Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Communications
4 pending office actions • 1 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days
Hd Construction Equipment Co. Ltd. currently manages 3 pending office actions within the Communications technology area. These actions are distributed among 3 distinct examiners, providing a variety of examiner interactions for the company. All of these actions are concentrated within 1 distinct art unit, suggesting a specific technical focus for their Communications filings.
MA, MICHELLE HAU is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, overseeing 1 of the pending actions. The presence of 3 distinct examiners within the 1 distinct art unit is a notable concentration of the company's 3 pending office actions. This structure means that while the technical field is narrow, the company must still manage the individual preferences of different examiners.
For a company in the Communications sector, having all active cases in the distinct art unit simplifies the technical scope of their patent prosecution. However, the involvement of 3 distinct examiners requires a strategy that accounts for multiple perspectives on the same technical standards. This centralized art unit approach allows the company to build deep expertise in one area of the patent office while managing diverse examiner feedback.
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 |
|---|---|
| §102 only | 2 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MA, MICHELLE HAU | 1 | 73.7% | +45.5% |
| LEGGETT, ANDREA C. | 1 | 76.0% | +20.6% |
| SHARMA, NABIN KUMAR | 1 | 54.7% | +56.6% |
| DINH, BACH T | 1 | 55.4% | +31.3% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18867475 | MACHINE GUIDANCE PROGRAM AND EXCAVATOR USING SAME | MA, MICHELLE HAU | — |
| 18580455 | BATTERY PACK | DINH, BACH T | — |
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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18867475 | MACHINE GUIDANCE PROGRAM AND EXCAVATOR USING SAME | MA, MICHELLE HAU | — |
| 18849667 | SYSTEM FOR OPERATING APPLICATIONS OF CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT, AND OPERATION METHOD THEREFOR | LEGGETT, ANDREA C. | — |
| 18747667 | EMERGENCY STEERING SYSTEM FOR WHEELED EXCAVATORS | SHARMA, NABIN KUMAR | — |
| 18580455 | BATTERY PACK | DINH, BACH T | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2617 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18867475 | MACHINE GUIDANCE PROGRAM AND EXCAVATOR USING SAME | MA, MICHELLE HAU | 2617 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 20, 2024 |
| 18849667 | SYSTEM FOR OPERATING APPLICATIONS OF CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT, AND OPERATION METHOD THEREFOR | LEGGETT, ANDREA C. | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 23, 2024 |
| 18747667 | EMERGENCY STEERING SYSTEM FOR WHEELED EXCAVATORS | SHARMA, NABIN KUMAR | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 19, 2024 |
| 18580455 | BATTERY PACK | DINH, BACH T | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 18, 2024 |
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