Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Communications • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
6 pending office actions • 2 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 16 patents granted in the last 365 days
Huizhou TCL Mobile Communication Co., Ltd. has 5 pending office actions focused in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These actions are assigned to 5 distinct examiners, creating a scenario where every pending matter is under the review of a different person. Despite this variety in personnel, all 5 pending office actions are housed within 1 distinct art unit, which centralizes the administrative oversight of the portfolio. This arrangement suggests that the company's technology is being evaluated by a single specialized group within the patent office.
HARRISON, CHANTE E is the busiest examiner for the company, holding the busiest examiner pending action. The fact that the examiners are operating within 1 distinct art unit implies that while individual examiner styles may vary, the technical expertise and prior art references used for the pending office actions will likely be consistent. This structure allows the applicant to monitor how a single art unit interprets the technology area across multiple filings. Practitioners should look for patterns in how this specific unit handles similar claims, as the centralized review process often leads to shared perspectives among examiners in the same group. The success of the portfolio depends on addressing the specific technical standards of the unit while managing the individual requirements of HARRISON, CHANTE E and the other assigned officials.
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 (17%) |
| §103 only | 2 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HARRISON, CHANTE E | 1 | 68.9% | +28.8% |
| FISSEL, TRAVIS S | 1 | 76.1% | +10.5% |
| KIM, RICHARD H | 1 | 81.7% | +5.4% |
| WASEL, SHIMA MOHAMED | 1 | 71.9% | +43.3% |
| HU, SELINA ELISA | 1 | 66.7% | +83.3% |
| ZHU, NOAH YI MIN | 1 | 80.5% | +14.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18847240 | IMAGING DEVICE, METHODS AND AUGMENTED OR VIRTUAL REALITY DEVICE | KIM, RICHARD H | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18881308 | ANIMATION PLAYING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIA | HARRISON, CHANTE E | — |
| 18852478 | CAMERA MODULE | FISSEL, TRAVIS S | — |
| 18832949 | TASK SCHEDULING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND TERMINAL DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM | HU, SELINA ELISA | — |
| 17758970 | ANTENNA APPARATUS AND TERMINAL DEVICE | ZHU, NOAH YI MIN | — |
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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18881308 | ANIMATION PLAYING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIA | HARRISON, CHANTE E | — |
| 18852478 | CAMERA MODULE | FISSEL, TRAVIS S | — |
| 18839437 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD, USER EQUIPMENT, AND BASE STATION | WASEL, SHIMA MOHAMED | — |
| 18832949 | TASK SCHEDULING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND TERMINAL DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM | HU, SELINA ELISA | — |
| 17758970 | ANTENNA APPARATUS AND TERMINAL DEVICE | ZHU, NOAH YI MIN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2639 | 1 |
| 3648 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18881308 | ANIMATION PLAYING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIA | HARRISON, CHANTE E | — | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 06, 2025 |
| 18852478 | CAMERA MODULE | FISSEL, TRAVIS S | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 29, 2024 |
| 18847240 | IMAGING DEVICE, METHODS AND AUGMENTED OR VIRTUAL REALITY DEVICE | KIM, RICHARD H | 2639 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 14, 2024 |
| 18839437 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD, USER EQUIPMENT, AND BASE STATION | WASEL, SHIMA MOHAMED | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 18, 2024 |
| 18832949 | TASK SCHEDULING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND TERMINAL DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM | HU, SELINA ELISA | — | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 25, 2024 |
| 17758970 | ANTENNA APPARATUS AND TERMINAL DEVICE | ZHU, NOAH YI MIN | 3648 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 15, 2023 |
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