Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Ningbo Siming Automotive Co. Ltd. has 1 pending office action in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. This action is assigned to 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit. HULS, NATALIE F is the busiest examiner, overseeing the 1 busiest examiner pending action. The data reflects a prosecution environment where 1 pending office action is the sole focus of the company's current efforts.
Because there is 1 distinct examiner, HULS, NATALIE F, the company's current patent path is determined by the feedback from this single individual. The 1 distinct art unit indicates that the 1 pending office action is being reviewed within a single specialized group. Practitioners should prepare a strategy tailored to the 1 pending office action and the specific preferences of HULS, NATALIE F. The 1 to 1 ratio between the pending action and the examiner means there are no other active cases to provide a comparison of examiner behavior. The company's activity in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics sector is currently concentrated in this 1 pending matter.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (100%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HULS, NATALIE F | 1 | 76.7% | +21.9% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18824968 | IRON HOOKED BALANCE WEIGHT AND PRODUCTION PROCESS THEREOF | HULS, NATALIE F | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18824968 | IRON HOOKED BALANCE WEIGHT AND PRODUCTION PROCESS THEREOF | HULS, NATALIE F | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2855 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18824968 | IRON HOOKED BALANCE WEIGHT AND PRODUCTION PROCESS THEREOF | HULS, NATALIE F | 2855 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 05, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialNingbo Siming Automotive Co. Ltd. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Natalie F Huls has the most, with 1 of Ningbo Siming Automotive Co. Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.