Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

L-Acoustics

Technology area: Communications

1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

L-Acoustics has 1 pending office action in Communications. The matter is assigned to 1 examiner in 1 art unit, with ZHANG, LESHUI as the busiest examiner handling 1 pending action.

The active prosecution path is singular, so counsel can focus on the pending claims and the issues raised by one examiner. There is no second matter in the profile requiring coordination of claim language or argument positions.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

1
Total Pending OAs
1
Non-Final OAs
0
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.

1
Hard (100%)
0
Medium (0%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (100%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
1
Communications
100% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% 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.

10 h
Manual time on pending OAs
2 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
4 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
ZHANG, LESHUI 1 77.9% +35.3%

Hard Cases (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18874407 A method and device for limiting power to protect power supply from overload in a multichannel audio amplifier ZHANG, LESHUI —

Interview Candidates (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18874407 A method and device for limiting power to protect power supply from overload in a multichannel audio amplifier ZHANG, LESHUI —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2695 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18874407 A method and device for limiting power to protect power supply from overload in a multichannel audio amplifier ZHANG, LESHUI 2695 §101§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 12, 2024

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does L-Acoustics have?

L-Acoustics has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most L-Acoustics applications?

Leshui Zhang has the most, with 1 of L-Acoustics's pending office actions.

What technology area are L-Acoustics's patent applications in?

Mostly Communications (USPTO Tech Center 2600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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