Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Cnpc Engineering Technology R&D Company Limited

Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics

1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Cnpc Engineering Technology R&D Company Limited has 1 pending office action in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. This action is assigned to 1 distinct examiner in 1 distinct art unit. MARINI, MATTHEW G is the busiest examiner with 1 pending action. This single action constitutes the company's entire current pending prosecution profile. For a practitioner, this means the prosecution strategy is entirely focused on a single examiner's requirements.

The presence of 1 distinct art unit indicates a specific technical niche for the company's current semiconductor filing. Because there is only 1 distinct examiner involved, the legal team can focus exclusively on the preferences and past actions of MARINI, MATTHEW G. There is no complexity arising from multiple art units or varying examiner styles. This 1 pending office action represents a streamlined prosecution path where the outcome is determined by a single examination process. The data shows a highly concentrated intellectual property focus, with no other active matters currently pending in the semiconductors, circuits, and optics sector for this company.

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

Portfolio Summary

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

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.

1
Hard (100%)
0
Medium (0%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (100%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
100% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% 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.

10 h
Manual time on pending OAs
2 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
4 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
MARINI, MATTHEW G 1 60.6% +21.9%

Hard Cases (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18725557 HORIZONTAL WELL CUTTINGS BED PROCESSING METHOD AND DEVICE MARINI, MATTHEW G —

Interview Candidates (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18725557 HORIZONTAL WELL CUTTINGS BED PROCESSING METHOD AND DEVICE MARINI, MATTHEW G —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2853 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18725557 HORIZONTAL WELL CUTTINGS BED PROCESSING METHOD AND DEVICE MARINI, MATTHEW G 2853 §101 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 28, 2024

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Cnpc Engineering Technology R&D Company Limited have?

Cnpc Engineering Technology R&D Company Limited has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Cnpc Engineering Technology R&D Company Limited applications?

Matthew G Marini has the most, with 1 of Cnpc Engineering Technology R&D Company Limited's pending office actions.

What technology area are Cnpc Engineering Technology R&D Company Limited's patent applications in?

Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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