Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Fushan Zhang maintains 1 pending office action in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. This workload is distributed across 1 distinct art unit, indicating a focused technical scope for the current filings. The prosecution is handled by 1 distinct examiner, which limits the complexity of managing different examiner preferences or conflicting procedural requirements. This concentration in a single technology area suggests a specialized approach to the company's current patent portfolio development within the semiconductor field.
The busiest examiner, WILLIAMS, JOSEPH L, is responsible for 1 pending office action. This single examiner accounts for the total pending volume for Fushan Zhang. Because there is only 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit, the company can dedicate its resources to the specific examination style and technical expertise of WILLIAMS, JOSEPH L. This streamlined interaction model reduces the administrative burden often associated with larger portfolios. The applicant can prioritize a deep understanding of this examiner's specific interpretation of semiconductor and circuit standards to move the pending action toward a resolution.
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 |
|---|---|
| §112 only | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WILLIAMS, JOSEPH L | 1 | 82.9% | +15.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19049143 | Color Semi-Transparent Partially Erasable Electronic Writing Film with Code Points and Use Thereof | WILLIAMS, JOSEPH L | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19049143 | Color Semi-Transparent Partially Erasable Electronic Writing Film with Code Points and Use Thereof | WILLIAMS, JOSEPH L | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2875 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19049143 | Color Semi-Transparent Partially Erasable Electronic Writing Film with Code Points and Use Thereof | WILLIAMS, JOSEPH L | 2875 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 10, 2025 |
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Start Free TrialFushan Zhang has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Joseph L Williams has the most, with 1 of Fushan Zhang's pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
