Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
4 pending office actions • 1 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 18 patents granted in the last 365 days
Chengli LI has 4 pending office actions in Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics. The matters involve 3 distinct examiners and 1 art unit, showing that prosecution is concentrated in one technical examination unit while examiner assignments are mostly distributed. The action volume exceeds the examiner count, so at least one examiner handles more than one matter.
THOMAS, LUCY M is the busiest examiner, with 2 pending matters. Those matters offer a basis for comparing examiner-specific treatment within the shared art unit. Counsel can coordinate semiconductor claim language across the portfolio while preserving matter-specific distinctions.
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 |
|---|---|
| §102 only | 1 (25%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (75%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| THOMAS, LUCY M | 2 | 62.4% | +17.9% |
| AL-TAWEEL, MUAAMAR QAHTAN | 1 | 78.6% | +23.2% |
| SREEVATSA, SREEYA | 1 | 85.9% | +4.4% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19098807 | LEAKAGE PROTECTION DEVICE WITH LOAD-END FUNCTIONS | THOMAS, LUCY M | — |
| 19033422 | LEAKAGE PROTECTION DEVICES, ELECTRICAL CONNECTION EQUIPMENT AND ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES | AL-TAWEEL, MUAAMAR QAHTAN | — |
| 19018654 | LEAKAGE CURRENT DETECTION AND INTERRUPTION DEVICE FOR POWER CORD AND RELATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTORS AND ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES | SREEVATSA, SREEYA | — |
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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19098807 | LEAKAGE PROTECTION DEVICE WITH LOAD-END FUNCTIONS | THOMAS, LUCY M | — |
| 19033422 | LEAKAGE PROTECTION DEVICES, ELECTRICAL CONNECTION EQUIPMENT AND ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES | AL-TAWEEL, MUAAMAR QAHTAN | — |
| 19031091 | LEAKAGE CURRENT DETECTION AND INTERRUPTION DEVICE, ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR AND ELECTRICAL APPLIANCE | THOMAS, LUCY M | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2838 | 3 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19098807 | LEAKAGE PROTECTION DEVICE WITH LOAD-END FUNCTIONS | THOMAS, LUCY M | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 02, 2025 |
| 19033422 | LEAKAGE PROTECTION DEVICES, ELECTRICAL CONNECTION EQUIPMENT AND ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES | AL-TAWEEL, MUAAMAR QAHTAN | 2838 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 21, 2025 |
| 19031091 | LEAKAGE CURRENT DETECTION AND INTERRUPTION DEVICE, ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR AND ELECTRICAL APPLIANCE | THOMAS, LUCY M | 2838 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 19018654 | LEAKAGE CURRENT DETECTION AND INTERRUPTION DEVICE FOR POWER CORD AND RELATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTORS AND ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES | SREEVATSA, SREEYA | 2838 | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 13, 2025 |
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Start Free TrialChengli LI has 4 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 3 examiners.
Lucy M Thomas has the most, with 2 of Chengli LI's pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
