Technology area: Computing & Software
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days
Electric Power Research Institute Of Yunnan Power Grid Co. Ltd. has 1 pending office action in the Computing & Software technology area. This single matter is assigned to a distinct examiner and a distinct art unit. The institute's current prosecution activity is focused on this one pending action, which constitutes its entire active workload before the office. This narrow focus indicates that the institute's immediate computing-related patenting efforts are concentrated in a single application, making the outcome of this 1 pending office action the primary indicator of its current success.
HOCKER, JOHN PAUL is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, currently overseeing 1 pending office action. This individual is responsible for the active prosecution currently active for the institute. The involvement of a distinct art unit suggests that the pending application is being reviewed within a specific technical niche of the computing field. Since there is only a single distinct examiner for the 1 pending office action, the institute's prosecution strategy must be tailored specifically to the examination style and technical requirements of this official.
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 + other | 1 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOCKER, JOHN PAUL | 1 | 55.9% | +30.8% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18552284 | METHOD FOR CONSTRUCTING SECURITY REGION OF INTEGRATED ELECTRICITY AND HEATING SYSTEM | HOCKER, JOHN PAUL | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18552284 | METHOD FOR CONSTRUCTING SECURITY REGION OF INTEGRATED ELECTRICITY AND HEATING SYSTEM | HOCKER, JOHN PAUL | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2189 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18552284 | METHOD FOR CONSTRUCTING SECURITY REGION OF INTEGRATED ELECTRICITY AND HEATING SYSTEM | HOCKER, JOHN PAUL | 2189 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 25, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialElectric Power Research Institute Of Yunnan Power Grid Co. Ltd. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
John Paul Hocker has the most, with 1 of Electric Power Research Institute Of Yunnan Power Grid Co. Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Computing & Software (USPTO Tech Center 2100), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
