Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Neptune Scooters

Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics

1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

Neptune Scooters has a patent portfolio in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area with 1 pending office action. The examiner LIN, ARIC is the busiest examiner for the company, currently handling 1 pending action. The prosecution is confined to 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit. This suggests that the 1 pending office action is the sole focus of the company's current USPTO activity.

For a practitioner, this concentration in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics area means that the 1 distinct examiner will have a significant impact on the immediate patenting outcomes for the company. The 1 pending office action represents the entirety of the active workload, so there is no diversification across different art units. This centralized prosecution environment allows for a very specific legal strategy but also increases the risk associated with the 1 distinct examiner's personal interpretation. Practitioners should focus on the 1 distinct art unit's technical guidelines and the specific examination style of LIN, ARIC to resolve the 1 pending action successfully.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

1
Total Pending OAs
0
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.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
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.

1
Hard (100%)
0
Medium (0%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (100%)

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
1
Semiconductors
100% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% 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.

10 h
Manual time on pending OAs
2 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
4 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
LIN, ARIC 1 59.4% +12.1%

Hard Cases (1)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17211665 CHARGING SCOOTERS WITHIN ELECTRIC SCOOTER DOCKING STATIONS LIN, ARIC 51d overdue

Interview Candidates (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
17211665 CHARGING SCOOTERS WITHIN ELECTRIC SCOOTER DOCKING STATIONS LIN, ARIC 51d overdue

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2851 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
17211665 CHARGING SCOOTERS WITHIN ELECTRIC SCOOTER DOCKING STATIONS LIN, ARIC 2851 §103§112 Final Rejection 51d overdue Pending Mar 24, 2021

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Neptune Scooters have?

Neptune Scooters has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Neptune Scooters applications?

Aric Lin has the most, with 1 of Neptune Scooters's pending office actions.

What technology area are Neptune Scooters's patent applications in?

Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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