Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Nextracker Inc.

Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems

1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 10 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Nextracker Inc. has 1 pending office action in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. This pending matter is situated within 1 distinct art unit and is assigned to 1 distinct examiner. The current prosecution activity for the company is concentrated in this single case, which represents the full extent of its active office actions. Such a focused profile indicates that the company is currently navigating a technical review process within this technology area.

LIN, CHENG XI is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, currently managing 1 pending office action. This examiner is responsible for the total pending workload reported. The presence of 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit for the 1 pending action shows that the company's current transportation and mechanical systems prosecution is being reviewed by a specific individual. Practitioners should focus their strategy on the specific examination style of this examiner, as they hold the entirety of the company's pending workload.

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

Portfolio Summary

1
Total Pending OAs
1
Non-Final OAs
0
Final Rejections
0
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.

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

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§112 only1 (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
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
100% 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, CHENG XI 1 84.9% +13.4%

Quick Wins (1)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18701377 SOLAR PANEL SERVICE VEHICLE MOVEMENT RESTRICTION DEVICE AND METHOD LIN, CHENG XI —

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
18701377 SOLAR PANEL SERVICE VEHICLE MOVEMENT RESTRICTION DEVICE AND METHOD LIN, CHENG XI —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3615 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18701377 SOLAR PANEL SERVICE VEHICLE MOVEMENT RESTRICTION DEVICE AND METHOD LIN, CHENG XI 3615 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 15, 2024

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Nextracker Inc. have?

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

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Nextracker Inc. applications?

Cheng Xi Lin has the most, with 1 of Nextracker Inc.'s pending office actions.

What technology area are Nextracker Inc.'s patent applications in?

Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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