Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 04, 2026

LS Electric Co., Ltd.

Technology areas: Networking & Security • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics

22 pending office actions • 5 art units • 14 examiners • 0 of 22 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 58 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

22
Total Pending OAs
19
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
2
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.

11
Hard (50%)
9
Medium (41%)
2
Easy (9%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only7 (32%)
§102 only2 (9%)
§112 only2 (9%)
Multi-statute (no §101)11 (50%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
1
Information Tech
5% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
3
Semiconductors
14% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
18
Business / Other
82% 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.

220 h
Manual time on pending OAs
44 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
77 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.9 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
BOLTON, WILLIAM A 8 89.3% +5.7%
SAEED, AHMED M 2 80.8% +13.1%
MORRISON, RASHEN E 1 85.2% +11.3%
MAY, LEAH ELIZABETH 1 98.9% +1.3%
LE, CANH 1 73.1% +71.8%
CHOI, JASON JUNSOO 1 — —
CAROC, LHEIREN MAE ANGLO 1 77.7% +14.1%
AL-TAWEEL, MUAAMAR QAHTAN 1 80.6% +19.7%
EYASSU, MARRIT 1 73.8% +15.0%
TALPALATSKI, ALEXANDER 1 71.9% +9.0%

Quick Wins (6)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
35523850 Solid state circuit breaker MAY, LEAH ELIZABETH —
18844555 INSERTION/WITHDRAWAL DEVICE SAEED, AHMED M —
18841452 RETRACTING AND EXTENDING APPARATUS AND CART APPARATUS TRANSPORTING SAME SAEED, AHMED M —
18837661 ARC GAS DISCHARGE DEVICE OF AIR CIRCUIT BREAKER BOLTON, WILLIAM A —
18837282 AIR CIRCUIT BREAKER HAVING ARC COVER BOLTON, WILLIAM A —
18293715 GAS INSULATED SWITCHGEAR HIGH-SPEED EARTHING SWITCH AND GAS INSULATED SWITCHGEAR HAVING SAME BOLTON, WILLIAM A —

Hard Cases (11)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18993811 COUPLING MEMBER AND POWER ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING SAME MORRISON, RASHEN E —
18842444 POWER SYSTEM CHOI, JASON JUNSOO —
18839278 ARC CHUTE AND LOAD BREAK SWITCH COMPRISING SAME BOLTON, WILLIAM A —
18838697 AIR CIRCUIT BREAKER HAVING INSERTION/WITHDRAWAL LINKAGE TYPE ARC COVER BOLTON, WILLIAM A —
18836091 PROTECTION RELAY SYSTEM AL-TAWEEL, MUAAMAR QAHTAN —
18835126 AIR CIRCUIT BREAKER BOLTON, WILLIAM A —
18727790 ARC EXTINGUISHING UNIT OF MOLDED CASE CIRCUIT BREAKER BOLTON, WILLIAM A —
18726226 MOLDED CASE CIRCUIT BREAKER BOLTON, WILLIAM A —

Interview Candidates (7)

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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18993811 COUPLING MEMBER AND POWER ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING SAME MORRISON, RASHEN E —
18844555 INSERTION/WITHDRAWAL DEVICE SAEED, AHMED M —
18844117 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING ACCESS TO ASSET INFORMATION OF SMART FACTORY LE, CANH —
18841452 RETRACTING AND EXTENDING APPARATUS AND CART APPARATUS TRANSPORTING SAME SAEED, AHMED M —
18838688 CIRCUIT BREAKER HAVING IN-OUT INTERLOCK DEVICE CAROC, LHEIREN MAE ANGLO —
18836091 PROTECTION RELAY SYSTEM AL-TAWEEL, MUAAMAR QAHTAN —
18727773 WIRELESS SENSOR DEVICE EYASSU, MARRIT —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2971 1
2439 1
2838 1
2837 1
2835 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18993811 COUPLING MEMBER AND POWER ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING SAME MORRISON, RASHEN E — §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 13, 2025
35523850 Solid state circuit breaker MAY, LEAH ELIZABETH 2971 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 06, 2025
18844555 INSERTION/WITHDRAWAL DEVICE SAEED, AHMED M — §102Other Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 06, 2024
18844117 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING ACCESS TO ASSET INFORMATION OF SMART FACTORY LE, CANH 2439 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 05, 2024
18842444 POWER SYSTEM CHOI, JASON JUNSOO — §103§112Other Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 29, 2024
18841452 RETRACTING AND EXTENDING APPARATUS AND CART APPARATUS TRANSPORTING SAME SAEED, AHMED M — §103Other Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 26, 2024
18839278 ARC CHUTE AND LOAD BREAK SWITCH COMPRISING SAME BOLTON, WILLIAM A — §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 16, 2024
18838688 CIRCUIT BREAKER HAVING IN-OUT INTERLOCK DEVICE CAROC, LHEIREN MAE ANGLO — §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 15, 2024
18838697 AIR CIRCUIT BREAKER HAVING INSERTION/WITHDRAWAL LINKAGE TYPE ARC COVER BOLTON, WILLIAM A — §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 15, 2024
18837661 ARC GAS DISCHARGE DEVICE OF AIR CIRCUIT BREAKER BOLTON, WILLIAM A — §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 12, 2024
18837282 AIR CIRCUIT BREAKER HAVING ARC COVER BOLTON, WILLIAM A — §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 09, 2024
18836091 PROTECTION RELAY SYSTEM AL-TAWEEL, MUAAMAR QAHTAN 2838 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 06, 2024
18835126 AIR CIRCUIT BREAKER BOLTON, WILLIAM A — §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 01, 2024
18293715 GAS INSULATED SWITCHGEAR HIGH-SPEED EARTHING SWITCH AND GAS INSULATED SWITCHGEAR HAVING SAME BOLTON, WILLIAM A — §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 26, 2024
18727773 WIRELESS SENSOR DEVICE EYASSU, MARRIT — §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 10, 2024
18727790 ARC EXTINGUISHING UNIT OF MOLDED CASE CIRCUIT BREAKER BOLTON, WILLIAM A — §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 10, 2024
18726226 MOLDED CASE CIRCUIT BREAKER BOLTON, WILLIAM A — §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 02, 2024
18682055 ARC CHAMBER AND DIRECT-CURRENT RELAY COMPRISING SAME TALPALATSKI, ALEXANDER 2837 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Feb 07, 2024
18292215 DUCT MODULE AND POWER CONVERSION MODULE COMPRISING SAME DRAVININKAS, ADAM B 2835 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 25, 2024
18572680 BRAZING SYSTEM AND BRAZING METHOD ECKARDT, ADAM MICHAEL — §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 20, 2023
18572092 COOLING MODULE AND BRAZING APPARATUS COMPRISING SAME MACEDA, KRYSTENE NHE BANDONG — §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 19, 2023
18035656 TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT APPARATUS FOR BATTERY CELL AND METHOD THEREFOR SMITH, MAURICE C — §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 11, 2023

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