Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 04, 2026

Fortune&Future Shanghai Limited

Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems

1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

Fortune&Future Shanghai Limited maintains a patent portfolio in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. The company currently has 1 pending office action. This prosecution involves 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit. These figures show that the company's current patent activity is concentrated in 1 area of the patent office. The portfolio does not show signs of widespread filing across different technical sectors or multiple examiners. This focus allows for a more direct management of the company's intellectual property assets.

The busiest examiner for the company is CHEIN, ALLEN C, who is assigned 1 pending office action. This examiner is responsible for 1 busiest examiner pending case, matching the total count of pending actions for the portfolio. This indicates that CHEIN, ALLEN C is the only examiner currently interacting with the company's patent applications. The presence of 1 distinct art unit confirms that the prosecution is occurring within 1 administrative group. This concentration allows for a consistent approach to responding to office actions. However, it also means that the company's immediate patent goals are subject to the specific review style of 1 examiner. The singular nature of the 1 distinct examiner simplifies the tracking of examiner-specific trends and preferences.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

1
Total Pending OAs
0
Non-Final OAs
0
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

Case Difficulty Mix

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.

1
Hard (100%)
0
Medium (0%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (100%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
100% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

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.

10 h
Manual time on pending OAs
2 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
4 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
CHEIN, ALLEN C 1 45.1% +40.0%

Hard Cases (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18477533 METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND STORAGE MEDIUMS FOR GENERATING VOUCHERS CHEIN, ALLEN C 86d overdue

Interview Candidates (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18477533 METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND STORAGE MEDIUMS FOR GENERATING VOUCHERS CHEIN, ALLEN C 86d overdue

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3627 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18477533 METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND STORAGE MEDIUMS FOR GENERATING VOUCHERS CHEIN, ALLEN C 3627 §101 Non-Final OA 86d overdue Pending Sep 28, 2023

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