Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Gulplug manages a patent portfolio in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. The company has 1 pending office action currently active. This prosecution is confined to 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit, representing a narrow focus for their current legal activity. This concentration suggests that the company's current patenting efforts are directed toward a specific technological advancement within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics field.
The busiest examiner for Gulplug is TSO, EDWARD H, who is assigned 1 pending office action. Since the total count of pending office actions is 1, TSO, EDWARD H oversees the 1 pending office action currently active for the portfolio. Practitioners should note that the prosecution strategy is currently tied to the specific requirements of this 1 distinct examiner and the 1 distinct art unit involved. The outcome of this matter will be the primary indicator of the company's success in this round of patenting.
Having only the 1 distinct art unit involved means that the technical review is highly specialized. This lack of diversity in the examination process simplifies the administrative burden but places significant importance on the relationship with the assigned examiner. For Gulplug, the path to patent issuance is currently a single-track process governed by the standards of TSO, EDWARD H and the specific technical group at the patent office.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| TSO, EDWARD H | 1 | 87.0% | +6.7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18548568 | DEVICE ABLE TO BE FITTED TO AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE FOR RECHARGING SAME | TSO, EDWARD H | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2859 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18548568 | DEVICE ABLE TO BE FITTED TO AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE FOR RECHARGING SAME | TSO, EDWARD H | 2859 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 31, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialGulplug has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Edward H Tso has the most, with 1 of Gulplug's pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
