Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
3 pending office actions • 2 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 6 patents granted in the last 365 days
The company patent portfolio for Hyundai Kefico Corporation currently has 4 pending office actions in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. These actions are assigned to 4 distinct examiners across 3 distinct art units. The busiest examiner, LAM, ALEX W, is managing 1 busiest examiner pending action, which is consistent with the distribution across the rest of the portfolio.
For a practitioner, the fact that 4 pending office actions are spread across 4 distinct examiners indicates a lack of examiner concentration. However, the involvement of only 3 distinct art units suggests that at least two examiners are working within the same specialized group. This may provide some level of consistency in technical standards across the 4 pending office actions, even though the individual examiner relationships remain diverse within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics sector.
The workload is evenly distributed, as evidenced by LAM, ALEX W having only 1 busiest examiner pending action. This suggests that no single examiner has a dominant influence over the portfolio's current trajectory. Practitioners must carefully monitor the 3 distinct art units involved, as each may have its own specific trends and requirements that could affect the outcome of the individual cases in this technology 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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 2 (67%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (33%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ST CYR, DANIEL | 1 | 81.3% | +12.8% |
| HAUPT, KRISTY A | 1 | 87.9% | +11.1% |
| SAUNCY, TONI DIAN | 1 | 86.2% | +18.4% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18389484 | ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGER WITH DOUBLE-DOOR BOX SEPARATING HIGH AND LOW VOLTAGE PARTS FROM EACH OTHER | HAUPT, KRISTY A | — |
| 17673228 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DIAGNOSING CHARGER FOR FUEL CELL VEHICLE | SAUNCY, TONI DIAN | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18514190 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RECOMMENDING CHARGING OF BATTERY IN ELECTRIC VEHICLE | ST CYR, DANIEL | — |
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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18514190 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RECOMMENDING CHARGING OF BATTERY IN ELECTRIC VEHICLE | ST CYR, DANIEL | — |
| 18389484 | ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGER WITH DOUBLE-DOOR BOX SEPARATING HIGH AND LOW VOLTAGE PARTS FROM EACH OTHER | HAUPT, KRISTY A | — |
| 17673228 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DIAGNOSING CHARGER FOR FUEL CELL VEHICLE | SAUNCY, TONI DIAN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2876 | 2 |
| 2857 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18514190 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RECOMMENDING CHARGING OF BATTERY IN ELECTRIC VEHICLE | ST CYR, DANIEL | 2876 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 20, 2023 |
| 18389484 | ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGER WITH DOUBLE-DOOR BOX SEPARATING HIGH AND LOW VOLTAGE PARTS FROM EACH OTHER | HAUPT, KRISTY A | 2876 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 14, 2023 |
| 17673228 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DIAGNOSING CHARGER FOR FUEL CELL VEHICLE | SAUNCY, TONI DIAN | 2857 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 16, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialHyundai Kefico Corporation has 3 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 3 examiners.
Daniel St Cyr has the most, with 1 of Hyundai Kefico Corporation's pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
