Technology areas: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Fortescue Zero Limited has 1 pending office action located in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. This workload is distributed across 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit. CHARIOUI, MOHAMED is identified as the busiest examiner for this portfolio, with 1 pending action currently under review. The presence of only 1 pending office action suggests a highly specific point of interaction with the patent office.
Because 1 distinct art unit is involved, the prosecution remains confined to a single specialized group. This streamlined structure means that CHARIOUI, MOHAMED handles the company's active office action responses. The focus on the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics area indicates a specialized technical direction for the 1 pending office action. With 1 distinct examiner managing the case, the company can maintain a consistent dialogue with the USPTO. This narrow profile reduces the complexity of tracking multiple deadlines or examiner preferences across the portfolio.
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 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| IJAZ, MUHAMMAD | 1 | 74.3% | +24.5% |
| CHARIOUI, MOHAMED | 1 | 81.2% | +12.7% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18609966 | BATTERY ANALYSIS SYSTEM AND METHOD | CHARIOUI, MOHAMED | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19274743 | FRAMEWORK MEMBER | IJAZ, MUHAMMAD | — |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19274743 | FRAMEWORK MEMBER | IJAZ, MUHAMMAD | — |
| 18609966 | BATTERY ANALYSIS SYSTEM AND METHOD | CHARIOUI, MOHAMED | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3631 | 1 |
| 2857 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19274743 | FRAMEWORK MEMBER | IJAZ, MUHAMMAD | 3631 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 21, 2025 |
| 18609966 | BATTERY ANALYSIS SYSTEM AND METHOD | CHARIOUI, MOHAMED | 2857 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 19, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialFortescue Zero Limited has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Muhammad Ijaz has the most, with 1 of Fortescue Zero Limited's pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
