Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Computing & Software • Communications • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
4 pending office actions • 4 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days
Electric Power Research Institute China Southern Power Grid has 3 pending office actions in Chemistry & Materials. The matters involve 3 distinct examiners and 3 distinct art units, with each matter assigned to its own examiner and technical group.
MAYO III, WILLIAM H is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. Counsel can use a common review of chemistry terminology and technical support while preparing separate responses for the three examination settings.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 only | 1 (25%) |
| §103 only | 1 (25%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| VLAHOS, SOPHIA | 1 | 87.1% | +10.8% |
| MAYO III, WILLIAM H | 1 | 77.0% | -3.9% |
| TRAN, THIEN S | 1 | 71.9% | +24.0% |
| TAN, ALVIN H | 1 | 56.9% | +18.6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18995538 | METHOD, DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR CONTROLLING OUTPUT PHASE OF WIDE-BAND SYNCHRONOUS SIGNAL SOURCE | VLAHOS, SOPHIA | — |
| 18878741 | SILICONE RUBBER INSULATOR SHED MATERIAL, AND SILICONE RUBBER INSULATOR AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR AND APPLICATION THEREOF | MAYO III, WILLIAM H | — |
| 18563930 | VOLTAGE SOURCE TYPE DIRECT-CURRENT ICE MELTING APPARATUS, FLEXIBLE INTERCONNECTION SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD | TRAN, THIEN S | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18995538 | METHOD, DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR CONTROLLING OUTPUT PHASE OF WIDE-BAND SYNCHRONOUS SIGNAL SOURCE | VLAHOS, SOPHIA | — |
| 18563930 | VOLTAGE SOURCE TYPE DIRECT-CURRENT ICE MELTING APPARATUS, FLEXIBLE INTERCONNECTION SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD | TRAN, THIEN S | — |
| 18562355 | LOW-VOLTAGE USER DEMAND RESPONSE INTERACTION APPARATUS AND OPERATION METHOD THEREFOR | TAN, ALVIN H | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2633 | 1 |
| 1742 | 1 |
| 3761 | 1 |
| 2118 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18995538 | METHOD, DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR CONTROLLING OUTPUT PHASE OF WIDE-BAND SYNCHRONOUS SIGNAL SOURCE | VLAHOS, SOPHIA | 2633 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 16, 2025 |
| 18878741 | SILICONE RUBBER INSULATOR SHED MATERIAL, AND SILICONE RUBBER INSULATOR AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR AND APPLICATION THEREOF | MAYO III, WILLIAM H | 1742 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 24, 2024 |
| 18563930 | VOLTAGE SOURCE TYPE DIRECT-CURRENT ICE MELTING APPARATUS, FLEXIBLE INTERCONNECTION SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD | TRAN, THIEN S | 3761 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 24, 2023 |
| 18562355 | LOW-VOLTAGE USER DEMAND RESPONSE INTERACTION APPARATUS AND OPERATION METHOD THEREFOR | TAN, ALVIN H | 2118 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 20, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialElectric Power Research Institute China Southern Power Grid has 4 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 4 art units and 4 examiners.
Sophia Vlahos has the most, with 1 of Electric Power Research Institute China Southern Power Grid's pending office actions.
Mostly Communications (USPTO Tech Center 2600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
