Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
9 pending office actions • 7 art units • 9 examiners • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 11 patents granted in the last 365 days
Enphase Energy Inc. has 8 pending office actions in Chemistry & Materials. The actions are assigned to 8 distinct examiners across 6 distinct art units, creating a distributed prosecution profile with limited concentration in any one examiner. The technical grouping is broader than a single art-unit strategy can address.
POUDEL, SANTOSH RAJ is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. Counsel should coordinate claim terminology and technical disclosure positions across the portfolio, while using separate claim charts for each examination setting. Portfolio management should also distinguish recurring chemistry issues from grounds that arise only from a particular art-unit assignment.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 | 3 (33%) |
| §103 only | 4 (44%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (22%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHIAO, DAVID A | 1 | 75.5% | +30.9% |
| POUDEL, SANTOSH RAJ | 1 | 76.5% | +32.2% |
| GEISS, BRIAN BUTLER | 1 | 69.9% | +27.5% |
| LEONARD, MICHELLE TURNER | 1 | 69.6% | +9.9% |
| ZHOU, ZIXUAN | 1 | 76.5% | +18.1% |
| RIDLEY, BASIA ANNA | 1 | 13.5% | +1.7% |
| NIMOX, RAYMOND LONDALE | 1 | 70.2% | +10.4% |
| CHENG, VIVIAN S | 1 | — | — |
| KESSIE, DANIEL | 1 | 62.1% | +24.3% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18196213 | STORAGE SYSTEM CONFIGURED FOR USE WITH AN ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM | NIMOX, RAYMOND LONDALE | 6d |
| 19475305 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR USE WITH ELECTRIC VEHICLES | SHIAO, DAVID A | — |
| 18794224 | SYSTEM ESTIMATOR WITH LOAD OPERATION SCHEDULING FOR AN ENERGY GENERATION AND/OR STORAGE SYSTEM | POUDEL, SANTOSH RAJ | — |
| 18623274 | STORAGE SYSTEM CONFIGURED FOR USE WITH AN ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM | GEISS, BRIAN BUTLER | — |
| 18377346 | CHASSIS CONFIGURED FOR USE WITH PRISMATIC BATTERY CELLS | RIDLEY, BASIA ANNA | — |
| 18196061 | STORAGE SYSTEM CONFIGURED FOR USE WITH AN ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM | CHENG, VIVIAN 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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18125296 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING DISTRIBUTED ENERGY RESOURCES | KESSIE, DANIEL | 30d overdue |
| 18196213 | STORAGE SYSTEM CONFIGURED FOR USE WITH AN ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM | NIMOX, RAYMOND LONDALE | 6d |
| 19475305 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR USE WITH ELECTRIC VEHICLES | SHIAO, DAVID A | — |
| 18794224 | SYSTEM ESTIMATOR WITH LOAD OPERATION SCHEDULING FOR AN ENERGY GENERATION AND/OR STORAGE SYSTEM | POUDEL, SANTOSH RAJ | — |
| 18623274 | STORAGE SYSTEM CONFIGURED FOR USE WITH AN ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM | GEISS, BRIAN BUTLER | — |
| 18379246 | STORAGE SYSTEM CONFIGURED FOR USE WITH AN ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM | ZHOU, ZIXUAN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2836 | 2 |
| 2857 | 2 |
| 2115 | 1 |
| 1724 | 1 |
| 2859 | 1 |
| 1725 | 1 |
| 1781 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19475305 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR USE WITH ELECTRIC VEHICLES | SHIAO, DAVID A | 2836 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 14, 2025 |
| 18794224 | SYSTEM ESTIMATOR WITH LOAD OPERATION SCHEDULING FOR AN ENERGY GENERATION AND/OR STORAGE SYSTEM | POUDEL, SANTOSH RAJ | 2115 | §101§102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 05, 2024 |
| 18623274 | STORAGE SYSTEM CONFIGURED FOR USE WITH AN ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM | GEISS, BRIAN BUTLER | 2857 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 01, 2024 |
| 18388948 | STORAGE SYSTEM CONFIGURED FOR USE WITH AN ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM | LEONARD, MICHELLE TURNER | 1724 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 13, 2023 |
| 18379246 | STORAGE SYSTEM CONFIGURED FOR USE WITH AN ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM | ZHOU, ZIXUAN | 2859 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 12, 2023 |
| 18377346 | CHASSIS CONFIGURED FOR USE WITH PRISMATIC BATTERY CELLS | RIDLEY, BASIA ANNA | 1725 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 06, 2023 |
| 18196213 | STORAGE SYSTEM CONFIGURED FOR USE WITH AN ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM | NIMOX, RAYMOND LONDALE | 2857 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | 6d | Pending | May 11, 2023 |
| 18196061 | STORAGE SYSTEM CONFIGURED FOR USE WITH AN ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM | CHENG, VIVIAN S | 1781 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 11, 2023 |
| 18125296 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING DISTRIBUTED ENERGY RESOURCES | KESSIE, DANIEL | 2836 | §103 | Final Rejection | 30d overdue | Pending | Mar 23, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialEnphase Energy Inc. has 9 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 7 art units and 9 examiners.
David A Shiao has the most, with 1 of Enphase Energy Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
