdue Pending Dec 15, 2023
18518332 TASK PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, STORAGE MEDIUM AND PROGRAM PRODUCT MUDRICK, TIMOTHY A 2198 §103 Non-Final OA 1d overdue Pending Nov 22, 2023
18476004 TECHNIQUES FOR CONTROLLING SIMULATION FOR HARDWARE OFFLOADING SYSTEMS TOLENTINO, RODERICK 2439 §103 Non-Final OA 10d overdue Pending Sep 27, 2023
18475763 KEY-VALUE STORAGE ENGINE FOR RANGE SCAN SORTED QUERIES ROBINSON, GRETA LEE 2163 §103 Non-Final OA 48d Pending Sep 27, 2023
18475912 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR END-TO-END EMULATION OF HARDWARE OFFLOADING OPERATION WU, BENJAMIN C 2195 §103 Non-Final OA 33d Pending Sep 27, 2023
18450859 DATA PROCESSING METHODS AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE AVERY, BRIAN WILLIAM 2495 §103 Non-Final OA 9d overdue Pending Aug 16, 2023

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