Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 04, 2026

Ma Micro Limited

Technology areas: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems

6 pending office actions • 3 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

6
Total Pending OAs
5
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

0
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

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.

3
Hard (50%)
2
Medium (33%)
1
Easy (17%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only1 (17%)
§102 only1 (17%)
§112 only1 (17%)
Multi-statute (no §101)3 (50%)

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
0
Communications
0% of docket
2
Semiconductors
33% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
17% of docket
3
Business / Other
50% 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.

60 h
Manual time on pending OAs
12 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
21 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
WALTERS, JOHN DANIEL 1 80.4% +5.9%
HANNAN, B M M 1 82.2% +18.0%
ELAHMADI, ZAKARIA 1 76.0% +11.9%
MUNOZ, DANIEL 1 75.6% +20.5%
WATKINS, NATHANIEL WILLIAM 1 70.5% +25.3%
CHIANG, MICHAEL 1 70.7% +21.6%

Quick Wins (2)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19109763 Folding Mobility Device WALTERS, JOHN DANIEL —
18848648 Bicycle with Lock HANNAN, B M M —

Hard Cases (3)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18699001 Bicycle, In Particular an Electric Bicycle CHIANG, MICHAEL 27d
18846356 Bicycle, in Particular an Electric Bicycle, and Bicycle Antenna MUNOZ, DANIEL —
18846331 Electric Bicycle, and Control Unit for Use in Such a Bicycle WATKINS, NATHANIEL WILLIAM —

Interview Candidates (5)

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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18699001 Bicycle, In Particular an Electric Bicycle CHIANG, MICHAEL 27d
18848648 Bicycle with Lock HANNAN, B M M —
18848672 Shifting Device and Bicycle ELAHMADI, ZAKARIA —
18846356 Bicycle, in Particular an Electric Bicycle, and Bicycle Antenna MUNOZ, DANIEL —
18846331 Electric Bicycle, and Control Unit for Use in Such a Bicycle WATKINS, NATHANIEL WILLIAM —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3657 1
2845 1
2875 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19109763 Folding Mobility Device WALTERS, JOHN DANIEL — §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 07, 2025
18848648 Bicycle with Lock HANNAN, B M M 3657 §112 Final Rejection — Pending Sep 19, 2024
18848672 Shifting Device and Bicycle ELAHMADI, ZAKARIA — §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 19, 2024
18846356 Bicycle, in Particular an Electric Bicycle, and Bicycle Antenna MUNOZ, DANIEL 2845 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 12, 2024
18846331 Electric Bicycle, and Control Unit for Use in Such a Bicycle WATKINS, NATHANIEL WILLIAM — §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 12, 2024
18699001 Bicycle, In Particular an Electric Bicycle CHIANG, MICHAEL 2875 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 27d Pending Apr 05, 2024

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