Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Communications • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 14 patents granted in the last 365 days
Guangzhou Shirui Electronics Co. Ltd. has 2 pending office actions in the Communications technology area. These actions are distributed among 2 distinct examiners, meaning that each application is being reviewed by a different person. The prosecution activity is spread across 2 distinct art units, indicating that each of the 2 pending office actions is being handled by a different technical group.
The busiest examiner, JOSEPH, DENNIS P, is currently managing 1 busiest examiner pending action. This reflects the even distribution of the 2 pending office actions across the 2 distinct examiners. There is no concentration of work with any single individual, as both matters are being handled by different examiners in 2 distinct art units, requiring independent strategies for each.
Practitioners should note that with 2 pending office actions in 2 distinct art units, there is no overlap in the examination teams. This requires a separate approach for each application, as the 2 distinct examiners will have their own perspectives and requirements. The 1 busiest examiner pending action with JOSEPH, DENNIS P is 1 of 2 independent prosecution tracks currently active for the company.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| JOSEPH, DENNIS P | 1 | 49.3% | +17.5% |
| GLENN, CHRISTOPHER A. | 1 | 40.2% | +36.7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17306182 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR RECORDING AND TRANSMITTING COURSEWARE, INTERACTIVE WHITE BOARD AND STORAGE MEDIUM | GLENN, CHRISTOPHER A. | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19164340 | TOUCH-SCREEN OPERATING METHOD, ELECTRONIC-PEN OPERATING METHOD, AND TOUCH SYSTEM | JOSEPH, DENNIS P | — |
| 17306182 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR RECORDING AND TRANSMITTING COURSEWARE, INTERACTIVE WHITE BOARD AND STORAGE MEDIUM | GLENN, CHRISTOPHER A. | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2621 | 1 |
| 3711 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19164340 | TOUCH-SCREEN OPERATING METHOD, ELECTRONIC-PEN OPERATING METHOD, AND TOUCH SYSTEM | JOSEPH, DENNIS P | 2621 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 11, 2025 |
| 17306182 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR RECORDING AND TRANSMITTING COURSEWARE, INTERACTIVE WHITE BOARD AND STORAGE MEDIUM | GLENN, CHRISTOPHER A. | 3711 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 03, 2021 |
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