Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 16, 2026

Hygon Information Technology Co. Ltd.

9 pending office actions • 7 art units • 9 examiners • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

9
Total Pending OAs
8
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Case Difficulty Mix

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.

3
Hard (33%)
4
Medium (44%)
2
Easy (22%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (11%)
§101 + other1 (11%)
§103 only4 (44%)
§112 only2 (22%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (11%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
5
Information Tech
56% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
11% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
11% of docket
2
Business / Other
22% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

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.

90 h
Manual time on pending OAs
18 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
31 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.8 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
NGUYEN, CAROLINE HOANG-ANH 1
BULLOCK JR, LEWIS ALEXANDER 1 29.2% +47.2%
VICARY, KEITH E 1 57.7% +41.0%
EL-HAGE HASSAN, ABDALLAH A 1 41.4% +39.3%
HOSSAIN, MOAZZAM 1 87.9% +11.2%
YAP, DOUGLAS ANTHONY 1 82.8% +7.3%
DAO, TUAN C. 1 82.1% +15.9%
WU, QING YUAN 1 90.8% +10.9%
SADLER, NATHAN 1 70.9% +26.4%

Quick Wins (2)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18702836 CHIP TESTING STRUCTURE AND CHIP TESTING METHOD HOSSAIN, MOAZZAM
18571626 CODE PROTECTION SYSTEM, METHOD, VIRTUAL SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE, CHIP AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE WU, QING YUAN

Hard Cases (4)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18862185 CRYPTO CONFIGURATION METHOD, CRYPTO SERVICE METHOD, CRYPTO MANAGEMENT DEVICE, SERVER, CRYPTO SERVICE SYSTEM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM NGUYEN, CAROLINE HOANG-ANH
18718608 DATA PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM BULLOCK JR, LEWIS ALEXANDER
18294770 CHIP ASSEMBLY, CHIP INTERPOSER AND FABRICATING METHOD FOR CHIP ASSEMBLY YAP, DOUGLAS ANTHONY
18574019 METHOD FOR VIRTUAL MACHINE MEMORY INTEGRITY PROTECTION, APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM DAO, TUAN C.

Interview Candidates (7)

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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18718608 DATA PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM BULLOCK JR, LEWIS ALEXANDER
18714604 DECODING METHOD, PROCESSOR, CHIP, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE VICARY, KEITH E
18713317 GENERATION METHOD FOR CHIP INTERNAL VOLTAGE PREDICTION MODEL, PREDICTION METHOD AND RELATED APPARATUS EL-HAGE HASSAN, ABDALLAH A
18702836 CHIP TESTING STRUCTURE AND CHIP TESTING METHOD HOSSAIN, MOAZZAM
18574019 METHOD FOR VIRTUAL MACHINE MEMORY INTEGRITY PROTECTION, APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM DAO, TUAN C.
18571626 CODE PROTECTION SYSTEM, METHOD, VIRTUAL SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE, CHIP AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE WU, QING YUAN
18566583 DATA PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, CACHE, AND PROCESSOR FOR IMPROVING DATA TRANSMISSION EFFICIENCY SADLER, NATHAN

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2495 1
2183 1
3623 1
2899 1
2198 1
2199 1
2139 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18862185 CRYPTO CONFIGURATION METHOD, CRYPTO SERVICE METHOD, CRYPTO MANAGEMENT DEVICE, SERVER, CRYPTO SERVICE SYSTEM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM NGUYEN, CAROLINE HOANG-ANH 2495 §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 01, 2024
18718608 DATA PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM BULLOCK JR, LEWIS ALEXANDER §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 11, 2024
18714604 DECODING METHOD, PROCESSOR, CHIP, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE VICARY, KEITH E 2183 §112 Non-Final OA Pending May 30, 2024
18713317 GENERATION METHOD FOR CHIP INTERNAL VOLTAGE PREDICTION MODEL, PREDICTION METHOD AND RELATED APPARATUS EL-HAGE HASSAN, ABDALLAH A 3623 §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 24, 2024
18702836 CHIP TESTING STRUCTURE AND CHIP TESTING METHOD HOSSAIN, MOAZZAM §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 19, 2024
18294770 CHIP ASSEMBLY, CHIP INTERPOSER AND FABRICATING METHOD FOR CHIP ASSEMBLY YAP, DOUGLAS ANTHONY 2899 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 02, 2024
18574019 METHOD FOR VIRTUAL MACHINE MEMORY INTEGRITY PROTECTION, APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM DAO, TUAN C. 2198 §101 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 23, 2023
18571626 CODE PROTECTION SYSTEM, METHOD, VIRTUAL SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE, CHIP AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE WU, QING YUAN 2199 §112 Final Rejection Pending Dec 18, 2023
18566583 DATA PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, CACHE, AND PROCESSOR FOR IMPROVING DATA TRANSMISSION EFFICIENCY SADLER, NATHAN 2139 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 01, 2023

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