Technology areas: Computing & Software • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 7 patents granted in the last 365 days
Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy Ltd. has 2 pending office actions in the Computing & Software technology area. These actions are assigned to 2 distinct examiners across 2 distinct art units. The 2 pending office actions match the number of distinct examiners, meaning each person is handling a single matter.
The busiest examiner, SHECHTMAN, CHERYL MARIA, is responsible for 1 busiest examiner pending action. This is the same volume as the other examiner in the portfolio. The 2 distinct art units indicate that each of the 2 pending office actions is being reviewed in a different specialized group at the USPTO.
With 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units, the prosecution is evenly split. SHECHTMAN, CHERYL MARIA is one of the 2 distinct examiners who are each managing 1 busiest examiner pending action. This distribution shows that the company must manage two separate examiner relationships across two different art units within the Computing & Software area.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHECHTMAN, CHERYL MARIA | 1 | 71.1% | +28.8% |
| KIRKLAND III, FREDDIE | 1 | 84.4% | +10.4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19191031 | ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTION UPDATE METHOD AND ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTION UPDATE SYSTEM | SHECHTMAN, CHERYL MARIA | — |
| 18923909 | ULTRASONIC INSPECTION METHOD | KIRKLAND III, FREDDIE | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19191031 | ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTION UPDATE METHOD AND ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTION UPDATE SYSTEM | SHECHTMAN, CHERYL MARIA | — |
| 18923909 | ULTRASONIC INSPECTION METHOD | KIRKLAND III, FREDDIE | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2164 | 1 |
| 2855 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19191031 | ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTION UPDATE METHOD AND ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTION UPDATE SYSTEM | SHECHTMAN, CHERYL MARIA | 2164 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 28, 2025 |
| 18923909 | ULTRASONIC INSPECTION METHOD | KIRKLAND III, FREDDIE | 2855 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 23, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialHitachi-GE Nuclear Energy Ltd. has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Cheryl Maria Shechtman has the most, with 1 of Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Computing & Software (USPTO Tech Center 2100), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
