Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Lester Electrical Of Nebraska Inc. has 1 pending office action in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. This action is assigned to 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit. The portfolio currently shows a concentrated point of interaction with the patent office, with all pending activity limited to a single technical review.
The busiest examiner is KIM, AHSHIK, who is responsible for 1 busiest examiner pending office action. This examiner handles the 1 pending office action that constitutes the company's entire current pending workload. Because the entire portfolio's pending status rests with 1 distinct examiner in 1 distinct art unit, the prosecution outcome is dependent on the review of this specific individual. Practitioners should observe that the current workload is limited to this single point of contact.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KIM, AHSHIK | 1 | 87.9% | +10.6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18388102 | METHOD AND APPARATUS TO CHARGE EXTRA LOW VOLTAGE BATTERIES | KIM, AHSHIK | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18388102 | METHOD AND APPARATUS TO CHARGE EXTRA LOW VOLTAGE BATTERIES | KIM, AHSHIK | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2876 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18388102 | METHOD AND APPARATUS TO CHARGE EXTRA LOW VOLTAGE BATTERIES | KIM, AHSHIK | 2876 | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 08, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialLester Electrical Of Nebraska Inc. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Ahshik Kim has the most, with 1 of Lester Electrical Of Nebraska Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
