Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Lian Zheng Electronics (Shenzhen) Co. Ltd. is currently handling 1 pending office action. The prosecution involves a single distinct examiner, CLARK, CHRISTOPHER JAY, who is the busiest examiner for the company. This single pending matter represents the entirety of the company's current active prosecution.
The focus on one examiner suggests a straightforward and localized interaction with the patent office. Practitioners should note the concentrated nature of this portfolio. The outcome of the company's current prosecution depends entirely on this individual.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 1 (50%) |
| §103 only | 1 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLARK, CHRISTOPHER JAY | 1 | 75.8% | +22.8% |
| SINGLETARY, MICHAEL J | 1 | 83.7% | +6.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18477786 | STATE OF CHARGE VALUE ESTIMATION METHOD FOR LITHIUM BATTERY | SINGLETARY, MICHAEL J | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19070597 | METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING SHORT-CIRCUITS IN SAMPLING ELEMENTS OF BATTERY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS (BMS) AND PROTECTING THE SAME | CLARK, CHRISTOPHER JAY | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2857 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19070597 | METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING SHORT-CIRCUITS IN SAMPLING ELEMENTS OF BATTERY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS (BMS) AND PROTECTING THE SAME | CLARK, CHRISTOPHER JAY | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 05, 2025 |
| 18477786 | STATE OF CHARGE VALUE ESTIMATION METHOD FOR LITHIUM BATTERY | SINGLETARY, MICHAEL J | 2857 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 29, 2023 |
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