Technology areas: Communications • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
3 pending office actions • 3 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
N S International Ltd. has 3 pending office actions in Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics. The matters involve 3 distinct examiners and 3 distinct art units, indicating separate examination paths.
LAU, EDMOND C is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. Counsel can maintain consistent semiconductor terminology across the portfolio while preparing responses for each individual examiner and record.
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 (33%) |
| §102 only | 1 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (33%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAU, EDMOND C | 1 | 71.6% | +9.1% |
| NIGAM, NATASHA | 1 | 54.3% | +20.7% |
| YE, LIN | 1 | 34.2% | +28.1% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19098465 | LOCAL DIMMING SYSTEM FOR HEAD UP DISPLAY | LAU, EDMOND C | — |
| 19006528 | DIRECT REFLECTION SYSTEM FOR HEAD UP DISPLAY | NIGAM, NATASHA | — |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19006528 | DIRECT REFLECTION SYSTEM FOR HEAD UP DISPLAY | NIGAM, NATASHA | — |
| 18978944 | DIRECT DISPLAY WITH FOLDING BACKLIGHT FOR HEAD UP DISPLAY | YE, LIN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2871 | 1 |
| 2872 | 1 |
| 2638 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19098465 | LOCAL DIMMING SYSTEM FOR HEAD UP DISPLAY | LAU, EDMOND C | 2871 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 02, 2025 |
| 19006528 | DIRECT REFLECTION SYSTEM FOR HEAD UP DISPLAY | NIGAM, NATASHA | 2872 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 31, 2024 |
| 18978944 | DIRECT DISPLAY WITH FOLDING BACKLIGHT FOR HEAD UP DISPLAY | YE, LIN | 2638 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 12, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialN S International Ltd. has 3 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 3 art units and 3 examiners.
Edmond C Lau has the most, with 1 of N S International Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
