Technology areas: Networking & Security • Communications • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
4 pending office actions • 4 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
NEC Communication Systems Ltd. currently manages 4 pending office actions within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These matters are distributed across 4 distinct art units, indicating that each action is being evaluated by a different specialized group. The 4 pending office actions represent the total current volume for the company in this sector.
The prosecution involves 4 distinct examiners, ensuring that no two actions are reviewed by the same individual. LIANG, HONGYE is the busiest examiner, currently overseeing 1 busiest examiner pending actions. This 1 busiest examiner pending actions is the same volume as the other pending matters in the portfolio.
Because the 4 distinct examiners are handling the 4 pending office actions, there is no concentration of workload under a single person. The 4 distinct art units involved suggest that the company must navigate different procedural requirements for each application. LIANG, HONGYE and the other examiners provide a decentralized review process within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems field.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 | 2 (50%) |
| §103 only | 1 (25%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (25%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LIANG, HONGYE | 1 | 63.4% | +52.6% |
| KASSIM, HAFIZ A | 1 | 45.0% | +54.1% |
| HAUK, EMILY ROSE | 1 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| JIANG, CHARLES C | 1 | 75.4% | +17.6% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18714253 | EVALUATION APPARATUS, SYSTEM, METHOD, AND PROGRAM | KASSIM, HAFIZ A | 70d overdue |
| 18687905 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND NONTRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | HAUK, EMILY ROSE | 8d |
| 19161822 | CONTROL SYSTEM, CONTROL DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM | LIANG, HONGYE | — |
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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18714253 | EVALUATION APPARATUS, SYSTEM, METHOD, AND PROGRAM | KASSIM, HAFIZ A | 70d overdue |
| 19161822 | CONTROL SYSTEM, CONTROL DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM | LIANG, HONGYE | — |
| 17421362 | IN-VEHICLE CONTROL APPARATUS, IN-VEHICLE NETWORK DESIGN APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM | JIANG, CHARLES C | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3664 | 1 |
| 3623 | 1 |
| 2669 | 1 |
| 2400 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19161822 | CONTROL SYSTEM, CONTROL DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM | LIANG, HONGYE | 3664 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 03, 2025 |
| 18714253 | EVALUATION APPARATUS, SYSTEM, METHOD, AND PROGRAM | KASSIM, HAFIZ A | 3623 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 70d overdue | Pending | May 29, 2024 |
| 18687905 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND NONTRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | HAUK, EMILY ROSE | 2669 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 8d | Pending | Feb 29, 2024 |
| 17421362 | IN-VEHICLE CONTROL APPARATUS, IN-VEHICLE NETWORK DESIGN APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM | JIANG, CHARLES C | 2400 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 07, 2021 |
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Start Free TrialNEC Communication Systems Ltd. has 4 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 4 art units and 4 examiners.
Hongye Liang has the most, with 1 of NEC Communication Systems Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
