Technology area: Computing & Software
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
Ipgoal Microelectronics (Sichuan) Co. Ltd. has 1 pending office action in the Computing & Software technology area. This matter is handled by 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit. This concentration suggests a specific focus for the company's current patent prosecution within the computing sector. The presence of only 1 distinct art unit means that the prosecution is subject to a single set of group-level guidelines.
BRADEN, GRACE VICTORIA is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending office action. As the only distinct examiner involved, this individual's review will be the sole factor in the outcome of the pending action. Practitioners can focus their resources on understanding the specific precedents and preferences of this 1 distinct art unit to optimize the prosecution of the pending matter. This singular focus within the Computing & Software area indicates that the company's current patent efforts are likely directed toward a specific technological niche.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRADEN, GRACE VICTORIA | 1 | 92.1% | +10.7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18981559 | CHIP VERIFICATION METHOD BASED ON SPI | BRADEN, GRACE VICTORIA | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18981559 | CHIP VERIFICATION METHOD BASED ON SPI | BRADEN, GRACE VICTORIA | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2112 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18981559 | CHIP VERIFICATION METHOD BASED ON SPI | BRADEN, GRACE VICTORIA | 2112 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 15, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialIpgoal Microelectronics (Sichuan) Co. Ltd. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Grace Victoria Braden has the most, with 1 of Ipgoal Microelectronics (Sichuan) Co. Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Computing & Software (USPTO Tech Center 2100), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
