Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Computing & Software
4 pending office actions • 2 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 4 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These 4 actions are assigned to 4 distinct examiners, which means each examiner is handling a single pending matter. This distribution of 4 distinct examiners prevents any one examiner from dominating the institute's current pending workload. Practitioners must be prepared to navigate four different individual examination styles within the Chemistry & Materials field.
The portfolio is divided between 2 distinct art units, indicating that the institute's chemistry and materials research falls into two different administrative categories. William H Mayo III is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, with 1 pending office action. This 1 action represents a portion of the 4 total pending actions currently facing the organization. The presence of 2 distinct art units suggests that the subject matter is technically diverse and requires specialized review from multiple groups.
With 4 distinct examiners across 2 distinct art units, the prosecution requires navigating two different technical environments. The institute must manage the 4 pending office actions by addressing the specific requirements of each of the 2 art units and the individual preferences of the 4 examiners involved. Practitioners should focus on maintaining consistency across the 2 distinct art units while addressing the 1 pending office action under William H Mayo III and the other three matters individually to ensure a cohesive strategy.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MAYO III, WILLIAM H | 1 | 77.0% | -3.9% |
| ROYSTON, JOHN M | 1 | 77.8% | +17.0% |
| TRAN, THIEN S | 1 | 71.9% | +24.1% |
| TAN, ALVIN H | 1 | 57.0% | +19.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18878741 | SILICONE RUBBER INSULATOR SHED MATERIAL, AND SILICONE RUBBER INSULATOR AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR AND APPLICATION THEREOF | MAYO III, WILLIAM H | — |
| 18860721 | ONLINE MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HYDRAULIC OIL OF POWER AERIAL WORK VEHICLE, AND DEVICE | ROYSTON, JOHN M | — |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18860721 | ONLINE MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HYDRAULIC OIL OF POWER AERIAL WORK VEHICLE, AND DEVICE | ROYSTON, JOHN M | — |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| 1742 | 1 |
| 2118 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 18860721 | ONLINE MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HYDRAULIC OIL OF POWER AERIAL WORK VEHICLE, AND DEVICE | ROYSTON, JOHN M | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 28, 2024 |
| 18563930 | VOLTAGE SOURCE TYPE DIRECT-CURRENT ICE MELTING APPARATUS, FLEXIBLE INTERCONNECTION SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD | TRAN, THIEN S | — | §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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