Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Liturex (Guangzhou) Co. Ltd. is currently managing 2 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. This level of activity indicates a focused effort to protect its mechanical and transportation-related innovations. The 2 pending actions represent the company's current active engagement with the patent office as it seeks to advance its applications.
The prosecution of this portfolio involves 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units. This 1 to 1 to 1 ratio between actions, examiners, and art units suggests that each of the 2 pending office actions is being handled in a completely different technical and administrative environment. With 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units, the company must manage two separate prosecution tracks, each with its own set of examiner preferences and art unit guidelines. This requires a tailored approach for each of the 2 pending matters.
HULKA, JAMES R is the busiest examiner for Liturex (Guangzhou) Co. Ltd., with 1 pending office action. Since there are 2 pending office actions and 2 distinct examiners, HULKA, JAMES R is responsible for a portion of the current pending workload. The other half is handled by a different examiner in a different art unit. The company's overall success in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems area will depend on its ability to effectively communicate with both HULKA, JAMES R and the other examiner involved.
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 | 2 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HULKA, JAMES R | 1 | 76.3% | +11.9% |
| SLAUGHTER, ETHAN JAKOB | 1 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18235490 | LIDAR DEVICE USING CHANNEL GROUPING TO INCREASE ANGULAR RESOLUTION AND DETECTION RANGE | SLAUGHTER, ETHAN JAKOB | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18816617 | SPAD ARRAY WITH AMBIENT LIGHT SUPPRESSION FOR SOLID-STATE LIDAR | HULKA, JAMES R | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3645 | 1 |
| 3648 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18816617 | SPAD ARRAY WITH AMBIENT LIGHT SUPPRESSION FOR SOLID-STATE LIDAR | HULKA, JAMES R | 3645 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 27, 2024 |
| 18235490 | LIDAR DEVICE USING CHANNEL GROUPING TO INCREASE ANGULAR RESOLUTION AND DETECTION RANGE | SLAUGHTER, ETHAN JAKOB | 3648 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 18, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialLiturex (Guangzhou) Co. Ltd. has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
James R Hulka has the most, with 1 of Liturex (Guangzhou) Co. Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
