Technology areas: Networking & Security • Communications • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
3 pending office actions • 3 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
Hfcl Limited has 3 pending office actions in the Communications technology area. These actions are distributed among 3 distinct examiners and 3 distinct art units, showing a complete lack of concentration in the prosecution of these matters. Each of the 3 pending office actions is being handled by a different examiner in a different administrative group.
The busiest examiner, KASSA, ZEWDU A, is responsible for 1 pending office action, which is consistent with the even distribution across the 3 distinct examiners. This 1 to 1 ratio of actions to examiners means that the company must navigate three separate prosecution tracks simultaneously. The involvement of 3 distinct art units suggests that the 3 pending office actions cover different technical aspects within the Communications field.
Practitioners should be prepared for three different sets of examiner expectations and art unit guidelines. This diversity prevents any single official from having a disproportionate impact on the overall portfolio. However, it also means there is no opportunity to consolidate arguments across multiple cases with the same examiner or within the same art unit. The 3 pending office actions require a highly individualized approach for each matter within the Communications sector.
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 | 3 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KASSA, ZEWDU A | 1 | 88.8% | +5.1% |
| MIAN, OMER S | 1 | 70.3% | +51.7% |
| TAVLYKAEV, ROBERT FUATOVICH | 1 | 60.6% | +12.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19212926 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPULSIVE NOISE DETECTION AND MITIGATION | KASSA, ZEWDU 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18659521 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EFFICIENT COORDINATION IN A NETWORK FOR ENERGY MANAGEMENT | MIAN, OMER S | — |
| 18633347 | OPTICAL FIBER RIBBON WITH SELECTIVE SUPERABSORBENT COATING | TAVLYKAEV, ROBERT FUATOVICH | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2635 | 1 |
| 2461 | 1 |
| 2896 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19212926 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPULSIVE NOISE DETECTION AND MITIGATION | KASSA, ZEWDU A | 2635 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 20, 2025 |
| 18659521 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EFFICIENT COORDINATION IN A NETWORK FOR ENERGY MANAGEMENT | MIAN, OMER S | 2461 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 09, 2024 |
| 18633347 | OPTICAL FIBER RIBBON WITH SELECTIVE SUPERABSORBENT COATING | TAVLYKAEV, ROBERT FUATOVICH | 2896 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 11, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialHfcl Limited has 3 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 3 art units and 3 examiners.
Zewdu A Kassa has the most, with 1 of Hfcl Limited's pending office actions.
Mostly Communications (USPTO Tech Center 2600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
