Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 10 patents granted in the last 365 days
Ecoflow Inc. is currently managing 2 pending office actions in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. These 2 actions are assigned to 2 distinct examiners. Unlike the examiner count, the portfolio is concentrated within 1 distinct art unit. This 1 distinct art unit provides the administrative framework for both of the 2 pending office actions currently active for the company.
HAMMOND, CRYSTAL L is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, responsible for 1 pending office action. Because there are 2 pending office actions in total, the workload is shared equally between the 2 distinct examiners. No single examiner holds a majority of the cases, as the 1 action assigned to HAMMOND, CRYSTAL L is matched by the 1 action assigned to the other examiner. This balance across 2 distinct examiners means the company's success is not dependent on any one person's review.
The concentration in 1 distinct art unit suggests that the company's Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics innovations fall under a single technical classification. However, the use of 2 distinct examiners for the 2 actions means that two different individuals are reviewing the work within that unit. With HAMMOND, CRYSTAL L handling 1 action, the prosecution is split between the available personnel. Practitioners should monitor both of the 2 pending office actions within this single art unit.
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 | 2 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HAMMOND, CRYSTAL L | 1 | 87.8% | +3.1% |
| CHOI, SEUNG HO | 1 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19196491 | PROTECTION METHOD FOR POWER CONVERSION CIRCUIT, POWER CONVERSION APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | HAMMOND, CRYSTAL L | — |
| 18999680 | VOLTAGE CONVERSION CIRCUIT, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING VOLTAGE CONVERSION CIRCUIT, AND ENERGY STORAGE DEVICE | CHOI, SEUNG HO | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2838 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19196491 | PROTECTION METHOD FOR POWER CONVERSION CIRCUIT, POWER CONVERSION APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | HAMMOND, CRYSTAL L | 2838 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 01, 2025 |
| 18999680 | VOLTAGE CONVERSION CIRCUIT, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING VOLTAGE CONVERSION CIRCUIT, AND ENERGY STORAGE DEVICE | CHOI, SEUNG HO | 2838 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 23, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialEcoflow Inc. has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 2 examiners.
Crystal L Hammond has the most, with 1 of Ecoflow Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
