Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 04, 2026

Cambricon (Xi'An) Semiconductor Co. Ltd.

Technology area: Computing & Software

6 pending office actions • 1 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Cambricon (Xi'An) Semiconductor Co. Ltd. currently has 5 pending office actions. These actions are distributed among 5 distinct examiners, which indicates a broad distribution of the company's patent applications across different individuals at the patent office.

The busiest examiner for the portfolio is SEYE, ABDOU K, who is responsible for 1 pending office action. The workload is spread across the 5 distinct examiners assigned to the company's 5 pending matters, with SEYE, ABDOU K managing a portion of the active prosecution.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

6
Total Pending OAs
5
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

0
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
1
Due later

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.

2
Hard (33%)
4
Medium (67%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (17%)
§103 only2 (33%)
§102 only2 (33%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (17%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
1
Information Tech
17% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
5
Business / Other
83% 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.

60 h
Manual time on pending OAs
12 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
21 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
SEYE, ABDOU K 1 82.7% +27.0%
ARMAND, MARC ANTHONY 1 83.4% +4.2%
RHO, YONG DOO 1 — —
BAROT, BHARAT 1 87.4% +8.1%
ALLI, KASIM A 1 65.8% +36.4%
LEE, CHUN KUAN 1 68.4% +3.7%

Quick Wins (3)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18852880 METHOD FOR EXECUTING TASK SCHEDULING AND RELATED PRODUCTS THEREOF SEYE, ABDOU K —
18698629 MULTI-CORE CHIP, INTEGRATED CIRCUIT APPARATUS, AND BOARD CARD AND MANUFACTURING PROCEDURE METHOD THEREFOR ARMAND, MARC ANTHONY —
18565068 COMPUTING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR IMPLEMENTING CONVULUTION OPERATION BY USING COMPUTING APPARATUS, AND RELATED PRODUCT BAROT, BHARAT —

Hard Cases (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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18575535 PROCESSING APPARATUS, DEVICE, METHOD, AND RELATED PRODUCT RHO, YONG DOO —
18013976 DATA PROCESSING DEVICE, INTEGRATED CIRCUIT CHIP, DEVICE, AND IMPLEMENTATION METHOD THEREFOR ALLI, KASIM A —

Interview Candidates (2)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18852880 METHOD FOR EXECUTING TASK SCHEDULING AND RELATED PRODUCTS THEREOF SEYE, ABDOU K —
18013976 DATA PROCESSING DEVICE, INTEGRATED CIRCUIT CHIP, DEVICE, AND IMPLEMENTATION METHOD THEREFOR ALLI, KASIM A —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2181 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18852880 METHOD FOR EXECUTING TASK SCHEDULING AND RELATED PRODUCTS THEREOF SEYE, ABDOU K — §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 30, 2024
18698629 MULTI-CORE CHIP, INTEGRATED CIRCUIT APPARATUS, AND BOARD CARD AND MANUFACTURING PROCEDURE METHOD THEREFOR ARMAND, MARC ANTHONY — §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 23, 2024
18575535 PROCESSING APPARATUS, DEVICE, METHOD, AND RELATED PRODUCT RHO, YONG DOO — §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 29, 2023
18565068 COMPUTING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR IMPLEMENTING CONVULUTION OPERATION BY USING COMPUTING APPARATUS, AND RELATED PRODUCT BAROT, BHARAT — §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 28, 2023
18013976 DATA PROCESSING DEVICE, INTEGRATED CIRCUIT CHIP, DEVICE, AND IMPLEMENTATION METHOD THEREFOR ALLI, KASIM A — §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 30, 2022
18013748 COMPUTING APPARATUS, INTEGRATED CIRCUIT CHIP, BOARD CARD, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND COMPUTING METHOD LEE, CHUN KUAN 2181 §103 Final Rejection 70d Pending Dec 29, 2022

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