Technology area: Communications
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Information Technology Research Center Beijing Academy Of Agriculture And Forestry Sciences currently manages 1 pending office action in the Communications technology area. This matter is handled by 1 distinct examiner, WOLFSON, ETHAN NOAH, who is the busiest examiner for the portfolio. This concentration indicates that the company's current US patent prosecution is limited to a single active case. The involvement of 1 distinct art unit for the 1 pending office action shows a specific technical focus.
WOLFSON, ETHAN NOAH is responsible for 1 pending office action, representing the totality of the company's pending workload. For an organization in the Communications field, this focus means that their immediate patent strategy is centered on the interaction with this one examiner and the standards of this 1 art unit. The alignment of 1 distinct examiner with 1 distinct art unit indicates that the company is not currently facing a diverse range of examination styles.
By focusing resources on the 1 pending office action, the company can maintain oversight on its intellectual property development. The outcome of this matter is the primary factor in the company's immediate success in the US patent system. This concentrated profile in 1 distinct art unit suggests a specific technological niche for the company's current filings. WOLFSON, ETHAN NOAH handles the busiest_examiner_pending count of 1 for the portfolio.
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 | 1 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WOLFSON, ETHAN NOAH | 1 | 85.7% | +50.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19000803 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CALCULATING PLANT HEIGHT UNIFORMITY OF CROP POPULATION, DEVICE, AND MEDIUM | WOLFSON, ETHAN NOAH | — |
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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19000803 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CALCULATING PLANT HEIGHT UNIFORMITY OF CROP POPULATION, DEVICE, AND MEDIUM | WOLFSON, ETHAN NOAH | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2673 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19000803 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CALCULATING PLANT HEIGHT UNIFORMITY OF CROP POPULATION, DEVICE, AND MEDIUM | WOLFSON, ETHAN NOAH | 2673 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 24, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialInformation Technology Research Center Beijing Academy Of Agriculture And Forestry Sciences has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Ethan Noah Wolfson has the most, with 1 of Information Technology Research Center Beijing Academy Of Agriculture And Forestry Sciences's pending office actions.
Mostly Communications (USPTO Tech Center 2600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
